Acousto-Bioelectronics Lab
At Acousto Bioelectronics Lab, a highly collaborative Research Lab located at the University of South Florida, we are interested in a range of biomedical applications of MEMS (BioMEMS) and nanotechnology. This includes a variety of devices and microsystems to address important clinical problems. Our group collaborates closely with physicians in order to transfer the technology to the clinic. Learn more about our research and areas of study below. For more information, please see the published literature or contact us.
RESEARCH & DISCOVERIES
Smart Dental Implant
Smart Stent
Implantable Microdevices
Machine learning-enabled sensing
2023
10/10/2023: The AK lab attended the BMES 2023 conference and collectively presented 7 research projects (2 oral and 5 posters)
07/21/2023: A journal paper titled "Protein Redox by Piezoelectric Acousto-Nanodevice" is published in the Nanoscale! [Link]
05/31/2023: A journal paper titled "Omni-Directional Ultrasonic Powering via Platonic Solid Receiver for mm-Scale Implantable Devices" is published in the ACS Materials Letters! Thanks to the co-authors. [Link]
4/14/2023: Prof. Albert Kim was invited as a Keynote speaker at the DCAS 2023, where he talked about his research on Acousto-Bioelectronics. For more details: https://www.dcas2023.com/invited-speakers.html
4/1/2023: A journal paper titled “Totally Implantable Oxygen Generator (TIOG) for Hypoxia and Hypoxemia” is featured in IEEE Transaction in Biomedical Engineering (TBME) [Link] and made it to the Front Cover (TBME, April 2023 issue).
2022
10/14/2022: A journal paper titled "Totally Implantable Oxygen Generator (TIOG) for Hypoxia and Hypoxemia" is accepted in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME).
6/7/2022: Acousto-Bioelectronics Lab moved to the University of South Florida (USF)
6/5/2022 - 6/9/2022: Acousto-Bioelectronics Lab members (Sayemul and Rebecca) participated and presented their works at 2022 Hilton Head Workshop. Congrats!
6/1/2022: A journal paper titled “Performance Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Coupling Method for Intra-Body Network (IBNet)” is featured in IEEE Transaction in Biomedical Engineering (TBME). Link
4/12/2022: Dr. Kim has received the NSF CAREER award. We thank the NSF for supporting our research. We are excited to develop Acousto-Bioelectronics for cancer therapy.
2021
11/16/2021: A journal paper titled “Performance Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Coupling Method for Intra-Body Network (IBNet)” is accepted in IEEE Transaction in Biomedical Engineering (TBME).
8/9/2021: Dr. Kim and Dr. Jungkwun Kim at Kansas State University have received a new grant from the NSF ECCS program. We thank the NSF for supporting our research. We are excited to develop a microneedle-mediated wound healing patch.
8/5/2021: Sumnoon Ahmed joined the Acousto-Bioelectronic Lab. Welcome!
8/4/2021: Dr. Kim and Dr. Krishina Kant have received a new grant from the NSF CISE program. We thank the NSF for supporting our research. We are excited to investigate a reconfigurable intrabody network for medical devices.
7/2021: Our Smart Dental Implant project (with Dr. Hwang at UPenn) has been selected as a finalist for the 14th round of the Science Center research accelerator (QED Proof-of-Concept program). Congratulations!
7/22/2021: Dr. Kim co-authored a journal paper, "A bio-inspired optical directional microphone with cavity-coupled diaphragms" in JASA Express Letters, led by Dr. Haijun Liu
7/12/2021: Dr. Kim co-authored a journal paper, "Modeling, Characterization, and Fabrication of Bell-tip Microneedle Array by Diffraction and Self-Aligned Lens Effects" in Applied Physics Letters, led by Dr. Jungkuwn Kim.
6/25/2021: Sayemul Islam's paper is selected as a Best Paper Finalist at the Transducer 2021. Congratulations!
2020
11/30/2020: Our journal paper (S. Islam et al.), "Machine Learning Enabled Wireless Intracranial Brain Deformation Sensing System," is selected as a featured article in IEEE Transaction in Biomedical Engineering (TBME): https://www.embs.org/tbme/articles/a-machine-learning-enabled-wireless-intracranial-brain-deformation-sensing-system/
11/30/2020: A journal paper titled "Implantable Cisplatin Synthesis Microdevice for Regional Chemotherapy" (R. Campbell et al.) is accepted in Advanced Healthcare Materials.
11/5/2020: A journal paper titled "A Hydrogel-based Ultrasonic Backscattering Wireless Biochemical Sensing" is accepted in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
10/14/2020: Our Smart Stent project has featured in Temple News.
