Droplet Based Microfluidics
Microfluidic devices are currently capable of producing
thousands of mono-disperse drops of volumes ranging
from nanoliters to picoliters. This exquisite capability has
the potential to revolutionize biotechnology and disease
diagnostics by enabling faster throughput and multi-
parameter screening at single cell/biomolecule resolution.
Researchers: Swastika Bithi, Kim Jihye, William Wang and
Meng Sun
Collaborators: Harris Wong (LSU), Raghunathan
Rengaswamy (TTU)
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Bio-Mechanics of Worms in Microfabricated Devices
To be updated.
Researchers:
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Recent advances in microfluidics have enabled viscometers to
be fabricated from microfluidic devices. The potential benefits of
these microfluidic viscometers include operation with small
sample volumes ranging from nanoliters to microliters and
access to shear rates not achievable by conventional
rheometry. For biological fluids such as blood, the microfluidic
format also enables measurements to be made in conditions
mimicking blood flow in microvessels. Finally, the microfluidic
viscometers have thepotential to be multiplexed for high
throughput analysis.
Researchers: Deepak Solomon
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Engineering Devices for Cancer Diagnostics
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Researchers: Zeina Khan, Brandon Aday
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Dynamics of Complex fluids in Microfluidic devices