SMALL for Big Things
SMALL is is the nanobio Sensors and MicroActuators Learning Lab
at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY at Buffalo).
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SMALL News

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• INVITED TALK: "Microfluidic Circuits, Devices, and Applications", Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea, 11/06/2009.
• INVITED TALK: "Microfluidic Systems and Droplet-Based Microfluidics", Physics Department, Chonbuk National University, Korea, 11/05/2009.

• PAPER: "Concurrent droplet charging and sorting by electrostatic actuation", B. Ahn, et al., Biomicrofluidics, 3, 044102, 2009. The impact factor of Biomicofluidics journal is 2.3.
• CONFERENCE PAPER ACCEPTED:  ¡°Fabrication of multiple height microstructures using UV lithography on timed-development-and-thermal-reflowed photoresist" byDouble layer based micro fluidic dilution generator for drug screening,¡± by 'JK' Kim, K. Lee, H. Jee, K. W. Oh, and ¡®YK¡¯ Yoon will be presented in MEMS 2010, Hongkong.

• SMALL lab moved into a new room 318A in Bonner Hall.
• INVITED TALK: "BioMEMS and droplet-based microfluidics", EE, SUNY at Buffalo, 09/25/2009.
• PAPER ACCEPTED: "Microfluidic network based combinatorial dilution device for high throughput screening and optimization", K. Lee, et al., Microfluid. Nanofluid., accepted, 2009. The impact factor of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics journal is 3.3.

• BOOK CHAPTER: "Chapter 10: Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) Polymer Molding for LOC" in LAB ON A CHIP TECHNOLOGIES: Volume 1, pp. 139-159, ISBN: 978-1-904455-46-2, Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK, 2009.

• AWARD: Individual Development Awards, New York State/United University Professions
• CONFERENCE PAPER ACCEPTED: Our SMALL group will present our research in MicroTAS 2009 conference, Jeju, Korea, 11/01/09-11/05/09
  • "2-layer based microfluidic dilution generator for drug screening"
  • "Microfluidic network based combinatorial device for high throughput screening an optimization"
  • "Microfabrication of rounded channel and waveguide integrated microlens using timed development and thermal reflow process"
• CONFERENCE PAPER ACCEPTED: Our SMALL group will present our research in ASME IMECE 2009 (International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition) conference, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 11/13/09-11/19/09
  • "Hydrodynamic focusing based particle filtration using an island structure with built-in valves"
  • "Streaming potential measurement in live plants for energy harvesting applications"

• SPONSORED PROJECT: "Development of Combinatorial Microfluidic Devices for Stem Cell Applications", KIST.
• CONFERENCE PAPER: ¡°Double layer based micro fluidic dilution generator for drug screening,¡± by K. Lee, et al., Proc. in MMB 2009, the Fifth International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, Québec City, Canada, April 1-3, 2009, pp. 92-93 (2009).

• CO-ORGANIZER/SECTION CHAIR: "Energy and Power in Micro and Nano Systems" in Micro and NanoSystems, ASME IMECE (International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition), Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 13 - 19, 2009.
• CO-ORGANIZER/SECTION CHAIR: "Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine", the 2nd annual Integrated Nanostructured Systems (INS) Workshop, Center for the Arts, The University at Buffalo, May 2009.

• PAPER: "Generalized serial dilution module for monotonic and arbitrary microfluidic gradient generators" by K. Lee, et al., Lab Chip, 9, 709-717, 2009 (DOI:10.1039/B813582G). The impact factor of Lab on a Chip journal is 6.5.
• Prof. Kwang W. Oh was included in Marquis Who's Who in America 2009 Edition.