25726: Biosensors
Course Name: Biosensors
Course Number: 25726
Prerequisite(s): 25031 (Electronics 1)
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 3
Level: Undergraduate
Last Revision: Winter 2019

Description: 
The aim of this course is to familiarize students with the principles of medical sensors and biosensors, as well as their various types based on functionality.
 
Syllabus:
  • Biosensors, Signals, and Systems
  • Units of Measurements
  • Biosensor Characteristics & principles
  • Biosensor Classification (Physical Biodetection: Electrochemical detection  (Potentiometric & Amperometric), Thermometric detection, Piezoelectric detection, Photometeric)
  • Physical Principles of Sensing
  • Amperometric Biosensors
  • Potentiometric-type Biosensors
  • Cell-based Biosensors
  • Semiconductor Electrodes
  • Optical Components of Biosensor and Evolving Optical Sensors
  • 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)
  • Biosensor Materials and Technologies                            
References:
  • Elizabeth A. H. Hall, Biosensors, 1990
  • Ping Wang & Qingjun Liu, Cell-Based Biosensors: Principles & Applications, 2010
  • Tran Minh Canh, Biosensors, Chapman & Hall, 1993
  • Jacob Fraden, Handbook of Modern Sensors: Physics, Designs, and Applications, 3rd Edition, Springer, 2003


 
Last Update: 2024-05-05