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July 29, 2024

June 10-14, 2024

Bowie, Rahul and Sungjin presented at 2024 3rd MPS world summit in Seattle to share their latest research in pregnancy and preterm-birth (PTB) related organ-on-chip development.

 

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April 28, 2024

Our collaborative paper with Menon Lab, “The University of Texas Medical Branch,” and Rusyn Lab, “Texas A&M Superfund Research Center,” on the use of Placenta Organ on a chip on toxicant studies has been published in Lab on a Chip. Link to the article.

April 14, 2024

Mar 25, 2024

We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Arum Han has been honored with the 2023 Outstanding Professor Award from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University!

Mar 18, 2024

Our paper, “A Label-Free Droplet Sorting Platform Integrating Dielectrophoretic Separation for Estimating Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance,” in collaboration with Dr. Ching-Chou Wu, has been published in the journal of Biosensors. Link to the journal.

Mar 13, 2024

Haley Moyer presented collaborative work titled ‘Fetal response to maternal exposures: Utility of a four-cell human organ-on-chip device to study transport and effects of environmental chemicals’ in 2024 SOT annaul meeting performed with Sungjin Kim and Bowie P. Lam and awarded 3rd place graduate student poster. Congratulations all!

 

Feb 26, 2024

Our paper on a multi-organ, feto-maternal interface organ-on-chip, to model pregnancy pathology, in collaboration with Dr. Ramkumar Menon, has been published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicle. Link to the journal article.

 

Feb 26, 2024

Our paper, “Endocrine-disrupting compounds and their impact on human placental function: evidence from placenta organ-on-chip studies,” in collaboration with Dr. Ramkumar Menon, has been published in the journal of Lab on a Chip. Link to the journal article.

 

December 13, 2023

Data of the collaborative work with the Menon group at UTMB on modeling feto-maternal interface organ-on-chip is now publicly available through the Microphysiological Systems Database funded by NIH/NCATS.  Link to the studies

 

December 5, 2023

Our ARPA-H project ($20 million) to revolutionize cancer treatment using a programmable bacteria as a therapeutic has been featured in TAMU Engineering news and Research@Texas A&M.

Also click here to see the ARPA-H project announcement, which is part of the Cancer Moonshot project.

 

November 29, 2023

Our paper, which investigates polyethylene degradation by a Rhodococcus strain in collaboration with Dr. Jizhong Zhou, has been published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. Link to the journal article.

 

November 22, 2023

We received a $20M ARPA-H grant to develop new efficient and low-cost cancer therapeutics based on engineered bacteria. This is one of the first series of ARPA-H grant awarded.

Please see here for TAMU news story. Link to article.

Also please see here for ARPA-H press release of this project, which is part of the Cancer Moonshot initiative. Link to article.

 

September 27, 2023

One of our projects, ARCADIA, with the goal of replacing harmful bacteria with helpful ones, funded by DARPA, and in collaboration with Dr. Arul Jayaraman, is featured in The Economist. Link to article.

 

September 22, 2023

Dr. Arum Han received an award totaling $500,000 from the university’s Advancing Discovery to Market (ADM) program, with the project entitled “Rapid development of next-generation antibiotic and antifungals,” with co-principal investigator Dr. Arul Jayaraman. Link to article.

 

August 17, 2023

Our paper on feto-maternal and placental interfaces organ-on-a-chip devices for pharmacokinetic study, in collaboration with our colleagues at UTMB (PI: Ramkumar Menon) has been published in the journal of Frontiers in Pharmacology. Link to the journal article.

 

July 29, 2023

Congratulations, “High-aspect-ratio three-dimensional polymer and metallic microstructure microfabrication using two-photon polymerization”, a first authored paper of Ethan has been published in the journal of Biomedical Microdevices. Link to the journal article.

 

May 30, 2023

Congratulations Sungjin and Bowie for contributing to FASEB paper researching on development of oxidative stress-associated disease models using feto-maternal interface OOC! Link to the journal article.

 

May 1, 2023

Collaborative article with the Menon group at UTMB on modeling the Choriodecidual interface immune status during pregnancy has been published in the journal of Immunology. Link to the journal article.

 

April 13, 2023

Our paper collaborated with Dr. Sultan’s group at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar, on the first detailed characterization of soil properties correlated with microbial community structure of Qatari arid soils has been published in the journal of Microbiology Spectrum. Link to the journal article.

 

February 27, 2023

Congratulations, Dr. Songi Han for your first-author paper introducing the Identification of Microorganisms that Bind Specifically to Target Materials of Interest Using a Magnetophoretic Microfluidic Platform in the journal of ACS Applied Materials & Interface. Link to the journal article.

 

January 01, 2023

Our collaborative article with the Menon group at UTMB on the effect of fetal sex and maternal race on intraamniotic inflection has been published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Link to the journal article.

