MECH 536

Microfluidics

Units: 1.5

Fundamentals of liquid flow, capillarity, two-phase flow, species transport, ionic transport, electroosmosis, electrophoresis and other electrokinetic phenomena in microstructures. Overview of experimental, computational and microfabrication methods. Applications to lab-on-chip processing and fuel cell technologies.

Graduate course in the Mechanical Engineering program administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.