This is an introductory course on multidisciplinary topics covering microelectronics, biomedical engineering, and digital microfluidics. As a special topic course, it will focus on the principles and biomedical applications of digital microfluidics, which utilizes electronic signals to manipulate liquid droplets on an array of micro-electrodes. The course also covers the introduction of the fabrication technology in a clean room related to MEMS and soft-lithography. The coating and etching techniques on silicon wafers or glass chips will be introduced and practiced in this course.

CILO-1: Introduce state-of-the-art knowledge in the development of biomedical engineering. CILO-2: Design microfluidic chips and implement chips into microfluidic systems, including PDMS-based channel microfluidics and electronic-based digital microfluidics. CILO-3: Apply microfluidic systems in biomedical applications.