News
Jun 22, 2011 NEW!
New paper!!! Dr. Jae Young Yun's research paper describing logarithmic-scale concentration gradients and the applications for dose responses with tiny samples (nano-liter or pico-liter levels) has been published in Analytical Chemistry (Anal. Chem., 2011, 83 (16), pp 6148–6153, Publication Date (Web): June 22, 2011 (Article), DOI: 10.1021/ac201177g). Congratulations, Dr. Yun!
Jun 1, 2011 NEW!
Congratulations!!! Jing Dai will give a presentation at The 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS) 2011 in Seattle, Wa.
Jun 1, 2011 NEW!
Dr. Hong will be serving as a Program Committee member of MicroTAS 2011. Additionally, he will be participating in the Promotion Committee.
May 31, 2011 NEW!
Dr. Hong has been invited to give a lecture at IEEE-NANOMED 2011 on November 9, 2011 (5th IEEE Conf. on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering). Nano-medicine is an emerging field of very interdisciplinary research, from nano-materials and other engineering sciences to biotechnology or medicine.
Apr 1, 2011
Congratulations!!! Dr. Morgan Hamon will give an oral presentation about his exciting cell work at ASME 2011 Sumer Bioengineering Conference. The conference will be held Farmington, PA, from June 22-25, 2011.
Apr 1, 2011
Congratulations!!! Jing Dai will participate at the 2011 SEM Annual Conference and Exhibitions for an oral presentation. The topic will be on his novel nanoliter-scale reactor array for phenotype studies. The conference will be held June 13-16, 2011, Mohegan Sun, CT.
Apr 1, 2011
Congratulation!!! Sachin's research paper on the stepwise concentration gradient has been published in Analytical Chemistry. (Anal. Chem., 2011, 83 (9), pp 3358–3364, Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2011 (Article), DOI: 10.1021/ac103217p)
Feb 23, 2011
Congratulations!!! Our work on 'Generating Nonlinear Concentration Gradients in Microfluidic Devices for Cell Studies' has been published in Analytical Chemistry. This is the result of collaborative work between Auburn and Harvard Medical School. (Anal. Chem., 2011, 83 (6), pp 2020–2028, Publication Date (Web): February 23, 2011, DOI: 10.1021/ac2001737)
Jan 13, 2010
Congratulations!!! Two oral presentations at MRS 2010 in San Francisco. Kirn Cramer and Jing Dai will present their outstanding work entitled "Accelerated Determination of Diffusion Coefficients on a Chip" and "Gene Regulatory Study on a Chip", respectively.
Oct 15, 2009
Congratulations!!! Shawn Yang, a Ph.D. Candidate, and Dr. Woon Seob Lee will participate in the microTAS (micro Tatal Analysis Systems 2009) conference which will be held on the beautiful resort island of Jeju. The topics for both oral and poster presentations are novel systems for semiconductor nanoparticle systhesis as well as encoding musical scores with our unique microfluidic systems.
Oct 1, 2009
It is our great pleasure to welcome Dr. Tae Ho Yoon from the Center of Applied Microfluidic Chemistry at Chung Nam National University, Korea. Dr. Yoon is a research assistant professor and is going to focus on applying our programmable microfluidic systems in the field of chemical engineering research.
Sep 1, 2009
We’ve welcomed Dr. Moonil Kim as a visiting research scholar. Dr. Kim received his BS, MS, and Ph.D degrees in Molecular Biology from Korea University. Dr. Kim has been conducting his research at the BioNanotechnology Research Center (BNRC) and at Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) as a senior research scientist. Welcome again. Dr. Kim!!!
Aug 6, 2009
Dr. Hong will attend and give a presentation at the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) grantees meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico on September 26.
May 27, 2009
We would like to congratulate Dr. Woon Seob Lee for his paper in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics titled "Predictive model on micro droplet generation through mechanical cutting" (DOI 10.1007/s10404-009-0412-y).
May 27, 2009
Dr. Hong has been invited to an international symposium on nano-technology and food safety which was organized by the Korean Society of Food Science and Technology.
May 22, 2009
Dr. Hong is invited to give a lecture at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of The International Conference of Molecular Electronics and Devices. The conference will be held at St. Ignatius Hall at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.
Apr 1, 2009
We would like to congratulate Sachin Jambovane for publication of his paper in the highly influential journal 'Analytical Chemistry', published since 1929 by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The title of the paper is Determination of Kinetic Parameters, Km and kcat, with a Single Experiment on a Chip. It discusses the development of microfluidics platform which powerfully automates the complete process of analysis of biological enzyme catalysis reactions. It is also able to revolutionize the conventional manual experimental setup for enzyme analysis which otherwise is a very lengthy, laborious and expensive process. The platform has applications in laboratory-based biological and medical testing and the evaluation and development of new drugs, enzymes, substrates and inhibitors especially with very limited amount of samples.
