
The Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory (AMNL), founded in 2004, is affiliated
with Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Inst. of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering, and Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. With
a unifying theme centered upon the development and application of novel micro/nano
devices and systems, AMNL’s research ranges from fundamental science, to
applied biotechnology, to emerging engineering issues. Many of our present research
projects involve the manipulation and characterization of biological cells and
nanoscaled materials.
The actively pursued areas are micro-nano
device design and fabrication (MEMS sensors and actuators, bioMEMS, and NEMS);
microrobotic manipulation of biological cells; microstructure control; cellular
mechanobiology; and nanorobotic manipulation of nanomaterials and biomolecules.
Micro, nano, and bio are integrative components of our research, in which technological
innovations are made in MEMS, nanotechnology, micro-nano-robotics, and biomechanics
to better understand basic life sciences problems, facilitate biological/biomedical
studies, and enable us to tackle fundamental and applied biological/biomedical
and emerging engineering problems.
Taking a multidisciplinary approach in research, our dynamic team consists
of researchers from various backgrounds in mechanical engineering, electrical
engineering, and biomedical engineering. We work with an exciting network of
clinician scientists, biologists, nanomaterial scientists, and many industries
inside and outside Canada.
Key Words: precision instrumentation; automation at micro-nanometer
scales; micro and nano devices; microrobotic and nanorobotic manipuilation;
optical and electron microscopy; nano manufacturing; MEMS; microfluidics; biomedical
micro devices; microfabrication; cell biology; disease diagnostics; automated
bioinstrumentation for biomedical and clinical use.