 

December 05, 2022

Congratulation, Dr. Can Huang for your first-author paper, “Tutorial on Lateral Dielectrophoretic Manipulations in Microfluidic Systems” in the journal of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. Link to the journal article.

 

November 24, 2022

Dr. Han gave a presentation at the DARPA Forward Conference, a venue organized by DARPA to expand their reach and presence, energize regional and national innovation ecosystem, and champion high-risk/high-payoff solutions for national security.

November 2, 2022

Congratulations Dr. Can Huang for winning the WiSe-YP Big Idea Pitch Competition.

November 1, 2022

Our work on using organ-on-a-chip devices to study the effect of fetal sex and maternal race/ethnicity on preterm birth published in the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology.   Link to the journal article here.

 

October 30, 2022

Dr. Han leads the Sensor Materials, Fabrication and Packaging Track at the IEEE Sensors Confernece 2022 as the track co-chair.   Link to the conference website here.

 

October 30, 2022

Congratulations Jing for your work on developing a technology that allows bacteria-encapsulated gel droplets to be patterned to create a multi-cellular community to enable cell-cell communication.   Link to the journal article here.

 

October 24, 2022

Dr. Han receives the Regional Solid Waste Management Award for Environmental Education and Outreach by the Brazos Valley Council of Governments. For more details see news here.  Link to the news article here.

October 8, 2022

Congratulation, Dr. Can Huang for your first-author paper, “An automated system for interrogating the evolution of microbial endosymbiosis†“. Link to the journal article.

 

October 3, 2022

Dr. Han gave a webinar at the National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEAM) on organ-on-chip of female reproductive organs.   More information can be found here.

 

September 24, 2022

High school students gaining research experience in our laboratory through the AEOP Apprentice Program, as part of our Army Research Office (ARO) project on microfluidics and microbial communities, featured through TAMU Engineering News.  Link to the news article here.

September 22, 2022

Congratulations Sungjin for contributing to another organ-on-a-chip paper, this time reporiting how Ureaplasma infection causes feto-maternal interface inflammation  Link to the journal article here.

 

September 16, 2022

Congratulations Sungjin for your contribution to this paper reporiting the first interconnected organ-on-a-chip system experiment related to pregannacy and preterm birth  Link to the journal article here.

 

September 15, 2022

Congratulations Jing for your first-author paper, “Microfluidic Dielectrophoretic Method Enables On-Demand Spatial Arrangement of Bacteria-Encapsulated Agarose Gel Microparticles”. Link to the journal article here.

 

July 30, 2022

Congratulations Yuwen for your first first-author paper, “High-aspect-ratio three-dimensional polymer and metallic microstructure microfabrication using two-photon polymerization”, and also for the front cover image.  Link to the journal article here. Link to the journal cover here.

July 15, 2022

Congratulations, Songi for your contribution to developing nanocomposites coatings to prevent corrosion in stainless steel.  Link to the journal article here.

 

July 15, 2022

Congratulations, Han for your first-author paper, “FIDELITY: A quality control system for droplet microfluidics“, in the journal of Science Advanced! Link to the journal article here.

 

April 1, 2022

Our paper on phenotype-based threat assessment, the key concept in our ongoing DARPA project to identifying microbial pathogenes, has been published in the journal PNAS. Thanks to all of our DARPA team members that contributed to this work. Link to the journal article here.

March 20, 2022

Sungjin, Bowie, and Lauren presents at the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) 2022 in Denver to share their latest research results in pregnancy and pre-term birth related organ-chip development.

February 6, 2022

Congratulations Han for leading this blood separation microfluidic device development work. Also congratulations to Can, Rohit, and Jing for all making major contributions to the paper. Link to the journal article here.

 

January 10, 2022

Our collaborator Prof. Menon’s lab has established all the key primary feto-materanl interface cells as immortalized cells. This is a major accomplishment, and will really drive the use of feto-maternal interface organ-on-chips far more broadly. Link to the journal article here.

 

January 5, 2022

Congratulations Sungjin for your first-author publication on using your feto-maternal interface organ-on-a-chip for toxicity testing of hazardous materials. Link to the journal article here.

 

January 1, 2022

As the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Biomedical Microdevices, Prof. Han outlines the vision for the journal in this editorial. Link to the journal article here.

 

December 20, 2021

Our feto-maternal interface organ-on-a-chip is being utilized to study drug transport during pregnancy. Link to the journal article here.

 

October 15, 2021

Congratulations Jing again for your developemnt of hydrogel microderoplets being used as bioinks for extrusion bioprinting. Link to the journal article here.

 

October 6, 2021

Prof. Han gives a opening keynote talk at the IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS) 2021.

 

September 24, 2021

We received a $2M grant from the National Science Foundation to develop synthetic biology strategies to degrade plastic waste with microorganisms. Link to the article here.

