Course Catalog 2007-2008

ACI-51806 ADVANCED TOPICS IN MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGY, 3-8 cr
Advanced Topics in Microsystem Technology

Courses persons responsible
Pasi Kallio

Implementations
Programs: Automation Engineering
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Seminar 2 h/week 2 h/week 2 h/week 2 h/week 2 h/week -
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
To learn details in a selected MST area and to become familiar with MST journals, magazines and advanced textbooks.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The contents of the seminar and associated credit units vary from year to year.  Giving educational presentations.    

Requirements for completing the course
The general requirements of the MST graduate seminars are to participate actively in the seminars and to give a seminar presentation on selected topic(s). Each seminar may also have more specific requirements.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Will be given specificly for each implementation of the course.

  • Used assessment scale is passed / failed

    • Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    ACI-51006 ACI-51006 Introduction to Microsystem Technology 4 Mandatory
    ACI-51106 ACI-51106 Laboratory Course in Microsystem Technology 4 Recommendable
    ACI-51306 ACI-51306 Microrobotics and microactuators 5 Recommendable
    ACI-51406 ACI-51406 Microfluidics 5 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

    The seminars can take either 2 or 3 periods and they can start either on the first, third or fourth period of the year. Starting a seminar will be announced in the course web site.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 30 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 70 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 28
    Seminar reports 72
    Total sum 100

    Correspondence of content
    7606080 Advanced Topics in Microsystem Technology

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    Last modified 07.02.2007
    Modified byPasi Kallio