Microfluidics Short Course

April 14, 2010

Holiday Inn at Fort Washington, PA

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Course Description

This course will serve as an introduction to microfluidics and the applications of this enabling technology to the chemical and life sciences. The compact overview will take a combined “chemistry” and “engineering” view of this important new field. The course will cover fundamental theories and practical aspects of fabricating microdevices and dealing with liquids in tiny confined spaces. The essential differences and design considerations when transferring between nano-, micro-, and macroscale handling of fluids will be discussed. Microfluidics applications are highly multidisciplinary, and several emerging areas will be presented including sample preparation, advanced separation strategies, nucleic acid methods, process monitoring, “-omics” applications, cellular analysis, and
biosensors.

Preliminary Schedule
Time Topic Lead
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 Introductions (continental breakfast continues) Foley
8:45 – 9:00 What are microfluidics? Shackman
9:00 – 9:15 An engineer’s view of microfluidics Noh
9:15 – 9:30 Microfluidics industrial outlook DeVoe
9:30 – 9:45 A chromatographer’s perspective Foley
9:45 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 10:25 Silicon fabrication techniques Noh
10:25 – 10:50 Glass fabrication techniques Shackman
10:50 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:25 Polymer fabrication techniques DeVoe
11:25 – 11:50 Flow theory in microchips Noh
11:50 – 12:00 Open Discussion All
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch (included with registration fee)
13:00 – 13:30 Separation methods Shackman
13:30 – 14:00 Multidimensional separations DeVoe
14:00 – 14:30 Pumps, mixers, reactors Noh
14:30 – 14:45 Break
14:45 – 15:15 How small and how fast? Shackman
15:15 – 15:45 Detection techniques and sensors DeVoe
15:45 – 16:15 Body on a chip Noh
16:15 – 16:30 On the horizon DeVoe
16:30 – 17:00 Open Discussion All

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Course Lecture Outline

Faculty

Don L. DeVoe (University of Maryland, College Park)
Joe Foley (Drexel University)
Moses Noh (Drexel University)
Jonathan Shackman (Temple University)

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