ECE Advising Fair Bioengineering, Acoustics, and Magnetic Resonance Engineering

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ECE Advising FairBioengineering, Acoustics, and
Magnetic Resonance Engineering

• Brian T. Cunningham
• Director, Nano Sensors Group
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• University of Illinois
• Urbana, IL 61801

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Areas

• Imaging
• Micro and Nanotechnology
• Neural Engineering
• Acoustics and Ultrasound

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Areas Imaging

• Magnetic Resonance (Bresler, Jin, Liang)
• http//bic.beckman.uiuc.edu
• http//mri.beckman.uiuc.edu
• Optical (Boppart)
• http//www.nb.uiuc.edu/biophotonics
• Ultrasound (Frizzell, OBrien)
• http//www.brl.uiuc.edu

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High-Resolution Biomedical Imaging with Optical
Coherence Tomography Prof. Stephen Boppart, M.D.,
Ph.D. Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory, Beckman
Institute, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Dividing cells imaged in living tissue
Compact Fiber-Optic Design
Minimally-invasive catheter imaging
Non-invasive imaging of developing biology
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Areas Micro and Nanotechnology

• Microelectromechanical Systems (Liu,
  Timp,Cunningham)
• http//nano.ece.uiuc.edu
• http//www.micro.uiuc.edu/
• http//galaxy.micro.uiuc.edu/

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Photonic Crystal Biosensors
250 nm
TiO2
1D
2D
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290 nm
Grubbs catalyst
Conducting Polymers
Dip Pen Nanolithograpy - Soft Materials
Ultrahigh Density DNA Arrays
Combinatorial Library
Direct-Write Protein Nanostructures
Single Particle and Molecule-Based Devices
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Areas Neural Engineering

• Neural Engineering (Wheeler)
• http//soma.npa.uiuc.edu/labs/wheeler/home.html

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Brain on a Chip Cells Cultured on Electrode
Arrays to Understand Neural Information
CodingBruce Wheeler, UIUC ECE and BioE Depts
Fabrication of Microelectrode Arrays
Cells grow in Patterns on top of Electrodes
Automated Analysis of Connections and Information
Flow
Automated Signal Detection
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Areas Acoustics and Ultrasound

• Physical and Biophysical (Frizzell, OBrien,
  Swenson)
• http//www.brl.uiuc.edu
• Computer Music Synthesis (Haken)
• http//ems.music.uiuc.edu/beaucham/
• Audio Engineering (Allen, Hasegawa-Johnson)
• http//mimosa1.incubator.uiuc.edu/jba/
• http//www.ifp.uiuc.edu/hasegawa/

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Summary of Engineering Research

• The College of Engineering publishes the Summary
  of Engineering Research, a compilation of all
  individual research projects ongoing in the UIUC
  College of Engineering. Organized by department,
  it contains brief departmental overviews, short
  descriptions of each project, and a list of
  recent faculty and student publications.

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Summary of Engineering Research

• Related Research Information (http//www.ece.uiuc.
  edu/research)
• Summary of Engineering Research

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Brochure

• Related Research Information (http//www.ece.uiuc.
  edu/research)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering Brochure