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Conference proceedings & presentations
2012
Windows to the brain: Novel concept for providing non-invasive, chronic access to the brain for laser-based brain tumor diagnostics and therapeutics. Y Damestani, G Aguilar, J Garay, H Park, D Binder, & M Rao. BMES Ann. Mtg. (BMES 2012), Atlanta, GA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
Vascular stents with rationally-designed surface patterning. SC Gott, BA Jabola, G Xu, & MP Rao. 34th Ann. Intl. Conf. of IEEE Eng. in Med. & Biol. Soc. (EMBC 2012), San Diego, CA, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2012.
Towards ultrahigh throughput microinjection: MEMS-based massively-parallelized mechanoporation. Y Zhang, CB Ballas, & MP Rao. 34th Ann. Intl. Conf. of IEEE Eng. in Med. & Biol. Soc. (EMBC 2012), San Diego, CA, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2012.
Titanium-based, fenestrated, in-plane, microneedles for passive ocular drug delivery. O Khandan, A Famili, MY Kahook, & MP Rao. 34th Ann. Intl. Conf. of IEEE Eng. in Med. & Biol. Soc. (EMBC 2012), San Diego, CA, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2012.
Improved bone marrow stromal cell adhesion on micropatterned titanium surfaces. ME Iskandar, A Cipriano, J Lock, SC Gott, MP Rao, & H Liu. 34th Ann. Intl. Conf. of IEEE Eng. in Med. & Biol. Soc. (EMBC 2012), San Diego, CA, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2012.
Windows to the brain: Novel concept for providing non-invasive, chronic access to the brain for laser-based brain tumor diagnostics and therapeutics. Y Damestani, G Aguilar, J Garay, H Park, D Binder, & M Rao. 13th Ann. UC Systemwide Bioeng. Conf., Berkeley, CA, June 21-23, 2012.
Improved endothelial proliferation and migration on 500 nm rationally nanofabricated titanium. P Vandrangi, SC Gott, R Kozaka, MP Rao, & VGJ Rodgers. 13th Ann. UC Systemwide Bioeng. Conf., Berkeley, CA, June 21-23, 2012.
Titanium-based, fenestrated, in-plane, microneedles for passive ocular drug delivery. O Khandan, A Famili, MY Kahook, & MP Rao. 13th Ann. UC Systemwide Bioeng. Conf., Berkeley, CA, June 21-23, 2012.
Windows to the brain: Novel concept for providing non-invasive, chronic access to the brain for laser-based brain tumor diagnostics and therapeutics. Y Damestani, G Aguilar, J Garay, H Park, D Binder, & M Rao. ASLMS Ann. Conf., Kissimmee, FL, April 18-22, 2012.
2011
High-aspect-ratio titanium micromachining: Enabling technology for in vivo therapeutic microdevice applications. MP Rao. ASM West / MATSCI UCI Symp. on Biomater., Med. Devices, & Tools, Irvine, CA, Nov. 14, 2011.
In-plane, bulk micromachined titanium microneedles for passive ocular drug delivery. O Khandan, A Famili, MY Kahook, & MP Rao. ASME 6th Front. in Biomed. Devices Conf. & Exhib., Irvine, CA, Sept. 26-27, 2011.
Recent progress towards realization of vascular stents with rationally-designed surface nanopatterning.
SC Gott, HP Aguilar, and MP Rao. ASME 6th Front. in Biomed. Devices Conf. & Exhib., Irvine, CA, Sept. 26-27, 2011.
2010
Chip-scale titanium-glass anodic bonding for microfluidic applications. DT Stark & MP Rao. 18th Ann. Mtg. of Southern California Conf. for Undergrad. Res., Malibu, CA, Nov. 20, 2010.
High-aspect-ratio titanium micromachining: Enabling technology for in vivo therapeutic microdevice applications. MP Rao. ASME 5th Front. in Biomed. Devices Conf. & Exhib., Newport Beach, CA, Sept. 20-21, 2010.
Chip-scale titanium-glass anodic bonding for micro-fluidic applications. DT Stark & MP Rao. CCRAA Undergrad. Res. Summer Bridge Prog. Symp., Riverside, CA, Aug. 27, 2010.
