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Author:

Omiatek, Donna M.

Title:

Electrochemical Cytometry: A Novel Technique to Quantitatively Probe Individual Neurosecretory and Artificial Vesicles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

electrochemical cytometry
exocytosis
neurotransmitter
vesicle
electrochemistry
microfluidics
capillary electrophoresis

File:

Download dmo_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Ewing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Scott T Phillips, Committee Member
Michael L Heien, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Ahmed, Daniel

Title:

Fast microfluidic mixers based on acoustically drivem microbubbles

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

microfluidics
acoustic-bubbles
micromixers

File:

Download Ahmed_master_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Tony Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Tony Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shi, Jinjie

Title:

BIOFUNCTIONALIZED NANO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL-SYSTEMS (BIO-NEMS): ACOUSTIC TWEEZERS—APPLYING ACOUSTICS IN MICROFLUIDICS AND ACTIVE PLASMONICS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

acoustic tweezers
microfluidics
plasmonics
BioNEMS
surface acoustic wave

File:

Download Dissertation_Jinjie_Shi_ESM_August_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Kline, Timothy R

Title:

The Design and Control of Catalytic Motors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

heterogeneous catalysis
colloids. nanotechnology
interface
autonomous
microfluidics
pumping
fluids

File:

Download Thesis_TimothyKline_Phd_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member

Author:

Hsieh, Yi-Cheng

Title:

ON-CHIP MICRODIALYSIS SYSTEM WITH FLOW-THROUGH GLUCOSE SENSING CAPABILITIES

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

microfluidics
glucose sensing
microdialysis
impedance sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey D Zahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Committee Member
Nadine B Smith, Committee Member
Michael V Pishko, Committee Member

Author:

Lapsley, Michael Ian

Title:

Integrating optical techniques such as reflection, interferometry, scattering and fluorescence; bulk and surface acoustic waves; and microfluidics for measuring refractive index, viscosity, diffusion, surface tension, cell properties, and for sorting cells

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

microfluidics
optics
optofluidics
acoustics
acoustofluidics
reflection
refractometer
interferometer
cell sorting
FACS

File:

Download MichaelLapsley-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member

Author:

Ding, Xiaoyun

Title:

Acoustic tweezers: manipulating cells in microfluidics

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

microfluidics
surface acoustic wave
cell manipulation
lab on a chip
acoustics

File:

Download Thesis_Xiaoyun_Ding_ESM.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Drews, Aaron M

Title:

Ratcheted contact charge electrophoresis

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrophoresis
microfluidics
contact charging
ratchets

File:

Download Drews_Dissertation_20July2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Guo, Feng

Title:

Acoustic tweezers: manipulating micro-objects with the power of sound

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

acoustic tweezers
microfluidics
cell-cell interaction
cell printing
crystallography
disposable device.

File:

Download 20151201-thesis_final-update.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Special Member

Author:

Li, Sixing

Title:

Application of acoustofluidic technologies in cell biology

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

microfluidics
acoustofluidic
surface acoustic wave
cell biology
virology
single-cell analysis

File:

Download Sixing_Li_PhD_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Ozcelik, Adem

Title:

APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTOFLUIDICS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

acoustofluidics
microfluidics
C. elegans
rotational manipulation

File:

Download Adem_Ozcelik-Phd_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tony Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tony Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R. Tittmann, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Outside Member

Author:

Xie, Yuliang

Title:

OPTOACOUSTIC TWEEZERS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

optoacoustic tweezers
optothermal effect
microfluidics
particle manipulation
acoustic actuated bubble

File:

Download 20160628_Yuliang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Thomas Keith Wood, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Seong Han Kim, Outside Member

Author:

Cartier, Charles Antoine

Title:

Contact Charge Electrophoresis: An Electrostatic Motor for Microfluidics and Active Matter Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrophoresis
microfluidics
active matter
syncrhonization
droplet generation
mixing
electrostatic motor
collective motion
droplet microfluidics
portable
charge transfer
colloids
electrohydrodynamic
transport

File:

Download Cartier-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kyle Bishop, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kyle Bishop, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Scott Milner, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Outside Member

Author:

Baxter, Alexis Juliette

Title:

DETECTION OF METAL IONS AT BIOLOGICAL INTERFACES USING NOVEL BIOSENSOR STRATEGIES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

microfluidics
fluorescence assay
lipid bilayers
metallomembranes
Phosphatidylserine
sphingosine-1-phosphate
Phosphatidylethanolamine

File:

Download ABaxter_thesis_.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Outside Member

Author:

Marianelli, Allyson

Title:

Polymer-Based Experimental Model Systems for Intracellular Organization

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

liquid liquid phase separation
macromolecular crowding
coacervation
giant vesicle
protocell
microfluidics

File:

Download Thesis_vFinal_112930.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Scott Eugene Lindner, Outside Member

Author:

Ren, Liqiang

Title:

PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MANIPULATION OF MICRO-PARTICLES WITH ACOUSTIC WAVES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

microparticle manipulation
acoustofluidics
microfluidics
micromotors/microswimmers
surface acoustic wave
autonomous motion

File:

Download Thesis_Liqiang_Ren_FINAL_final_0612.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E. Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E. Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Corina Drapaca, Committee Member
Bruce J. Gluckman, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Outside Member

Author:

Crowe, Charles

Title:

Aqueous Phase Separation within Water-in-Oil Emulsions as Cellular Models

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

liquid-liquid phase separation
phase separation
microfluidics
neutral polymer phase separation
emulsion
water-in-oil
coacervation
bioinspired
artificial cell
microscopy
droplet

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Paul Cremer, Major Field Member
Peter Butler, Outside Unit & Field Member
Scott Showalter, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Liu, Chang

Title:

A Fluorescence-Based Investigation into the Mechanisms of Biomimetic-Membrane Component Translocation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

chemotaxis
lipid flip-flop
membrane component translocation
microfluidics
lipid bilayer

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Baker, Remmi

Title:

Just Keep Swimming: Designing and Fabricating Autonomous Artificial Microswimmers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

microswimmer
chemistry
physics
synthetic biology
artificial swimmer
artificial life
nanofabrication
3d printing
lithography
colloids
drug delivery
medicine
microfluidics
biology
biomimic
robotics
microrobotics

File:

Download baker_Finalizedthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Igor S Aronson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Igor S Aronson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair