Dr. Benjamin Shapiro
Control of Micro-Scale 
		Systems for Biochemical and Medical Applications
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Benjamin Shapiro
Associate Professor
Aerospace Engineering
Joint appointment with:
Institute for Systems
Research (ISR)
Affiliated with: Fischell
Dept of Bioengineering
3178 Glenn L. Martin Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Tel: (301) 405-4191
Fax: (301) 314-9001
benshap@wam.umd.edu

Projects

1
project 1 Steering Particles (e.g. cells) by Micro Flow Feedback Control
Students: M.Armani, S.Chaudhary, R.Probst
2
project 2 Modeling/Control of Electrowetting Flows
Collaborators: CJ Kim, Robin Garrell@ UCLA
Students: S.Walker
3
project 3 Modeling/Control of Conjugated Polymer Actuator Materials
Collaborators: E.Smela @ UMD
4
project 4 Feedback Control of Protein Crystalization
Collaborators: Steve Quake, Stanford
5
project 5 Steering of Drugs to Tumors by Dynamically Shaping Magnetic Fields
Collaborators: Dr. Andreas Lubbe, Karl-Hansen Klinik, Germany
Students: R.Probst
6
project 6 Laser Tweezer Control of Lipid Vesicle Shape
B. Shapiro, W.Losert, UMD
Students: S.Pfisterer
7
project 7 Min Energy Methods for Liquid Shape Prediction
Collaborators:  H.Feil @ Phillips, A.Hightower @ Nanostream
Students: M.Chinn, N.Fortner, I.Treise
8
project 8 Flow/Structure Modeling and Optimization for Label Free Protein Sensing Systems
Collaborators: R.Cain @ Protiveris
Students: J.West
9
project 9 Micro Chips for Spatially Resolved DNA Analysis of Cancerous Tissue
Collaborators: E.Smela, UMD; J.Gillespie, M. Emmert-Buck, NIH
Students: E.Chen, M.Manion, M.Armani
10
project 10 Modeling/Optimization of Valves/Flow in Implantable Urinary Incontinence Devices
Collaborators: E.Smela@UMD, G.Barrett@InfinteBiomedicalTechnologies
Students: J.West
11
project 11 Reduced Order Models of Heat Transfer in Packaged Electronic Systems for Efficient Thermal Design
Students: Pramod Mathai
12
project 12 Modeling/Device Design for Iso-Electric Focusing
Collaborators: D.DeVoe, UMD
Students: P.Mathai
13
project 13 Monitoring Cells on Chip for Low False- Positive Bio-Chemical Pathogen Detection
Collaborators: P.Abshire, E.Smela, UMD; D.Wirtz, Johns Hopkins; R.Das, Walter Reed; and H.Mattoussi, Naval Research Laboratory

 


 

 


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