Chip-scale titanium-glass anodic bonding for biomedical microfluidic device applications. DT Stark & MP Rao. 22nd Ann. Summer Res. Symp., Riverside, CA, Aug. 12, 2010.
Corticothalamic neural recording via penetrating titanium microelectrodes. PT McCarthy, MP Rao, & KJ Otto. 39th Neural Interf. Conf., Long Beach, CA, Jun. 21-23, 2010.
Elastomeric reservoir for MEMS-based transdermal drug delivery systems. CT Smith, P Wei, M Mojarrad, M Chiappetta, B Ziaie, & MP Rao. Solid-State Sens. Actuat. & Microsyst. Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC, Jun. 6-10, 2010.
2009
Titanium-based multi-channel, micro-electrode array for recording neural signals. PT McCarthy, R Madangopal, KJ Otto, & MP Rao. 31st Ann. Intl. Conf. of IEEE Eng. in Med. & Biol. Soc. Conf. (EMBC 2009), Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 2-6, 2009.
2008
Rationally-designed surface nanopatterning: A potentially new means of enhancing safety and efficacy of vascular stents. MP Rao, J Lu, HP Aguilar, NC MacDonald, & TJ Webster. Solid-State Sens. Actuat. & Microsyst. Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC, Jun. 1-5, 2008.
2007
Nanopatterned Ti surface features for improving vascular stents without drug release. J Lu, MP Rao, NC MacDonald, & TJ Webster. MRS Fall Mtg., Boston, MA, Nov. 26-30, 2007.
Rationally-designed, patterned Ti surfaces for improved endothelialization in vascular stents. J Lu, MP Rao, NC MacDonald, & TJ Webster. BMES Ann. Mtg. (BMES 2007), Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 26-29, 2007.
2006
Titanium micromachining for orthopaedic applications. MP Rao, EA Nauman, & TJ Webster. Indiana Health Ind. Forum State of Innov. in Orthopaedics Summit, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 10, 2006.
Bulk titanium microneedles with embedded fluidic networks for transdermal drug delivery. ER Parker, MP Rao, KT Turner, & NC MacDonald. 19th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mech. Syst. (MEMS 2006), Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 22–26, 2006.
2005
Development of bulk titanium based MEMS RF switch for harsh environment applications. C Ding, X Huang, G Gregori, ER Parker, MP Rao, DR Clarke, & NC MacDonald. ASME Intl. Mech. Eng. Congr. & Expo. (IMECE 2005), Orlando, FL, Nov. 5-11, 2005.
Fabrication of titanium microelectrode chip to investigate bulk titanium micromachining capability for microfluidics devices. Y Zhang, F Bottausci, MP Rao, I Mezic, & NC MacDonald. 9th Intl. Conf. on Miniaturized Syst. for Chem. & Life Sci. (µTAS 2005), Boston, MA, Oct. 9-13, 2005.
Titanium micro-machining via plasma etching: An enabling technology for low-cost, high-volume manufacturing of titanium components on the micrometer-scale. MP Rao, MF Aimi, ER Parker, & NC MacDonald. 21st Ann. Intl. Titanium Assoc. Conf. & Expo (Titanium 2005), Scottsdale, AZ, Sept. 25-27, 2005.
3-D micromachining of bulk titanium. MP Rao, MF Aimi, ER Parker, & NC MacDonald. Single-mask, high-aspect-ratio, 18th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mech. Syst. (MEMS 2005), Miami, FL, Jan. 30–Feb. 3, 2005.
2004
Titanium bulk micromachining for bioMEMS: A DEP device as a demonstration. Y Zhang, ER Parker, MP Rao, MF Aimi, I Mezic, & NC MacDonald. ASME Intl. Mech. Eng. Congr. & Expo. (IMECE 2004), Anaheim, CA, Nov. 13-19, 2004.
High-aspect-ratio inductively coupled plasma etching of bulk titanium for MEMS applications. ER Parker, MF Aimi, BJ Thibeault, MP Rao, & NC MacDonald. 206th Mtg. of Electrochem. Soc.: Microfabricated Syst. & MEMS VII Symp., Honolulu, HI, October 3-8, 2004.
Bulk micromachined titanium micromirror device with sloping electrode geometry. MP Rao, MF Aimi, and NC MacDonald. 2004 Solid-State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 6-10, 2004.
