News
2021
- Congratulations to Dr. Yaqi Zhang on being awarded her PhD, on 30th March 2021, for her thesis: "Development and application of integrated microfluidic platform for low-loss proteome sample preparation"
- Congratulations to Dr. Hanbang Zou on being awarded his PhD, on 12th February 2021, for his thesis: "Microfluidic Platforms For Analysing The Development Of Miscibility"
- Congratulations to Dr. Mohammad-Reza Raveshi on being awarded his PhD, on 15th January 2021, for his thesis: "Advances in Droplet Microfluidics for On-chip Reactions and Study of Cell Biology"
- Congratulations to Dr. Dariush Ashtiani on being awarded his PhD, on 15th January 2021, for his thesis: "Cryo-EM grid preparation via SAW atomisation"
2020
- Junyang Gai's recent publication in Lab on a Chip enabling the selection of high-quality sperm using acoustics was highlighted in a wide range of media outlets, including the Herald Sun and featured on Channel 7 News
- Congratulations to Dr Jia Wei Ng on being awarded his PhD, on 29th September 2020, for his thesis: "Particle Manipulation in Microfluidic Systems using Novel Surface Acoustic Wave Fields"
- Congratulations to Dr Ruhollah Habibi on being awarded his PhD, on 5th October 2020, for his thesis: "Particle and Cell manipulation in Microfluidics: Patterning and Trapping using ultrasound"
2019
- Congratulations to Dariush Ashtiani on winning the Promising Research Poster Award at the NanoBioTech Montreux conference in Switzerland. Well done!
- Congratulations Ruhollah Habibi on receiving the RWB Stephens Prize "honourable mention" at the International Congress of Ultrasonics 2019 at Ku Leuven. Very well deserved!
- Congratulations to Dr Armaghan Fakhfouri on being awarded her PhD, on 9th April 2019, for her thesis: "Design of surface acoustic waves field for manipulation of particles in microfluidics"
2018
- Congratulations to Dr Jason Brenker on being awarded his PhD, on 13th September 2018, for his thesis: "Microfluidic Methods for In Situ Chemical Studies: On Demand Droplet Generation and X-ray Compatible Devices"
- Congratulations to Dr Ninnuja Sivanantha on being awarded his PhD, on 16th March 2018, for her thesis: "Novel Microfluidic Techniques to Evaluate Cell Adhesion Properties for Medical Applications".
- "Self-Aligned Acoustofluidic Particle Focusing and Patterning in Microfluidic Channels from Channel-Based Acoustic Waveguides" article published in Physical Review Letters, highlighted as an Editors suggestion. See Physics synopsis, "Acoustic Waves Direct Particles in Microchannels"
2017
- Congratulations to Dr Sam Martin on being awarded his PhD, on 17th May 2017, for his thesis: "The nanofluidics of graphene oxide".
2016
- Congratulations to Dr Muhsincan Sesen on being awarded his PhD, on 20th September 2016, for his thesis: "Manipulation of droplets and plugs using surface acoustic waves".
- Congratulations to Dr Prashant Agrawal on being awarded his PhD, on 20th July 2016, for his thesis: "Microparticle manipulation through low frequency capillary wave excitation".
- Congratulations to Dr Ian Gralinski on being awarded his PhD, on 30th March 2016, for his thesis: "Manipulation of Microparticles Using Acoustic and Brownian Motion".
- Congratulations to Dr Citsabehsan (Saab) Devendran on being awarded his PhD, on 23rd February 2016, for his thesis: "Microfluidic Batch Process Platforms for Lab on a Chip Applications using Acoustofluidics".
2015
- Congratulations to Dr Bulut Coskun on being awarded his PhD, on 20th Oct 2015, for his thesis: "Novel Approaches for Microscale Sensing using Silicon and Graphene Based Devices".
2014
- Congratulations to Dr Jue Nee Tan on being awarded her PhD, on 25th Nov 2014, for her thesis: "Applied Mechanics and Bio-microfluidic Applications for Open Microfluidic Systems".
- Congratulations to Dr David Collins on being awarded his PhD, on 11th Nov 2014, for his thesis: "Manipulation in microfluidic systems using surface acoustic waves (SAW)".
- Congratulations to Mr Robert Jensen on being awarded his Masters, on 25th Feb 2014, for his thesis: "Acoustophoresis in Open Fluidic Films".
- Congratulations to Dr James Whitehill on being awarded his PhD, on 28th Jan 2014, for his thesis: "Nanoparticle Manipulation and Force Spreading within Microscale Acoustofluidic Droplet Systems".