This news was also covered by KBTX, with an interview with Prof. Han.

September 15, 2021

Prof. Arum Han will serve as the Engineering Dean’s Research Fellow.

 

September 10, 2021

Congratulations Jing for your hydrogel droplets being utilized for stem cell expansion. Link to the journal article here.

 

September 12, 2021

Prof. Arum Han becomes the Chancellor’s EDGES Fellow. Click here for see the announcement from the university. A separate announcement was also made directly by the Chancellor’s office.

 

September 12, 2021

Congratulations Songi for our joint publication with the Army Research Lab. Link to the journal article here. The article accompanies a featured image.

This article and collaboration was also featured by the Army Research Laboratory. Click here for full story.

September 2, 2021

Our collaboration on synthetic biology and microfluidics with the Army Research Laboratory introduced here. Link to the article here.

 

August 2, 2021

Congratulations Sungjin and Lauren for your nice article on feto-maternal interface organ-chip application to toxicology. Link to the journal article here.

 

June 10, 2021

Congratulations Can, Han, and Songi for your nice article Link to the journal article here. The article was also featured through a cover image.

 

May 20, 2021

Congratulations Han and Songi for your TB cell single-cell analysis article. Link to the journal article here. The article was also featured as a cover image.

 

May 10, 2021

Congratulations Lauren and Sungjin for your contribution to our recent preterm birth organ-chip model publication with the Menon Lab. Link to journal article here.

 

May 4, 2021

KBTX News coverd our research on heat-based coronavirus heat inactivation. Click here for the KBTX News.

 

May 3, 2021

KXXV News coverd our research on heat-based coronavirus heat inactivation. Click here for the KXXV News.

April 29, 2021
Our coronavirus heat inactivation article was featured by Futurity.org. Futurity.org

April 27, 2021

Our coronavirus heat inactivation article was featured by Physics.org. Physics.org

 

April 14, 2021

Our work on coronavirus heat inactiavation has been published as front cover image. Congratulations to Yuqian, Han, and Jose, who all contributed to this work. Link to journal article here.

The result was featured first in TAMU Engineering News (click here for link), and then later in TAMU Today (click here for link).

The article was also widely featured in many different news outlets, including: Physics.organd Futurity.org
Several news outlet also covered the story, including KXXV News and KBTX News.

March 25, 2021

Prof. Han received the 2020 Engineering Genesis Award, recognizing his multidisciplinary research. Click here for news article.

 

March 12, 2021

Lauren’s journal article was published in the journal FASEB. Congratulations!Link to journal article here.

 

Jan. 21, 2021

Han and Jing’s journal article was published in the journal MethodsX. Congratulations! Link to journal article here.

 

Dec. 23, 2020

Jing and Han’s journal article was published with cover image in Analytical Chemistry. Congratulations! Link to journal article here.

Nov. 18, 2020

We received a $3.8M NIH grant to develop a feto-maternal interface organ-on-a-chip and use the chip to help clinical trials of new drugs against preterm birth. This project is in collaboration with Prof. Ramkumar Menon’s lab at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
Click here to read the Texas A&M Today article.
Here is also the link to the Texas A&M Engineering News page

 

Oct. 30, 2020

Lauren and Sunjin’s work on developing the first feto-maternal interface organ-on-a-chip system and modeling ascending infection in this model is now published in teh journal Lab on a Chip. Congratulations! Link to the journal article here.

 

Oct. 26, 2020

Can and Jose’s paper on using a sloped microstructure to eliminate air bubbles in microfluidic systems has been published in the journal Biomedical Microdevices. Congratulations! Link to journal article here.

 

Oct. 14, 2020

Songi and Can’s paper showing how to conduct in-droplet cell separation has been published in the journal Lab on a Chip. Congratulations! Link to journal article here.

Oct. 13, 2020

Jose Wippold successfully defended his PhD defense. Congratulations Dr. Wippold!

 

Oct. 2, 2020

Former student Nebras’s paper on multi-outlet cell counting using impedance spectroscopy has been published in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Congratulations! Link to journal article here.

 

Sep. 5, 2020

Han, Adrian, Jose, Yuwen, Jing, and Can worked together very hard to develop the highest-efficiency droplet pairing and merging system, which has been published in the journal Lab on a Chip. Congratulations for the nice team work, and special recognition to Han and Adrian who first identified this very interesting droplet phenoemon and developed this into an excellent microfluidic system. Link to journal article here.

 

Sep. 4, 2020

Former student Sinan and Han, as well as Song-I Han, has published a paper on acoustofluidics in the journal Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Congratulations! Link to journal article here.

 

Aug. 19, 2020

Lauren and Sungjin’s review paper on organ-on-a-chip devices for feto-maternal interface research has been published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology. Congratulations! Link to journal article here.

