Course Description
A mathematical description of transport and exchange at smaller length scales. Topics include channel flow, transport laws, diffusion and dispersion, surface tension dominated flows, and charged species flows.
Athena Title
Microfluidic Transport Phenom
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
After completion of the course, the students will be able to: • Understand microfluidic transport. • Be familiar with a range of applicable physics for lab-on-chip applications. • Know how to design and fabricate their own microfluidic chips with these physics in mind.
Topical Outline
• Introduction to Microfluidics • Channel Flow • Transport Laws • Diffusion, Dispersion, and Mixing • Surface-Tension Dominated Flows • Charged Species Flow • Magnetism and Microfluidics • Microfabrication
Syllabus
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