MEMS Microfluidics and MEMS Manufacturing Processes: Technical Expert and Consultant (1220)
Expertise
Microelectromechanical systems, MEMS
MEMS microfluidics and MEMS manufacturing process
Standard and specialized machining and fabrication processes for MEMS
MEMS instrument design and microarrays
"LabView and Data Acquisition System
Reverse engineering
Sensors and portable instruments
IR-JKR Spectroscopy
Experience
Project Scientist, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
Design MEMS manufacturing processes for biomedical and space satellite equipment. Clean room fabrication of MEMS components.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Development of new instruments for detection and identification of proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids using surface plasmon resonance imaging, infrared array imaging, capillary electrophoresis, and polarization modulation infrared spectroscopy. New instruments included a horizontal SPR imaging system for improved microfluidic and robotic performance, a slow-scan interferometer for infrared Fourier transform imaging, and a precision temperature-controlled sample cell for SPR kinetics measurements. Microfluidic design, microarray fabrication, surface modification using alkanethiol monolayers, long-range SPR imaging, and design of high-efficiency near-infrared sources.
Honors & Publications
MEMS Based Design for a Field Emission Electric Propulsion Micro-thruster
Horizontal Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument with Improved Light Path
Real-Time Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Measurements for the Multiplexed Determination of Protein Adsorption/Desorption Kinetics and Surface Enzymatic Reactions on Peptide Microarrays
Simultaneous spectroscopic and adhesion measurements with a tandem IR-JKR instrument
Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Minnesota
B.S., Chemistry, University of Minnesota
B.S., Biochemistry, University of Minnesota