BME P880900 – Optical Diagnostics for Biomicrofluidics

Course Syllabus

Fall 2012

Class Meeting Time and Location

9:10am-12:00pm Monday

BME P880900

BME 5725

Course Credit and Work Expectations:

This course is worth three credit hours. As such, the work expectations outside the classroom are approximately 9 hours per week on average throughout the semester.

Course Instructor:

Instructor:
Office:
E-mail:
Phone: / Prof. Han-Sheng Chuang (莊漢聲)
BME 5731B

63433

Grading Assistant

TBD

Office: TBD

e-mail: TBD

Office Hours:

9:10am-11:10am Friday @ BME 5731B

Reference Books:

Particle Image Velocimetry: A Practical Guide (M. Raffel,C.Willert,S.Wereley and J.Kompenhans, Springer, 2nd Ed.)

Principles and Practice of Laser Doppler Anemometry (F. Durst, A. Melling and J.H. Whitelaw, Academic Press, 2nd Ed.)

LDA Application Methods: Laser Doppler Anemometry for Fluid Dynamics (Experimental Fluid Mechanics) (Z. Zhang, Springer)

Course WWW Page:

http://140.116.84.246

Course Goals:

This course introduces two optically diagnostic techniques: particle image velocimetry (PIV) and laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV). The contents include principles of both techniques, trends, developments, practices, and their biomedical applications. Students will be given examples to practice and write their own programs. Students are eventually expected to be familiar with the essence of both techniques and know how to apply to their applications.

Prerequisites:

Undergraduate comprehension of Fluid Mechanics and/or Optics.

Computer Skill:

Knowledge of some programming languages or fluid mechanics would be helpful but not necessary.

Attendance Policy:

Attendance is figured into the calculation of the course grade. The instructors reserve the right not to repeat instruction on topics that were addressed in class. If the instructor is late, students should wait 15 minutes before leaving.

Honesty Policy:

The University Code of Honor is in effect for all students.


Homework:

Homework will be assigned on an approximately bi-weekly basis and generally will be collected in class. Collaboration on homework is limited to general discussion of the problems and approaches. Students should turn in their own work on time.

Grading Policy:

Course grades will be determined as follows:

Homework: 40%

Mid-term Project 30%

Final Project: 30%

Course grades will be determined using the following scale:

90-100 A

80-89 at least a B

70-79 at least a C

60-69 at least a D

0-59 F

Final grade cutoffs may be adjusted lower by the instructor based on the overall class performance but will not be raised.

Approximate Schedule

Lecture / Date / Subject
1 / Sep. 17 / PIV Introduction and History
2, 3 / Sep.24, Oct.1 / Principles of PIV
4 / Oct. 8 / PIV Recording
5, 6 / Oct. 15, Oct. 22 / Image Evaluations and Post Processing
7, 8 / Oct. 29 Nov. 5 / Micro-PIV and related Techniques
9 / Nov. 12 / Applications of PIV in Biomicrofluidics
Nov. 19 / Mid-term report
10 / Nov. 26 / LDV Introduction and History
11, 12 / Dec. 3, Dec. 10 / Principles of LDV
13 / Dec. 17 / Digital Signal Processing
14 / Dec. 24 / The-state-of-the-art LDV
15 / Jan. 7 / Applications of LDV in Biomicrofluidics
Jan. 14 / Final Report

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