ABOUT EVENT

GMeet Link: meet.google.com/kfr-swqq-dkp

Date: 31 March 2021

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM

Abstract:

Microfluidics is a well-proven and well-applied field, which has now moved to real life fully robust and automated applications. With rigorous properties amenable to be used in a variety of areas, from energy to biomedical, microfluidics has evolved and become contemporary by incorporating various other leading methods and processes. One of the basic features of this technology is the evolution of new and novel fabrication technologies. One such technology is 3D printing, where a 3D microfluidic device can be fabricated in a fully one-step by feeding a 3D design to the printer in a fully robotic manner. In our lab, such devices have been developed and leveraged to realize various biochemical platform technologies. This includes microviscometer, biofuel cell and biosensing, for various sensing and monitoring applications, and energy harvesting. The presentation will encompass the development of the 3D printed devices, their applications and future scope towards development of fully integrated, automated and turnkey microfluid ic devices.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Sanket Goel is with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus since 2015. Earlier, he the same department (2017-2020), and R&D department at the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES) (2011-2015). Sanket did his BSc (H- Physics) from Ramjas College, Delhi University; MSc (Physics) from IIT Delhi; PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering) from University of Alberta, Canada in 1998, 2000, and 2006 respectively. He has worked with Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar (2000- 2001) and DEBEL-DRDO, Bangalore (2006). Sanket did his postdoc at Stanford University (2006-2008) and was a PI with ASTAR, Singapore (2008- 20011). His lab focusses on MEMS, Microfluidics and Nanoelectronics for Energy and Bio Applications, where he has been implementing several Indian and overseas funded projects. Sanket has won several awards, like Fulbright fellowship (2015), American Electrochemical Society’s Best students paper award (2005) and University of Alberta PhD thesis award (2005). Sanket has >180 publications and 12 patents to his credits, and has delivered >70 invited talks and guided/guiding 25 PhD students. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Access and Applied Nanoscience. He is also a Visiting Associate Professor with UiT, The Arctic University of Norway. Recently, he has been conferred with the Dr. C R Mitra best faculty award with the BITS-Pilani University.