[Illinois] Beckman Grad Seminar: Quantitative Phase Imaging for live cell studies

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mustafa Mir

Faculty members in the Bioimaging Science and Technology group develop new imaging technologies for medical diagnosis and treatment, as well as new methods for discovering the ways our bodies work. Because of the extensive imaging facilities at the Beckman Institute, we are able to explore very …

[Illinois] CABPN Workshop: Applications of Genomics and Nanotechnology to Soybean Improvement

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Lila Vodkin

Other projects have developed public genomic resources for soybean including a soybean EST (expressed sequence tag) database (Shoemaker, et al, 2004); cDNA microarrays (Vodkin et al., 2004) and long oligo arrays (Gonzalez et al., 2007). These have been used extensively to profile soybean …

[Illinois] CABPN Workshop: Applications of Nanotechnology useful to Food Science

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jozef L. Kokini

Rheological properties of foods; food nanotechnology; structure, texture, flavor relationships; developing bioactive nutraceuticals.

[Illinois] CABPN Workshop: CABPN Research Focus Overview

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Manas Ranjan Gartia

CABPN Research Areas Personalized Medicine Nanosensors Gene Diagnostics Protein-based diagnostics Nanosensors Crop-based genetic engineering Prevention of Chemical contamination of foods Prevention of Microbial contamination of foods Manas Ranjan Gartia, PhD Candidate Ph.D.- UIUC, …

[Illinois]: BioEngineering Seminar Series: Modular Engineering of Tissue Reconstruction Scaffolds

03 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Scott Hollister

Tissue engineering scaffolds must fulfill a plethora of requirements to support tissue regeneration, including replication of complex defect geometry, provision of mechanical support, provision of adequate mass transport, and delivery of biologic cues to enhance tissue regeneration. On top of this, …

[Illinois] ECE 416 Lecture 6: Bioselective Layers

07 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Brian Cunningham

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[Illinois] CABPN Workshop: Utilizing Microscale Characteristics to Address Interdisciplinary Challenges in Energy and Biology

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Amit Desai

Having noticed that the development of membrane-based fuel cells is often hindered by membrane-related issues such as water management (i.e., electrode dry-out/flooding) and fuel crossover, we have developed membraneless laminar flow-based fuel cells (LFFCs) where fuel and electrolyte streams are …

[Illinois] CABPN Workshop: Botanical Estrogens: Mechanisms, Dose and Target Tissues

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): William Helferich

Dr. Helferich obtained a B.S. in Nutrition at Ohio State University, where he obtained a B.S. in Nutrition. From there, he attended the University of Maryland and obtained his M.S. in Dairy Science/Nutritional Science. Next, he attended the University of California at Davis and received his Ph.D. …

[Illinois]: CABPN Workshop Nov.7,2012 - Nano Sensors Group

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Brian Cunningham

Nano Sensors Group Research Focuses: Photonic Crystal Biosensors PC Enhanced Fluorescence SERS Laser Biosensors High Throughput Drug Screening PC Modulators and Filters Microplasma Discharge Devices Microfluidics Nanoreplica Molding Flexural Plate Wave Biosensors Tissue Engineering

ECE 695A Lecture 8: Phenomenological Observations for NBTI

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Outline: Qualitative observations Time, voltage, temperature dependencies Material dependence Circuit implications

ECE 695A Lecture 8R: Review Questions

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

What is the distinction between BTI and NBTI phenomena? What does it mean that a process is thermally activated? What is the difference between parametric failure and catastrophic failure? Give examples. What are the time-characteristics of trapping, BTI, and NBTI? Which device will have …

ECE 695A Lecture 9: NBTI Time Dependence -- Stress Phase

06 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Outline: Background: Time-dependent degradation The Reaction-Diffusion model Approximate solution to R-D model in stress phase Degradation free transistors Conclusions

ECE 695A Lecture 10: NBTI Time Dependence -- Frequency and Duty Cycle Dependencies

06 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Outline: NBTI stress and relaxation by R-D model Frequency independence and lifetime projection Duty cycle dependence The magic of measurement Conclusions

Design of Optoelectronically-active Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications

08 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Bryan W. Boudouris

Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices are of great interest due to their promise of providing flexible, lightweight, and inexpensive alternatives to their currently-used inorganic counterparts. However, large-scale implementation of these modules has been hampered due to their relatively low power …

[Illinois] PHYS 466: Atomic Scale Simulations

06 Feb 2013 | Courses | Contributor(s): David M. Ceperley

Application of Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics techniques in primarily classical simulations to understand and predict properties of microscopic systems in materials science, physics, biology, and chemistry. Numerical algorithms, connections between simulation results and real properties of …

[Illinois] ECE 416: Biosensors

07 Feb 2013 | Courses | Contributor(s): Brian Cunningham

Learn the underlying engineering principles used to detect small molecules, DNA, proteins, and cells in the context of applications in diagnostic testing, pharmaceutical research, and environmental monitoring. Biosensor approaches including electrochemistry, fluorescence, acoustics, and optics will …

[Illinois] ECE 416 Lecture 3: Introduction to Biosensors II

07 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Brian Cunningham

In this lecture, Dr. Cunningham continues his introduction to the basics of biosensors. He discusses important topics such as transducers, signal, noise, and drift. Toward the end of the lecture, sensor characterization topics are introduced, including terms such as sensitivity and resolution. s

[Illinois] ECE 416 Lecture 5: Applications II

07 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Brian Cunningham

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[Illinois]: CABPN Workshop Nov.7,2012 - Biomaterials, Nanomedicine, Tissue Engineering

03 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jianjun Cheng, NanoBio Node

From the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering: Our research is focused on design, synthesis, characterization and evaluation of polymeric and nano-structured biomaterials for fundamental studies as well as their biomedical applications. A broad scope of multidisciplinary areas is covered …

[Illinois]: CABPN Workshop Nov.7,2012 - Chemical Analysis and Imaging of Seeds, Grains, and Plant Tissue

03 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Matthew Schulmerich, Rohit Bhargava

From the Chemical Imaging and Structures Laboratory (CISL) website (http://www.chemimage.illinois.edu/): The Chemical Imaging and Structures Laboratory, headed by Professor Rohit Bhargava, focuses on both research and education in combining spectroscopic and structural information to understand …