ASME seminar to examine microfluidics market

Benedict Bahner
ASME NEWS

In September, ASME's Continuing Education Institute will hold a forum that explores the current microfluidics market as well as identifying future industry objectives by looking at areas with strong development potential.

This forum, the Microfluidics for Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) Technology Seminar, will take place Sept. 9-11 at the Doubletree Hotel, Crystal City, in Arlington, Va.

The event — the second in ASME's Technology Seminar Series — is intended for mechanical, electrical and chemical engineers, researchers, chemists, manufacturers, research and development firms, government and private laboratory employees, and investment and financial executives.

The objective of both the seminar and a special one-day, pre-seminar workshop is to provide an environment for industry, academic and government professionals to examine the potential for integrating microfluidics and LOC technology with their research and development efforts in order to create marketable products and applications.

Upon returning to their jobs, attendees will be able to immediately apply concepts learned in class. They'll also have the chance to interact with peers and industry leaders, as well as to increase their awareness of new microfluidic developments, industry trends and challenges to commercialization.

The pre-seminar workshop on Sept. 9 will be limited to the first 30 registrants. The workshop will include an overview of bulk and surface micromachining processes, as well as an overview of microfluidics. The session will also cover experimental measurement techniques for microfluidics and finite element analysis software.

The Microfluidics and LOC Technology Seminar will have a different theme for each of its two days.

The theme of the seminar on Sept. 10 will be "Market and Applications." That day's program will include an overview of BioMEMS and microfluidics, an overview of the field's market potential, presentations on the pharmaceutical market, LOC devices for the genomics industry and the use of micro-array based single nucleotide polymorphism multiplexing. The program will also feature a keynote presentation by Carol Dahl of the U.S. National Cancer Institute.

On Sept. 11, the seminar will include presentations by Abraham Lee of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Michael Gaitan of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Gisela Lin of Standard MEMS Inc.

Registration for the pre-seminar workshop is $195 for members from academia or government agencies, $295 for ASME members from industry. Registration is $225 for nonmembers from academia or government, $395 for nonmembers from industry.

Registration for the Microfluidics Technology Seminar is $795 for ASME members from academia or government agencies, $995 for members from industry. Registration is $895 for nonmembers from academia or government, $1,095 for nonmembers from industry.

For more information on this seminar or the Technology Seminar Series, contact Brandy Smith in ASME Professional Development, at (212) 591-7413, or e-mail: smithb@asme.org; or visit www.asme.org/pro_dev/techseminars/ micro.html.

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