About this event

Biomedical engineering professor Rosemary Smith, University of Maine, will give the talk "Micromachined fluidic devices -- accessing the third dimension for new capabilities." 

Smith has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Rhode Island and a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Utah. Her research applies micro and nanoscale materials and technology to realize new or improved sensors, actuators biomedical microdevices and microfluidic instruments. 

While a visiting research scientist at the Swiss Center for Microtechnology in Neuchatel, Switzerland, she developed a CMOS process for the manufacture of integrated chemical microsensors. Subsequently, she was the Sinclair Visiting Assistant Professor at MIT.

Smith served on the faculty at UC Davis from 1989 to 2003, before joining the University of Maine in 2003, where she is now a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and at the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technology. She is a cooperating faculty member in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and a steering committee member of the Graduate School for Biomedical Science and Engineering.

A life member of the IEEE, Smith recently served as a co-chair of the Northern New England Chapter of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. She has more than 170 publications to her name and has 10 awarded U.S. patents. Her most recent research projects include transdermal microneedle arrays for ISF analysis, microfluidic mixers for nanoparticle synthesis and microfabricated cell culture platforms for the study of stem cell differentiation.

Additional information

• Attendance type: In person
• Cost: Free
• Event type: Lectures & Seminars