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Martinus Adela Maria Gijs

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Expertise Microsystems Microfluidics Bio-MEMS Magnetic Applications Microfabrication technologies Mission The Laboratory of Microsystems 2 of Prof. Martin Gijs was established in 1997 and has as mission the development of new microfabrication technologies and to exploit these for applications of industrial interest. We actively participate in national and international research programs. The research of LMIS2 is centered on four themes: - Novel microfabrication technologies - Magnetic applications - Microfluidics - Bio-Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (BioMEMS) Novel microfabrication technologies We have established a sol-gel process for the replication of three-dimensional and thin film glass nanostructures. Moreover, we have discovered a new sol-gel process to synthesize borosilicate nanoparticles. Magnetic applications We are working on miniaturised systems for the handling and magnetic transport of magnetic micro- and nanoparticles in microfluidic devices. Microfluidics Chemists and biologists have recognized the utility of microfabricated devices for transporting and manipulating liquids on a sub-?L scale. We are active in the realisation and use of glass and polymer microfluidic chips. BioMEMS We are developing microfluidic channel- and droplet-based microsystems for the handling of magnetic beads for biomedical and mixing applications. We demonstrated a variety of on-chip immuno- and cell-based- assays using magnetic beads in a microfluidic channel as substrate. Martin A.M. Gijs received his degree in physics in 1981 from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and his Ph.D. degree in physics at the same university in 1986. He joined the Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in 1987. Subsequently, he has worked there on micro-and nano-fabrication processes of high critical temperature superconducting Josephson and tunnel junctions, the microfabrication of microstructures in magnetic multilayers showing the giant magnetoresistance effect, the design and realisation of miniaturised motors for hard disk applications and the design and realisation of planar transformers for miniaturised power applications. He joined EPFL in 1997. His present interests are in developing technologies for novel magnetic devices, new microfabrication technologies for microsystems fabrication in general and the development and use of microsystems technologies for microfluidic and biomedical applications in particular. Teaching & PhD Past EPFL PhD Students Serge Hediger, Farid Amalou, Dominique Solignac, Amar Rida, Christophe Yamahata, Menouer Saidani, Anne-Gabrielle Pawlowski, Frédéric Lacharme, Elodie Dahan, Ulrike Lehmann, Jean-Baptiste Robert Orhan, Daniel Berdat, Yves Moser, Venkataragavalu Sivagnanam, Emile Dupont, Meng Shen, Rana Afshar Ghasemlouy, Hüseyin Cumhur Tekin, Josias Basil Wacker, Ata Tuna Ciftlik, Jagoda Anna Dobrzynska, Hui Yang, Flurina Schwander, Matteo Cornaglia, Diego Gabriel Dupouy, Rima Padovani, Li Dong, Huu Tuan Nguyen, Maria Cristina Letizia, Gergely Huszka, Daniel Migliozzi, Hüseyin Baris Atakan, Roger Philippe Krenger, Xiaopeng Huang, Yang Liu, Vittorio Viri, Farzad Rezaeianaran, Muaz Salama Abdelmonem Draz

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MICRO-621(b): MOOC: Micro and Nanofabrication (MEMS) - Spring

Micro- and nanofabrication can be taught to students and professionals by textbooks and ex-cathedra lectures, but the real learning comes from seeing the manufacturing steps as they happen. This MOOC will not only explain the basics of microfabrication but ...

MICRO-621(a): MOOC: Micro and Nanofabrication (MEMS)

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Background: 1994 Habilitation à diriger des recherches ( INPG, France) 1991 PhD in Materials Engineering ( MIT, USA) 1987 Ingénieur Civil des Mines ( Ecole des Mines de Paris, France) Activities: Since January 2018: Associate Dean of Engineering, in charge of Education June 2012-Dec.2017: Head of the Materials Science and Engineering Section Since April 2017: Associate Professor at EPFL 2009-2017 : Professeur Titulaire at EPFL 1997-2009: Researcher at EPFL 1994-1997 : Chef de Travaux au laboratoire MSS-MAT, Ecole Centrale Paris (France) 1991-1994 : Post-doctoral research associate, MIT (USA) Author of about 300 publications of which 140 in peer-reviewed journals