EECE 5108/6008 - Fundamental of MEMS (Fall)

• The goal for Fundamentals of MEMS course is to introduce the fundamental principles and technologies of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), which include design, analysis and microfabrication of basic mechanical microstructures and microsensors for smart machines or microsystem on emiconductor. The applications of MEMS for pressure sensors, optical sensors, accelerometers, and IoT will be covered, and CMOS and lectronic circuits integrated with the microsystem for signal conditioning will also be covered.
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 EECE 7026 - Biochips and Lab-on-Chips (Spring)

• This course is designed to introduce the fundamentals of biochips and lab-on-a-chips. Basic concepts of micro/nano fabrication of biochips, microfluidic devices, on-chip analysis and manipulation (separation and immobilization) techniques, on-chip biochemical detection techniques, and integration of lab-on-a-chips will be introduced and discussed. Various biochips, lab-on-a-chips, uTAS and their applications will be covered.
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 EECE 7032 - Biosensors and Bioelectronics (Spring)

• This course is to provide multi-disciplinary knowledge required for the design, fabrication and characterization of biosensors and bioelectronics for biochemical, biomedical, clinical and environmental applications. The fundamentals of molecular recognition and surface science, biomolecular immobilization, transduction mechanism, and non-specific interactions with of enzymes, antibodies, proteins and DNA will be covered in the discussion of various biosensors. In addition, the basic electronic biosignal conditioning circuits and processing methods will be introduced. The integration of bioelectronics with biosensors and bioarrays will be discussed to build lab-on-a-chips and micro total analytical systems (uTAS).
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 EECE 5151/6051 - Introduction to Sensors (Occasionally)

• This course is designed for graduate students and senior undergraduate students in engineering, as well as Industry 4.0/5.0 students who are interested in sensors and sensor technologies. It is offered as an asynchronous online course on Canvas this semester. In this course, we will provide a comprehensive overview of sensors and their applications for smart systems, internet of things (IoT), mobile networks, and healthcare. Fundamental principles and technologies for a variety of sensors will be introduced and discussed in this course, which includes design, analysis, implementation, signal conditioning, and instrumentation of sensors in engineering practices. Applications of electrical, physical, chemical and biomedical sensors for environmental monitoring, automobiles, aerospace, healthcare, IoT, etc. will be covered. Due to the breadth of course content, this course is taught by multiple instructors on their topics of expertise. Please see the course schedule for more information.
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 EECE 7002 - Graduate Seminar (Spring)

• This graduate seminar course is designed to help new EECE graduate students find and understand their research topics, methods, skills, tools, information, and required work ethics. This semiar is composed of two parts. The first part covers essential research skills needed to find a research topic, write a technical paper, and make a technical presentation. The second part consists of presentations by faculty who want to share their research work with new graduate students in ECE Department.
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 EECE 2077 - Semiconductor Devices (Spring)

• The goal for Semiconductor Devices is to introduce the basics of semiconductor physics and devices which includes quantum mechanics, equilibrium, static characteristics, biasing, carrier flow and small-signal models of pn-junctions and transistors. Students are expected to acquire about the fundamental of pn-junctions, Schottky diodes, field effect transistors (FET), bipolar junction transistors (BJT), MOSFET and photodiodes.
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