About Us
The Biomedical Microsystems
Laboratory at USC focuses on developing novel
micro- and nanotechnologies for biomedical applications. In
particular, we are interested in the integration of multiple
modalities (e.g. electrical, mechanical, and chemical) in
miniaturized devices measuring no more than a few millimeters for
use in fundamental scientific research, biomedical diagnostics, and
therapy. This can only be accomplished by creating biocompatible
polymer microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that are optimized for
biomedical applications. Current research topics range from
fundamental investigation of novel hybrid neural interfaces to the
development of complex implantable medical devices for glaucoma
management, intraocular drug delivery, and retinal prostheses. There
is great potential for these new techniques and devices to result in
discoveries that will reshape the scientific and medical landscape.
Lab News
Major updates to the lab website today! (7/21/2008)
A warm welcome to our new lab members this summer: Tim Abram,
Jonathan Cohan, Jason Geathers, Heidi Gensler, Amreeta Gill,
Benjamin Lee, Fanglu Lu, Kara Malhotra, Roya Sheybani!
(7/9/2008)
Congratulations to Brian Li for acceptance of his work on "Parylene
Electrothermal Valves for Rapid In Vivo Drug Delivery" for presentation at the AVS Topical
Workshop on BioMEMS to be held on October 19-24, 2008 in Boston,
Massachusetts! (6/29/2008)
Congratulations to Ronalee Lo for acceptance of her work on
"High-Density Reusable In-Plane Microfluidic Interconnects" and "In
Vivo Studies Demonstrating Feasibility and Biocompatibility of a
MEMS Ocular Drug Delivery System" for presentation at the BMES
Conference to be held on October 1-4, 2008 in St. Louis, Missouri!
(6/23/2008)
Ellis Meng has received an Early Career Award from the Wallace H.
Coulter Foundation! (6/11/2008)
Brian Li gave an oral presentation at the Hilton Head Solid-State
Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop held June 1-5, 2008 in
Hilton Head Island,
South Carolina on "A Wirelessly-Activated Parylene
Electrothermal Valve for Mapping Brain Function in Freely Moving
Subjects." (6/5/2008)
Congratulations to the following students for acceptance of their
work for presentation at the MicroTAS Conference to be held on
October 12-15, 2008 in San Diego, California! (5/23/2008)
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Po-Ying Li:
"Mechanical and Thermal Modeling of a Parylene
Electrothermal Valve for Mapping Brain Function
in Freely Moving Subjects"
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Ronalee Lo:
"Characterization and Fabrication of
High-Density, On-Demand, Reusable, In-Plane
Polymer Interconnects Towards Standardized
Microfluidic Packaging"
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Gabriela
Mallen-Ornelas: "A Microfluidic Platform
for Focal Chemical Stimulation of Cells"
Congratulations to our graduates! Diana Ciontea, Mei Li
Nickles, Kim Swertfager, and Joy Wong received their BS degrees and
Michael Wang received an MS in Electrical Engineering.
(5/16/2008)
Major updates to the lab website today! (5/6/2008)
Congratulations to Christian Gutierrez and Gabriela Mallen-Ornelas
for receiving travel awards to the upcoming Neural Interface
Conference to be held on June 16-18 in Cleveland, Ohio!
(5/6/2008)
Congratulations to Lynn Jane Ho for her election as the VP of
Corporate Affairs for the USC chapter of the Society of Women
Engineers! (4/10/2008)
Brian Li gave an oral presentation at the Spring National Meeting of
the American Chemical Society held April 6-10, 2008 in New Orleans,
Louisiana on "Parylene
Electrothermal MEMS Drug Delivery Valve." (4/6/2008)
Congratulations to Ronalee Lo for receiving 1st place platform
presentation honors and the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation
Most Innovative Award at the Annual Grodins Symposium! [BME
link] [Viterbi
link] (4/5/2008)
Congratulations to Gabriela Mallen-Ornelas for receiving runner-up
honors at the Annual Grodins Symposium! [BME
link] [Viterbi
link] (4/5/2008)
Congratulations to Christian Gutierrez for organizing the highly
successful 12th Annual Fred S. Grodins Symposium! [BME
link] [Viterbi
link] (4/5/2008)
Congratulations to Wilma Wong for receiving 3rd place honors at the
Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School Science Fair! Good
luck at the Los Angeles Science Fair Wilma! (3/6/2008)
Congratulations to collaborator Tina Givrad for acceptance of her
work on a "Implantable Minipump for Bolus Injection in Mice" for
oral presentation at the ASME 3rd Frontiers in Biomedical Devices
Conference to be held on June 18-20, 2008 in Irvine, California.
(2/28/2008)
Congratulations to collaborator Lisong Ai for acceptance of his work
on a "Polymer-Based Sensors for Dynamic Intravascular Shear Stress
Analysis" for presentation at the ASME 3rd Frontiers in Biomedical
Devices Conference to be held on June 18-20, 2008 in Irvine,
California. (2/28/2008)
Congratulations to Ronalee Lo for passing her qualifying exam!
(1/31/2008)
Our lab welcomes undergraduate researchers James Chan and Jon
Dawson, undergraduate Merit researcher Saachi Pole, undergraduate
volunteer William Wu, and rotation student Alice Cho!
(1/29/2008)
Brian Li gave an oral presentation at NEMS 2008 held January 6-9 at
Hainan Island, China on "Integrated Flow Sensing for Focal
Biochemical Stimulation." (1/10/2008)
Congratulations to the following undergraduate researchers (past and
present) for making to the Dean's List for Fall 2007: James
Chan, Jay Creech, Diana Ciontea, Lynn Jane Ho, Sarah Norgaard, Mei
Li Nickles, Saachi Pole, and Lillian Ware! (1/1/2008)
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