-
Microfluidics: Hands-On Computational Examples
12 Oct 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Atilla Ozgur Cakmak, NACK Network
Simulation of a microfluidic channel to separate red blood cells will also be covered as an immediate application.
-
Introduction to Microfluidics
11 Oct 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Terry Kuzma, NACK Network
Prof. Terence Kuzma will discuss how modern manufacturing processes are used to create lab on a chip devices. He will discuss the unique physics of fluids on the microscale, and the solutions to meet these challenges.
-
E304 L9.1.2: Nanofluidics - Fluid Forces at the Nanoscale
09 Mar 2022 | | Contributor(s):: ASSIST ERC
-
What are MEMS and Why Do We Care?
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.
-
Soft Electronic and Microfluidic Systems for the Skin
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...
-
The Interfacial Chemistry of Organic Aerosols and Cloud Droplets
10 May 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Kevin R. Wilson
I will highlight our efforts to use nanoparticles and droplets in the laboratory to understand heterogeneous reaction mechanisms and the underlying physical chemistry of cloud droplet formation.
-
ME 290R Lecture 9: Lithography for MEMS and Microfluidics
08 May 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Taylor, Hayden
-
Droplet Microfluidics for High-Throughput Chemical Analysis and Experimentation
04 Apr 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Robert Kennedy
Manipulating samples as droplets within microfluidic devices has emerged as an interesting approach for chemical analysis and screening. In segmented flow, one embodiment of this technology, nanoliter samples are manipulated in microfluidic channels as plugs separated by an immiscible fluid, such...
-
Soft, Biocompatible Optoelectronic Interfaces to the Brain
08 Jun 2017 | | Contributor(s):: John A. Rogers
In this talk, we will describe foundational concepts in physics and materials science for these types of technologies, in 1D, 2D and 3D architectures. Examples in system level demonstrations include experiments on freely moving animals with ‘cellular-scale’, injectable optofluidic...
-
Circuits on Cellulose: From Transistors to LEDs, from Displays to Microfluidics on Paper
14 Feb 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Andrew Steckl
In this lecture I will review the use of cellulose-based paper as a material in a variety of electronic (and related) applications, including transistors, light emitting diodes, displays, microfluidics. Paper is a very attractive material for many device applications: very low cost, available in...
-
E304 L9.1.5: Nanofluidics - Application: Electrokinetic Pumps
27 May 2016 | | Contributor(s):: ASSIST ERC
-
E304 L9.1.4: Nanofluidics - Surface Effects at the Nanoscale
26 May 2016 | | Contributor(s):: ASSIST ERC
-
E304 L9.1.1: Nanofluidics - Reynolds Number
03 May 2016 | | Contributor(s):: ASSIST ERC
-
[Illinois] Biomaterials to Replicate the Form and Function of Inhomogeneous Structures in the Body
28 Apr 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Brendan Harley
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex organization of structural proteins such as collagens and proteoglycans. Understanding that the ECM is dynamic and often spatially patterned or heterogeneous over the length-scale of traditional biomaterials, we are developing instructive biomaterials...
-
[Illinois] A Microfluidic Approach for Cocrystallization of Drugs and Analysis via X-ray Diffraction
16 Dec 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Elizabeth Horstman
The process of pharmaceutical drug development is cost- and time-intensive. Candidate drugs (CDs) are screened with many counter ions (salt or cocrystal formers) to find solid forms of the drug with appropriate physicochemical (e.g., solubility, dissolution rate) properties. Cocrystals are...
-
Verification and Validation in Simulations of Complex Engineered Systems
03 Jan 2012 | | Contributor(s):: Robert Moser
Computational simulation is a ubiquitous tool in engineering. Further, the explosion of computational capabilities over the last several decades has resulted in the use of computational models of unprecedented complexity to make critical design and operation decisions. One potential benefit...
-
Illinois CNST Annual Nanotechnology Workshop 2010 Lecture 12: Multiscale Analysis of Silicon NEMS
02 May 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Narayan Aluru
-
BP Oil Spill Physics Challenge
17 Feb 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Steve Wereley
On May 13 Professor Wereley used optical feature tracking to estimate the volume flow of oil from the on-going BP Macondo oil field spill. Several other independent scientists also performed similar measurements at about the same time. These several measurements were all in the ballpark of...
-
Measuring Disaster: the magnitude of the BP oil spill
09 Nov 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Steve Wereley
On May 13 Professor Wereley used optical feature tracking to estimate the volume flow of oil from the on-going BP Macondo oil field spill.
-
2009 GEM4 Summer School - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lecture 5: Mechanics insights into the pathophysiology of human disease; Microfluidics approaches to studying human diseases
20 Jul 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Chwee Teck Lim