Mike Armani
mikearmani@gmail.com
PhD candidate in BioEngineering
co-supervisor:   Ben Shapiro, Aerospace Engineering
Aug. 2006 – present

Research Topic:  On-chip PCR

Bavani Balakrisnan
bavani@umd.edu
PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering
Jan. 2008 – present
Future Faculty Program, 2009

Research Topic:  Dielectric elastomer micro-actuators

Journal Publications:

1. B. Balakrisnan, S. Patil, E. Smela, "Patterning PDMS using a combination of wet and dry etching," J. Micromech. Microeng., 19, 047002 (2009).

Marc Dandin
mpdandin@isr.umd.edu
PhD candidate in BioEngineering
co-supervisor:   Pamela Abshire, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sept. 2006 – present

Research Topic:  On-chip fluorescence sensing

Winner of the 2008 Fischell Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering!  See also this story.

Journal Publications:

1.  M. Dandin, P. Abshire, and E. Smela, "Optical filtering technologies for integrated fluorescence sensors," Lab Chip, 7 (8), 955-977 (2007).

2.  N. Nelson, D. Sander, M. Dandin , S. B. Prakash, A. Sarje, and P. Abshire, "Handheld fluorometers for lab-on-a-chip applications", IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst., 3 (2), 97-107 (2009).  (Invited contribution)

M. Dandin, P. Abshire, and E. Smela, "Polymer filters for integrated fluorescence detection," (in preparation).

Timir Datta
tdatta@umd.edu
GRA in Electrical Engineering
co-supervisor:   Pamela Abshire, Electrical and Computer Engineering
June. 2009– present

Research Topic:  Cell-based sensing

Im Deok Jung
idjung@umd.edu
GRA in Mechanical Engineering
Joint degree program with Pusan National University
co-supervisor:   Jong Soo Ko, Mechanical Engineering
                              Pusan National University, Korea
Sept. 2008 – present

Research Topic:  Cell-based sensing

Journal Publications from PNU:

1.  I. D. Jung, M. K. Cho, K. M. Bae, S. M. Lee, P. G. Jung, H. K. Kim, S. S. Kim, and J. S. Ko, "Pixel-structured scintillator with polymeric microstructures for x-ray image sensors," ETRI J., 30 (5), 747-749 (2008).

2.  I. D. Jung, M. K. Cho, S. M. Lee, K. M. Bae, P. G. Jung, C. H. Lee, J. M. Lee, S. Yun, H. K. Kim, S. S. Kim, and J. S. Ko, "Flexible Gd2O2S: Tb scintillators pixelated with polyethylene microstructures for digital x-ray image sensors," J. Micromech. Microeng., 19 (1) (2009). 

Mark Kujawski
mkujawsk@umd.edu
PhD candidate in Materials Science and Engineering
Feb. 2008 – present

Research Topic:  Dielectric elastomer actuators

Eugene Daneshvar
edaneshv@umich.edu
visiting student from the University of Michigan
advisor:  Daryl R. Kipke, Neural Engineering Lab
Dept. of Biomedical Eng., Center for Neural Communication Technology
summer 2008 – present, occasional visits to our lab

Research Topic:  Steerable neural electrodes