Project: Integrated Microsensors for Environmental and Physiologic Monitoring

The BioMEMS and Biomaterials theme will focus on the design and evaluation of a novel type of minimally invasive medical device for integrated physiological and environmental sensing.    The long-term goal is to develop a “skin-patch” type of polymer integrated microsystem that has an interface to the body for physiological sensing (e.g., biopotentials) and an interface to the external environment for environmental monitoring (e.g., air quality).  This interdisciplinary and multi-faceted project will leverage extensive on-going research in wireless integrated microsystems, biological sensors, environmental sensors, materials science, and chemistry.