| WEEK # | LECTURES / LABS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lecture 1: Introduction to Micro / Nano Engineering and Lab Safety Instructions |
| No Lab | |
| Microfabrication | |
| 2 | Lecture 2: Introduction to MEMS and Microfabrication |
| Lab 1: Benchtop Photolithography and Milli-fluidics | |
| 3 | No Lecture |
| Lab 2: Fun with Molding | |
| Microfluidic Hydrodynamics | |
| 4 | Lecture 3: Introduction to Microfluidics and Soft Lithography |
| Lab 3: Device Fabrication, Microfluidic Hydrodynamics: Mixing and Diffusion | |
| 5 | Lecture 4: Microfluidic Hydrodynamics: Viscous Flow, Surface Tension, and the Problem of Mixing |
| Lab 4: Microfluidic Hydrodynamics: Droplets | |
| 6 | Lecture 5: Microfluidic Hydrodynamics: Electrokinetic Flows |
| Lab 5: Microfluidic Hydrodynamics: Fields, Forces, and Flows | |
| Surface Engineering | |
| 7 | Lecture 6: Engineering of Surfaces in Micro / Nano Devices, Surface Wetting |
| Lab 6: Surface Engineering with Soft Materials | |
| 8 | No Lecture and Lab |
| Nanomaterial Synthesis and Fabrication | |
| 9 | Lecture 7: Nanomaterials Synthesis and Surface |
| Lab 7: Growing and Touching Carbon Nanotubes | |
| Nanoscale Imaging MEMS Devices and AFM | |
| 10 | Lecture 8: Introduction to Nano-scale Imaging and 3D Printing |
| Lab 8: Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) | |
| 11 | Lecture 9: MEMS Fabrication Processes and AFM |
| Lab 9: Microscale 3D Fabrication | |
| 12 | No Lecture |
| Lab 10: Atomic Force Microscope I: Imaging with AFM | |
| 13 | Lecture 10: MEMS Applications and Product Design |
| Lab 11: Atomic Force Microscope II: Thermal Noise of Cantilever | |
| 14 | Quiz |
| No Lab | |
| 15 | Epilogue - Why Learn Micro and Nano Engineering |