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Dr. Benjamin Shapiro
University of Maryland
Abstract
On control of micro-scale systems: combining modeling, control, sensing,
and actuation to achieve new capabilities
Modeling, design, and control of micro-scale devices for bio-chemical and
medical applications. The focus is on applications where control can
dramatically improve or allow new system capabilities. We consider all
aspects of the design pathway from initial application choice, to system
modeling, device fabrication, phrasing of design tasks as tractable
mathematical problems, control algorithm development, and experimental
demonstration and validation. Projects include steering of cells by micro
flow control, precision control of electrowetting flows, modeling and
control of bio-compatible conducting plastic micro-actuators, monitoring
cells on chip, and magnetically targeted deep-tissue drug delivery.
Biography
Dr. Benjamin Shapiro received his bachelors degree from the Aerospace
Engineering department at Georgia Tech, and his PhD from the Control and
Dynamical Systems option at Caltech. He has been at the university of
Maryland for 6 years. His research is focused on modeling, design, and
control of micro-scale systems for chemical, biological, and now clinical
applications. His primary appointment is in the Aerospace Engineering
department, he has a joint appointment with the Bio-Engineering
department, the Institute for Systems Research, the Nano-center, and is
affiliated with the Applied Math and Scientific Computation program. He
is the recipient of a 2003 NSF CAREER award, has filed 9 patents (two of
which were awarded 1st and 3rd places as inventions of the year at
Maryland), and was recently voted into the Council of Outstanding Young
Engineering Alumni for Georgia Tech. He was born in Jerusalem, Israel in
1973.
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