New Technology That Sorts Cells by Stiffness May Help Spot Disease

Todd Sulchek, an assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, specializes in studying the mechanical properties of cells. Credit: Maxwell Guberman.
Oct 17, 2013 - Atlanta, GA
Researchers have developed a new technology to sort human cells according to their stiffness, which might one day help doctors identify certain diseases in patients, according to a new study.

Microfluidic Device With Artificial Arteries Measures Drugs’ Influence on Blood Clotting

Craig Forest, an assistant professor of bioengineering in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, holds the microfluidic chip used in the study. The chip has narrow passageways to simulate the coronary arteries. Credit: Rob Felt.
Mar 24, 2014 - Atlanta, GA
A new microfluidic method for evaluating drugs commonly used for preventing heart attacks has found that while aspirin can prevent dangerous blood clots in some at-risk patients, it may not be effective in all patients with narrowed arteries.

Liquid Cooling Moves onto the Chip for Denser Electronics

Liquid ports carry cooling water to specially designed passages etched into the backs of FPGA devices to provide more effective cooling. The liquid cooling provides a significant advantage in computing throughput. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Oct 05, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
Researchers are putting liquid cooling right where it’s needed the most – a few hundred microns away from where the transistors are operating.

Red Glow Helps Identify Nanoparticles for Delivering RNA Therapies

James Dahlman, an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, holds a microfluidic chip used to fabricate nanoparticles that could be used to deliver therapeutic genes. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Oct 01, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
A new screening process could dramatically accelerate the identification of nanoparticles suitable for delivering therapeutic RNA into living cells.
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