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Modern experimental research requires the combination of many traditional disciplines including biology, optics, mechanics, mathematics, electronics and chemistry. The BioInstrumentation Laboratory is uniquely placed to bring together these areas of research with its broad array of students and post doctoral research scientists from diverse fields. In addition, the lab maintains extensive laboratory facilities to allow our researchers to move quickly from a device concept to a prototype and rapidly iterate their designs.
Research at the BioInstrumentation Laboratory includes a number of fields including conducting polymer chemistry, medical devices, wireless instrumentation, and actuator design. See our MIT 150 Anniversary Exhibit.
Recent News
- Paper on "Self-Assembled, Nanostructured Polypyrrole Films Grown in a High-Gravity Environment" (Jean Chang, et al.) published online in Langmuir (February 2, 2012).
- Paper on "Needle-free jet injection using real-time controlled linear Lorentz-force actuators" (A. Taberner, et al.) published online in Medical Engineering and Physics (January 13, 2012).
- Conference paper Robotic Endoscope Motor Module and Gearing Design presented at the IEEE EMBS Conference in Boston by Jillian Oliveira (September 9, 2011).
- Conference paper Sensor Architecture for a Two-Actuator Robotic Endoscope presented at the IEEE EMBS Conference in Boston by Ellen Yi Chen (September 9, 2011).
- Paper on A Superhydrophobic to Superhydrophilic In Situ Wettability Switch of Microstructured Polypyrrole Surfaces (Jean Chang et al.) featured on the cover of Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 32, Issue 9-10 (May 4, 2011).
- Congratulations to Dr. Priam Pillai for earning his Ph.D.! (May 2, 2011)
- BioInstrumentation Lab showcased in Dept. of Mechanical Engineering's inaugural exhibit in newly renovated Hart Museum (April 30, 2011)
- John Liu was awarded a 2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Fellowship (April 5, 2011)
- Eli Paster presented work on Multi-Component Single-Substrate Conducting Polymer Actuation Systems and Fabrication Techniques at the 2011 SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference (March 9, 2011)
- Congratulations to Dr. Brian Hemond for earning his Ph.D.! (March 1, 2011)