2012
Windows to the brain: Novel concept for providing non-invasive, chronic access to the brain for laser-based brain tumor diagnostics and therapeutics. Y Damestani, G Aguilar, J Garay, H Park, D Binder, & M Rao. BMES Ann. Mtg. (BMES 2012), Atlanta, GA, Oct. 24-27, 2012.
Vascular stents with rationally-designed surface patterning. SC Gott, BA Jabola, G Xu, & MP Rao. 34th Ann. Intl. Conf. of IEEE Eng. in Med. & Biol. Soc. (EMBC 2012), San Diego, CA, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2012.
Towards ultrahigh throughput microinjection: MEMS-based massively-parallelized mechanoporation. Y Zhang, CB Ballas, & MP Rao. 34th Ann. Intl. Conf. of IEEE Eng. in Med. & Biol. Soc. (EMBC 2012), San Diego, CA, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2012.
Titanium-based, fenestrated, in-plane, microneedles for passive ocular drug delivery. O Khandan, A Famili, MY Kahook, & MP Rao. 34th Ann. Intl. Conf. of IEEE Eng. in Med. & Biol. Soc. (EMBC 2012), San Diego, CA, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2012.
Improved bone marrow stromal cell adhesion on micropatterned titanium surfaces. ME Iskandar, A Cipriano, J Lock, SC Gott, MP Rao, & H Liu. 34th Ann. Intl. Conf. of IEEE Eng. in Med. & Biol. Soc. (EMBC 2012), San Diego, CA, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2012.
Windows to the brain: Novel concept for providing non-invasive, chronic access to the brain for laser-based brain tumor diagnostics and therapeutics. Y Damestani, G Aguilar, J Garay, H Park, D Binder, & M Rao. 13th Ann. UC Systemwide Bioeng. Conf., Berkeley, CA, June 21-23, 2012.
Improved endothelial proliferation and migration on 500 nm rationally nanofabricated titanium. P Vandrangi, SC Gott, R Kozaka, MP Rao, & VGJ Rodgers. 13th Ann. UC Systemwide Bioeng. Conf., Berkeley, CA, June 21-23, 2012.
Titanium-based, fenestrated, in-plane, microneedles for passive ocular drug delivery. O Khandan, A Famili, MY Kahook, & MP Rao. 13th Ann. UC Systemwide Bioeng. Conf., Berkeley, CA, June 21-23, 2012.
Windows to the brain: Novel concept for providing non-invasive, chronic access to the brain for laser-based brain tumor diagnostics and therapeutics. Y Damestani, G Aguilar, J Garay, H Park, D Binder, & M Rao. ASLMS Ann. Conf., Kissimmee, FL, April 18-22, 2012.
2011
High-aspect-ratio titanium micromachining: Enabling technology for in vivo therapeutic microdevice applications. MP Rao. ASM West / MATSCI UCI Symp. on Biomater., Med. Devices, & Tools, Irvine, CA, Nov. 14, 2011.
In-plane, bulk micromachined titanium microneedles for passive ocular drug delivery. O Khandan, A Famili, MY Kahook, & MP Rao. ASME 6th Front. in Biomed. Devices Conf. & Exhib., Irvine, CA, Sept. 26-27, 2011.
Recent progress towards realization of vascular stents with rationally-designed surface nanopatterning.
SC Gott, HP Aguilar, and MP Rao. ASME 6th Front. in Biomed. Devices Conf. & Exhib., Irvine, CA, Sept. 26-27, 2011.
2010
Chip-scale titanium-glass anodic bonding for microfluidic applications. DT Stark & MP Rao. 18th Ann. Mtg. of Southern California Conf. for Undergrad. Res., Malibu, CA, Nov. 20, 2010.
High-aspect-ratio titanium micromachining: Enabling technology for in vivo therapeutic microdevice applications. MP Rao. ASME 5th Front. in Biomed. Devices Conf. & Exhib., Newport Beach, CA, Sept. 20-21, 2010.
Chip-scale titanium-glass anodic bonding for micro-fluidic applications. DT Stark & MP Rao. CCRAA Undergrad. Res. Summer Bridge Prog. Symp., Riverside, CA, Aug. 27, 2010.
