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We are in-debt to several colleagues and collaborators who have helped us along the way; if we can be of any help to you, just let us know.
Current Collaborators
Richard Averitt (Boston University) and Willie Padilla (Boston College)
We are developing MEMS-based active terahertz metamaterial structures and devices.
Hua Chen, Christopher Harrison, and Martin Poitzsch (Schlumberger)
We are developing MEMS-based sensors and detectors for harsh downhole environment applications.
Kuo-Shen Chen (National Cheng Kung University)
We are performing elastic and viscoelastic characterization of soft polymer materials for cell-mechanics applications.
Ronglih Liao (Brigham and Women's Hospital)
We are exploring the use of polymeric micro/nanobiosystems to analyze cardiac myocytes for cardiovascular research applications.
Xi Lin (Boston University)
We are developing conductive polymer microactuators for energy, defense and biomedical applications.
Hongbin Lu (Oklahoma State University)
We are investigating viscoelasticity of soft polymer materials using nanoindentation techniques.
Bjorn Reinhard (Boston University)
We are developing particle enhanced polymeric micro/nanobiosystems for biomedical applications.
Douglas Sawyer (Vanderbilt Medical Center)
We are applying single-spaced polymeric microstructures to measure cellular mechanical forces in real time and in live cells.
Mengyan Shen (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
We are exploring the use of submicrometer spikes formed by femtosecond laser irradiation to analyze mechanical interaction of cells with their neighboring environment.
Howard Surks and Michael Mendelsohn (Tufts Medical Center)
We are exploring the use of polymeric micro/nanobiosystems to analyze smooth muscle cells for cardiovascular research applications.
Katherine Zhang (Boston University)
We are developing nano-scale coatings for nano and microsystem applications.
Previous Collaborators
Todd Murray (Boston University)
We built embedded microchannels using a single layered SU-8 and determined Young's modulus using a laser acoustic technique.
Andre Sharon (Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation)
We developed 3D manufacturing techniques for freeform multi-layer microstructures using a scanning laser system.
David Walker (Foster-Miller)
We developed and built MEMS micro-pumps for a cryogenic heat transport system.
Tong-Yi Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
We developed and applied a nanoindentation-based microbridge testing method to measure both the residual stresses and Young's modulus of thin films for nano and microsystem applications.