Biosensors-25726

Office Hours:         Sundays         9:30 – 10:20    

                             Tuesdays        9:30 – 10:20

Assistants:           To be announced

Course Sched.:    Saturdays  hh:mm – hh:mm   Room # Barghx

                              Mondays  hh:mm – hh:mm   Room # Bargh x

References:

1) Biosensors, by Elizabeth A. H. Hall, 1990, 2) Cell-Based Biosensors: Principles and Applications, By Ping Wang & Qingjun Liu, 2010, 3) Biosensors: An introduction, By Brian R. Eggins, R. Wiley , 1996, 4) Biosensors, By Tran Minh Canh, Chapman & Hall 1993,  5) Chemical sensors and biosensors, by Brian R. Eggins, John Wiley , 2002, 6) Medical Instrumentation Application and Design, 4th Ed, by John G. Webster, Wiley, 2011. 7) Handbook of Modern Sensors – Physics, Designs, and Applications, 3rd Edition, By Jacob Fraden, Springer 2003.

Course Outlines:

  1. Biosensors, Signals, and Systems
  2. Units of Measurements
  3. Biosensor Characteristics & principles
  4. Biosensor Classification (Physical Biodetection: Electrochemical detection  (Potentiometric & Amperometric), Thermometric detection, Piezoelectric detection, Photometeric)
  5. Physical Principles of Sensing
  6. Amperometric Biosensors
  7. Potentiometric-type Biosensors
  8. Cell based Biosensors
  9. Semiconductor Electrodes
  10. Optical Components of Biosensor and Evolving Optical sensors
  11. Review of functional classification of detectors (Occupancy and Motion Detectors, Pressure Sensors, Flow Sensors, Acoustic Sensors, Humidity and Moisture Sensors, Light Sensors, Temperature Sensors, Chemical Sensors)
  12. Biosensor Materials and Technologies.

Grading:       HWs & Quizzes:            12%

(Tentative)    Midterm:                       36%

                     Final Exam:                   40%

                     Seminar/Project          12