International Summer School on Fluidic MEMS

25th August to 14th September 2019 at Jade University

Organised by Jade University - Department of Engineering Sciences and International Office

Experience Reports

Report of a Serbian student (FMEMS 2019)
Report of an Italian student (FMEMS 2019)
Report of an Egyptian student (FMEMS 2019)
Report of a New Zealand student (FMEMS 2019)

Introduction

The Department of Engineering Sciences and the International Office of Jade University offer a three-week summer school on Fluidic MEMS. This course focuses on microfluidic systems, which are a subtopic of Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) concentrating on handling small amounts of fluids.

Microfluidic systems have the potential to change analytic devices in the same way microelectronics did in the past to electronic devices. Possible applications are portable analytical devices like Lab-on-a-chip and point-of-care devices. To use this potential the knowledge about the technology and its usage needs to be spread out. This is the aim of this course; it will give an introduction to the fabrication and usage of microfluidic devices.

The first part of the course covers basics from a physical and technological point of view. The second part continues with the design, calculation and simulation of microfluidic chips. Recent research in biomedical applications is also presented.

The focus of the course is on the engineering point of view for micro fluidic applications especially. The course content is explained using examples and will be directly applied in a project. During this project an analytical standard procedure is transferred to the micro scale and realised as a microfluidic chip. This project includes designing, producing and testing the chip.

The course language is English. The presence of students as well as teachers from foreign countries requires the use of a shared language as the basis of everyday communication and interaction, and gives better motivation than a language course at a home university ever could.

This summer course is addressed to graduate students and requires a Bachelor’s degree for participation. It is a regular part of the Master of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering program at Jade University and is accepted for Master studies by our partner universities.

Schedule

Fluidic-MEMS Summer School in Wilhelmshaven 2019: Microfluidic Applications in Biomedical Engineering and Sensor Technology (Graduate students)
			Date
26.08.	Mon	Welcome - Workshop "German Language and Culture" - Introduction to courses (afternoon session)
27.08. - 30.08.	Tue	Basics of Microfluidics (Schlüter) Lecture room / ICT (PC-Lab) / Lab
	Wed
	Thur
	Fri
31.08. - 01.09.	Sat	Excursions: Sat: Mudflat Hiking (Baltrum), Sun: Meyer Shipyard (Papenburg)
31.08. - 01.09.	Sun
02.09. - 05.09.	Mon	Microfluidics Engineering (Luque / Gaßmann) Lecture room / ICT (PC-Lab) / Lab
	Tue
	Wed
	Thur
06.09. - 08.09.	Fri	Excursion to Hamburg: Fri: Löwenstein Medical, Sat: Airbus, Miniaturwonderland, Sun: Free time till noon
	Sat
	Sun
09.09. - 12.09.	Mon	Biomicrofluidics Applications (Lima / Gaßmann) Lecture room / ICT (PC-Lab) / Lab
	Tue
	Wed
	Thur
13.09.	Fri	Presentations of project results (all courses together) - Student evaluation Final Award Presentation

Normal timetable

Time
9:00 am	Start morning session
12:00 noon	Lunch
1:00 pm	Start afternoon session
4:00 pm	End

Course Abstracts

Basics of Microfluidics

Michael Schlüter

Course content:

Microfluidics
Polymer micromachining
Glass micromachining
Characterization of microstructures
Applications of microfluidics

Project work:

Training on basic production techniques

Microfluidic Engineering

Antonio Luque, Stefan Gaßmann

Course content:

Introduction to Glucose measurement

Project work:

Definition of the project goal
Design of the system
Fabrication
Characterisation of the system
Presentation of the results

Biomicrofluidics Application

Rui Lima, Stefan Gaßmann

Course content:

Basics of microfluidics (calculations / scaling laws)
Basics of CFD
Biomicrofluidics
Advanced applications
Recent research in microfluidics

Project work:

CFD training
Flow analysis for biomicrofluidics

Costs and Facts

Target group	Graduate students of engineering
Course credits	up to 6 ECTS credits
Location	Jade University in Wilhelmshaven, northern part of Germany
Time	25^th August until 14^th September 2019
Organizer	Jade University Department of Engineering Sciences
Registration deadline	15^thMay 2019 Please use Online Application Form
Application, course fee & funding	General course fee: 500 Euro International students: All international students have to submit the following documents by e-mail to Iris Wilters: Statement of motivation, curriculum vitae, passport copy, most recent grades and a letter of recommendation from a professor. We will inform you by 10^th June 2019 whether you are accepted or not. Students from partner universities (see list below): Ask your local coordinator to sign up. She/he will tell you about the special costs which your group of students will have to pay and what further information we need. Students from Jade University: Students from Jade University have to be registered for autumn semester 2019/20. Ask the organisation team in Wilhelmshaven for further information and course fees. Students from abroad may be eligible for a scholarship and will be informed about the possibilities after having handed in their complete application documents. If you have any questions please contact our International Office, Iris Wilters.
Board & lodging	We will book a shared room on a houseboat for you, costs 420 Euro per 3 weeks (including breakfast). If you wish to stay in a single room, we recommend to look for a hotel room. Please note that there are no cooking facilities on the houseboat. You can obtain a low-cost lunch in the university canteen. For dinner you will have to go to restaurants or buy snacks.
Partner institutions	Westphalian University of Applied Sciences (Germany) Michael Schlüter University of Seville (Spain) Antonio Luque University of Minho (Portugal) Rui Lima