MAE 6240 - Physics of Micro and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics

(crosslisted)
(also CHEME 6240)

Fall. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: undergraduate fluid or continuum mechanics (e.g., MAE 3230) or permission of instructor. Co-meets with MAE 5240; includes additional 1-credit design project. Graduate version of MAE 5240.

Staff.

Introduction to fluid mechanics in micro- and nanofabricated devices. Physicochemical hydrodynamics, electrokinetic effects, capillarity, continuum breakdown, micro- and nanofluidic applications in chemistry and life sciences.