Integrated Microsystems for Biological and Medical Applications

報告題目：Integrated Microsystems for Biological and Medical Applications

報告時間：2021年7月8日 （周四） 8:30-10:00

報告地點：生物樓108報告廳

報 告 人：劉新宇

報告摘要：

In this talk, I will give an overview of the research activities in my Microfluidics and BioMEMS Laboratory (MBL) at the University of Toronto. With a unifying theme of Microsystems Engineering for Life Sciences, my MBL team investigates the design and fabrication of novel microfluidic devices and micro/soft robotic systems to address pressing problems in biology and medicine. Leveraging our interdisciplinary expertise in microdevices and robotics, our current research is along three strategic directions: i) paper-based microfluidics for disease diagnostics; ii) robotic micromanipulation of cells and small organisms; and iii) soft/flexible sensors and robotics. I will first present several designs of paper-based microfluidic biosensors and highlight their practical uses in rapid diagnosis of diseases such as HIV, hepatises, and COVID-19. Then, I will briefly showcase how we develop integrated robotic micromanipulation systems and apply them to basic biological studies. Finally, I will describe our recent work on developing hydrogel-based ionic skins with multimodal sensation and a worm-based living soft microrobot.

報告人簡介：

劉新宇，加拿大多倫多大學機械與工業工程系Percy Edward Hart 特聘教授，微流控與生物微機電系統實驗室主任。2011~2017年間，在加拿大麥吉爾大學機械系先后擔任助理教授和副教授，并任加拿大微流控與生物微機電系統領域研究主席。本科畢業于哈工大機械電子工程系，碩士畢業于哈工大機器人研究所，博士畢業于多倫多大學機械與工業工程系。2009~2011年間，在美國哈佛大學化學與化學生物系從事博士后研究。他的主要研究方向是微納和軟體機器人學、柔性電子器件、微流控器件與系統。他和他的團隊在機器人和生醫結合領域的國際期刊和國際會議上獲得8項最佳論文獎。現任IEEE RA-L資深編輯（senior editor）, IEEE T-ASE和T-NANO副編輯（associate editor），中國工程院院刊Engineering 客座編輯，2021年當選ASME Fellow。