Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour
Catalog page 460
Prerequisites: ME 270/ MSE 238 or equivalent; or consent of instructor
Description: Emphasizes physical principles and designs of microscopic sensors and actuators. Topics include macroscopic and microscopic physical phenomena and properties; signal processing; mechanical transducers; thermal transducers; electrical transducers; magnetic transducers; optical transducers; chemical and biological transducers; and applications in areas such as lab-on-a-chip, medical diagnosis and power MEMS.