Air Force Research Laboratory Microfluidics Workshop
12-13 MAY 2003
DAY 1:
0730-0800 Registration
0800-0830 Opening Remarks
Dr. Andrew Ketsdever, AFRL
0803-0900 Presentation, Prof. George Karniadakis, Brown University, “Magnetorheological Fluids: Microdevices and Self-Assembled Structures”
0900-0930 Presentation, Dr. Eric Cummings, Sandia National Laboratory, “The Design of Electrokinetic and Dielectrophoretic Microsystems”
0930-1000 BREAK
1000-1030 Presentation, Prof. Carl Meinhart, University of California, Santa Barbara, “Analysis of Microscale Transport for BioMEMS”
1030-1100 Presentation, Dr. Amish Desai and Dr. Ravi Verma, Tanner Research Inc., “Perspective on Low Temperature, Low Cost MEMS for Microfluidics”
1100-1130 Presentation, Prof. E.P. Muntz, University of Southern California, “Nano-Scale Flows in Aerogels”
1130-1300 LUNCH
1200-1300 PLENARY TALK, Prof. Chih-Ming Ho, University of California, Los Angeles, “The Potential of Micro/Nano Fluidics for Applications in Sensing and Manufacturing Processes”
1300-1330 Presentation, Prof. Steven Wereley, Purdue University, “Experimental Diagnostics for Microscale Sensor and Actuator Evaluation”
1330-1400 Presentation, Dr. Albert
Henning, Redwood Microsystems, “Physics, Technology, Applications, and
Reliability of Microvalves”
1400-1430 Presentation, Dr. Kirk Yerkes, Air Force Research Laboratory, “AFRL/PRPS Micro-Scale Fluidics and Thermophysics Activities”
1430-1500 BREAK
1500-1530 Presentation,
Dr. Michael Gallis, Sandia National Laboratory, “Prediction of Gas-Damping
Forces on Moving Microbeams”
1530-1600 Presentation, Prof. Kenneth Breuer, Brown University, “Scientific Questions and Engineering Challenges in Microfluidics”
1600-1630 Presentation, Dr. Dean Wiberg, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, “Do Ants Carry Elephants? A System Perspective on Microfluidics”
1630-1700 General Discussion Session – Day 2 Preparation
1700-1730 BREAK
1730-1900 Poster Presentations
1900 DAY 1 ADJOURN
DAY 2:
0800-0830 General Discussion and Breakout Group Assignment
0830-1000 Breakout Group Discussions
1000-1030 BREAK
1030-1100 Breakout Group Discussions
1100-1220 Breakout Group Reports
1220 Final Remarks
Dr. Andrew Ketsdever, AFRL
1230 DAY 2 ADJOURN
Joe Cardin, Vacco, Inc., “A Micro-Propulsion System for Cubesats”
C. H. Kuo, C. Eastwood, L.
Sitzki, K. Borer, and P. Ronney, University of Southern California, “Numerical
Modeling of Heat-Recirculating Burners”
Francisco Ochoa, Jeongmin
Ahn, Craig Eastwood and Paul D. Ronney,
Ali Beskok,
M. Young, Y.- L. Han, A.
Green, S. Jones, G. Shiflett, and E. P. Muntz, University of Southern California,
“Meso/Micro/Nano-Scale Gas Pumping From Optically
Generated Temperature Gradients In Aerogel Membranes”
Albert K. Henning, Nicholas
Mourlas, Steven Metz, and Art Zias, Redwood Microsystems, Inc., “A MEMS-Based, High-Sensitivity Pressure Sensor for
Ultraclean Semiconductor Applications”
Deborah Levin, A.A.
Alexeenko, D.A. Fedosov, S.F. Gimelshein, and R. J. Collins, Penn State
University, “Coupled Thermal and Fluid Analyses of Microthruster Flows” (1 of 2, 2 of
2)
Brian D'Souza, and A.
Ketsdever, University of Southern California, “Sub-Orbital
Flight Demonstration Of Mems Technologies For Space Applications”
N. Gatsonis and G.E.
Karniadakis, Worchester Polytechnical Institute, “Continuum-Atomistic
Simulations of micro-PPTs”
Eui-Hyeok Yang, Choonsup Lee,
Larry Wild, Nishant Rohatgi, Juergen Mueller, and Thomas George, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, “Normally-Closed, Leak-Tight Piezoelectric Microvalve Under
Ultra-High Upstream Pressure For Integrated Micropropulsion”
Andrew Ketsdever and Dean
Wadsworth, Air Force Research Laboratory, “Microfluidics Technology for
Microsatellite Propulsion Applications”
Dean Wadsworth, ERC, Inc., “Gas-Surface Interactions for Microfluidics”
R.A. Yetter, V. Yang, I.A.
Aksay, F.L. Dryer, Penn State University, “Development
of Meso and Micro Scale Chemical Propulsion Systems”
Juergen Mueller, Amanda
Green, John Ziemer, and David Bame, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, “Vaporizing Liquid Micro-Thruster”
Chris Cadou, University of
Maryland, “Modeling and Simulation of Combustion
in Microchannels”