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Optimizing Transformation Efficiencies for Biosensor Development
Animations | 24 Sep 2024 | Contributor(s):: Frida Maldonado, NEWT Center, Rice University
Biosensors are an emerging technology in the field of environmental engineering and show promise for wastewater epidemiology applications. Instead of the current centralized sampling approach, live sensors deployed in-situ could relay information in real-time. This project seeks to use the...
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Experience Microfabricating Biosensors - A Summer Research Opportunity
Online Presentations | 08 Jan 2024 | Contributor(s):: Adarsh Radadia, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center
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Investigating Biomolecular Size Effects on the Performance of Organic Electrochemical Transistors
Online Presentations | 31 Aug 2023 | Contributor(s):: Mariana Prado, Erin Porter, Rice University
Organic Electrochemical Transistors (OECTs) use biomolecular sensor technology in order to detect biomolecules. These sensors have many advantages such as low cost, ability to amplify molecular binding, and their stability in aqueous environments. OECTs have shown high sensitivity, but there is...
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Experience Microfabricating Biosensors: A Summer Research Opportunity
Online Presentations | 17 Jun 2022 | Contributor(s):: Adarsh Radadia, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center
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Novel Two-dimensional (2D) Materials and Devices for Biomimetic Sensing and Computing
Online Presentations | 16 Aug 2021 | Contributor(s):: Saptarshi Das, NACK Network
Many animals outsmart humans in sensory skills. In fact, animals can do much more than just see, smell, touch, taste, and hear. For example, octopuses possess polarized vision, bats use ultrasound to echolocate, hyper touch sensitive spiders can trace the origin of micro-vibrations and sharks can...
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What are MEMS and Why Do We Care?
Online Presentations | 02 Aug 2021 | Contributor(s):: Matthias Pleil, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center
This presentation will cover several devices and systems as well as an overview of current trends of the market.
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[Illinois] ECE 416 Introduction to Biosensors II
Online Presentations | 11 Feb 2021 | Contributor(s):: Brian Cunningham, George Daley
In this lecture, we see how biosensors use transducers, devices that can translate presence of analyte into a physically measurable signal, to detect different analytes. The tranducers are chosen based off of the application...
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Perfect Ripeness Every Time: Design of Continuous Fruit Monitoring Technology
Online Presentations | 03 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s):: Aiganym Yermembetova, Benjamin Washer
This presentation is part of the 2020 Birck Shark Tank Competition.
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Saliva-Based Testing for COVID-19
Online Presentations | 22 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s):: Mohit Verma
The Verma lab is developing a molecular test for SARS-CoV-2 that detects the RNA and produces a color change in less than one hour. Using saliva as the sample, this test is easier to use at the point-of-care.
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In-liquid Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators for Biosensing Applications
Papers | 27 May 2020 | Contributor(s):: Girish Rughoobur
Gravimetric sensors based on thin-film bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators operating between 1-5 GHz have tremendous potential as biosensors because they are inexpensive, label-free, fast and highly sensitive. The two main challenges in this objective are: the conventional longitudinal mode...
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Ultra-flexible Organic Electronics
Online Presentations | 13 Feb 2020 | Contributor(s):: Tomoyuki Yokota
I will present the application of our ultra-flexible organic electronics.
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SMART Films Tutorials
Workshops | 05 Jun 2019 | Contributor(s):: Ali Shakouri (organizer)
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Soft Electronic and Microfluidic Systems for the Skin
Online Presentations | 23 May 2019 | Contributor(s):: John A. Rogers
This talk describes the key ideas, and presents some of the most recent device examples, including wireless, skin-like electronic 'tattoos' for continuous monitoring of vital signs in neonatal intensive care, microfluidic/electronic platforms that can capture, store and perform...
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Wearable Sweat Sensors - Towards Big Data for Human Health
Online Presentations | 04 Apr 2019 | Contributor(s):: Ali Javey
In this talk, I will present our recent advancements on fully-integrated perspiration analysis system that can simultaneously measure sweat rate, metabolites, electrolytes and heavy metals, as well as the skin temperature to calibrate the sensors' response.
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CELL-MET Thrust Area 4 - Optical Engineering: SERS-active Nanopipette Development for Intracellular Biochemical Sensing
Online Presentations | 08 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Jing Guo, CELL-MET ERC
The NSF Engineering Research Center in Cellular Metamaterials (CELL-MET) plans to accomplish four goals with the cellular metamaterials it intends to build: fabricate responsive heart tissue containing muscle cells and blood vessels; understand and control the tissue using optical technologies;...
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Birck Science Communication Shark Tank Compititon 2018
Online Presentations | 17 Jan 2019
The Science Communication Shark Tank competition and workshop gives students a chance to learn and train master storyteller skills in the best possible way: by playing a real-life game.
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Roll-to-Roll (R2R) Manufacturing of Smart Pharmaceuticals
Online Presentations | 20 Apr 2018 | Contributor(s):: Ali Shakouri
Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue is developing a foundry facility similar to that existing for silicon IC chips. We will describe development of IoT chemical sensors for wearables, food safety, and water and soil monitoring.
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Therapeutics BioMEMS Overview Learning Module - Instructor Guides
Teaching Materials | 22 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s):: Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME)
In the medical field, therapeutics is the process of caring for the patient in a comprehensive manner. Therapeutics includes preventing disease as well as managing disease or disease specific problems. This learning module is an overview of BioMEMS that are currently being used or...
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Therapeutics BioMEMS Overview Learning Module
Teaching Materials | 22 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s):: Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME)
In the medical field, therapeutics is the process of caring for the patient in a comprehensive manner. Therapeutics includes preventing disease as well as managing disease or disease specific problems. This learning module is an overview of BioMEMS that are currently being used or...
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Hybrid Nanomaterials for Tailored Light-Matter Interactions
Online Presentations | 27 Nov 2017 | Contributor(s):: Maiken H. Mikkelsen
In this lecture, I will provide an overview of our recent research demonstrating tailored light-matter interactions by leveraging ultra-small plasmonic cavitites fabricated using bottom-up techniques. Examples of our demonstrations include ultrafast spontaneous and single photon sources,...