INTRODUCTION TO MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

ME 376

Fundamentals of DC and AC circuit analysis and design, stressing tools needed to understand circuits typically used in instrumentation and control of physical systems (sensors/actuators); an introduction to the design of active and passive linear circuits for buffering and filtering signals; an introduction to digital circuits, Boolean logic, programming, especially as needed for computer interface operations in mechanical engineering applications (example: embedded microcontrollers). Laboratory exercises.

ME 455

Microrobotics is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of robotics, microtechnology, materials science, and bioengineering gearing towards key applications in healthcare and biomedical sciences. Design, fabrication, powering/actuation, locomotion, localization, swarm operation and biomedical applications of microrobots.

BME 550

Introduction to the field of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems), as it applies to biology and medicine. Topics will cover methodology of traditional MEMS devices, how they can be incorporated with biological systems, and methods for micro-structuring biological materials.

ECE 335

Characteristics of semiconductors; study of physical mechanisms and circuit modeling of solid state electronic and photonic devices; principles of microelectronic processing and examples of integrated circuits.

ME 445

Fundamentals of electromechanical control systems with a focus on subsystem design and their impacts at the system level. Integration of microcontrollers into products for control and/or instrumentation. Creation of intelligent interfaces between motors and sensors. C programming. Control computer system architecture Software and hardware principles for computer control.