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Microfluidics/Nanofluidics

ME-530

Spring 2021

Instructor: Prof. Ali Koşar

Office: FENS 1014

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: (216) 483-9621, 05325541543

Office hours: Monday-Friday 20.00-xxx (Zoom), e-mail or phone or whatsup.

Text: Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidics, Nam-Trung Nguyen and Steven T. Wereley, 2002,
ISBN 1-58053-343-4, Theoretical Microfluidics, Henrik Bruus, ISBM 978-0- 19-923508-7 and lecture
notes.

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or Senior Standing with permission.

Grading: Homework 20%, Closed-book Midterm Exam 20%, Take-Home Final Exam 20%, Term Project
20% Attendance 20%

Oral Exam will be held if necessary for doublechecking the performance. The worse grade (From the
Closed-book Exam and Oral Exam grades) will be taken into consideration.

For the Closed-book exam, your webcam and microphone should be on during the exam. In the case of
non-compliance with this and other declared exam procedures, your exam will be void. Make sure to
check that your webcam and microphone function properly before the exam.

You must attend the synchronous Zoom lectures, recitations, etc. and real-time online exams with your
SU email account.

Make up exams will be only offered when an official excuse document (such as medical report) is
provided.

Course Description: Microfluidics covers the behavior, precise control and manipulation of fluids in
micro scale. It has emerged only in the 1990s and is a multidisciplinary field intersecting engineering,
physics, chemistry, microtechnology and biotechnology and find wide applications in the development
of DNA chips, micro-propulsion, micro-thermal technologies, and lab-on-a-chip technology. Microfluidics
course is designed for graduate and upper class undergraduate students to give an introduction to
microfluidics technology. The following topics will be covered: 1- Overview on microfluidics, 2- Basic
Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, 3- Analysis and modeling of microfluidic systems with slip flows, 4-
Phase change phenomena in microdomains and applications, 5- Nanofluids and nanoparticle
applications, 6- Electrokinetic flows and applications, 7-Magnetofluidics, Acoustofluidics and
Optofluidics with applications.

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:


 Gain a broad insight into microfluidics/nanofluidics technology

 Have broad information on the current literature about microfluidics/nanofluidics  Gain knowledge
on important microfluidic system design guidelines

 Gain knowledge on necessary tools to analyze and model microfluidic systems

Intellectual (thinking) skills:

On successful completion, students will be able to:

 Specify appropriate fabrication methods of any microfluidic systems

 Use their knowledge on basic heat transfer and fluid mechanics to design microfluidic systems

 Design flow controlling microfluidic/nanofluidic elements

 Design microfluidics systems based on phase change phenomena

Practical Skills:

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

 Build and improve skills in computer tools and microfabrication techniques for their design projects

Transferable Skills:

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

 Develop problem solving and designing skills

 Use their knowledge design and model microfluidic systems

 Apply microfluidics/nanofluidics to biomedical and nano engineering problems

Reference Books:

 Microflows and Nanoflows: Fundamentals and Simulation, George Karniadakis, Ali Beşkök, Narayan
Aluru, 2005, ISBN-10: 0-387-22197-2

 Introduction to Microfluidics, Patrick Tabeling, Suelin Chen, 2005, ISBN-10: 0-19- 856864-9 
Microfluidics for Biotechnology, Jean Berthier, Pascal Silberzan, 2006, ISBM-10: 1- 58053-961-0  MEMS
and Microsystems: Design and Manufacture, Tai-Ran Hsu, Mc Graw Hill , 2002, ISBN 0-07-239391-2 
Fundamentals of Microfabrication, Marc Madou, CRC Press, NY, 1997.

 Nadim Maluf, An Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems Engineering, Artech House, 2000. 


Microsystems Design, Stephen D. Senturia, 2001, ISBN 0792372468.

Related Journals:

 J. Microelectromechanical Systems

 Microfluidics and Nanofluidics


 J. Micromechanics and Microengineering

 Journal of Fluid Engineering

 Physics of Fluids

 Journal of Fluid Mechanics

 Lab-on a Chip

 Micro and Nanoengineering

 Scientific Reports

 Nature Communications

 Science Advances

 Microsystems and Nanoengineering

Co-operation on coursework:

It is encouraged to discuss with classmates, use texts, library materials, and other sources while doing
any assignment. If a solution to a problem is found in the literature, students must provide correct
citations to that literature.

For the homework assignments, every student is expected to have worked through his/her own analysis
and to have written up his/her own work for submission. Under no circumstances is it permitted to
present another student's work as one’s own.

Term Project:

Each student/group will select one topic for the project related to this course. The project will be about
a design and research project related to the topic. Technical drawing and analysis should be included,
and a final design is required with fabrication efforts if possible.

The project report should be approximately 10-12 pages long and will be due to the first day of project
presentations. The written report must be in the style of a review journal article (like a Journal of
Microelectromechanical Systems article) having the typical format as follows: Title, Author’s Name and
Affiliation, Abstract, Objectives, Theory and Analysis, Technical Description, Results and Discussion and
References.

Plagiarism will be severely punished and result in a “zero” grade for written portion of the term project.
Project Presentations will be given to the rest of the class in the last 3 weeks of classes at regular class
hours.

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