Microfluidic MEMS/NEMS, Sensors and Devices - 5

Wednesday, October 30, 2013: 08:00-12:00
Union Square 5/6, Tower 3, 4th Floor (Hilton San Francisco Union Square)
Chairs:
Ronald Pethig, PhD, DSc and Karan V.I.S. Kaler, PhD
08:00
Keynote--Review of Polymer Magnetic Nanocomposites for Microfluidics Applications
Bonnie L. Gray, PhD, Simon Fraser University, Microinstrumentation Laboratory
08:40
Distinguished Invited Speaker--Micromolding of Nife and Ni Thick Films for 3D Integration of MEMS
Johan Moulin, IEF, Université Paris Sud; Marion Woytasik, IEF, Université Paris Sud; Olivier Garel, IEF, Université Paris Sud; Thi Hong Nhung Dinh, IEF, Université Paris Sud; Yanan Zhu, IEF, Université Paris Sud; Malika Souadda, IEF, Université Paris Sud; Elie Lefeuvre, IEF, Université Paris Sud
09:05
Monolithic Integration of An Optical Microfluidic System for the Detection of Flurophore Tagged Recombinant Bovine Somototropin
Muthukumaran Packirisamy, PhD, Concordia University; Jayan Ozhikandathil, PhD, Concordia University
09:30
Sm-Co Thick Films Micromolding
Johan Moulin, IEF, Université Paris Sud; Marion Woytasik, IEF, Université Paris Sud; Dounia Belghiti, IEF, Université Paris Sud; Katia Chouarbi, IEF, Université Paris Sud
09:50
Fabrication and application of world’s smallestpolymer bonded permanent rare earth micro-magnetsfor MEMS/NEMS Devices
Ajit Khosla, Ph.D, Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, CONCORDIA University; Sam Kassegne, San Diego State University; Mieko Hirabayashi, M.S. Bioengineering, San Diego State University; Matt Silvestro, Jobmaster Magnets Canada Inc.
10:10
Si Fabrication Technologies for Biomedical Applications: Double Stranded DNA Separation
Bivragh Majeed, Ph.D, imec; Lei Zhang, MSc, imec; Nina Tutunjyan, Ph.D, imec; Deniz Sabuncuoglu Tezcan, Ph.D, imec; Paolo Fiorini, Ph.D, imec
10:30
Break
10:50
Rapid Detection of Total Coliform and E.Coli in Contaminated Water Using Chemically Modified Microwells
Naga Siva Gunda, University of Alberta; Selvaraj Naicker, University of Alberta; Maryam Ghoraishi, University of Alberta; Subir Bhattacharjee, PhD, University of Alberta; Thomas Thundat, University of Alberta; Sushanta Mitra, University of Alberta
11:15
A Review of Single-Cell Manipulation Techniques for Microfluidic Lab-On-a-Chip Systems
Sean F. Romanuik, M.Sc., B.Sc.(E.E.), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; Bonnie L. Gray, PhD, Simon Fraser University, Microinstrumentation Laboratory
11:40
Microfluidic Platform for Specific Capture, Release, and Impedance Based Quantification of Microparticles for Protein and Cellular Quantification
Mehdi Javanmard, Stanford Genome Technology Center; Janine Mok, PhD, Stanford University; Ronald W. Davis, Stanford Genome Technology Center; Michael Mindrinos, Stanford University