Gregory Nordin,
Professor,
Brigham Young University
Professor Greg Nordin joined the faculty of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at Brigham Young University in 2005. From 1992 to 2005 he was at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) where he was the founding director of the university's Nano and Micro Devices Center, which was created as an independent research center by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. While director of the center, he created a 7,600 sq. ft. cleanroom facility for nano and microfabricated devices to pursue research activities in photonics, MEMS, microfluidics, and sensors. Prof. Nordin has led numerous large research programs, and has been principal investigator on research grants from government and industry totaling $18M. He is the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award (1996) for promising young faculty, and twice received the UAH Outstanding Researcher Award as well as the UAH Foundation Award for Research and Creative Achievement. Prof. Nordin's current research is focused on developing 3D printing for microfluidic devices and applications. In March 2018 Prof. Nordin gave a TED talk on his group's work, which is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T122fzOEVYE.
Advanced 3D Printing for Microfluidics
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 at 16:30
Add to Calendar ▼2022-12-13 16:30:002022-12-13 17:30:00Europe/LondonAdvanced 3D Printing for MicrofluidicsLab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics World Congress 2022 in Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach, CaliforniaSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
While there is great interest in 3D printing for microfluidic device fabrication, a main challenge has been to achieve feature sizes that are in the truly microfluidic regime (<100 µm). The fundamental problem is that commercial tools and materials, which excel in many other application areas, have not been developed to address the unique needs of microfluidic device fabrication, which focus on negative space features. Consequently, we have created our own stereolithographic 3D printers and materials that are specifically tailored to meet these needs. We have shown that flow channels as small as 18 µm x 20 µm can be reliably fabricated, as well as compact active elements such as valves and pumps. With these capabilities, we demonstrate highly integrated 3D printed microfluidic devices such as a 10-stage 2-fold serial dilutor that simultaneously creates a 3 order of magnitude range of concentrations, and high density chip-to-chip interconnects (53 interconnects per square mm) that are directly 3D printed as part of a device chip. These advances open the door to 3D printing as a replacement for expensive cleanroom fabrication processes, with the additional advantage of fast (~5-10 minute), parallel fabrication of many devices in a single print run due to their small size.
Add to Calendar ▼2022-12-12 00:00:002022-12-14 00:00:00Europe/LondonLab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics World Congress 2022Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics World Congress 2022 in Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach, CaliforniaSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
Add to Calendar ▼2022-12-13 16:30:002022-12-13 17:30:00Europe/LondonAdvanced 3D Printing for MicrofluidicsLab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics World Congress 2022 in Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach, CaliforniaSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
