INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL MICROSYSTEMS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: B M E 310 and ( ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 and 102 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 , ZOOLOGY 153 , or BIOCORE 383 ), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify prominent materials and their properties commonly used in fabrication of biomedical microdevices Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze and implement microfabrication techniques for patterning, lithography, etching and deposition Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Understand and design fabrication processes with appropriate fabrication tools for biomedical microdevices Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe the principles underlying the interface between biological samples and different microdevices Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze, demonstrate, and communicate recent scientific literature in the field of biomedical microdevices Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify prominent materials and their properties commonly used in fabrication of biomedical microdevices Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze and implement microfabrication techniques for patterning, lithography, etching and deposition Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Understand and design fabrication processes with appropriate fabrication tools for biomedical microdevices Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe the principles underlying the interface between biological samples and different microdevices Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze, demonstrate, and communicate recent scientific literature in the field of biomedical microdevices Audience: Graduate