Highlights of Neural Microsystems Lab in 2012

1. Congratulations graduates of May 2012 - Li Zhou and Zi Kai Tee both graduate with Masters in Electrical Engineering; Megan Andersen and Swathy Sampath Kumar graduate with Masters in Biomedical Engineering. Both Li Zhou and Zi Kai Tee successfully defended their thesis in March 2012. Megan Andersen and Swathy Sampath Kumar defended their applied project in April 2012.

2. Congratulations Jemmy on his new position at Amkor. Dr. Jemmy Sutanto, Associate Research Scientist in Neural Microsystems lab joins Amkor as a Manager of Packaging Technology development.

3. A perspective on "MEMS Neural Probes" by Jit Muthuswamy and Murat Okandan, is in press for the Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, edited by Bharat Bhushan, Springer, 2012 .

4. Our most recent "aim and zap" biochip for transfecting single cells will be published in Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). (Authors - Chetan Patel and Jit Muthuswamy)

5. Our newest (and coolest!) microactuator for brain implant applications - "Electrothermal microactuators with peg drive improves performance for brain implant applications" is now in press for IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. (Authors - Sindhu Anand, J. Sutanto, M. Baker, M. Okandan and J. Muthuswamy)

6. Jit Muthuswamy is invited to speak at the Beth Israel Deaconness Hospital, Harvard University.

7. Jit Muthuswamy was invited to speak at the DoD research planning workshopon Human Performance augmentation on March 1, 2012.

8. Our unique MEMS biochip with multi-functional capability uses acoustics to assess cellular stickiness - "Multi-modal biochip for simultaneous, real-time measurement of adhesion and electrical activity of neurons in culture," now in press for publication in Lab on Chip. (Authors - Massoud Khraiche and Jit Muthuswamy)

9. Jit Muthuswamy is invited to speak at the CMOS Emerging Technologies meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

10. Our unique low-cost, low-throughput approach for flip-chip on MEMS - "Packaging and non-hermetic encapsulation technology for flip-chip on implantable MEMS devices" is now in press for publication in IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (Authors - J. Sutanto, S. Anand, A. Sridharan, R. Korb, L. Zhou, M. Baker, M. Okandan and J. Muthuswamy.

11. Jit Muthuswamy is invited to speak at BAE systems in Boston.

Highlights of Neural Microsystems Lab in 2011


1. Book chapter titled "Gene injection and manipulation using CMOS based technologies," was published in CMOS Bio-microsystems edited by Kris Iniewski, Wiley Publishers. .

2. Invited review on "Adaptive movable neural interfaces for monitoring single neurons in the brain," published in Frontiers in Neuroscience. (Authors - J. Muthuswamy, S. Anand and A. Sridharan) .

3. Novel first level interconnect technology for MEMS devices now published in IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical systems. Authors - J. Sutanto, S. Anand, C. Patel and J. Muthuswamy .

4. Jit Muthuswamy was invited to speak at the IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium, Monterey, CA, April 12-14, 2011. .

5. Jit Muthuswamy invited to speak at the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) sysmposium on Organic/Inorganic interfaces and Health Science Applications on Jan. 13-14, 2011. .