Research in the Maryland MEMS & Microfluidics Laboratory (MML) spans a range of microscale and nanoscale technologies including tools for high throughput biomarker discovery and analysis, low-cost microfluidic diagnostics for world health, interfaces coupling microfluidics to mass spectrometry, microscale platforms for probing lipid membranes and ion channels, and new polymer micro/nanofluidic fabrication technologies. MML researchers also develop silicon and piezoelectric MEMS technologies for novel analytical and microactuation platforms. Microfabrication is performed using dedicated facilities in the MML cleanroom, and in the multiuser FabLab located in the Kim Engineering Bldg.

The MML resides within the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, and is affiliated with the Dept. of Bioengineering and the Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. We are a member laboratory of the Center for Nano Manufacturing and Metrology, the Maryland Center for Integrated Nano Science and Engineering, the Center for Energetic Concepts Development, the Greenebaum Cancer Center, and the Maryland Robotics Center. The MML is also an academic partner in the multi-university Micro/Nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus Center (MF3).

Researchers:

   Visiting Researchers
   Dr. Jikun Liu (FDA)
   Dr. Jake Yang (Johns Hopkins)

   Postdoctoral Researchers
   Dr. Abhay Andar
   Dr. Eric Kendall

   Graduate Students
   Time Aigbe
   Chanda Arya
   Jason Felder
   Prakruthi Hareesh
   Renee Hood
   Kunqiang Jiang
   Annie Lu
   Isaac Misri
   Omid Rahmanian
   Ryan Rudy
   Cheney Shao
   Michael Wiederoder

   Undergraduate Researchers
   Alex Sposito

   MML Alumni

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Maryland MEMS & Microfluidics Lab
3126 Glenn L Martin Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301-405-1023

RECENT NEWS:

09.19.11
Alex Sposito is named a recipient of the L-3 Undergraduate Scholarship award.

09.15.11

Kunqiang Jiang's paper on chitosan particle micromanufacturing selected as the frontispiece for Small (see story here).

08.11.11
Ryan Rudy received 2nd place (silver medal) in the graduate student category of the Army Research Laboratory Summer Student Research Symposium.

07.19.11
Kevin Tsao's review paper on thermoplastic microfluidic bonding methods is the top cited paper in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics during the 2-year period from 2008-2009.

04.01.11
The MF³ Center is featured in Genetic Engineering News.

01.13.11
Fall 2011 NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships (NSTRF) are being solicited.

10.14.10
A Postdoctoral Researcher position in the area of high-force and large-displacement MEMS microactuation is available. (this position is now closed).

02.18.10
A Postdoctoral Researcher position in the area of microfluidics for drug delivery and nanomedicine is available (this position is now closed).

01.29.10
The Maryland MEMS Laboratory has joined the multi-university Micro/Nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus Center (MF3) as an academic partner. Formed in 2006, the MF3 Center was established with DARPA funding to advance the basic science and application of microfluidic technologies.

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