News in Media

15. Lab-on-a-Chip, "Bacteria to pump microflows," Vol. 8, p380-382, 2008 [PDF]

14. Nanowerk, "Live bacteria as mechanical actuators in fluid systems," January 23, 2008 [PDF]

13. Biophotonics International, "Arrays of nanopores help detect individual molecular events en masse," November, 2007 [PDF]

12. MedGadget, "Nanopore-based Single Molecule Spectroscopy," September 5, 2007 [PDF]

11. Nanowerk, "Sucking nanospaghetti through nanopores," September 4, 2007 [PDF]

10. R&D Magazine, "Nano & Micro," August, 2007 [PDF}

9. Scienceticker, "Bakterien als Packesel," July 14, 2007 [PDF].

8. Softpedia: Nano-Biotechnology, "Nanomachines Powered by Bacteria," July 11, 2007 [PDF].

7. Physics Web, "Tiny organisms move microstructures," July 10, 2007 [PDF].

6. Lab-on-a-Chip, "Bacteria support mixing," Vol 7, p417-419, 2007 [PDF].

5. Washington Post, "Bacteria Make Fine Machines When the Job is Small Enough," January 15, 2007 [PDF].

4. ACS PressPac, "Mixing it with E.coli," January 10, 2007 [PDF].

3. Biomachinations, "Bacterial Pumps," December 28, 2005 [PDF].

2. New Scientists, "Bacteria harnessed as miniature pumps," April 30, 2004 [PDF].

1. APS News, "Bacterial Carpets for Microfluidics," Vol 13, No 1, p6, 2004 [PDF].

 

FY 2008

11. Dr. MinJun Kim (as CoPI, PI:Dr. Mira Olson) has been awarded the USDA equipment grant (50K), which will be used to purchase a real-time PCR equipment for qualification of environmental pathogens. (Apr. 2008)

10. Dr. MinJun Kim has been selected as a recipient of a Drexel University Career Development Award (10K), which enables to organize a working group of collaborators in Imperial College of London and National Institute of Standards and Technology to visit Drexel concurrently to discuss a potential collaborative research project as well as offer a "two-day" workshop to introduce development of nanomanufacturing, single molecule analysis for nucleic acids and biomimetic design and fabrication of organic-inorganic nanoarchitectures for faculty, students, and post docs at Drexel. (Apr. 2008)

9. Rafael Mulero has been awarded the NSF IGERT fellowship, which provides the best and brightest students with an opportunity to embark on research in the multidisciplinary field of nanotechnology. Congratulations!!! (Apr. 2008)

8. Rafael Mulero of the Micro/Nanofluidics & Biotransport lab was awarded first place in the graduate oral research presentation competition at the 11th Annual Philadelphia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Research Symposium and Mentoring Conference on April 5, 2008. The symposium hosted students, professionals, and faculty from its nine-university consortium (Cheyney University, Community College of Philadelphia, Delaware State University, University of Delaware, Drexel University, Lincoln University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, and Temple University) and surrounding industry. During the Conference, students from Philadelphia AMP and other LSAMP Alliances showcased their research and competed for cash prizes, awards, and giveaways. In addition, representatives from academia and industry provided mentoring and professional/career development for undergraduate and graduate students to transition successfully into graduate and/or doctoral programs, industry and academia. (Apr. 2008)

7. Rafael Mulero, Ed Steager, and Dr. MinJun Kim have been awarded NSF fellowships to attend the NSF Summer Institute on Nanomechanics, Nanomaterials and Micro/Nanomanufacturing with a focus on "the Energy Challenge and Nanotechnology". The summer institute (June 23 - 26, 2008) held at Northwestern University provides courses on fundamental and recent new developments in selected areas of nanotechnology. The pool of instructors from industry and academia are well known for their research and teaching. The emphasis of their courses is placed on identifying and promoting important areas of nanotechnology, and creating new areas of focus which will augment current nanotechnology research and development by universities, industries and government. The objective of the NSF Summer Institute also includes the training of future and practicing engineers, scientists and educators in the emerging areas of nanotechnology, nano-engineering, nano-mechanics, and nano-materials. The event will also be a national forum to exchange new ideas, disseminate knowledge and provide valuable networking opportunities for researchers and leaders in the nanotechnology field. (Mar. 2008)

6. Dr. Kim has received a NSF REU Supplements grant to support active research participation by undergraduate students. Two undergraduate students will be financially supported and get involved in ongoing research projects: Bacterial Actuation, Sensing, and Transports at Micro/Nanoscale. Interested undergraduate students should start by emailing Dr. Kim with a resume and research interests. (Mar. 2008)

