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2009 GEM4 Summer School - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign : Cellular and Molecular Mechanics with a focus on Enabling Technologies
Workshops | 08 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir, Taher Saif, Irfan Ahmad, Jimmy K. Hsia
GEMS 4 Summer School Topics: Fundamentals of Cell and Molecular Biology Basics of Mechanics in connection with Biological Systems Mechanotransduction at a distance in a living cell Mechanics insights into the pathophysiology of human disease; Microfluidics approaches to studying human diseases...
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2009 GEM4 Summer School - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lecture 5: Mechanics insights into the pathophysiology of human disease; Microfluidics approaches to studying human diseases
Online Presentations | 20 Jul 2010 | Contributor(s):: Chwee Teck Lim
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Abhijith Ananthan
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Analytical Solution of Microbes Interacting with Surfaces
Presentation Materials | 14 Aug 2017 | Contributor(s):: Junyuan Li, Vaseem Shaik, Arezoo Ardekani
The biological or medical related problems are among the most heated topics in scientific field. There is a rising interest in studying the behavior of microbes and their interactions with flow. In order to explore the velocity fields, pressures and forces around the microbes, the solution of...
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Analyzing Disaster: A nanoscale guy stumbles into a mega problem
Online Presentations | 22 Jun 2010 | Contributor(s):: Steve Wereley
Steve Wereley discusses how his knowledge and use of a technique called particle image velocimetry (PIV) led to a game-changing calculation of a flow rate for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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arabinda baruah
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Balasubramaniam Namasivayam
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Batch and Continuous Flow Reactors
Teaching Materials | 30 Mar 2019 | Contributor(s):: Adam Powell
Derive expressions for productivity of plug flow and perfectly mixed continuous flow reactors, discuss quality, and describe advantages of batch reactors.
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Blood Filtration
Teaching Materials | 30 Mar 2019
Estimate flow rate of blood through two types of porous filter: an array of tubes and a packed bed of solid spheres.
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Blood Flow and Vascular Deposits
Teaching Materials | 30 Mar 2019
Analyze the effect of increasing fat deposit thickness on blood flow through human arteries.
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BNC Annual Research Symposium: Bio-Nanotechnology and Biomedical Devices
Online Presentations | 23 Apr 2007 | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir
This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the upcoming year.
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BNC Research Review: The Birck Nanotechnology Center-Progress, Opportunitiees, and Challenges
Online Presentations | 04 Jun 2008 | Contributor(s):: Timothy D. Sands
This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the upcoming year.
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Bottom Filled Mold
Teaching Materials | 07 Apr 2019 | Contributor(s):: Matthew John M. Krane
Calculation of mold filling times, with and without a constant height of metal in a riser. Problem uses modified Bernoulli equation for the mechanical energy balance and the students are asked to determine which resistances are significant.
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BP Oil Spill Physics Challenge
Online Presentations | 17 Feb 2011 | Contributor(s):: Steve Wereley
On May 13 Professor Wereley used optical feature tracking to estimate the volume flow of oil from the on-going BP Macondo oil field spill. Several other independent scientists also performed similar measurements at about the same time. These several measurements were all in the ballpark of...
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Circuits on Cellulose: From Transistors to LEDs, from Displays to Microfluidics on Paper
Online Presentations | 14 Feb 2017 | Contributor(s):: Andrew Steckl
In this lecture I will review the use of cellulose-based paper as a material in a variety of electronic (and related) applications, including transistors, light emitting diodes, displays, microfluidics. Paper is a very attractive material for many device applications: very low cost, available in...
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Controlling Membrane Organization: Effects of pH, Ions, and composition
Online Presentations | 23 Mar 2008 | Contributor(s):: Jennifer Hovis
Our main research interests are in determining, at the molecular level, how cell membranes are organized and how that organization relates to function. The primary molecular building blocks of cell membranes are lipids, amphipathic molecules that assemble into two opposed leaflets forming a...
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Cross-Link Polymer
Teaching Materials | 16 Apr 2020 | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Deb Newberry, Billie Copley, Jim Marti (editor), Laura Arndt (editor)
This module allows students to investigate forces and interactions at the molecular scale by mixing different liquids with a cross-linked polymer. The polymer (sodium polyacrylate) is similar to the structure found in cellulose and collagen. The interactions are dependent upon the charge...
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Daipayan Sarkar
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Dr Anurag Kumar Tiwari
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Droplet Microfluidics for High-Throughput Chemical Analysis and Experimentation
Online Presentations | 04 Apr 2019 | Contributor(s):: Robert Kennedy
Manipulating samples as droplets within microfluidic devices has emerged as an interesting approach for chemical analysis and screening. In segmented flow, one embodiment of this technology, nanoliter samples are manipulated in microfluidic channels as plugs separated by an immiscible fluid, such...