Microsystems for Biomechanical Measurements

Electronic Textiles for in Situ Biomechanical Measurements

This paper describes the benefits of and issues in designing and building an integrated, body-worn electronic textile (e-textile) system capable of assessing a suite of biomechanical measures. Unlike laboratorybased systems, this system would be worn by a soldier and could be used in a range of environmental conditions. A prototype e-textile developed at Virginia Tech has already shown promisin...

Implantable Microsystems for High-Resolution Interfacing to the Brain

Development of ISFET array-based microsystems for bioelectrochemical measurements of cell populations.

Monitoring the bioelectrochemical activity of living cells with sensor array-based microsystems represents an emerging technique in a large area of biomedical applications, ranging from basic research to various fields of pharmacological analyses. The main appeal is the ability of these miniaturised microsystems to perform, in real time, non-invasive in-vitro investigations of the physiological...

Improvements of Cmos Hall Microsystems and Application for Absolute Angular Position Measurements

The compatibility of some Hall sensors with CMOS electronics allows the co-integration of sensors and electronics on the same chip to obtain a low costmicrosystem. In addition to a careful sensor design, the relationships betweenthe system components, i.e. sensors and electronics, allow us to improvesubstantially the behavior of the microsystem. The first objective of this thesi...

Integrated Microsystems for Molecular Pathology

We have integrated electronic, optical, magnetic, thermal and fluidic devices into systems to construct useful analysis tools. Over the past several years, we have developed soft lithography approaches to define microfluidic systems in which pico-Liter volumes can be manipulated. These fluidic delivery systems have more recently been integrated with optical and electronic devices. We have also ...