ME 890: Nanomanufacturing and Nanofabrication (Fall 2007)
This is a graduate course. Course description: Nanotechnology is the creation and utilization of materials, devices, and systems through the manipulation of matter at the atomic, molecular or macromolecular levels to take advantage of novel material properties and device functions that dominate at that length scale. Precise, efficient, and economic manufacturing/fabrication of structures, devices, and systems at the nanometer scale is critical to harvest the revolutionary power of nanotechnology. This course intends to introduce students to the recent advancements in nanomanufacturing, micro- and nano- fabrication, and nanotechnology instrumentation. The course consists of a series of lectures including guest lectures, lab demonstration and exercises, advanced reading, and a term project. The students will be exposed to frontiers of nanomanufacturing and nanofabrication and receive selected hands-on experience on the nanoparticle manufacturing and microfabrication.
ME 438: Mechanical Engineering Experimentation (Fall 2003, Spring and Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Spring and Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008)
This is a senior level hands-on engineering core course. The course has two components, lectures and projects. Students are introduced to topics such as characteristics of measurement systems, measurement of basic quantities, statistical data analysis, dynamic response of instruments, design of experiments, and data acquisition systems. students are also given the taste of real engineering by being challenged with small open-ended industrial problems that are solicited from local, regional, and national industries or our own research laboratories. Students are asked to systematically solve these projects by working through the design, fabrication, testing, analysis, and presentation phases.
ME 490: Introduction to Aerosol and Nanoparticles (Spring 2005)
This is a U/G course. Course description: Aerosols are suspensions of small particles in gases. Aerosol science plays a key role in many different fields including atmospheric sciences and air pollution, industrial production of pigments, fillers, and powders, contamination control in microelectronics and pharmaceuticals industries, and more recently nanotechnology. This course intends to introduce students to the fundamentals of aerosol science and engineering with an emphasis on nanoparticles. Topics covered in this course include elementary concepts, kinetic theory of gases, elementary particle mechanics, inertial separation, particle statistics, Brownian motion and diffusion, coagulation, evaporation and condensation, electrical properties, aerosol sampling and transport, and filtration. Various instrumentation techniques for aerosols and nanoparticles will be covered within appropriate topics.