5. Dr. Kim has published a book entitled, "Bacterial Microfluidics - Autonomous Bacterial Actuators in Miniaturized Systems" by VDM Verlage. The book is addressed to professionals in Science and Technology like fluid mechanicians, microbiologists and nanoengineers. It is also directed towards researchers in Microfluidics, Micro/Nanofabrication and Biophysics. (Mar. 2008)

4. Ed Steager has been awarded the Lockheed Martin-George Law Fellowship, which provides financial support to graduate students in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, based on academic merit (Feb. 2008)

3. Dr. Kim has won the Louis and Bessie Stein Family Fellowship to study the mechanical and structural properties of nucleic acids using solid-state nanopores. This is a collaborative research initiated at Drexel University with Prof. Irit Sagi at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel (Feb. 2008)

2. Dr. Kim will speak 14 Feb 2008 in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Auburn University and initiate collaboration with Dr. Hong' nanofluidics group for developing pathogenic single cell analysis (Feb. 2008)

1. A paper published in Small has been introduced as a news feature on Nanowerk Spotlight section: "Live bacteria as mechanical actuators in fluid systems". Nanowerk is the No. 1 ranked information site for nanoscience and nanotechnology with thousands of readers everyday. (Jan. 2008)

FY 2007

26. Dr. Kim has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his project entitled, "CAREER: The Integration of Biomolecular Motors for Bacterial Actuation, Sensing, and Transport (BAST) at Micro/Nanoscale." The objective is to demonstrate the use of flagellated bacteria as controllable, reconfigurable elements in a microfluidic network of microengineered systems and to adapt polymeric protein nanostructures such as bacterial flagellar filaments for use in nanoscale devices. His educational plan includes offering a course in the emerging technologies in nanoscale manufacturing and metrology for engineering and technology creating enormous potential for increasing student learning experiences. (Dec. 2007)

25. Dr. Kim has been elected as a cochair for the Microfluidic Symposium at the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Meeting. He served as a session chair and a keynote organizer for Microfludics 2007: Fluid Engineering in Micro- and Nanosystems. (Nov. 2007)

24. The Best of Program Award was awarded to Drexel University's MEM Senior Design Team in the 2007 National competition sponsored by the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation. Four mechanical engineering seniors: Jigar Patel, Chandan Naik, Socheth Bith, Lindsay Reber shared the award for their entry, entitled "Autonomous Bacterial Transportation Systems in Microfluidic Environments". The purpose of the project advised by Dr. Kim was to harness the power of nanoscale biomolecular motors for engineering applications. The Best of Program Award is awared based on originality, ingenuity, feasibility, results achieved or expected, engineering competence, and clarity of the presentation. The James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation was established in 1936 by the Lincoln Electric Company to advance the science and application of arc welding. Awards have been offered annually for 71 years to recognize superior achievement in these fields. The Lincoln Foundation sponsors this competition to recognize and reward achievement by engineering and technology students in solving design, engineering or fabricating problems. (Oct. 2007)

23. "Using Bacteria as a Power Source" has been featured on Drexel Innovations [Watch Video]. (Sep. 2007)

22. Nanowerk and MedGadget have highlighted our single molecule research: "Sucking nanospaghetti through nanopores - the art of single molecule spectroscopy" and "Nanopore-based Single Molecule Spectroscopy." (Sep. 2007)

21. Marquis Who's Who has selected Dr. Kim for inclusion in the forthcoming 10th Anniversary (2008-2009) Edition of Who's Who in Science and Engineering (Aug. 2007).

20. Our research progress has been announced by Softpedia - Nanobiotechnology and Scienceticker: Nanomachines Powered by Bacteria - Microscopic organisms can move tiny structures when stimulated with UV light (Jul. 2007).

19. Physics Web, the community web site of Physics World magazine published by IOP, has highlighted autonomous bacterial transportation systems: Tiny organisms move microstructures (Jul. 2007).

18. Peggy Savage (Richmond Elementary School) and Michael Johnson (Thurgood Marchall K-8) have joined us for participating in the RET program (Jun. 2007).

17. Visit the "Cool Video Collection" to see recent progresses in Kim Group research (Jun. 2007).

16. Controlled mixing in microfluidics using bacterial chemotaxis has been recently highlighted in Lab-on-a-Chip as an article of particular significance/value to miniaturization research (Jun. 2007).

