Acknowledgements

I’d like to extend acknowledgements to the microfluidics design team at Gener8, including Erik Anderson, Bob Weiller (Mentors), and Espir Kahatt (Managing Director). I’d also like to thank supporting engineers Jiyang Mei, Laurence Lange, Andrew Lin, and Matt Brungardt for their contributions and ideas. Finally, thank you to Dr. Taylor and Aayush Somani (TA) for their guidance.

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