Micro/Nano Biomedical Devices

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Biomedical devices constantly call for innovations. Micro/nano fabrication not only miniaturizes devices and instruments, but also can enable new biomedical devices and significantly boost device performance. This course introduces fundamental micro/nano fabrication technologies and related materials of biomedical devices. The biomedical background and design principles of various biomedical devices will be presented. Both diagnostic and therapeutic devices will be discussed, including point-of-care diagnostic devices, biosensors, DNA sequencers, medical implants, prosthetic devices, drug delivery systems, medical robots, etc. This course is cross-listed with 18418 and 42622. ECE graduate students will be prioritized for 18618, and ECE undergraduate students will be prioritized for 18418. Although students in 18618/42622 will share lectures with students in 18418, students in 18418 will receive distinct homework assignments, projects, and exams from those given to students in 18618/42664. Specifically, the homework assignments, projects, and exams that are given to the 18618/42664 students will be more challenging than those given to the 18418 students. Course Website: http://www.ece.cmu.edu/courses/items/18618.html