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Analytical Modeling of Microfluidic Cantilever Sensor with Evaporating Ethanol

Marepalli L.K., Sukhotskiy V., K. Reddy I.V.A., Verma A., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

Resonating microcantilevers are widely used for myriad biochemical sensing applications. Small samples can be characterized for their physical [1], chemical [2], and thermal [3] properties. An example of such a sensor is shown in Fig. [...]

Display Compatible pMUT Device for Mid Air Ultrasound Gesture Recognition

Huang C.H., Demi L., Mao S., Jeong Y., Cheyns D., Rottenberg X., Rochus V., IMEC, BE

1. BACKGROUND Recently, piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducers (pMUT) have proved their potential to make a reliable 2D ultrasound array. As shown in Fig. 1, the displacement of piezoelectric material layer is galvanised by electrical signals/acoustic [...]

Numerical Simulation of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Tissue Therapy

Sukhotskiy V., Marepalli L.K., Verma A., Fournier J., Gellman G., Bacon W., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

Applications of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy have grown steadily over the last 50 years, as clinical evidence of effectiveness for various treatments, e.g. pain relief, bone and tissue (wound) healing etc., has emerged [1]. [...]

Microsystems based sensor fusion enabling standalone navigation

Jalal M., University of Windsor, CA

There is a need for effective, standalone indoor navigation device which not only can track users in unknown environments but also assist their navigation by obstacle avoidance and path guidance. This research developed a state-of-the-art [...]

A novel co-resonantly coupled cantilever sensor platform

Koerner J., University of Utah, US

Dynamic cantilever sensors are used for many different applications, for example in material’s research to study magnetic properties of small particles and thin films, in biology for real-time observation of cell processes and as balances [...]

Silicon lens arrays for wafer level packaging of IR-sensors

Kulkarni A., Stenchly V., Quenzer J., Dudde R., Fraunhofer Institute Silicon Technology, DE

A new process technology has been developed for a cost efficient production of refractive convex lenses made of silicon. These lenses are produced as lens arrays on standard 8 inch silicon wafers to allow the [...]

Scoping Advanced Manufacturing: Implications for Occupational Safety and Health

Pomeroy-Carter C.A., Geraci C.L., Tinkle S.S., IDA, US

The term advanced manufacturing has been used to capture recent technology-enabled changes in manufacturing, incorporating elements such as “the use and coordination of information, automation, computation, software, sensing, and networking” and the “use of cutting [...]

Improvement in Processing Parameters of 2nd Generation PEEK-like Composites for Advanced Application

Deese S.M., Naval Research Laboratory, US

Improvement in Processing Parameters of 2nd Generation PEEK-like Composites for Advanced Applications Stephen M. Deese,1 Matthew Laskoski2 1 ASEE Post-Doctoral Researcher 2 Acting Section Head, Advanced Materials Section, Code 6127 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 [...]

Apparent Tissue Modulus for Micro/Nano Pillar Arrays

Rajhi A.A., Coulter J.P., Jedlicka S.S., Lehigh univeristy, US

Polymeric culture platforms with micro/nano topographies have provided a powerful approach to modulate cell to substrate interactions. Cells respond to chemical and mechanical signals from surrounding microenvironments. While chemical signals have been well studied in [...]

Continuous Flow Synthesis, a Platform to Accelerate the Transition of Nanomaterials to Manufacturing

Pupek K., Argonne National Laboratory, US

Although nanoscale materials and structures are common in nature they only recently advanced to industry and are slowly becoming commercialized. There is a lot of exciting research results coming out of research labs in recent [...]