NEWS
January 17, 2024: USF Tech Tour
Dr. Kim was highlighted in the USF Tech Tour with the work of "implantable microdevice for cancer treatment."
October 10-14, 2023: Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Meeting
"AK lab attended the BMES 2023 conference and collectively presented 7 research projects (2 oral and 5 posters)
July 18, 2023: A new grant from NSF
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
July 21, 2023: Journal paper accepted
A journal paper titled "Protein redox by a piezoelectric acousto-nanodevice" is accepted in Nanoscale.
May 31, 2023: Journal paper accepted
A journal paper titled "Omni-Directional Ultrasonic Powering via Platonic Solid Receiver for mm-Scale Implantable Devices" is accepted in ACS Materials Letters
May 13-16, 2023: Invited Keynote Speaker
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.
May 8, 2023: New members
Trisha Mou and Rana Saha joined Acousto-Bioelectronics Lab. Welcome!
April 26, 2023: Dr. Kim is nominated for BME Professor of the Year
Dr. Kim received the BME Professor of the Year (2022-2023), awarded by the Biomedical Engineering Society, University of South Florida Chapter.
Apr. 14, 2023: Invited Keynote Speaker
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
Apr. 1, 2023: Journal paper featured on the TBME Front Cover
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).
Feb. 1, 2023: A new grant from NIH
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!
Oct. 14, 2022: Journal paper accepted
A journal paper titled "Totally Implantable Oxygen Generator (TIOG) for Hypoxia and Hypoxemia" is accepted in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME).
Sept. 1, 2022: A new grant from NSF
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
June 5 - 9, 2022: Hilton Head Workshop
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!
June 1, 2022: Featured Article
Our journal paper, "Performance Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Coupling Method for Intra-Body Network (IBNet)," is selected as a featured article in IEEE Transaction in Biomedical Engineering (TBME):
May 1, 2022: Dr. Albert Kim received NSF CAREER Award
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
Aug. 10, 2021: A new grant from NSF
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
Aug. 4, 2021: A new grant from NSF
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
July 22, 2021: Journal paper accepted
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
July 12, 2021: Journal paper accepted
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.
June 25, 2020: Outstanding paper award finalist at Transducers 2021
Sayemul Islam's paper is selected as a Best Paper Finalist at the Transducer 2021. Congratulations!
Nov. 30, 2020: Featured article
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/
Nov. 30, 2020: Journal paper accepted
A journal paper titled "Implantable Cisplatin Synthesis Microdevice for Regional Chemotherapy" is accepted in Advanced Healthcare Materials.
Nov. 5, 2020: Journal paper accepted
A journal paper titled "A Hydrogel-based Ultrasonic Backscattering Wireless Biochemical Sensing" is accepted in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
Sept. 1st, 2020: A new grant from the NSF
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
June 4, 2020: Journal paper accepted
A journal paper titled “Human Oral Motion-Powered Smart Dental Implant (SDI) for In Situ Ambulatory Photobiomodulation Therapy” is accepted in Advanced Healthcare Material.
May 16, 2020: Journal paper accepted
A journal paper titled “In vitro Study on Smart Stent for Autonomous Post-Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Surveillance” is accepted in IEEE Access.
April 18, 2020: Journal paper accepted
A journal paper titled “A Machine Learning Enabled Wireless Intracranial Brain Deformation Sensing System” is accepted in IEEE Transaction in Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
April 7, 2020: Journal paper accepted
A journal paper titled “Biodegradable Piezoelectric Transducer for Powering Transient Implants” is accepted in IEEE Access.
Jan. 10, 2020: Journal paper accepted
A journal paper titled “An Ultrasonically Powered Implantable Microprobe for Electrolytic Ablation,” is accepted in Nature Scientific Reports.