"Handling, Measurement and Utilization of Bio Molecules in MEMS"

Professor Hiroyuki Fujita
University of Tokyo

Time: October 10, 2003, 10:30 - 11:20
Location: EE 303 seminar room


Abstract

This presentation will give the audience an overview of recent
achievements in my lab for capturing DNA molecules between MEMS
tweezers, measuring rotational activities of ATPase in a micro chamber
and combining microtubules/kinesin with MEMS structures for
conveyance.


Biography

Hiroyuki Fujita received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in
electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1975,
1977, and 1980, respectively.  In 1980, he joined the Institute of
Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo as an Associate
Professor, where he investigated acoustic emission phenomena from
fatigue cracking of metals and electrical discharges in solid
insulators. From July 1983 to June 1985, he was with the Francis
Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), Cambridge, as a Visiting Scientist, where his
research activities were acoustic emission monitoring of
superconducting magnets and cryomechanics and the study of the
mechanical properties of materials at cryogenic temperature.  He is
currently Professor at the Institute of Industrial Science of Tokyo
and the Director of the Center for International Research on
MicroMechatronics (CIRMM). His current research interests include
micromaching technology, microactuators and microsystems applied to
optics and bio/nanotechnology.  Dr. Fujita is a President of the
Sensors and Micromachines Sub-Society of the Institute of Electrical
Engineering of Japan. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of
Microelectromechanical Systems.


Schedule
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 9am		Pick-up at hotel
		HOTEL VINTAGE PARK, 1100 FIFTH AVENUE
 9:30 - 10:15am	Karl Bohringer, karl@ee.washington.edu
		EE 234
10:15 - 10:30am	seminar preparation
10:30 - 11:20am	seminar
		EE 303
11:45 -  1:30pm	lunch: Karl Bohringer, Bob Doot, John Clemmens, Lih Lin, 
		bdoot@u.washington.edu, jclemmen@u.washington.edu, lin@ee.washington.edu
		Faculty Club
 1:30 -  2:00pm	Bob Doot, John Clemmens, Bioengineering (Vogel lab)
 2:00 -  2:30pm	Postdoc Ashutosh Shastry (Bohringer lab), ashastry@ee.washington.edu
		EE 218
 2:30 -  3:00pm	Prof. Kannan M. Krishnan, Materials Science, kannanmk@u.washington.edu
		Room 323, Roberts Hall
 3:00 -  4:00pm	Prof. Minoru Taya, Mechanical Engineering, tayam@u.washington.edu
                MEB Room# 263
 4:00pm		Karl Bohringer
		EE234