Seminars, 12x2 h
SEMl, 6,0 hp, Grade P/F
FSK3541 Microscale Acoustofluidics 6.0 credits
Information per course offering
Information for Autumn 2024 Start 28 Oct 2024 programme students
- Course location
AlbaNova
- Duration
- 28 Oct 2024 - 13 Jan 2025
- Periods
- P2 (6.0 hp)
- Pace of study
33%
- Application code
51372
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
English
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
Places are not limited
- Target group
- No information inserted
- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
- Schedule is not published
- Part of programme
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Contact
Course syllabus as PDF
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Course syllabus FSK3541 (Autumn 2020–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus FSK3541 (Autumn 2020–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course disposition
Course contents
The course contains a series of seminars where the following subjects are discussed: governing equations in microfluidics; ultrasound resonances in microsystems; piezoelectricity and acoustic coupling; acoustic radiation forces; acoustic streaming; particle manipulation and trapping; and various applications of the technology in life sciences. Students are expected to prepare before, and lead these discussions.
Intended learning outcomes
After completion of the course the student shall:
- Explain theoretical concepts and derivations in acoustofluidics.
- Implement the theory for designing a microscale acoustofluidic system.
- Evaluate different experimental methods in microscale acoustofluidics.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Enrolled in a PhD programme at KTH or other universities.
Recommended prerequisites
SK1104, EI1320 and SG1218 or equivalent courses.
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
P, F
Examination
- SEM1 - Seminars, 6.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Examination is based on active participation in seminars and written assignments.
Other requirements for final grade
Active participation in seminars and approved written assignments.
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
This course does not belong to any Main field of study.
Education cycle
Third cycle