Introduction to BioMEMS

I am extremely impressed with this book. Very insightful, informative, easy to follow, and extremely high-quality figures (400 high-quality figures, ALL in color). I enjoyed reading it very much; my students love it; I recommended it to my wife, who was trained in electrical engineering but no experience in MEMS/NEMS, and she enjoyed reading it too. I am very glad that the community eventually have a high-quality textbook. I appreciate Prof. Folch's dedication and hard work very much.-- Tony Jun Huang, Associate Professor in Penn State University

Excellent Quality and protection for the book.

This book is a meaningful overview for how the field of microfluidics has developed over the past two decades. It is focused in large part on the applications of microfluidics to problems in biology and medicine and a captivating read for the bioengineering and biology students interested in this emerging field. At the same time, the book is a very practical reference source for experts. Several elegant microfluidic designs are singled out and described in detail in this book, rescued from the depth of complex scientific publications. The selection of figures is outstanding, presented in full color and rich in details. The book is packed with tips and practical advice to problems that everyone dealing with microfluidic devices has already encountered or will encounter at least once at the bench. By doing this, Dr. Albert Folch is not just an expert in the field of microfluidics. He is also a great teacher, sharing his extensive practical knowledge with generations of students to come.

I was in the market for a textbook to introduce the field of BioMEMS to graduate biomedical engineering students. This book includes all the things an instructor would look for in an instructional text.The book is very thorough in its discussion on concerns in the field of BioMEMS, and gives numerous examples of applications. It is well thought out and presents abstract details in exquisitely simple fashion. The boxed-off asides give excellent insight into the field and the continually references in the text to pioneers and leaders of the field will reinforce the concepts for the students and allow for scientific papers to be found in the literature. I would rate this textbook as five stars and I am happy that it is available

This book shows many ways of making small devices, their advantages and disadvantages, and how they are used in a biological environment. The books is helped enormously by being in color - the figures contribute so much. The book will be useful to anyone starting out in the field because it is so comprehensive. Check out the table of contents. A plus are the historical vignettes, showing how this field came to be. (I like the one about it only taking 25 years to get a microfluidic device into space.) (Disclaimer: I have written a couple of papers with the author, but I concentrated on the equations and math. This book explains so much...)

I can't say enough about how impressive this book is. Every page is in color and is packed full of iconic figures from seminal papers in the field. This is a book that everyone who works on BioMEMS must have on their shelf.-- Prof. Nathan SniadeckiUniversity of WashingtonDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

Very nice book