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Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics

Gordon Research Conference

July 29 - August 3, 2001
Chairs Yolanda Fintschenko
Vice Chair Phillip H. Paul

Conference Program

Sunday, July 29
EveningEngineering Surfaces
Chair: Holger Becker (Mildendo)
  1. Harold Craighead (Cornell University)
    "Molecular separation and sorting in nanofabricated systems"
  2. Terry Michalske (Sandia National Laboratories)
    "Toward programmable microfluidic systems"
Monday, July 30
MorningTransport Phenomena
Chair: Paul Yager (University of Washington)
  1. Juan Santiago (Stanford University)
    "Field amplified sample stacking flow fields"
  2. Charlie Hasselbrink (Sandia National Laboratories)
    "Disperson in electroosmotic flow through engineered chromatographic media"
  3. Dorian Liepmann (UC Berkeley)
    "Two-phase flows in microdevices"
EveningNew Materials
Chair: Terry Michalske (Sandia National Laboratories)
  1. David Beebe (University of Wisconsin)
    "Autonomous organic control of micro flows"
  2. Jean M.J. Frechet, Frantisek Svec (UC Berkeley)
    "Macroporous monolithic media and their applications in chip-based analytical systems"
  3. Holger Becker (Mildendo)
    "Polymer based microfluidics - knots, puzzles and some clues"
Tuesday, July 31
MorningParticle and Cell Manipulations
Chair: Jon Cooper
  1. Nick Green (University of Glasgow)
    "Cell manipulations with dielectrophoresis"
  2. Andrew de Mello (Imperial College)
    "Microchip-based synthesis & analysis systems"
  3. Susanna Wallenborg (Gyros AB)
    "Particle handling in centrifugal microfluidics"
EveningModeling
Chair: Philip Varghese ( University of Texas at Austin)
  1. Jorg Kutter (Technical University of Denmark)
    "Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and particle image velocimetry (PIV) -a symbiotic relationship!?"
  2. Ali Beskok (Texas A&M University)
    "Numerical simulation of electroosmotic flows in micro-scales"
Wednesday, August 1
MorningIntegrated Systems 1
Chair: Aran Paulus (Novartis Institute for Functional Genomics)
  1. Andreas Manz (Imperial College, London)
    "Detection schemes for small volumes"
  2. Sabeth Verpoorte (University of Neuchatel)
    "Integrating greater sample handling capability into microfluidic devices"
  3. Ring-Ling-Chien (Caliper Technologies)
    "Flow Control, Flow Measurement and electroosmotic pumping in a multiport system"
EveningIntegrated Systems 2
Chair: Ring-Ling Chien (Caliper Technologies)
  1. Timothy Johnson (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
    "Integrating Passive Mixers in Microfluidic Systems"
  2. Mike Spaid (Caliper Technologies)
    "Integrated Microfluidic Systems for High Throughput Analysis"
Thursday, August 2
MorningFluid Control
Chair: Mike Ramsey (Oak Ridge National Laboratories)
  1. A. vandenBerg (University of Twente)
    "New mechanisms for micro- and nano flow control"
  2. Stephen Jacobson (Oak Ridge National Laboratories)
    "Electrokinetic Transport and Manipulations on Microfluidic Devices"
  3. Laurie Locascio (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
    "Applications of Surface Modification Through Direct Write Patterning"
EveningSelected Poster Presentations/Late-Breaking Work
Chair: Yolanda Fintschenko (Sandia National Laboratories)
Poster Sessions Monday afternoon through Thursday afternoon

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