15. Dr. Kim has been selected for inclusion in the AcademicKeys Who's Who in Engineering Higher Education (WWEHE) (Jun. 2007).

14. Controlled mixing in microfluidics using bacterial chemotaxis has been recently highlighted in Lab-on-a-Chip as an article of particular significance/value to miniaturization research (Jun. 2007).

13. Paul Kim has joined us to study bacterial cell lysis using synthesis of gold nanorods for summer. Paul is currently a Junior at Carnegie Mellon University (May. 2007).

12. Dr. Kim has been invited for a book chapter in "Nanobiotechnology: A New Era of Modern Science," published by Studium Press, LLC in October 2007 (May. 2007).

11. Dr. Kim has reviewed NSF CHE proposals - Analytical and Surface Chemistry: Electro, Nano, and Surface Chemistry. (May. 2007).

10. Dr. Kim has been invited to hold a seminar in Stenvens Institute of Technology on Sep 12th. 2007: Bacterial Actuation, Sensing, and Transport at Micro/Nanoscale (May. 2007).

9. The IGERT selection committee at Drexel University has decided to award Rafael Mulero a NSF-IGERT fellowship. Congratulations! (Apr. 2007).

8. Dr. Kim was invited to lecture "Bacteria Actuation, Sensing, and Transport (BAST) in Micro/Nanoscale" in the University of Pennsylvania (Apr. 2007).

7. Ed Steager has been choosen as one of Honorable Mention awardees for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which is extremely competitive and prestigious fellowship (Mar. 2007).

6. Ed Steager has been awarded the Joseph Carleone Fellowship, which is awarded to a student in the College of Engineering in recognition of academic contributions (Mar. 2007).

5. Dr. Kim's recent research was featured in the Washington Post: Bacteria Make Fine Machines When the Job is Small Enough (Feb. 2007).

4. Dr. Kim was invited to be a panelist to review Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER) proposals in the area of biomolecules and electrospinning at NSF (Feb. 2007).

3. Research in Kim Group was featured in tens of science magazine and newspaper internationally: Surfwax College News, Medical News Today, Science Daily News, Physics Org, The Clinician's Ultimate Reference, Librian Resource Center, Scienceticker, Gastroenteritis: the latest RSS news, Biology Daily, Medicine & Health, The Buffalo News, XenoMed, Medical Lead, and so forth.

2. Analytical Chemistry featured Dr. Kim's exciting research with an article entitled "Controlled Mixing in Microfluidic Systems Using Bacterial Chemotaxis." The article showed up in the Feb. 2nd issue of the journal. Dr. Kim's research was also publicized in the ACS News Service Weekly PressPac (selected among hundreds of ACS journal), a package of brief announcements that was sent to journalists at newspapers, magazines, broadcast outlets and online sites.

1. Three papers have been submitted to the 18th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena (ISTP-18), which will be held in Daejeon, Korea

FY 2006

6. Dr. Kim will serve as a keynote organizer for the Microfluidics Symposium at the 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Meeting. He served at the 2006 ASME IMECE as a Session Chair for the Forum on Fluids Engineering in Micro- and Nano-Systems IV.

5. Dr. Kim was invited to present his seminar "Novel Approaches to Nanofabrication for Single Molecule Biophysics," on Nov. 17th by Dr. John Kasianowicz of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

4. Dr. Kim had his paper entitled "Rapid Fabrication of Uniformly Sized Nanopores and Nanopore Arrays for Parallel DNA Analysis" pulbished in Advanced Materials.

3. Dr. Kim has presented a paper, "Nanopore Sensor for Ultra-fast DNA Analysis", at the 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) in Chicago. He was also selected as a recipient of the Microfluidic Symposium Over-Achiever's Award and served as a reviewer for 2006 ASME IMECE Microfluidics Symposium.

2. Ed Steager has started his Ph.D study in Micro/Nanofluidics & Biotransport Lab. He will not only investigate bacterial transportation systems in microfluidic environments but also utilize nanoparticles for cell lysis. Ed received his BS degree from Duke University and currently holds the prestigious DoE GAANN Fellowship and the GK-12 Fellowship (08/14/06).

1. Rafael Mulero has joined Kim's group to study nanopore sensor systems, in which he is going to detect biohazardous organism, such as bacteria and virus, using ultra-sensitive electronics devices. Rafael completed his BS degree at Drexel University and is currently holding the prestigious NSF Bridge Fellowship (08/01/06).