 

June 17, 2020

Jose Wippold featured in Texas A&M Today on his work to look for antibodies that can fight against COVID19. Click here to read the Texas A&M Today article.

May 20, 2020

We received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help rapidly develop new therapeutics against COVID19. Click here to read the Texas A&M Engineering News article or the Texas A&M Today page

 

May 8, 2020

Jose’s paper on developing a high-throughput droplet microfluidic system to identify virus-neutralizing antibodies has been published in the journal Lab on a Chip. Congratulations Jose. Also many thanks to our former PhD student Han Wang, who is now at Tsinghua University, who did a lot of early development and ground work on this. Link to journal article here.

 

Apr. 23, 2020

We received a $2.4M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) / National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to develop an organ-on-a-chip model of feto-maternal interface to better understand fetal membrane function during pregnancy.

 

March 18, 2020

Jose and Can’s paper on developing a unique sloped microstructure to significnatly improve droplet stability during droplet microfluidics operation has been published in the journal Biomedical Microdevices. Congratulations. Link to journal article here.

 

Oct. 18, 2019

We are starting a new project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on developing integrated mid-IR photonic sensor microfluidic platform for biomolecule detection. Click here to read the Texas A&M Engineering News article.

 

July 11, 2019

We are starting a new project funded by the Army Research Office (ARO), titled “Microbiology: An Ultra-high Throughput Microfluidic System for 3D Assembly of Microbial Communities. Click here to read the Texas A&M Engineering News article.

 

May 2, 2019

TAMU Engineering News features our new $15M DARPA project to develop new ways of rapidly testing dangerous bacteria Click here to read the article.

Apr. 24, 2019

We are leading a new $15M project from DARPA to rapidly identify harmful bacteria in the environment.
Click here to see Texas A&M Today News
The news was also featured through the Texas A&M Health Science Center VitalRecord

 

Apr. 3, 2019

TAMU Engineering News article “Cutting through the noise: Researchers use Soundwaves to Better Diagnose Cancer” features our recently published paper on acoustic methods for measuring cancer cell properties in single cell resolution. Click here to read the article.

Feb. 12, 2019

Physics World features our recently published paper on acoustic methods for measuring cancer cell properties in single cell resolution. Click here to read the article.

 

Jan. 28, 2019

Songi Han gives an oral presentation at the IEEE MEMS 2019 in front of a big audience. Way to go Songi! (Click images to see enlarged views)

Feb. 5, 2019

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) features our recent joint paper on tissue chip testing center work Click here to read the story.

 

Oct. 22, 2018

Tissue Chip Testing Center Phase 2, supported by NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), enables continuous tissue chip testing and promotion. Click here for the news.

 

Feb. 1, 2018

Hyunsoo’s paper published in the journal Algal Research (Microfluidic Systems for Microalgal Biotechnology: A Review). Congratulations to Hyunsoo!

 

Feb. 1, 2018

Sehoon’s paper publishsed in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (A Three-Dimensional (3D) Arrayed Microfluidic Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) Model with Integrated Electrical Sensor Array). The journal was also highlighted as a Feature Article in the February issue of the journal. Congratulations Sehoon!

 

Oct. 1, 2017

Our work on microfludic systems for algal biofuel featured on Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) news story. Click here for more details.

Cornell Chronicle also published a story on this work. Click here for more details.

 

Sep. 28, 2017

Hyunsoo, Song-I, and Adrian’s paper publishsed in the journal Plant Direct (High-throughout Droplet Microfluidics Screening Platform for Selecting Fast-growing and High Lipid-Producing Microalgae from a Mutant Library). Congratulations Hyunsoo and All!

 

Sep. 15, 2017

Kevin Cushing joined our lab as a postdoctoral researcher. Lanchun He joined our group as a PhD student. Welcome to the group~

 

August 10, 2017

Jose Wippold, PhD student in our lab, received the 2017 Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) fellowship from the Department of Defense (DoD). Click here for Engineering News. Congratulations Jose!!

 

June 6, 2017

Song-I Han’s paper publishsed in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics (In-Droplet Cell Concentration using Dielectrophoresis). Congratulations Song-I!

 

May 4, 2017

We successfully organized the 4th Annual Texas A&M ENG-LIFE workshop focusing on multidisciplinary research. Thank you for all the help. Click here to see the Engineering News.

Apr. 18, 2017

Stephanie Wilcox places was awarded first place in the technology and engineering poster presentation category at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), held in Washington, D.C. Congratulations Stephanie. Congratulations Stephanie!!
Click here to see the Engineering News.

