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- 2Backhouse, Christopher (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 2Doucette, John (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Freeman, Mark (Physics)
- 2Mitra, Sushanta (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Montemagno, Carlo (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 1Backhouse, Chris (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo)
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Spring 2010
The focus of this thesis is on electro-osmotically pumped flow of viscoelastic fluids through microchannels. Fluid transport in microscaled structures is typically laminar due to the low Reynolds numbers involved. However, it is known that viscoelastic polymeric liquids can display striking...
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Miniaturized genetic analysis systems based on microelectronic and microfluidic technologies
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Genetic analysis is not widely used for disease diagnostics as it is costly and very labour/infrastructure intensive. We believe that by employing both microelectronic and microfabrication technologies, we are able to integrate multiple functionalities into a single, manufacturable, inexpensive...
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Spring 2014
Lab-on-chip systems will be a major component in the future of health care. These technologies enable point-of-care testing by miniaturizing and improving the efficiency of many diagnostic techniques. Possible applications include the detection of various pathogens using genetic amplification...
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Spring 2018
The aim of this study is to develop a technique capable of performing three-dimensional particle tracking by using images from a plenoptic (or light field) camera. Use of a plenoptic camera enables the collection of three-dimensional positional data within a volume, which would normally require...
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Fall 2011
This work describes the development of a planar moving flexible valve in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with integrated optics components on a microfluidic device. Applying a positive pressure to a side channel, the fluid inside deforms the flexible PDMS which then redirects the flow in a main...
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Fall 2012
Clinical point-of-care (POC) diagnosis remains an open and challenging field of research worldwide in which the study of the mechanism and dynamics of protein molecule separation using electrophoresis is of considerable interest. The quality of a protein separation is strongly dependent on the...
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Lab-on-a-Chip Designs for Airborne Spore Detection: Towards the Forecasting of Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Canola
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Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR), caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is one of the most devastating diseases affecting crops. More than 400 plant species around the globe are affected by this fungus. In canola, one of Canada’s most important crops, yield losses due to...
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Spring 2010
The research presented in this work explores the application of microfluidics to the field of proteomics through the design of a multi-channel microfluidic platform and the investigation of individual components of the system. The design of this microfluidic device allows the integration of...
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Development of Microfluidic Chips and a Customised Flow Control System for use in a Label-Free Cytometer
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Conventional cytometry uses fluorescently labelled cells that are laborious and costly to prepare. Using a label-free technique, individual cells can be differentiated by light scattering patterns, a result of different physical attributes. This thesis describes the development of a microfluidic...
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Fall 2012
Quantification of transport properties at pore scale is important for efficient oil extraction, improving fuel cell performance etc. An experimental methodology is developed for calculating permeability and porosity in microfluidic devices that contain structured and unstructured porous media....