Drs. Albert Kim and Geelsu Hwang received a new grant from the NSF DMR program to develop a new metal-piezoelectric biomaterial. We thank the NSF for supporting our research.

Title: Collaborative Research: Novel Hybrid Metal-Piezoelectric Biomaterials for Anti-infectious Implantable Medical Devices

DMR-2321385

Total award amount: $200,000

Details: Award Link 

A journal paper titled "Protein redox by a piezoelectric acousto-nanodevice" is accepted in Nanoscale. 

A journal paper titled "Omni-Directional Ultrasonic Powering via Platonic Solid Receiver for mm-Scale Implantable Devices" is accepted in ACS Materials Letters

18TH IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS)

Prof. Albert Kim was invited to speak at the IEEE NEMS 2023, where he talked about his research on Acousto-Bioelectronics. 

16TH IEEE DALLAS CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS CONFERENCE [APRIL 14TH - 16TH 2023]

Prof. Albert Kim was invited as a Keynote speaker at the DCAS 2023, where he talked about his research on Acousto-Bioelectronics. 

More details: https://www.dcas2023.com/invited-speakers.html

Our 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).

A new National Institute of Health grant (R21; Bacterial Adhesion Inhibition and Biofilm Disruption by Adaptive Piezoelectric Biomaterial) was awarded to Dr. Hwang and Dr. Kim. Congratulations!

A journal paper titled "Totally Implantable Oxygen Generator (TIOG) for Hypoxia and Hypoxemia" is accepted in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME). 

Dr. Albert Kim received a new grant from the NSF ECCS program to develop an ambulatory dental care platform, a human oral motion-powered Smart Dental Implant (SDI) system. We thank the NSF for supporting our research.

Title: Collaborative Research: Smart Dental Implant System for Ambulatory Dental Care

ECCS-2300985

Total award amount: $250,000

Details: Award Link 

It was the in-person conference meeting for the first time since the pandemic. Sayemul and Rebecca presented their work: "Multifunctional 3D Printed BaTiO3 Platonic Solids Packaging for Implantable Microdevices" and "Hydrogel Actuated Micronnedle (HAM) Wound Patch." Good job everyone! 

Dr. Albert Kim received the NSF CAREER Award. Dr. Kim will lead a new project, "Acousto-Bioelectronics" to develop an implantable microsystem for multimodal cancer therapy using omnidirectional ultrasonic powering. 

Title: CAREER: Acousto-Bioelectronics

ECCS-2245090

Total award amount: $500,000

Details: Award Link

Dr. Albert Kim and Dr. JK Kim at Kansas State University received a new grant from the NSF ECCS program to develop a microneedle-mediate wound dressing. We thank the NSF for supporting our research.

Title: Collaborative Research: Microneedle-mediated Adaptive Phototherapy (MAP) for Wound Healing

ECCS-2054492

Total award amount: $500,000

Details: Award Link

Dr. Albert Kim and Dr. Krishna Kant at the College of Science and Technology received a new grant from the NSF CISE program to develop a reconfigurable intrabody network for therapeutics. We thank the NSF for supporting our research.

Title: CNS Small: Reconfigurable Intraboy Network for Therapeutics (RIBNeT)

CNS-2129659

Total award amount: $500,000

Details: Award Link

Sayemul Islam's paper is selected as a Best Paper Finalist at the Transducer 2021. Congratulations!

Our journal paper, "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/

A journal paper titled "Implantable Cisplatin Synthesis Microdevice for Regional Chemotherapy" is accepted in Advanced Healthcare Materials. 

Dr. Albert Kim, Dr. Haijun Liu (Mechanical Engineering), and Dr. JK Kim (Kansas State University) received a new grant from the NSF CCSS program to develop a Smart Stent. We thank the NSF for supporting our research. We are excited to develop the Smart Stent. 

Our Smart Stent project has been featured in Temple News.

Title: Collaborative Research: Smart Stent for Post-Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Surveillance

ECCS-2029077

Total award amount: $500,000

Details: Award Link

A journal paper titled “Human Oral Motion-Powered Smart Dental Implant (SDI) for In Situ Ambulatory Photobiomodulation Therapy” is accepted in Advanced Healthcare Material.

A journal paper titled “In vitro Study on Smart Stent for Autonomous Post-Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Surveillance” is accepted in IEEE Access.

A journal paper titled “A Machine Learning Enabled Wireless Intracranial Brain Deformation Sensing System” is accepted in IEEE Transaction in Biomedical Engineering (TBME)

A journal paper titled “Biodegradable Piezoelectric Transducer for Powering Transient Implants” is accepted in IEEE Access.

A journal paper titled “An Ultrasonically Powered Implantable Microprobe for Electrolytic Ablation,” is accepted in Nature Scientific Reports.