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

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., Waller, M. R., Christensen, M. G., Dawson, 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: Nov 23, 2017
• 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.
• Contract Date: Nov 23, 2017