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When? Winter 2009, MWF 3:30-4:20 PM (lectures) and 12:30 AM-3:20 PM (labs)
Where? The lectures will be in Physics&Astronomy A214. All the labs will be in the Foege building Rm. N 423 (Folch lab).
Assignments and Grading: One assignment at the end of each section and a lab reports. The lab report will contain quizzes that are pertinent to the lectures and the lab teachings. Class participation can increase your grade by as much as 0.1 points.
Handouts: must be downloaded by student.
Additional Suggested Readings: must be downloaded by student: Review on Microfluidic Interfaces (Beebe), Review on Microfluidic Design Considerations for Cellular Studies (Beebe), Review on Microfluidic Physics (Beebe), Review on Molecular Biology Chips (Quake), Review on Optofluidics (Quake), Review on Soft-Microfluidics (Quake), Review on PDMS Microfluidics (Whitesides), Review on Microfluidics Past and Future, Review on Cell Patterning (Folch), Review on Cell Biology on a Chip (Folch), Review on Single Molecule Lab on a Chip (Craighead), Review on Microfluidics System Biology (Lee), Review_on Cell Patterning (Chen).
Important note for disabled individuals: If you would like to request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, (206) 543-8924 (V/TTY). If you have a letter from Disabled Student Services indicating you have a disability that requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to me so we can discuss the accommodations you might need for the class.
Note that weeks and sections do not
necessarily correspond exactly
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Week / Section |
Lecture |
Handouts (PDF)
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Assignments
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Lab |
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1 |
It's a small world |
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2 |
How do we make small things? |
Design of a photomask |
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3 |
Micropatterning
of non-conventional materials |
NO LAB Mon Jan 19 (MLK Holiday) |
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4 |
Microelectrochemical
sensing of cell behavior |
Photolithography #1 |
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5 |
Microengineered
biosensors |
Photolithography #2 |
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6 |
Microengineering
fluid flows |
PDMS replica molding |
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7 |
Tissue microengineering
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Device Assembly |
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8 |
Microengineering
in cell biology |
NO LAB Mon Feb 16 (President’s Day) |
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9 |
Microengineering
for Biotechnology |
Qualitative testing -- dyes |
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10 |
The frontiers of BioMEMS
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Quantitative testing --Proteins &
fluorescence |