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Lab-on-a-chip workshop activities for secondary school students

Esfahani, Mohammad M. N.; Tarn, Mark D.; Choudhury, Tahmina A.; Hewitt, Laura C.; Mayo, Ashley J.; Rubin, Theodore A.; Waller, Mathew R.; Christensen, Martin G.; Dawson, Amy; Pamme, Nicole

Authors

Mohammad M. N. Esfahani

Mark D. Tarn

Tahmina A. Choudhury

Laura C. Hewitt

Ashley J. Mayo

Theodore A. Rubin

Mathew R. Waller

Martin G. Christensen

Amy Dawson

Nicole Pamme



Abstract

The ability to engage and inspire younger generations in novel areas of science is important for bringing new researchers into a burgeoning field, such as lab-on-a-chip. We recently held a lab-on-a-chip workshop for secondary school students, for which we developed a number of hands-on activities that explained various aspects of microfluidic technology, including fabrication (milling and moulding of microfluidic devices, and wax printing of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices, so-called μPADs), flow regimes (gradient formation via diffusive mixing), and applications (tissue analysis and μPADs). Questionnaires completed by the students indicated that they found the workshop both interesting and informative, with all activities proving successful, while providing feedback that could be incorporated into later iterations of the event.

Citation

Esfahani, M. M. N., Tarn, M. D., Choudhury, T. A., Hewitt, L. C., Mayo, A. J., Rubin, T. A., …Pamme, N. (2016). Lab-on-a-chip workshop activities for secondary school students. Biomicrofluidics, 10(1), Article 011301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940884

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 9, 2016
Online Publication Date Feb 2, 2016
Publication Date Feb 2, 2016
Deposit Date Jan 19, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Biomicrofluidics
Electronic ISSN 1932-1058
Publisher American Institute of Physics
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 1
Article Number 011301
DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940884
Keywords Fluidic devices, Polymers, Tissue engineering, Milling, Tissues
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/384176
Publisher URL http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/bmf/10/1/10.1063/1.4940884;jsessionid=1jllspdfcfusp.x-aip-live-02
Additional Information The following article appeared in Biomicrofluidics, 2016, v.10, and may be found at http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/bmf/10/1/10.1063/1.4940884;jsessionid=1jllspdfcfusp.x-aip-live-02.

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