Micropumps Overview Learning Module - Instructor Guides

By Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME)

Southwest Center for Microsystems Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

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Abstract

This learning module introduces the MEMS micropump, how it works and where it is used in microtechnology.  Activities allow for further discovery into the operation of micropumps.

MEMS = MicroElectroMechanical Systems

This learning module includes the following.

  • Learning Module Map (Suggested outline for instructors)
  • Pre-test (Knowledge Probe)
  • Reading:  Micropumps Overview
  • Activity:  The Diaphragm Pump
  • Activity: Capillary Action
  • Assessment

Instructors: Please create a nanoHUB account and then request SCME Group membership in order to obtain Instructor Guides and editable slides for your personal classroom use.

Student materials for this learning module are available here.

Submitter

MJ Willis

Southwest Center for Microsystems Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

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