Research grants received

1 HKUST Direct Allocation Grant 2001-2003, Active micromixer - a building block for integrated (PI)

2 Research Grant 2002-2004 of the Institute of Integrated Microsystem, HKUST (PI)

3 RGC CERG 2002-2005 Micro thermal bubble actuators to enhance DNA hybridization (PI)

4 RGC CERG 2002-2005 Integrated free-solution electrophoresis microsystems for DNA separation (PI)

5 RGC CERG 2003-2006 Complex electroosmotic flows in microchannels with patterned surface (Co-I)

6 F-HK17/02T 2002/2003 France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme, Chaotic Mixing in Microsystems (PI, Co-I: Prof Patrick Tabeling, ESPCI, France)

7 USA Natl Sci. Foundation Intl. Grant 2003-, Microfluidic Mixers Using Nanoengineered Responsive Polymer Surfaces (PI, with Prof Qiao Lin, Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA)

8 Research Travel Grant 2002-2003, HKUST (PI)

9 HKUST PDF Fund 2002-2003, Low-Pressure and Medium-Pressure UV/Monochloramine Disinfection -Microbial Inactivation and By-Product Formation (Co-I)

10 RGC CERG 2004-2006 Integrated nanobubble actuator (PI)

11 HKUST Direct Allocation Grant 2004-2005, Scaling of micro bubble actuator devices (PI)

12 HKUST PDF Fund 2005-2006, Development of technology for integrated nanobubble actuator (PI)

13 HKUST PDF Matching Fund 2004-2005, Micro and Submicron Thermal Bubble Actuator to enhance DNA Hybridization (PI).

14 HKUST Direct Allocation Grant 2004/2005,Scaling of micro bubble actuator devices (PI).

15 HKUST PDF Matching Fund, 2005-2006, Development of technology for integrated nano bubble actuator devices (PI).

16 HK RGC CERG 2005-2007, Low-Voltage Micro Pulsed RF Electroporation Cell Chip for DNA Transfer (PI).

17 Emerging High Impact Areas (EHIA) Grant 2005/06, Integrated Smart Biometrics Systems (Co-I, with Prof Amine Bermak).

18 Emerging High Impact Areas (EHIA) Grant 2005/06, Novel DNA-Aptamer based Bioanalytical Microsystem (Co-I, with Prof I-Ming Hsing)

19 F-HK18/05T 2002/2005 France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme, Integrated microfluidic system using giant electrorheological fluid (PI, with Prof Patrick Tabeling, ESPCI, France).

Acknowledgements:

Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC): major funding agency for our research projects.

The Principal Investigator (PI) would like to thank Mr. Enoch Kwok in Kishimoto Sangyo (HK) Co. Ltd which is a subsidiary company of Kishimoto Sangyo Co. Ltd, Japan to provide the free samples of parylene dimers manufactured by Daisan Kasei Co. Ltd, Japan: DiX-C (parylene C), DiX-N (parylene N), two new biocompatibile parylene dimers for our bio-MEMS research projects at HKUST.