Micro-Nano Technology: Mechanics, Materials and Manufacturing

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The aim of this course is to introduce students with diverse technical interests to the emerging area of micro and nano phenomena in science and engineering. Micro-Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Nanotechnology continue to revolutionize research in the engineering and science communities requiring newcomers to familiarize themselves with these fundamental principles. This course will address synthesis and manufacturing techniques of micro/nano devices, relevant mechanics concepts ( such as fracture and contact mechanics, elasticity), material property determination at small scales (e.g. size-scale strenght effects), and engineering difficulties with manipulation and control of materials and phenomena on scales less than 1000 times the width of a human hair. The course will be centered upon a series of investigational exercises including microfludics experiments. Electro-mechanical testing of microdevices, transport and deposition of macromolecules (e.g. DNA, proteins), nanolithography, and mainpulation of carbon nanotubes. Course material will also briefly disuss the evolution of select micro/nano innovations and their impact and applicati