BioMEMS

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory and Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Covers the latest advances in bioMEMS, with specific attention to Microsystems targeting development biology and cell culture. We will use an organism’s development –from genome to multicellular tissue–as a framework for teaching bioMEMS devices: from microPCR chips to microfluidic mixers to tissue scaffolds. The aim is to provide students familiar with microfabrication and Microsystems with a context from which to view and evaluate bioMEMS devices and innovations. We will cover implantable and diagnostic microsystems in the later part of the course.