Photopolymer microvalve connecting two microchannels, fabricated by Jose and colleagues at UofA. The valve is 1.2 mm diameter.
Early in my career I started to work on the R&D of biomedical devices. My grad studies focused on the design and fabrication of MEMS/Microfluidic Systems for medical applications. Along the way I designed inertial sensors, capacitive pressure sensors, electrostatic actuators and microvalves, some of which were prototyped in the cleanroom. My research interests and past projects include:
Early in my career I started to work on the R&D of biomedical devices. My grad studies focused on the design and fabrication of MEMS/Microfluidic Systems for medical applications. Along the way I designed inertial sensors, capacitive pressure sensors, electrostatic actuators and microvalves, some of which were prototyped in the cleanroom. My research interests and past projects include:
- MEMS/Microfluidic systems for medical diagnosis and treatment (BioMEMS)
- Intra-ocular microvalves and pressure sensors
- Phase change microactuators
- Phase-change nanomaterials
- Electrostatic microvalves
- Capillarity-driven valve-less microfluidic systems
- RF-ID and biometric Identification