J. Mark Meacham, PhD
SIMS Lab Alumni
Michael M. Binkley – Doctoral Thesis (WU PhD MechE 2019 | SIMS Lab 2014-2019): Development of longitudinal standing bulk acoustic wave (LSBAW) microdevices for the synthesis of complex biological molecules and detection of antigen from clinical samples
Emma Huff -Undergraduate Research Assistant (WU BS BME Class of 2019 | SIMS Lab 2017-2019): Acoustic trap-and-release for rapid assessment of cell motility
Elijah Kessler – Master’s Independent Study (WU MS MechE Class of 2018 | SIMS Lab 2017):
Yicheng (Sam) Zhao – Master’s Thesis (WU MS MechE Class of 2018 | SIMS Lab 2017): Modeling of swimming cells from nano-scale to micro-scale to aid in the research of ciliary diseases
Husain Shekhani – Post Doctoral Scholar (SIMS Lab 2016): Piezoelectric transducer optimization and implementation for pressure field enhancement within microfluidic chambers
Andrew Ledbetter – Master’s Thesis (WU MS MechE Class of 2017 | SIMS Lab 2015): Computational pressure field analysis in complex geometries and transient behavior of particles in a standing acoustic field
Yichen Sun – Master’s Independent Study (WU MS MechE Class of 2017 | SIMS Lab 2016): MOUDI analysis of particle size distributions for ultrasonic spraying of salt solutions from an array of microscopic orifices
Caryn Devaney – Undergraduate Research Assistant (WU BS MechE Class of 2017 | SIMS Lab 2017): Experimental discovery of cavity resonances and operating parameters conducive to retention within 2D and 3D acoustophoretic microchannels
Ray Wang – Undergraduate Research Assistant/Independent Study (WU BS MechE Class of 2018 | SIMS Lab 2017): Evaluation of a high-throughput acoustic particle sorter
Nadab Wubshet – Undergraduate Research Assistant/Independent Study (WU BS MechE Class of 2018 | SIMS Lab 2017): Modeling of microfluidic acoustic trap for the visualization of algae
Stefanie Shahan – Undergraduate Research Assistant/Independent Study (WU BS BME Class of 2016 | SIMS Lab 2015-2016): Assessment of acoustophoretic particle manipulation in KOH-etched silicon microchannels
Mike Pashos – Undergraduate Research Assistant (WU BS ChemE Class of 2018 | SIMS Lab 2016): Characterization of ultrasonic spray-based Li-ion battery material synthesis
Will Andersen – Undergraduate Research Assistant (WU MS MechE Class of 2016 | SIMS Lab 2015): Characterization of battery material precursor spraying from ultrasonic atomizer
Monalisa Munsi – Visiting Graduate Research Assistant (ISU PhD Math Class of 2017 | SIMS Lab 2015): Development of computational models for particle tracking under combined actions of acoustic and flow fields
Gustavo Alisio – Undergraduate Research Assistant (UIUC BS MechE Class of 2016 | SIMS Lab 2015): Visualization of acoustic microfluidic particle focusing in novel geometries using polymeric particles