9/1/2020: Dr. Kim and collaborators (Drs. Haijun Liu and Jungkuwn Kim) have received a new grant from the NSF ECCS program. We thank the NSF for supporting our research. We are excited to develop a highly integrated smart stent for abdominal aneurysm repair surveillance.
6/4/2020: A journal paper titled “Human Oral Motion-Powered Smart Dental Implant (SDI) for In Situ Ambulatory Photobiomodulation Therapy” is accepted in Advanced Healthcare Materials.
5/16/2020: A journal paper titled “In vitro Study on Smart Stent for Autonomous Post-Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Surveillance” (S. Islam et al.) is accepted in IEEE Access.
5/18/2020: Dr. Kim serves as a Guest Editor for special issue "Micro- and Nano-scale Sensors and Sensorial Systems in Bioengineering and Biotechnology," in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
4/18/2020: A journal paper titled “A Machine Learning Enabled Wireless Intracranial Brain Deformation Sensing System” (S. Islam et al.) is accepted in IEEE Transaction in Biomedical Engineering (TBME).
4/7/2020: A journal paper titled “Biodegradable Piezoelectric Transducer for Powering Transient Implants” is accepted in IEEE Access
1/10/2020: A journal paper titled “An Ultrasonically Powered Implantable Microprobe for Electrolytic Ablation,” is accepted in Nature Scientific Reports.
2019
12/20/2019: Our work in a collaboration with Dr. Geelsu Hwang at U of Penn is accepted as a journal paper, titled “A Comprehensive Analysis of Near-Contact Photobiomodulation Therapy in the Host-Bacteria Interaction Model Using 3D-Printed Modular LED Platform” in Advanced Biosystem
8/20/2019: Rebecca Campbell joined the Acousto-Bioelectronics Lab. Welcome!
7/12/2019: Congratulation to Sayemul, Dr. H. Kim, Dr. Hwang, Dr. Song, Dr. Picone, and Dr. Kim on their acceptance to 2019 BMES Annual Meeting. Our all 4 submissions were accepted: one oral and three poster presentations
6/22/2019-6/27/2019: Dr. Kim travel to Berlin, Germany to attend and present oral and poster presentations in 2019 Transducer conference
5/1/2019: Diane Buton joined AµBL during summer. Welcome!
2/21/2019: Congratulation to Dr. Yoo and Dr. Kim on their acceptance to 2019 Transducer conference as an oral presentation
2018
12/10/2018: Dr. Kim and his colleagues in Purdue University published a journal paper titled “An Implantable Ultrasonically-Powered Micro-Light-Source (µLight) for Photodynamic Therapy” in Nature Scientific Reports
10/29/2018: Congratulation to Bill, Sayemul, Sam, Anna, Dr. Song, Dr. Ahmad, and Dr. Kim on their acceptance to 2019 MEMS conference as a poster presentation.
7/10/2018: Congratulation to Anirvan, Sayemul, Sai, Dr. Loh, Dr. Hutapea, Dr. Kim on their acceptance to 2018 BMES Annual Meeting as a poster presentation.
6/21/2018: Dr. Kim and his colleagues in Purdue published a journal paper titled “Yeast metabolic response as an indicator of radiation damage in biological tissue” in Advanced Biosystems
5/11/2018: Dr. Kim and his colleagues in Purdue published a journal paper titled “An Ultrasonically Controlled Switching System for Power Management in Implantable Devices” in Biomedical Microdevices
5/7/2018: Jonathan Deslouches, Ji Ku, Anna Nguyen, William Purcell, Samuel Rhee, Kevin Simonson, Elijah Zimmerman joined AµBL during summer
4/15/2018: Dr. Kim and his colleagues in Purdue published a journal paper titled “A Wireless Chemical Sensing Scheme using Ultrasonic Imaging of Silica-Particle-Embedded Hydrogels (Silicagel)” in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
3/27/2018: Congratulation to Anirvan (oral) and Sayemul (poster) on their acceptance to Hilton Head Workshop 2018 conference.
2/28/2018: Congratulation to Sayemul on his acceptance to IMBioC 2018 conference as an oral presentation.
1/16/2018: Anirvan Majumdar joined the Acousto-Bioelectronics Lab
2017
12/21/2017: Invited talk @ T3 Excite Center, Drexel University
10/10/2017: Lab 920 (dry lab) granted
9/28/2017: Invited research talk @ TEMOSC
9/15/2017: Graduate student orientation – Welcome everyone!
8/31/2017: Lab access to 411 (wet lab) granted!
8/28/2017: Fall 2017 semester starts
8/14/2017: Sayemul Islam joined the Acousto-Bioelectronics Lab
8/1/2017: Dr. Albert Kim joined Temple University
