BioMEMS
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The official GTU curriculum for BioMEMS (subject code ME02031091) as prescribed for BE · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 67 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME02031091)Unit 1 Introduction to BioMEMS
- Definition and scope of MEMS and BioMEMS
- Historical development of MEMS in biomedical applications
- The Small-Scale Benefit
- The High-Throughput Benefit
- The Quantitative Benefit
- Properties of materials used in BioMEMS (biocompatibility
- Common materials: Silicon
- PDMS, and hydrogels
Unit 2 Microfabrication Techniques- 1
- Basics: Photoresist and Photomask
- Black or White versus Gray Scale
- The SU-8 Era: High Aspect Ratios
- Biocompatible Photoresists
- Mask-less Photolithography
- Etching: Wet versus Dry, Isotropic versus Anisotropic
- Deposition and “Lift- Off”
- Nontraditional Substrates
- Laser Cutting
- Multiphoton Lithography
- Injection Molding
- Hot Embossing
- Curable Polymers
Unit 3 Microfabrication Techniques – 2 Soft Lithography, Basics of Soft
- Microfluidic Patterning
- Stencil Patterning
- Dynamic Substrates
- Tunable Molds
- Microfluidic Photomasks for Grayscale Photolithography
- Hydrogel Devices
- Nanofabrication Techniques
- Electron Beam Lithography
- Scanning Probe Lithography
- Fabrication Based on Self-Assembly
Unit 4 Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Systems
- Microscale Behavior of Fluids
- Non-dimensional Analysis: Reynolds Number and Peclet Number
- Laminar Flow
- Parabolic Flow Profile
- Circular Cross- Section
- Rectangular Cross-Section
- Triangular (Isosceles) Cross- Section
- Microchannel Resistance
- Shear Stress
- Capillary Flow
- Flow through Porous Media
- Surface Tension
- Contact Angles, and Wetting
- The Surface-to-Volume Problem
- Fluids in Electrical Fields
- Fluids in Acoustic Fields
- Fabrication of Microfluidic Channels
- The Building Materials
- 3-D Stacking and Bonding
- Inlets: the “Macro-to- Micro Interface” Problem
- Microchannel Wall Coatings
- Operation of Microfluidic Channels: Practical Concerns
- Microfluidic Resistors
- Micro pumps
Unit 5 Mechanics and Design Considerations
- Biomechanics in BioMEMS: Fluid dynamics in micro-channels: Hagen-Poiseuille flow
- capillary action
- Mechanical properties of biomaterials and their impact on device design
- Design and Simulation Tools: Finite element analysis (FEA) for Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Biomedical Engineering Subject Code : ME02031091 Subject Name : BioMEMS stress and fluidic simulations
- Practical Design Challenges: Scaling effects and system integration
- power supply, and wireless communication for implantable devices
Unit 6 Applications and Case Studies
- BioMEMS for drug delivery applications
- Applications of MEMS technologies for minimally invasive medical procedures
- MEMS as implantable neuro-probes
- MEMS as ocular implants
- MEMS for in vivo sensing
- Point-of-Care Diagnostics Using BioMEMS
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