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Fall 2005

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11/16/2005
Sriram Krishnan PDMS
  • B.-H. Jo, L. Van Lerberghe, K. Motsegood, D. Beebe, "Three-Dimensional Micro-Channel Fabrication in Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Elastomer"
  • A.-G. Pawlowski, A. Sayah and M. Gijs, "Accurate masking technology for high-resolution powder blasting"
  • S. Satyanarayana, R. Karnik, and A. Majumdar, "Stamp-and-Stick Room-Temperature Bonding Technique for Microdevices"
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


  • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland

  • University of California, Berkeley

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11/02/2005
Hansen Bow
Biomaterials separation
  • A. van Oudenaarden, S. Boxer, "Brownian Ratchets: Molecular Separations in Lipid Bilayers Supported on Patterned Arrays"
  • L. Huang, E. Cox, R. Austin, J. Sturm, "Continuous Particle Separation Through Deterministic Lateral Displacement"
  • Stanford University



  • Princeton University
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10/18/05




Hayden Taylor




Microbubble actuator
  • Man Lee, Luthur Siu Lun Cheung, Yi-Kuen Lee and Yitshak Zohar, "Height effect on nucleation-site activity and size-dependent bubble dynamics in microchannel convective boiling"
  • Rebecca Braff Maxwell, Antimony L. Gerhardt, Mehmet Toner, Martha L. Gray, and Martin A. Schmidt, "A Microbubble-Powered Bioparticle Actuator"

  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and University of Arizona, Tucson


  • MIT

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Summer 2005

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08/25/05





Kishori Deshpande





Microfabricated fuel cells
  • K. Shah, W. Shin, R. Besser, "A PDMS proton exchange membrane fuel cell by conventional and non-conventional microfabrication techniques"
  • P.J.A. Kenis et al. "Microfabrication and characterization of a silicon-based millimeter scale PEM fuel cell operating with huydrogen, methanol, or formic acid
  • P. Reuse et al. "Hydrogen production for fuel cell application in an autothermal micro-channel reactor"
  • Louisiana Tech University


  • University of Illinois, Urbana


  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
  • Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany
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08/11/05





Valerie Leblanc





Biomimietic devices
  • M. Northen, K. Turner "Multi-scale compliant structures for use as a chip-scale dry adhesive"
  • M. Fukuda et al. "Development of a micro lancet needle made of biodegradable polymer for low-invasive medical treatment"
  • C.-F. Chiang, C.-H. Liu, C. Chang, C.-H. Liu, "A lobster-sniffing inspired actuator for manipulation of micro-objects via controlling local fluid"
  • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Kansai University and Lightnix, Inc, Japan

  • National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan
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07/21/05





Sriram Krishnan





Stress/strain sensing
  • I. De Wolf, "Raman spectroscopy: about chips and stress"
  • I. De Wolf, "Micro-Raman spectroscopy to study local mechanical stress in silicon integrated circuits"
  • B. Li et al, "Strain analysis in MEMS/NEMS structures and devices by using focused ion beam system"
  • Interuniversity Micro-Electronics Center (IMEC), Leuven, Belgium
  • IMEC, Belgium
  • Boston University, USA, Singapore University, Singapore and Tsinghua University, China
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07/07/05


Hansen Bow


Separating proteins in microdevices
  • D. Petsev et al, "Microchannel protein separation by electric gradient focusing"
  • C. Cabrera et al, "Formation of Natural pH Gradients in a Microfluidic Device under Flow Conditions: Model and Experimental Validation"
  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

  • University of Washington, Seattle
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06/23/05



Blaise Gassend



Plasma Bonding
  • Z. Liu, D. L. DeVoe, "Micromechanism fabrication using silicon fusion bonding"
  • A. Weinert, P. Amirfeiz, S. Bengtsson, "Plasma assisted room temperature bonding for MST"
  • X. X. Zhang, J.-P. Raskin, "Low-Temperature Wafer Bonding: a study of  void formation and influence on bonding strength
  • University of Maryland


  • Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgique
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06/09/05




Hayden Taylor




Microcontact printing
  • M.M.J. Decré, R. Schneider, D. Burdinski, J. Schellekens, M. Saalmink and R. Dona, "Wave Printing (I) : Towards Large-Area, Multilayer Microcontact Printing."
  • J. Schellekens, D. Burdinski, M. Saalmink, M. Beenhakkers, G. Gelinck and M.M.J. Decré, "Wave Printing (II) : Polymer MISFETs Using Microcontact Printing."
  • Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven
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05/26/05


Xue'en Yang


MEMS packaging
  • Jeffrey T. Butler, Victor M. Bright, John H. Comtois, "Multichip module packaging of microelectromechanical systems"
  • Ajay P. Malshe., "Development of a Curriculum in Nano and MEMS Packaging and Manufacturing
    for Integrated Systems to Prepare Next Generation Workforce"
  • Air Force Institute of Technology, OH
    Universi& of Colorado, Boulder, US Air Force Research Laboratory, NM
  • University of Arkansas
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Spring 2005

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05/04/05




Ole Nielsen




MEMS Atomic clocks
  • S. Knappe et al., "A microfabricated atomic clock"
  • Li-Anne Lied, et al., "Micromachined alkali atom vapor cells for CHIP-SCALE atomic clocks"
  • Gianluca Piazza, et al., "Design of a monolithic piezoelectrically actuated microelectromechanical tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser"
  • NIST
  • NIST
  • Berkeley
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04/21/05



Alexis Weber



Biometric (fingerprinting)
MEMS sensors
  • Charlot et al., "A Sweeping Mode Integrated Fingerprint Sensor With 256 Tactile Microbeams"
  • Sato et al., "Novel Surface Structure and Its Fabrication Process for MEMS Fingerprint Sensor"
  • Han et al., "Thermal Analysis of Fingerprint Sensor Having a Microheater Array"
  • INPG, Grenoble, France


  • NTT Corporation, Japan

  • Nagoya University, Japan
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03/24/05
Valerie Leblanc
Biomimetic micro-objects manipulation in liquid


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03/10/05

Hayden Taylor

MEMS lenses


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02/24/05

Sriram Krishnan
Traditional MEMS actuation and sensing in micro-fluidics
  • T. Sounart et al., Frequency-Dependent Electrostatic Actuation in Microfluidic MEMS
  • M. Kohl et al., A microfluidic expermental platform with internal pressure measurements
  • Sandia National Laboratories
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
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02/10/05


Hansen Bow


BioMEMS device integration
  • M. Burns et al., An Integrated Nanoliter DNA Analysis Device
  • J.W. Hong et al., A nanoliter-scale nucleic acid processor with paralel architecture
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • California Institute of Technology, CNRS/LPN, France and University of Southern California
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