Microplastic contamination in drinking water is a contemporary problem that has captured the public eye, and we’re now seeing a growing demand for scientific examination of the issue. In response to this, we have recently been working on establishing a…

As part of my thesis (and a tie-in to the microplastics research our lab has been conducting) I’ve been working on creating a measure of membrane capacity. A robust way to do this involves using microporous chips and polystyrene beads.…

This post is an accumulation of the results obtained from my research thus far. To recap, my intent (for my masters thesis) is to provide context for critical flux optimization in NPN microfluidic devices, particle capture, and compare critical flux…

Hi everyone, this is a short post quickly detailing some interesting quirks of different wafers as their respective chips are subjected to a control experiment (1x PBS, Qs = 30 ul/min, Qu= 10% Qs every 45 minutes). First, lets look…

Hi everyone, in this update I’m going to go over some of the highlights from my experiments over the last month. After going through several trials that ultimately ended in failure, we moved over to testing long term performance of…

Hi everyone, this is going to be a brief update on something that I’ve been working on the side. I’ll be showing pore detection using color subtraction and Canny edge detection. All code was written in Mathematica. First up, color…

Introduction: Over the past few weeks I’ve begun working on a project that deals specifically with characterizing tangential flow filtration with our labs ultra-thin membranes. Essentially, I’m working on understanding the advantages our membranes have over conventional/thicker ones by looking…