Useful Links

MEMS

• Tutorial on Micromechanics and MEMS 
• Introduction to MEMS Online Book 
• MEMS Technology, Products, and Investing 
• MEMS and Nanotechnology 
• MEMS and Nanotechnology Development Community Resource 
• MEMS, Micromechanics, MST, and Micromachines 
•  MEMS and Nanotechnology 
•  MEMS/ National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network 

BioMEMS

• MicroSystems and BioMEMS Lab  
• University of Minnesota Biomedical Engineering “Intro to BioMEMS and Medical Microdevices”  
• An Introduction to BioMEMS and BioNanotechnology  
• UC BioMEMS  
• UC Irvine BioMEMS Lab  
• University of Texas at Arlington BioMEMS  
• Columbia BioMEMS Lab  
• Berkeley BioMEMS  
• UIUC Introduction to BioMEMS and Biotechnology  

Lab on a Chip

• Lab on a Chip Journal  
• University of Twente BIOS Lab on Chip Group  
• Microsystem Engineering of Lab-on-a-Chip Devices  
• Insight Lab on a chip  
• Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems  
• Journal of Micromechanical and Microengineering  
• Quake Group Stanford University  
• Craighead Cornell Research Group  
• Mathies Research Group  
• Online Lab on a Chip Magazine  
• List for places of microfluidics / lab-on-a-chip companies  

µ-TAS (Micro-Total Analysis System)

• Micro Total Analysis Systems. 1. Introduction, Theory, and Technology  
• Micro Total Analysis Systems  
• Micro Total Analysis System  
• Introduction to BioMEMS and Medical Microdevices  
• Micro Total Analysis Systems – Microfluidic Aspects, Integration Concept and Applications  
• μTAS for flow cytometry and particle detection  
• University of Pittsburg  
• Micro Total Analysis Systems Latest Achievements  
• Micro Total Analysis Systems in Biotechnology  
• Miniaturized total analysis systems for biological analysis  
• Fully integrated microfluidic genetic analysis system  
• Micro Total Analysis System  
• Blood Analysis Based on Based on µTAS  

Microfluidics

• Knowledge Base for Microfluidic Devices  
• Microfluidics Terminiology  
• Microfluidics Tutorial – A Highly Biased Primer  
• Microfluidics Research Directory  
• Nanotech 2003 Short Course in Micro/Nanofluidics  
• MEMS and Microfluidics Laboratory  
• Programmable Microfluidics  
• Design, Testing, and Applications of Digital Microfluidics  
• Introduction to Microfluidics  
• Research in Microfluidic Transport at Sandia National Laboratories  
• Developing Microfluidics and BioMEMS  
• Biomicrofluidics  
• Digital Microfluidics  
• List of Microfluidics Research Groups  
• List for places of microfluidics / lab-on-a-chip companies  

Electronic Noses

• Electronic Nose at Caltech  
• JPL Electronic Nose  
• Electronic Modeling of Polymeric Chemical Sensors - The Artificial Nose  
• Applications and Advances in Electronic-Nose Technologies  
• Electronic Noses Sniff Success  

Electronic Taste Systems

• McDevitt Reseach Laboratory  
• News Related to the Initial Tastechip  
• News Related to the Initial Tastechip  
• Suslick group develops sweetness sensor  
• TOKO & HAYASHI Laboratory Develops Electronic Tongue Instrumentation  

Research Labs

• Wheeler Research Group (Digital Microfluidcs)  
• UC Irvine Madou BioMEMs Lab  
• BioMEMS at UC  
• University of Texas at Arlington  
• Johns Hopkins BioMEMS  
• MIT Han Research Group  
• BioMEMS at Columbia  
• Sam Sia BioMEMS efforts at Columbia  
• Luke Lee BioMEMS efforts at UK Berkeley  
• Mehmet Toner BioMEMS efforts (MGH, Harvard, HST)  
• UCLA Chang-Jin Research Group  
• Carnegie Mellon Microelectromechanical Systems Laboratory  
• University of Michigan Burns Research Group  
• Caltech Micromachining Laboratory  
• Case Western Burns Microfabrication Lab  
• MIT Microsystem Technology Laboratories  
• Microfabrication Laboratory at Northeastern University  
• Microfabrication Laboratory at UCBerkeley  
• SamLab 
• Misa Lab  
• Fujita Lab  
• Folch Lab  
• Georgia Tech MicroSensors and MicroActuators  
• University of Minnesota MEMS Group  
• Georgia Tech MEMS  
• University of Twente MicMec  
• MEMS @ University of Colorado, boulder  
• Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems Engineering Research Center  
• George Whitesides at Harvard  
• Larry Kricka at Univeristy of Pennsylvania  
• Beebee’s lab at University of Wisconsin-Madison  
• Ahn’s group at University of Cincinnati  
• De Mello group at Imperial College London  
• J.P. Landers and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie at Clemson  
• Andreas Gutman at University of Innsbruck  
• The Ho lab at UCLA  
• The Mirkin lab at Northwestern  
• The Lieber group at Harvard  
• The Walt group at Tufts  
• The Wang group at UNM  
• The Harrison lab at University of Alberta  
• The Ramsey group at UNC  
• The Singh group at Sandia  
• Elizabeth Verpoorte at the University of Groningen  
• Adam Wolley at BYU  
• Tuan Vo Dinh at Duke  

