Course abstract

This course will be unique to the discipline of Biotechnology as it deals with cutting-edge research and development in the interfacial areas of Biology and Mechanical engineering. The understanding of any subject in its entirety is often incomplete without language and tools derived from other disciplines. Microfluidics is an avenue of Mechanical Engineering which today, is not only helping in the understanding of diseases from an engineering perspective, but also aiding in the development of cheap, portable, diagnostic platforms that can predict whether a person is carrying a disease, even from a small drop of body fluid, at the remotest of locations. This amalgamated discipline, called Biomicrofluidics, which is presently revolutionizing the field of medical diagnostics and mechanobiology, needs to be exposed to the fertile minds of the future generations to draw them towards research in this field and contribute to the society.