Also see another Engineering News article “Rising seniors at a glance: Stephanie Wilcox”

Mar. 8, 2017

Prof. Han among inaugural class of Texas A&M’s Presidential Impact Fellow. The program was established to recognize rising stars in their respective fields, and those who embody the university’s commitment to advancing knowledge through transformational learning, discovery, innovation and impact for Texas and the world.
Click here to see the Engineering News.
Click here to see the news published at The Eagle.

Mar. 6, 2017

Hyunsoo’s paper published in the journal Analyst (Raman spectroscopy compatible PDMS droplet microfluidic culture and analysis platform towards on-chip lipidomics). Congratulations Hyunsoo!

 

Feb. 24, 2017

Nebras’ paper published in the journal Lab on a Chip (Impedance spectroscopy-based cell/particle position detection in microfluidic systems). Congratulations Nebras!!

 

Dec. 7, 2016

We are part of a new $4.2 million NIH Tissue Chip Testing Center (TCTC).
Click here for Engineering News.
Also see announcement from NIH/NCATS here.
For the KBTX article and video, click here.

 

Dec. 1, 2016

Former PhD student and postdoctoral researcher Dr. Han Wang joined the prestigious Tsinghua University Medical Systems Biology Research Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, as a Research Assistant Professor. Many Congratulations Han!!

 

Sep. 1, 2016

We are welcoming four new members this Fall. Can Huang, Amirali Selahi, and Reihaneh Toutouni are starting their PhD program. Karthik Shankar is starting his MS program. Welcome to the group.

 

August 31, 2016

Celal Erbay received the best PhD student award from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Many congratulations! Click here for more information.

 

June 28, 2016

Hyunsoo’s paper published as front cover in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering (H. S. Kim, A. R. Guzman, H. R. Thapa, T. P. Devarenne, and A. Han, “A Droplet Microfluidics Platform for Rapid Microalgal Growth and Oil Production Analysis,” 2016). Congratulations Hyunsoo! Click here to see the TAMU Engineering News Article.

May 11, 2016

Prof. Han receives the 2016 Dean of Engineering Excellence Award. See announcement here.

 

Apr. 29, 2016

The 2016 ENG-LIFE Workshop we organized another big success. See TEES news here.

Apr. 28, 2016

Celal successfully defenced his PhD dissertation defense. Congratulations Dr. Erbay!

 

Mar. 2, 2016

Celal’s joint firth author paper has been published in the journal Nano Energy (G. Yang, C. Erbay, S. Yi, P. de Figueiredo, R. Sadr, *A. Han, and *C. Yu (*co-corresponding authors), “Biofunctional Nano-Sponges Serving as Non-Precious Metal Catalysts and Self-Standing Cathdoes for High Performance Fuel Cell Applications,” Nano Energy, Vol. 22, pp. 607-614 (2016)). Congratulations Celal!

 

Feb. 11, 2016

Jing Dai’s paper has been published in teh journal RSC Advances (J. Dai, H. S. Kim, A. R. Guzman, W. -B. Shim, and A. Han, “A Large-scale On-Chip Droplet Incubation Chamber Enables Equal Microbial Culture Time,” RSC Advances, Vol. 6, pp. 20516-20519 (2016). Congratulations Jing!

 

Jan. 27, 2016

Han Wang’s paper has been published in the Journal of the Acoustic Society of America (Z. Liu, Y. -J. Kim, H. Wang, and A. Han, “Effects of Fluid Medium Flow and Spatial Temperature Varation on Acoustophoretic Motion of Microparticles in Microfluidic Channels,” Journal of the Acoustic Society of America (JASA), Vol. 139 (1), pp. 332-349 (2016)). Congratulations Han!

 

Nov. 2, 2015

John Buonocore joins as a new MS student in our lab. Welcome John.

 

Oct. 29, 2015

Shenyang Yang joins as a new MS student in our lab. Welcome Shenyang.

 

Sep. 1, 2015

Jose Wippold joins as a new PhD student in our lab. Welcome Jose.

 

Aug 20, 2015

We are leading a new National Science Foundation (NSF) project to develop a tool for studying biophysical and chemical properties of large populations of cells with single-cell resolution. This $1M project is supported through NSF’s Major Research Instrument (MRI) program (see TAMU Engineering News story here).

 

Aug 18, 2015

Han Wang received the Oustanding Graduate Student Award (honorable distinction) from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for his Ph.D. thesis work. Many congratulations Han!!

May 28, 2015

Han Wang receives his PhD. Thanks for all your hard work and many congratulations!!!

May 28, 2015

Keith Krenek receives the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF). Many congratulations Keith, this is a great accomplishment (see news here).

May 8, 2015

Senior design project team Dale Julson, Jacob Hannusch, and Cameron Shaw, received the ConocoPhillips Award for Outstanding Capstone Project for their work on acoustofluidic devie based oil spill detection. Many congratulations, this is a great achievement.

May 7, 2015

Dr. Han receives the E. D. Brockett Professorship award for Engineering Contribution (see news for 2015 Faculty and Staff Award).

