24-615 Microfluidics
12 units, Carnegie Mellon University
This course offers an introduction to the emerging field of microfluidics with an emphasis on chemical and life sciences applications. During this course students will examine the fluid dynamical phenomena underlying key components of lab on a chip devices. Students will have the opportunity to learn practical aspects of microfluidic device operation through handson laboratory experience, computer simulations of microscale flows, and reviews of recent literature in the field. Throughout the course, students will consider ways of optimizing device performance based on knowledge of the fundamental fluid mechanics. Students will explore selected topics in more detail through a semester project. Major course topics include pressuredriven and electrokineticallydriven flows in microchannels, surface effects, microfabrication methods, micronanoparticles for biotechnology, biochemical reactions and assays, mixing and separation, twophase flows, and integration and design of microfluidic chips. Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics prerequisite or instructor permission 4 hrs. lecture
Prerequisites: 24-231
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