Microbiorobotics

Dr MinJun Kim is presently an associate professor at Drexel University with a joint appointment in both the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics and the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health System.. For the past several years, Dr. Kim has been exploring biological transport phenomena including cellular/molecular mechanics and engineering in novel nano/microscale architectures to produce new types of nanobiotechology, such as nanopore technology and nano/micro robotics. His notable awards include the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2008), Drexel Career Development Award (2008), Human Frontier Science Program Young Investigator Award (2009), Army Research Office Young Investigator Award (2010), Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2011), KOFST Brain Pool Fellowship (2013), Bionic Engineering Outstanding Contribution Award (2013), Louis & Bessie Stein Fellowship (2014), ISBE Fellow (2014), and ASME Fellow (2014). Dr. Anak Agung Julius is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is also a faculty member of the Rensselaer Center for Automation Technologies and Systems. His research interests lie in the intersection of systems and control theory, systems biology, and theoretical computer science

• IntroductionB: Fundamentals of Cellular MechanicsB.1: Fluid-structure Interactions and Flagellar ActuationB.2: Mathematical Models for Swimming BacteriaB.3: Tetrahymena pyriformis in Motion C: Theoretical MicrobioroboticsC.1: Piezoelectric Cellular Actuators with Nested Rhombus Strain Amplification C.2: Stochastic Models and Control of Bacterial Bioactuators and BiomicrorobotsC.3: Stochastic Model and Control in MicrobioroboticsD: Experimental MicrobioroboticsD.1: Bacteria-Inspired MicrorobotsD.2: Magnetotactic Bacteria for MicroroboticsD.3: Flexible magnetic microswimmersD.4: Bacteria-Powered MicrorobotsD.5: Control of Tetrahymena pyriformis as a MicrorobotE: Perspectives and Outlook