 

May 1, 2015

New building dedicated as the Frederick E. Giesecke Engineering Research Building. Click here to know more about this new building where our lab is now in.

April 24, 2015

The 2nd Texas A&M ENG-LIFE Workshop was successfully held on the Health Science Center campus with more than 140 participants, 13 oral presentations, and 58 posters. Many thanks to all the people who helped organize this event. Please click here for more on the workshop.

February 9, 2015

We just moved to a new building!

February 5, 2015

Dr. Jing Dai joins as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome to our lab!

 

January 6, 2015

Visiting our new building (Engineering Research Building) where our lab will be moving into soon. Click here or the image for a panoramic view of the building!!!

December 18, 2014

Congratulations for your graduation, Dr. Hyunsoo Kim.

December 10, 2014

Celal Erbay’s paper titled “High Performance Monolithic Power Management System with Dynamic Maximum Power Point Tracking for Microbial Fuel Cells” has been published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology (C. Erbay, S. Carreon-Bautista, E. Sanchez-Sinencio, and A. Han, “High Performance Monolithic Power Management System with Dynamic Maximum Power Point Tracking for Microbial Fuel Cells,” Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 48, pp. 13992-13999, 2014). Congratulations Celal!

 

December 3, 2014

Jaewon receives the best poster award at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience (SfN)-TAMU Chapter Poster competition. Congratulations Jaewon.

 

November 6, 2014

Han Wang’s paper titled “Microfluidic Geometric Metering-based Multi-Reagent Mixture Generator for Robust Live Cell Screening Array” has been published in the journal Biomedical Microdevices (H. Wang, J. Kim, A. Jayaraman, and A. Han, “Microfluidic Geometric Metering-based Multi-Reagent Mixture Generator for Robust Environmental Toxin Screening,” Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 16 (6), pp. 887-896, 2014). Congratulations Han!

 

November 5, 2014

Prof. Han gives an interview on how microphysiological systems can be used to develop next-generation biologics to address one of the One Health Grand Challenge theme of “Accessible and Affordable Quality Healthcare”. The interview is featured on the TAMU One Health Grand Challenge Website.

(Click here to see the news article)   (Click here to see the interview)

 

November 1, 2014

Our group presented 2 oral presentations and 5 posters at the MicroTAS 2014 held in San Antonio this year. Good performance everybody.

October 29, 2014

Prof. Han leads a rsearch initiative selected for theOne Health Grand Challenge theme “Accessible and Affordable Quality Healthcare”. The title is “Miniature Tissues and Organs for Detection and Prevention of Diseases”, focusing on developing next-generaiton biologics. (Click here to see the announcement)

 

October 28, 2014

Prof. Han receives a seed grant to lead a multidisciplinary team to better understand microbial communities through microfluidic lab-on-a-chip systems. The team hope to understand the principles underlying microbial communities through the development and use of microsystems technologies (e.g., microbial-communities-on-a- chip, lab-on-a-chip) that enable high-throughput, accurate, flexible, and low cost analysis and control of microbial communities in the laboratory.  (Click here to see the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Announcement)

 

May 29, 2014

Prof. Han received the inaugural Engineering Genesis Award for Multidisciplinary Research during the TEES Inaugural Advisory Board meetin.Click below to see the TAMU Engineering News article.
(Click here to see the College of Engineering NEWS)

 

May 18, 2014

Our work on microfluidic systems for algal biofuel, including our recent cover article in the journal Lab on a Chip, has been featured in TAMU Engineering News. Click here for more details.

This work was also introduced on the BioNews Texas, a digital media platform focused on the biotechnology, life science and academic research industries in the state of Texas. Click here for the news “Texas A&M team develops lab-on-a-chip system for algal biofuel’s growth”.

 

May 8, 2014

Congratulations to Jonathan, Nathan, Taylor, and Deepak, our capstone project team “Biological Analysis with MicroFluidics” in receiving the first place in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the 2014 TAMU Engineering Project Showcase. More than 600 undergraduates participated in this event. Very well done!!

 

April 11, 2014

Dr. Jaewon Park’s poster took first place at the 6th Annual Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience (TAMIN) Symposium. The title of his poster is “A Microchip for Axon Growth Analysis”. His work is co-advised with Prof. Jianrong Li from the College of Veterinary Medicine. Congratulations Jaewon!

 

March 20, 2014

Prof. Han receives the Eugene Webb Faculty Fellow Award from the College of Engineering. See below for full news.
(Click here to see the College of Engineering NEWS)

 

February 10, 2014

Han Wangs’ paper titled “Microfluidic Acoustophoretic Force Based Low Concentration Oil Separation and Detection from Environment” has been published in the journal Lab on a Chip (H.Wang, Z.Liu, C. Koo, S. Kim, Y. Cho, D. -Y. Jang, Y. -J. Kim, and A. Han, “Microfluidic Acoustophoretic Force Based Low Concentration Oil Separation and Detection from Environment” Lab on a Chip,Vol. 14, pp. 947-956 (2014)). Congratulations Han!

