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    Noelle Elizabeth Boltz

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    Presentation: 10:45-12:00, Kennedy Union Ballroom

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    Description

    Silicon semiconductor chips utilizing label-free optical methods can achieve multiplexed sensing of multiple biomarkers of several potential cancers, infections and diseases in a single measurement in real time with a few microliters of sample fluid. However, commercial benchtop optical instruments are often prohibitively expensive, hindering global adoption. The sensors offer high specificity detection down to sub-nanogram levels, enabling early diagnosis of cancers, infectious diseases, and pollutants. Combined with affordable instruments and silicon photonic chips, they could transform global rapid testing, even in remote, low-resource settings. To further facilitate its global application, this project has been focused on designing a compact, durable packaging solution that enables the sensor-equipped device to be easily integrated into testing stations. This design includes internal mechanisms that swiftly direct fluid samples across the photonic chip, enhancing the device's practicality and shipping feasibility to diverse regions.

    Publication Date

    4-17-2024

    Project Designation

    Course Project - EGR 398 01

    Primary Advisor

    Swapnajit Chakravarty, Scott J. Schneider, Yujie Yang

    Primary Advisor's Department

    Electro-Optics and Photonics

    Keywords

    Stander Symposium, School of Engineering

    Institutional Learning Goals

    Practical Wisdom; Scholarship

    Handheld Packaged Photonic Sensor for Chem-Bio Sensing

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