2021 Lab News

12/2021 Two MECH capstone teams under Dr. Chen's supervision have finished their projects working on "Insertion Tool for Microelectrodes in Brain-machine Interfaces" and "Compact Microdrive and Skull Cap System for Brain-machine Interface Positioning".

10/2021 Dr. Lei Chen was invited to give a seminar presentation at the Advanced Institute of Manufacturing with High-tech Innovation hosted virtually by National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. The talk was entitled "Making Biomedical Manufacturing Processes Smarter: From Orthopedic Bone Cutting to Brain-Machine Interface".

10/2021 Our paper entitled "Open-source Toolkit: Benchtop Carbon Fiber Microelectrode Array for Nerve Recording" together with the video demonstration got accepted and published in Journal of Visualized Experiments.

08/2021 Dr. Lei Chen received a Collaboration Initiation Award from NSF-sponsored Industry-Academia Collaboration In Advanced Manufacturing Virtual Workshop to top collaboration initiation grant proposals.

08/2021 Our paper entitled "A personalized approach to non-invasive ventilation masks in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using facial scanning and 3D-printing" got accepted and published in Annals of 3D Printed Medicine.

08/2021 Our paper entitled "Flexible High-Resolution Force and Dimpling Measurement System for Pia and Dura Penetration During In Vivo Microelectrode Insertion Into Rat Brain" got accepted and published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

07/2021 Our paper entitled "Comparison of K-wire Insertion Using Oscillatory and Unidirectional Drilling Modes under Constant Thrust Force" got accepted and published in Journal of Orthopaedic Research.

06/2021 Our work is presented at the 7th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting as a poster entitled "Automatic Assembly of the Linear High-Density Carbon Fiber Microelectrode Array".

05/2021 Justin Cormier, Harrison Zhu, and Daniyal Ahmed joined the Lab as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!

04/2021 Dr. Lei Chen started a new position as Adjunct Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School to continue his long-term collaboration with Michigan Medicine scientists on the Brain-Machine Interface studies.

02/2021 Our paper entitled "Laser Sharpening of Carbon Fiber Microelectrode Arrays for Brain Recording" got accepted and published in ASME Journal of Micro and Nano-Manufacturing.

01/2021 Our paper entitled "Multi-Bevel Needle Design Enabling Accurate Insertion in Biopsy for Cancer Diagnosis" got accepted and published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

01/2021 Our paper entitled "Finite element composite simplification modeling and design of the material extrusion wave infill for thin-walled structures" got accepted and published in International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.

01/2021 The MINI Lab received National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant sub-award to conduct research on "A universal and 3D-printed rat calvarium replacement system to enable for pan-cortical and sub-cortical recordings and optogenetics".

01/2021 Dongyang Yi joined the Lab as a Ph.D. student. Welcome!

01/2021 Dr. Lei Chen joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UMass Lowell as an Assistant Professor.