Modeling and Control of Biomimetic Cilia-Based Devices for Microfluidic Applications

dc.contributor.advisor	Devasia, Santosh	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kongthon, Jiradech	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-31T17:01:32Z
dc.date.available	2012-05-31T17:01:32Z
dc.date.issued	2012-05-31
dc.date.submitted	2011	en_US
dc.description	Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2011	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This research investigates biomimetic cilia-based devices (cantilever-type vibrating devices) to reduce the time needed for micro-scale fluid mixing. Inspired by biological systems, the cilia-based devices (that are excited by external excitations) have been proposed for mixing and manipulating liquids in micro/nano-fluidic applications. This research develops models and control methods for such devices. Experimental mixing results, with and without cilia, are comparatively evaluated to show more than an order-of-magnitude reduction in the mixing time with the use of cilia.	en_US
dc.embargo.terms	No embargo	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en_US
dc.identifier.other	Kongthon_washington_0250E_10004.pdf	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1773/19748
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	Copyright is held by the individual authors.	en_US
dc.subject	Cilia; Control; Fluid-Strucure Interaction; Microfluidic Device; Micro Mixing; Modeling	en_US
dc.subject.other	Mechanical engineering	en_US
dc.title	Modeling and Control of Biomimetic Cilia-Based Devices for Microfluidic Applications	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US

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