Mehrdad Ramezani will defend his proposal, entitled: "Fin-based Micro/Nano Acoustic Resonators and Filters" on Monday, March 18th at 11:00 AM in Larsen 234. Refreshments will be provided.
This week, the speakers for the IMG Seminar are:
Brett Freidkes will defend his proposal, entitled: "A MEMS-Based Surface Stress Sensing System for Fluid Dynamics Applications" on Tuesday, March 12th at 1:00 PM in Larsen 234. Light refreshments will be provided.
This week, the speaker for the IMG Seminar is Dr. Ant Ural on Low dimensional nanoscale materials and devices:
Liang Zhou will defend his proposal, entitled: "Electrothermal MEMS Mirrors and Lenses with Large Range and High Stiffness and Their Application in Two-photon Microscopy" on Thursday, February 7, at 3:00 PM in LAR 229.
This week, the speaker for the IMG Seminar is Dr. Jennifer A. Nichols on Predictive Biomechanical Simulations: Applications to the Musculoskeletal System:
Dr. Arnold’s group will have an open house on Friday 11/16 at 1:00 PM in the Magnetics lab (Larsen 126). The open house is an invitation to everyone in IMG to learn about the research, the projects, and the equipments of an IMG group. Some demos will be set up in the magnetic lab, and students will discuss about their projects.
Nicolas Garraud will defend his dissertation, entitled: "Characterization of the Rotational Dynamics of Magnetic Particles in Suspension " on Tuesday, 11/13, at 3:00 PM in NEB 409. Refreshments will be provided.
This week, the speakers for the IMG Seminar are:
Cells as Microsystems. Successful integration of MEMS with biomedicine requires an intimate understanding of biophysiological processes. Dr. Simmons will describe tools at the micro and mesoscale she uses to study these processes, including cells themselves! Specific applications in cancer and regeneration will be highlighted.
Capillary Force Driven Single-Cell Spiking Apparatus for Studying Circulating Tumor Cell. The characterization of single cells within heterogeneous populations has great impact on both biomedical sciences and cancer research. By investigating cellular compositions on a broad scale, pertinent outliers may be lost in the sample set. Alternatively, an investigation focused on the behavior of specific cells, such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs), will reveal genetic biomarkers or phenotypic characteristics associated with cancer and metastasis. On average, CTC concentration in peripheral blood is extremely low, as few as one to two per billion of healthy blood cells. Consequently, the critical element lacking in many methods of CTC detection is accurate cell capture efficiency at low concentrations. To simulate CTC isolation, researchers usually spike small amounts of tumor cells to healthy blood for separation. However, spiking tumor cells at extremely low concentrations is challenging in a standard laboratory setting. We report our study on an innovative apparatus and method designed for low-cost, precise, and replicable single-cell spiking (SCS).
Come learn about the exciting research done by Dr. Yoon's group! The students and research topics are below.
Benton 210 (E-Test)
Benton 237C (Litho-Lab)