Mar 1, 2009
Congratulations!!! Dr. Woon Seob Lee is going to give an ORAL presentation at one of the largest material conferences in the world, Materials Research Society (MRS) 2009 Spring Meeting, on April 15 in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Lee’s presentation is entitled Nanoparticle Synthesis on a Programmable Microfluidic Droplet System. He is going to discuss really cool stuff of the synthesis of CdS semiconductor nanoparticles in a programmable picoliter droplet microreactor. Dr. Lee’s topic has a great potential to open a new window for nanomaterial research.
Mar 1, 2009
Congratulation!!! Hoon Suk Rho will give an ORAL presentation with the title of Microfluidic Landscaper: Analysis of Intricate Catalytic Performances of an Enzyme at the Material Research Society (MRS) 2009 Spring Meeting in San Francisco on the 17th of April. He will describe his remarkable accomplishment in developing unique microfluidic system, which can provide landscaped reaction parameters with a single experiment on a chip. This has great potential to revolutionize biotechnology and nanotechnology. Again, we congratulate Hoon Suk Rho and expect his continuous efforts and successes.
Jan 1, 2008
Dr. JW Hong is covered in the Global Network of Korean Scientists and Engineers (KOSEN). See details (Korean language).
Dec 19, 2008
Congratulations to Dr. Chang Hyun Roh!!! Dr Roh has started his new permanent position at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) as a Staff Scientist. He will lead the biochip team in the radiobiology division. KARI is one of the world leading atomic research institutes. Congratulations Dr. Roh!
Dec 9, 2008
Auburn University researchers Jong Wook Hong, assistant professor in materials engineering, and Omar A. Oyarzabal, associate professor in poultry science, have been awarded a competitive research grant in nanoscale science and engineering from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Starting in December 2008, the grant will provide $240,000 over the next three years.
"The goal of our project is to develop a nanotechnology-based system that can quickly detect food-borne pathogens." said Hong. Titled "Nanoliter/Picoliter Scale Fluidic Arrays for Rapid Identification of Pathogenic Bacteria," the project and the ability of the fluidic system to quickly detect single bacterial cells have the potential to greatly improve food safety.
The proposed research could provide unprecedented sensitivity for the identification of pathogens in foods in a fraction of the time currently required for such tests. Current methods for detecting these bacteria are labor-intensive, time-consuming and, in many cases, require several days for completion.
Read the original article at the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering News.Sep 12, 2008
JW Hong is invited to give a lecture at BIOTRONICS 2008 International Conference on Biosensors, Biochips, and Bioelectronic Devices. The conference will be held on Jeju Island, Korea on October 8th, 2008. He is also serving as a International Organizing Committee member.
May 15, 2008
We have welcomed Celine Liron as an NSF Fellow. She will be investigating nanofluidic systems for quantum dot synthesis. Welcome Celine!
Mar 21, 2008
Jae Youg Yun will be presenting Novel Microfluidic Platform for Phenotypic Screening of Microorganisms at the Material Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting in San Francisco from March 24 - 28.
Mar 18, 2008
We are excited to announce that Dr. Sung Hak Cho, a world specialist of femto-second laser from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, has joined Dr. Hong's group.
Jan 15, 2008
We are excited to welcome Dr. Young Kee Kim from Hankyong National University as a visiting professor. Dr. Kim is an expert of biosensors and biochips and has more than 50 related publications. One of his current research interests is neuron cell networking on a microfluidic chip. Welcome Dr. Kim!
Jan 8, 2008
JW Hong was invited to the first National Science Foundation (NSF) funded U.S.-India Nanoscience and Engineering Institute (USINSEI), which was held in Chennai (Madras), India, from January 8 to 18, 2008. He gave a lecture on “Nanofluidic Systems for Materials Processing and Biomedical Applications” during the institute. Hong, along with other U.S. delegates, also visited the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Chennai, the University of Madras, and the Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) to exchange mutual interests in nanoscience and nanoscale engineering for scientific research and industrial applications.
The institute was an excellent opportunity for the participants to obtain a global perspective on nanoscience and engineering research and education, and to establish networks and collaborative interactions with U.S.-based and Indian scientists. The Institute was a result of the U.S.-India science and technology cooperation agreement signed by U.S. Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice and Kapil Sibal, the Indian minister for science and technology, a couple of years ago.
Nov 9, 2007
We would like to congratulate Sachin Jambovane for his presentation about Nanofluidic reactor systems at the American Society of Microbiology South-East Branch held at the Auburn Dixon Hotel and Conference Center in Auburn, AL.
May 17, 2007
Several openings for Postdoctoral Scholars, Researchers and Ph.D. Students in th group are available.
We have currently openings for a couple of qualified postpdctoral scholars, Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Electrical Engineering are preferred but not limited to. As our research is very interdisciplinary and non-traditional anyone who wants to explore these new fields are encouraged to contact Dr. Hong directly (jwhong AT eng.auburn.edu).
