Capstone Project

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Group 2021-13 Status completed
Title Automated Biological Sample Removal and Seeding
Supervisor Steve Shih
Description The goal of this project is to design a system capable of autonomously removing several micro-droplets of biological samples from a Digital Microfluidic chip and depositing the samples into a tissue culture plate. The system must: • Be entirely autonomous • Use biocompatible materials and methods • Prevent sample cross contamination • Interface with existing automation infrastructure • Operate rapidly • Compatible with commercial-off-the-shelf tissue culture plates Additionally, emphasis will be placed on creating a system that is compact and portable
Student Requirement Microcontrollers (Arduino) programming (Python, C) stepper motors, DC motors, power electronics, Computer Aided Design (solid works, fusion 360) 3D printing, prototyping, hardware design Basic understanding of fluidics
Tools 3D Printer, Microscope, Circuit prototyping (solder iron, multimeter, oscilloscope)
Number of Students 6
Students Jeffrey Hamel, Adam Vlna, Adrian Patterson, Matei Dima, Philippe Carvajal, Raha Ekhtiari
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