Education
Our research involves the development of miniaturized technologies for analytical and diagnostic applications through the use and combination of microfluidics and optics. We pursue the development of novel technologies for user-based applications of high socio-economic relevance and technologies with unique abilities that facilitate scientific advances in chemistry, biology and medicine.
We approach technology development through the study of fundamental problems at the micro- and nanoscale, computational modelling and experimentation. Our research is inherently multidisciplinary and is particularly applicable to label-free sensing requiring real-time measurements in situ
Fall
Principles of mass, momentum and energy transport are applied to the analysis of fluid systems commonly encountered in chemical engineering practice. This approach is via the macroscopic and differential balances of mass, momentum and energy. Topics include fluid statics, incompressible flow in closed conduits, flow and pressure measurement, transportation of fluids, laminar, turbulent and creeping flows, and boundary layer effects. The design component of this course involves the determination of commercial components (piping, tubing, valves, pressure and flow meters and other fittings, as well as pumps) for fluid transport systems in industrial settings.
Winter
The transport phenomena approach is followed to study and analyze transport of momentum, energy and mass, with special focus on combined transport problems. Solutions are developed for problems involving steady-state and unsteady flows, isothermal and non-isothermal conditions, as well as non-Newtonian liquids. This course completes the students' intellectual training in the transport sciences culminating in their mastery of combined transport problems, including fluid flow with heat transfer, or mass transport with fluid flow, or heat transfer with mass transport.
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