 

February 4, 2014

Changwoo Ban’s paper titled “Liquid- Phase Capillary Etching of Poly(Dimethylsiloxane) Microchannels With Tetra-n-Butylammonium Fluoride” has been published in the journal J. Microelectromechanical Systems (C. Ban, J. Park, D. -Y. Jang,and A. Han, “Liquid- Phase Capillary Etching of Poly(Dimethylsiloxane) Microchannels With Tetra-n-Butylammonium Flouride,” J. Microelectricalmechanical Systems (JMEMS), Vol.23 (2), pp. 276-283 (2014). Congratulations!

 

January 23, 2014

Hyun Soo Kim’s paper titled “A Microfluidic Photobioreactor Array Demonstrating High-Throughput Screening for Microalgal Oil Production” has been published in the journal Lab on a Chip (H. S. Kim, T. L. Weiss, H. R. Thapa, T. P. Devarenne, andA. Han, “A Microfluidic Photobioreactor Array Demonstrating High -Throughput Screening for Microalgal Oil Production,” Lab on a Chip, Vol. 14 (8), pp. 1379-1482 (2014) Published as Fron Cover Selected as a Lab on a Chip HOT Article.). Congratulations Hyun Soo!

January 13, 2014

Chiwan Koo’s paper titled “Microfluidically Cryo-Cooled Spiral Microcoils with Inductive Coupling for MR Microscopy” has been published in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (C. Koo, R. F. Godley, M. P. McDougall, S. M. Wright, and A. Han, “Microfluidically Cryo-Cooled Spiral Microcoils with Inductive Coupling for MR Microscopy,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 61 (1), pp. 76-84, 2014). Congratulations Chiwan!

 

January 10, 2014

Jaewon Park’s paper titled “A Microchip for Quantitative Analysis of CNS Axon Growth under Localized Biomolecular Treatment” has been published in the Journal of Neuroscience Method (J. Park, S. Kim, S. I. Park, Y. Choe, J. Li, and A. Han, “A Microchip for Quantitative Analysis of CNS Axon Growth under Localized Biomolecular Treatments,” Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Vol. 21, pp. 166-174, 2014). Congratulations Jaewon!

 

December 17, 2013

Chiwan Koo’s paper titled “Development of a Lab-on-a-Chip Real-Time PCR System for Portable Plant Disease Diagnostics” has been published in the journal PLoS ONE (C. Koo, M. Malapi-Wight, H. Kim, O. S. Cifci, V. Vaughn, B. Ma, S. Kim, H. Abdel-Raziq, K. Ong, Y. –K. Jo, D. Gross, W. –B. Shim, and A. Han, PLoS ONE, Vol. 8 (12), e82704 (2013)). Congratulations Chiwan!

 

November 30, 2013

The first Texas A&M Eng-LIFE Workshop “At the Interface of Engineering and Life Sciences” that we hosted, together with the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Dwight Look College of Engineering, the Texas A&M Health Science Center, and the College of Veterinary Medicine was a great success with more than 120 attendees. Please click here to see the website for the program as well as a TAMU College of Engineering news article for more details.

October 24, 2013

Chiwan Koo’s co-authored paper titled “A Frequency Reconfigurable Patch Antenna Using Liquid Metal as a Switching Mechanism” has been published in the journal Electronic Letters (M. Kelley, C. Koo, H. McQuilken, B. Lawrence, S. Li, A. Han, and G. Huff, Electronic Letters, Vol. 49, pp. 1370-1371 (2013). Congratulations Chiwan!

August 26, 2013

Se Hoon Jeong, Sergio Waqued, and Yusuf Dorgan joined as graduate students to our lab. Welcome!

August 16, 2013

Chiwan Koo received his Ph.D for his work titled “Microfluidically Cryo-Cooled Planar Coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging”. Thanks for all your hard work!

August 7, 2013

Jaewon Park’s paper titled “Microchemostat Array with Small-Volume Fraction Replenishment for Steady-State Microbial Culture” has been published in the journal Lab Chip (J. Park, J. Wu, M. Polymenis, and A. Han, Lab Chip, Vol. 13, pp. 4217-4224 (2013)). Congratulations Jaewon!

April 29, 2013

Chiwan Koo’s co-authored paper titled “Ratiometric Temperature Imaging Using Environment-Insensitive Luminescence of Mn-doped core–shell nanocrystals” has been published in the journal Lab Chip (Y. Park, C. Koo, H. -Y. Chen, A. Han, and D. H. Son, Lab Chip, Vol. 5, pp. 4944-4950 (2013)). Congratulations Chiwan!

