PhD Courses in Denmark

The goal of the course is to provide understanding and overview of fundamental topics in energy materials, their principles, their fabrication and characterization, and applications in implantable/ingestible devices for healthcare applications.

A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

• Explain basic underlying principles of energy materials (piezoelectric, triboelectric, energy storage devices, biofuel cells and external power supply)
• Explain different fabrication techniques employed for energy materials including micro- and nano-fabrication, additive manufacturing, polymer processing and printing
• Explain different electro-mechanical and electro-chemical characterization techniques for performance analysis of energy materials
• Describe and argue specific choice of materials and fabrication techniques for given application
• Critically evaluate the applicability of implantable/ingestible devices in terms of size constraints, applications specific requirements and in vivo risk
• Analyze and review the scientific methods used in research publication
• Present findings to mixed expert audience in pedagogical manner in a colloquium format
• Evaluate and give constructive criticism of presentations

Through presentation of scientific papers, the students will acquire in-depth understanding of the fundamental principles of different energy materials and their challenges in implantable and ingestible devices. Owing to the format of the course, the students will also practice and improve their skills associated with presenting and communicating scientific literature, acting as a moderator and conducting/writing literature review. It is expected that the students prepare themselves for each presentation by reading the relevant background material. The topic may include: - Piezoelectric materials and composites - Triboelectric energy harvesting and hybrid energy harvesting devices - Biofuel cells foe biochemical energy harvesting - Supercapacitors and batteries for in vivo energy storage - Flexible electronics for energy management - Fabrication of integrated self- powered devices for drug delivery, sensing and sampling