Chip-scale titanium-glass anodic bonding for biomedical microfluidic device applications. DT Stark & MP Rao. 22nd Ann. Summer Res. Symp., Riverside, CA, Aug. 12, 2010.
Corticothalamic neural recording via penetrating titanium microelectrodes. PT McCarthy, MP Rao, & KJ Otto. 39th Neural Interf. Conf., Long Beach, CA, Jun. 21-23, 2010.
Elastomeric reservoir for MEMS-based transdermal drug delivery systems. CT Smith, P Wei, M Mojarrad, M Chiappetta, B Ziaie, & MP Rao. Solid-State Sens. Actuat. & Microsyst. Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC, Jun. 6-10, 2010.
2009
Titanium-based multi-channel, micro-electrode array for recording neural signals. PT McCarthy, R Madangopal, KJ Otto, & MP Rao. 31st Ann. Intl. Conf. of IEEE Eng. in Med. & Biol. Soc. Conf. (EMBC 2009), Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 2-6, 2009.
2008
Rationally-designed surface nanopatterning: A potentially new means of enhancing safety and efficacy of vascular stents. MP Rao, J Lu, HP Aguilar, NC MacDonald, & TJ Webster. Solid-State Sens. Actuat. & Microsyst. Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC, Jun. 1-5, 2008.
2007
Nanopatterned Ti surface features for improving vascular stents without drug release. J Lu, MP Rao, NC MacDonald, & TJ Webster. MRS Fall Mtg., Boston, MA, Nov. 26-30, 2007.
Rationally-designed, patterned Ti surfaces for improved endothelialization in vascular stents. J Lu, MP Rao, NC MacDonald, & TJ Webster. BMES Ann. Mtg. (BMES 2007), Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 26-29, 2007.
2006
Titanium micromachining for orthopaedic applications. MP Rao, EA Nauman, & TJ Webster. Indiana Health Ind. Forum State of Innov. in Orthopaedics Summit, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 10, 2006.
Bulk titanium microneedles with embedded fluidic networks for transdermal drug delivery. ER Parker, MP Rao, KT Turner, & NC MacDonald. 19th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mech. Syst. (MEMS 2006), Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 22–26, 2006.
2005
Development of bulk titanium based MEMS RF switch for harsh environment applications. C Ding, X Huang, G Gregori, ER Parker, MP Rao, DR Clarke, & NC MacDonald. ASME Intl. Mech. Eng. Congr. & Expo. (IMECE 2005), Orlando, FL, Nov. 5-11, 2005.
Fabrication of titanium microelectrode chip to investigate bulk titanium micromachining capability for microfluidics devices. Y Zhang, F Bottausci, MP Rao, I Mezic, & NC MacDonald. 9th Intl. Conf. on Miniaturized Syst. for Chem. & Life Sci. (µTAS 2005), Boston, MA, Oct. 9-13, 2005.
Titanium micro-machining via plasma etching: An enabling technology for low-cost, high-volume manufacturing of titanium components on the micrometer-scale. MP Rao, MF Aimi, ER Parker, & NC MacDonald. 21st Ann. Intl. Titanium Assoc. Conf. & Expo (Titanium 2005), Scottsdale, AZ, Sept. 25-27, 2005.
3-D micromachining of bulk titanium. MP Rao, MF Aimi, ER Parker, & NC MacDonald. Single-mask, high-aspect-ratio, 18th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mech. Syst. (MEMS 2005), Miami, FL, Jan. 30–Feb. 3, 2005.
2004
Titanium bulk micromachining for bioMEMS: A DEP device as a demonstration. Y Zhang, ER Parker, MP Rao, MF Aimi, I Mezic, & NC MacDonald. ASME Intl. Mech. Eng. Congr. & Expo. (IMECE 2004), Anaheim, CA, Nov. 13-19, 2004.
High-aspect-ratio inductively coupled plasma etching of bulk titanium for MEMS applications. ER Parker, MF Aimi, BJ Thibeault, MP Rao, & NC MacDonald. 206th Mtg. of Electrochem. Soc.: Microfabricated Syst. & MEMS VII Symp., Honolulu, HI, October 3-8, 2004.
Bulk micromachined titanium micromirror device with sloping electrode geometry. MP Rao, MF Aimi, and NC MacDonald. 2004 Solid-State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 6-10, 2004.
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