NOTE: Class meets on Tuesdays 10:20--13:10, ten minute break from 11:40 to 11:50 for each meeting.

Course description:
Over the recent past years, the fundamental physics and theories of electrokinetics (EK), electrohydrodynamics (EHD), ferrohydrodynamics (FHD), etc., have drawn a renewed attention as well as received intense research interests and efforts from the scientific community to achieve the goal of better modeling the micro/nano-fluidic aspects and describing the electromagnetic field and fluid mechanical interactions in the design and development of micro total analysis systems and micro/nano-electromechanical systems. So far, however, the modeling physics and mathematical tools required for describing and analyzing these electrically or magnetically driven fluid flows are less likely accessible through general unified class lectures and require the students to dig or delve into dense technical papers or monographs available in the vast literature. In this 3-unit half year introductory class directed towards junior, senior, and graduate students, we attempt to systematically and logically introduce these physics and tools so that students can acquire the basic working knowledge for formulating and analyzing these electrically or magnetically driven flow problems encountered in micro/nano systems research.