April 24, 2013

Whitney Longsine-Parker and Han’s co-first author paper titled “Microfluidic Electro-Sonoporation: A Multi-Modal Cell Poration Methodology through Simultaneous Application of Electric Field and Ultrasonic Wave” has been published in the journal Lab Chip (*W. Longsine-Parker, *H. Wang, C. Koo, J. Kim, B. J. Kim, A. Jayaraman, and A. Han, Lab Chip, Vol. 13, pp. 2144-2152 (2013) (*These authors contributed equally as co-first authors)) . Congratulations Whitney and Han!

May 3, 2013

Our AggieE-Challenge team (Taufik Ridha, Melinda McClure, John Piatt, Tiffany Hargett, Santiago Aguiar, Diana Lainez, and Jiyeong Kwon) received the third-place award at the Texas A&M Engineering Showcase. Congratulations!!! Click here to see the TAMU Engineering News article.

April 25, 2013

Prof. Arum Han becomes TEES Fellow. Click here to see the TAMU Engineering News article.

April 5, 2013

We have published a review paper titled “Microfabricated Devices in Microbial Bioenergy Sciences” in the Journal Trends in Biotechnology. Click here to see the TAMU Engineering News article.

January 10, 2013

Nebras Sobahi joins ours lab as a new M.S. student. Welcome Nebras.

December 15, 2012

Prof. Arum Han receives the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Outstanding Professor Award.

November, 2011

We received a Grant Challenge Exploration Award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a low-cost simultaneous wastewater treatment and biogas generation. Follow this link for the full article (click here).

October, 2011

Jaewon Park and Huijie Hou gave oral presentations at the 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2011) Chiwan Koo and Hyunsoo Kim also presented their posters. In total, the lab presented 2 oral talks and 3 posters. Nice work!!

June, 2011

Han Wang presented his poster titled “A High-Throughput Fully-Automated Microfluidic Live Cell Array for Combination Drug Treatment Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Cells” at the 16th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2011). Nice work!

June, 2011

Chiwan Koo’s paper “A Magnetic Resonance (MR) Microscopy System using a Microfluidically Cryo-Cooled Planar Coil” has been published in Lab Chip (C. Koo, R. F. Godley, J. Park, M. P. McDougall, S. M. Wright, and A. Han, Lab Chip, Vol. 11 (13), 2197-2203, 2011). Congratulatios Chiwan!!!

January, 2011

Huijie Hou’s paper “Air-cathode microbial fuel cell array: A device for identifying and characterizing electrochemically active microbes” has been published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics (H. Hou, L. Li, P. de Figueiredo, and A. Han, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Vol. 26 (5), 2680-2684, 2011). Congratulations!!!

October, 2010

Jaewon Park gave an oral presentation at the 14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2010). He also presented a poster along with Hyunsoo Kim. In total, the lab presented 2 oral talks and 6 posters. Nice work!

August, 2010

Whitney Longsine’s co-author paper titled “Characterization of Controlled Bone Defects using 2D and 3D Ultrasound Imaging Techniques” has been published in Physics in Medicine and Biology (B. J. Parmer, W. Longsine, E. P. Sabonghy, A. Han, E. Tasciotti, B. K. Weiner, M. Ferrari, and R. Righetti, Physic in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 55, pp. 4839-4859, 2010). Congratulations!

July, 2010

Younghak Cho (currently Assistant Professor at Seoul National University of Technology in Korea) and Jaewon Park’s paper titled “Fabrication of High-Aspect-Ratio Polymer Nanochannels using a Novel Si Nanoimprint Mold and Solvent Assisted Sealing” has been published in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (Y. H. Cho, J. Park, H. Park, X. Cheng, B. J. Kim, and A. Han, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Vol. 9, pp. 163-170, 2010). Congratulations!

July, 2010

Huijie Hou’s paper titled “Micropatterning of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) Hydrogels: Effect on Thermosensitivity, Surface Properties, and Cell-Release Behavior” has been publised in Sensors and Materials (H. Hou, Y. Hou, M. A. Grunlan, D. J. Munoz-Pinto, M. S. Hahn, and A. Han, Sensors and Materials, Vol. 22 (3), pp. 109-120, 2010). Congratulations!

March 11, 2010

Jaewon Park’s journal paper titled “Micro-macro Hybrid Soft-lithography Master (MMHSM) Fabrication for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications” has been published in Biomedical Microdevice (J. Park, J. Li, and A. Han, Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 12, pp. 345-351, 2010). Congratulations!

January 26, 2010

Chiwan Koo presented his paper titled “An Integrated Microfluidic Cryo-Cooled Planar Coil System for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)” at the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2010) in Hong Kong SRA, China.