Date and Location

Saturday and Sunday
October 12 and 13, 2002

The course will begin Saturday, October 12, 2002.

This short course is held in conjunction with the
74th Annual Meeting of The Society of Rheology
October 13-17, 2002

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Instructors

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Who Should Attend

Persons from both academic and applied/industrial institutions. This course will be relevant to physicists, chemists, biologists, engineers, faculty, postdocs, and graduate students, from both academic and applied/industrial institutions, particularly working in or with a view towards entering research in microfluidics, polymer dynamics at interfaces, microrheology, and developing lab-on-a-chip applications.

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Course Description

The development of microfluidics technology has mainly been driven by the need to miniaturize, integrate, and automate biochemical analyses to increase speed and reduce costs. Interesting applications include analytical instrumentation, high throughput screening of pharmaceutical targets, genomics analysis, and clinical diagnostics. This course will provide an overview of some of the current development of microfluidics, the science of interfacial rheology, microrheological methods, and examples of lab-on-a-chip applications. A laboratory demonstration of macromolecular sizing on-chip will also be performed.

Topics

Fluid control in microchannels   Transport phenomena in microchips   Dynamics of polymers and particulates in confined geometries   Separation techniques in microchannels   Microfabrication technologies   Polymer-surface dynamics and interfacial rheology   Instrumental methods for the study of polymer interfaces   Microviscometers and microrheometers   Lab-on-a-chip applications in life sciences

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Registration Information

The registration fee for the two-day course is $450 for members who registered not later than September 20, 2002. For members registering after September 20, the fee will be $550. Student-member rates are $250 by September 20 and $325 after September 20. Registration fees for non-members are listed on the short course registration form.

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Registration Form and Lodging Accommodations

Short Course Registration Form

Lodging Accommodations

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