Syllabus

Lectures

HW 1, due Oct. 8, in class

HW 2, due Oct. 15, in class

Announcement

This web site serves as a form of communication between the instructor and the students. Please check the course syllabus and the course announcements regularly for important information regarding homework/exam/schedule updates. I will also post important review articles/journal articles that are related to this course.

The interface between engineering and miniaturization is among the most intriguing and active areas of inquiry in modern technology. The aim of this course is to illuminate and explore microfluidics as an interdisciplinary research area, with an emphasis on emerging microfluidics disciplines, including novel materials synthesis, bio-microtechnology and nanotechnology.

The course will begin by highlighting important fundamental aspects of fluid mechanics, scaling laws, flow transport, multi-phase flow, heat and electrokinetics inside microdevices, followed by microfabrication techniques, mixing and pumping system, bubbles/drops formation in microfluidics. If time permits, the course will also cover special topics related to materials synthesis and self-assembly at small length scales and bio-MEMs.

Important resources

Review article 1

Review article 2

Vector and tensor analysis under different coordinates

Derivation of Reynolds transport theorem