Invitation to attend
AES Electrokinetics Workshop
at the AES-AIChE Annual Meeting
AES announces a set of two workshops that will be given during the 2010 annual AES-AIChE meeting in Salt Lake City, UT. A morning workshop focused on the theory and fundamentals of electrokinetics transport in microfluidics devices will be followed by an afternoon hand-on workshop where COMSOL will be employed to solve four different problems in electrokinetics using numerical simulation.
- Electrokinetic transport in microfluidic devices
- COMSOL modeling on microscale/nanoscale electrokinetics
November 7th, 2010 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City UT
| Title | Electrokinetic transport in microfluidic devices |
| Speaker | Director, Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. |
| Description | This workshop covers fluid mechanical transport processes commonly observed in microfluidic devices. Topics include unidirectional flow, hydraulic circuits, electrokinetic transport, and nonlinear electrokinetic fluid flow and particle actuation. Coverage comprises a subset of the material in Micro- and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics: Transport in Microfluidic Devices, Brian J. Kirby, Cambridge University Press, 2010. |
| What you will learn |
• This workshop session will focus on electrokinetic fluid flow and particle actuation • Experimental equipment will available in the room, and it will be used to perform demonstrations in real time. |
| Who should attend |
researchers in the field of microfluidics, biomedical and chemical engineers, industrial R&D engineers, chemists, biochemists, university professors and students. |
| Time | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sunday November 7th, 2010 |
| Fee | $149 for students and postdocs $199 for faculty and industry |
| Title | Microscale Electrokinetics with COMSOL |
| Speaker | John Dunec Branch Manager of COMSOL |
| Description | This 3-hour workshop will closely follow the morning workshop. The instructor will provide copies of the latest COMSOLv4.0a numerical simulation software, including a two-week temporary license, and work through four example problems from the morning session on electrokinetic transport in micro/nano-fluidic devices. |
| What you will learn |
• This workshop session will walk attendees through the use of COMSOL for solving problems from the morning workshop on electrokinetic transport in microfluidic and nanofluidic devices. • A personal computer is recommended so that attendees can load the COMSOL software and use it during the workshop. |
| Who should attend |
researchers in the field of microfluidics, biomedical and chemical engineers, industrial R&D engineers, chemists, biochemists, university professors and students. |
| Time | 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM Sunday November 7th, 2010 |
| Fee | $75 for those not registered for Part I (morning workshop) |