PHYX3500/ECE5930 Nanomechatronics
Spring 2006 Offering.
Instructor: Professor YangQuan Chen

Supported by NSF NUE Grant 0407384

  • Course objective: To equip physics sophomores or juniors with essential background knowledge on nanomechatronics with an emphasis on basics.
  • Prerequisite: PHYX2400 Nanotechnology–Materials Today
  • Other Prerequisites: Linear algebra, ODEs, Laplace transform.
  • Syllabus (pdf) Google status on nanomechatronics (PDF), Google scholar status on nanomechatronics (PDF)
  • Instructor information: Dr. YangQuan Chen. E: yqchen@ece.usu.edu , T: (435)797-0148, W: http://www.csois.usu.edu/people/yqchen ; Office: EL216.
  • Method of Instruction (non-traditional): 
    • Weekly meeting or email discussions. 
      • Tutorial, Lecturing, Lab tour, Assigned presentation, Invited talks.
    • Instruction room and time. (TBD. 1st meeting at EL216 CSOIS office)
  • Weekly schedule and topics. (tentative) (send email to the instructor for .zip password)
    • Week-1: Motivations of Nanomechatronics. What is nanomechatronics, why nanomechatronics, and how nanomechatronics works. 
      • Assignment#1. What is nanomechatronics?
        • Greg Parry said (.doc)
        • Joseph Abel said (.doc)
        • Robert C. Meservy said (.doc)
      • See what Toshio Fukuda said in 2004. “Recent Topics of Micro and Nano Mechatronics” (PDF)
    • Week-2-3: Elements of nanomechatronics. Nanosensors, nanoactuators, controllers. 
      • “Nanomechanics: A Toolbox for the Small”. Prof. Ch. Gerber’s Plenary Talk at the IEEE AIM05. Monterey, CA, July 24-28, 2005. (PPT.zip ~20Mb)
      • “NANOROBOTICS  CONTROL  DESIGN: A  PRACTICAL  APPROACH  TUTORIAL” - A. Cavalcanti, R.A. Freitas Jr., L.C. Kretly. ASME 28th Biennial Mechanisms and Robotics Conference ASME DETC - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA September 28 to October 2, 2004 (PPT.zip, ~7Mb)
      • Hans Peter Lang’s Plenary Talk at IEEE Sensor’03 (PPT.zip ~7.5Mb)
    • Week-3-4: Review of Signals and Systems, (ECE3620 2005 Fall offering – /3620/3620.fall05/*.*) (sample test .doc)
    • Week-5-6: Review of classical controls and digital controls (ECE5320 Mechatronics). Check CTMS: http://www.library.cmu.edu/ctms/
    • Week-7-8: Review of robust controls (ECE/MAE 7360 course web) Motion control basics, feedback vs. feedforward, DOB, CCC.
    • Week-9: Motion control with nanoprecision. What are the challenges and how to compensate?
      • Quiz#1. Basic signal and systems
    • Week-10: Spring Break
    • Week-11: Basic Controls  (see the first lecture of ECE/MAE 7360)
    • Week-12: AFM Basics
      • Assignment: Attending M.S. DEFENSE by Gopinath R. Narasimhan. “Morphological and Physical properties of Pseudomonas chlororaphis biofilms:  Atomic Force Microscopy and Digital Pulsed Force Mode Microscopy approaches”. Tuesday, March 28. ENGR 402C. 1:15 p.m.
      • Lecture-1 and Lecture-2 by Dr. Fan Chen (fanchen@cc) of BIE Dept. of USU (Lecture slides PPT.zip)
      • Assignment: AFM Application survey. (Due: April 10, 2006. 20 PPT slides minimum.)

§         Survey Topics: Please select one from the following list (mostly suggested by Dr. Fan Chen)

·        AFM application on cell, bacterio, protein and DNA imaging, unfolding.

o       Starting references:

§        Biophys J. 1990 December; 58(6): 1473–1480.

§        http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1281099 

§        http://www.lot-oriel.com/site/site_down/nw_introcell_fren.pdf

·        Micromechanical properties of cells and subcells: Nano force and Young's Modules measurement.

o       Starting references:

§        McNeil, P.L. 1993. Cellular and molecular adaptations to injurious mechanical stress. Trends Cell Biol. 3: 302-307.

§        Tran-Son-Tay, R., Techniques for studying the effects of physical forces on mammalian cells and measuring cell mechanical properties, in Physical forces and the mammalian cell, J.A. Frangos, Editor. 1993, Academic Press: San Diego. p. 1-59.

§        http://www.veeco.com/appnotes/AN08_ForceCurve.pdf

·        AFM Tip modification and nano manipulation.

o       Starting references:

§        http://www.jpk.com/spm/wire_manipulation1.htm

·        AFM and single cancer cell

·        Nanomechanical detection of the living cells surface

    • Week-13: AFM lab demos (description of the demo labs.DOC)
    • Week-14-15: Lots of PPT slides related to nanomechatronics. (Thanks due to Hans Peter Lang) (273.603 Mb PPT.zip, password protected.)
      • Assignment. Please attend the following two talks. (April 11 and April 18) http://toxicology.usu.edu/681/Schedule%206810%202006.pdf Please submit a short description of the talks as a group project. (three of you co-author two reports on these two talks closely related to nanomechatronics). Report format: 3 pages in total. That is, 1.5 pages per talk. Please summarize the title/speaker/outline/main points/how to explore further/ etc. (You can request slides from the speaker). Due: April 28 (Friday)
      • Quiz#2: Basic controls.
      • AFM Application surveys (new as of 4/10/06)
        • The Use of Atomic Force Microscopy in Biological (Robert Meservy) (PPT) (Movie1) (Movie2)
        • Nanomechanical Detection of Living Cell Surface (Joseph Abel) (PPT)
        • (Greg Parry) (PPT)
    • Week-16. Mini Workshop on Nanomechatronics at USU. Perspectives of nanomechatronics. Note: The only limitation is your imagination.
      • Greg Parry: (PPT)
      • Joseph Abel: (PPT)
      • Robert C. Meservy: (PPT)
      • Dr. Fan Chen (Guest lecturer):
      • Prof. YangQuan Chen:
      • Prof. Anhong Zhou (Guest lecturer):
      • Prof. Haeyeon Yang (Guest lecturer):

Registered course members:

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