Research Centers

• Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center  
• Northern California Nanotechnology Center  
• Stanford Nanotechnology Facility  
• Institute of Micromachine and Microfabrication Research  
• State of Utah Center of Excellence for Biomedical Microfluidics  
• Lousiana State University Center for Advanced Structures and Devices (CAMD)  
• The Smalley Instititute at Rice University  
• Sandia National Laboratories  

Courses

• UC Berkeley MEMS Design and Fabrication  
• UC Berkeley Introduction to MEMS Design  
• University of Western Australia  
• University of Florida  
• University of Utah Micromachining  
• UCLA MEMS Physics and Design  
• Caltech Micromachining Laboratory  
• UIUC MEMS Applications  

Conferences, Journals, and Books

• Science  
• Science Translational Medicine  
• Nature  
• Nature Materials  
• Analytical Chemistry  
• Lab on a Chip  
• Journal American Chemical Society  
• Small  
• Nanomedicine  
• Advanced Materials  
• Microfluidics and Nanofluidics  
• Sensors and Actuators B Chemical  
• Biosensors and Bioelectronics  
• MEMS 2010  
• µTAS 2010  
• Nanotech Conference and Expo 2010  
• Gordon Research Conference 2010 Bioanalytical Sensors  

Select Biosciences conferences

• Lab on a Chip World Congress  
• Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems  
• Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering  
• Microfluidics for Biotechnology  
• Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics  
• Other books related to microfluidics  
• Other books related to microchips and biochips  

Micro and Nano Fabrication Centers

• Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility (CNF) 
• Center for Nano and Molecular Science (UT Austin) 
• Rice NanoFabrication Facility 
• Northern California Nanotechnology Center 
• UC Berkeley Microfabrication Lab 
• MIT Center for Polymer Microfabrication 
• Caltech Nanofabrication 
• Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center 
• Stanford Nanotechnology Facility 
• Institute of Micromachine and Microfabrication Research 
• State of Utah Center of Excellence for Biomedical Microfluidics 

Corporate Efforts

• LabNow CD4 HIV Immune Function Test for Resource Poor Settings 
• Fludigm 
• Micronics 
• Translume Inc. 
• Dolomite 
• Microfluidics Corp. 
• Microfluidic Systems 
• AVIVA Bioscience 
• Caliper LS 
• Bartels mikrotechnik 
• Gyros 
• Boehringer Ingelheim microParts 
• RainDance Technologies 
• Dyconex 
• eGene 
• Eksigent Technologies 
• Genesystems 
• Microplumbers 
• Nanogen 
• Weidmann Plastics 
• Epigem 
• Micralyne Microfluidics chip shop 
• Micronit microfluidics 
• Wasatch microfluidics 
• ThinXXS 
• SpinX Technologies 

Multimedia Resources

• Polymer Drop Breakup in Microfluidic Devices 
• Microfluidic device with microvalves (mixer area) [Folch lab] 
• Microfluidic perfusion with microvalves (valve area) [Folch lab] 
• Microfluidic Resistors [Folch lab] 
• Programmable Micofluidics (Stanford University Lecture) 
• Droplet formation 
• Microfluidics crystallization system 
• microLiquid 
• MEMS Industry Group: An Introduction to MEMS 
• Microfluidic device with microvalves [Folch lab] 
• Microfluidic device with microvalves (inlet area) [Folch lab] 
• Microfluidic device with microvalves (chamber area) [Folch lab] 
• DNA Lab on a Chip 
• Microfluidic device with microvalves (multiplexer area) [Folch lab]