| Brian J. Kirby |
Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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| Research Group Web Page:
| Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory
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238 Upson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853 |
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(607) 255-4379
607) 255-1222
bk88@cornell.edu
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Dr. Kirby develops miniaturized devices for
biochemical analysis, and has interests in micro-
and nanoscale fluid transport, laser microfabrication,
biomaterials, microscale cell culture, electrochemistry,
and micro- and nanoparticle manipulation. Dr. Kirby is the director
of the Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory, and more information can
be obtained at the Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory website. |
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| Honors and Awards |
- 2002 R&D 100 Top Invention Award
- 2004 J.D. Watson Investigator Award
- 2006 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award
- 2008 Selected for National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
- 2008 Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker Excellence in Teaching Award
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| Courses |
- MAE 427: Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Laboratory
- MAE 423/523: Intermediate Fluid Dynamics
- MAE 524/624: Physics of Micro- and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics
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| Undergraduate Advising |
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| Selected Publications |
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Kirby BJ
"Micro- and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics for Engineers,"
textbook in preparation for publication in 2009.
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Cambridge University Press
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Rouillard AD,
Tsui YT,
Polacheck WJ,
Lee JY,
Bonassar LJ,
Kirby BJ
"Control of the Electromechanical Properties of Alginate Hydrogels via
Ionic and Covalent Crosslinking and Microparticle Doping,"
submitted, 2009.
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Tandon VT,
Bhagavatula S,
Kirby BJ
"Transient Zeta Potential Measurements in Hydrophobic,
TOPAS Microfluidic Substrates,"
accepted for Electrophoresis, 2009.
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Kondapalli S,
Kirby BJ
"Refolding of beta-galactosidase: Microfluidic device for reagent metering
and mixing and quantification of refolding yield,"
in press, 2009.
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Hawkins BG,
Gleghorn JP,
Kirby BJ
"Dielectrophoresis for cell and particle manipulation,"
submitted, 2008.
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George PA, Hui W, Rana F,
Hawkins BG,
Smith AE,
Kirby BJ
"Integrated microfluidic devices for terahertz spectroscopy of biomolecules",
Optics Express, 16(3) 1577-1582 (2008).
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Tandon V,
Bhagavatula SK,
Nelson WC,
Kirby BJ
"Zeta potential and electroosmotic mobility in microfluidic devices
fabricated from hydrophobic polymers: 1. The origins of charge",
Electrophoresis 29(5):1092-1101, 2008.
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Tandon V,
Kirby BJ
"Zeta potential and electroosmotic mobility in microfluidic devices
fabricated from hydrophobic polymers: 2. Slip and interfacial water structure",
Electrophoresis 29(5):1102-1114, 2008.
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Hawkins BG,
Smith AE,
Syed YA,
Kirby BJ
"Continuous-flow particle separation by 3D insulative
dielectrophoresis using coherently shaped, DC-biased,
AC electric fields,"
Analytical Chemistry, 2007.
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Ghosh S, Bhagwat AR, Renshaw CK, Goh S, Gaeta AL,
Kirby BJ
"Low-light-level optical interactions with rubidium vapor in a photonic band-gap fiber,"
Physical Review Letters 97:023603 (2006).
doi
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arxiv
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Wilkes JO , with Birmingham SG,
Kirby BJ, Cheng C-Y
"Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers with Microfluidics and CFD,"
Prentice-Hall, 2005.
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Mela P, van den Berg A, Fintschenko Y,
Cummings EB, Simmons BA,
Kirby BJ
"The zeta potential of cyclo-olefin polymer microchannels and its effects on insulative (electrodeless)
dielectrophoresis particle trapping devices,"
Electrophoresis 26:1792-1799 (2005).
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Reichmuth DS, Shepodd TJ,
Kirby BJ
"Microchip HPLC of peptides and proteins,"
Analytical Chemistry 77:2997-3000 (2005).
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Song S, Singh AK, Shepodd TJ,
Kirby BJ
"Microchip dialysis of proteins using in situ
photopatterned nanoporous polymer membranes", Analytical
Chemistry 76:2367-2373 (2004).
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Kirby BJ,
Hasselbrink, Jr. EF
"The Zeta
Potential of Microfluidic Substrates. 1. Theory, experimental
techniques, and effects on separations,"
Electrophoresis, 25:187-202
(2004).
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Reichmuth DS,
Kirby BJ
"Effects of
Ammonioalkyl sulfonate internal salts on electrokinetic
micropump performance and Reversed-Phase HPLC separations,"
Journal of Chromatography A, 1013:93-101
(2003).
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Fintschenko Y,
Kirby BJ,
Hasselbrink, Jr. EF,
Singh AK, Shepodd TJ
"Monolithic Materials: Miniature
and Microchip Technologies," in Monolithic Materials:
Preparation, Properties, and Applications Elsevier,
Amsterdam (2003).
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Kirby BJ,
Wheeler AR, Zare RN, Fruetel JA,
Shepodd TJ
"Programmable Modification of Cell Adhesion
and Zeta Potential in Silica Microchips,"Lab On a Chip
3:5-10 (2003).
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Brian Kirby joined the Cornell MAE faculty in 2004. Previous to that, he was a research
scientist at Sandia National Laboratories and Stanford University. See more at the
Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory website.
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| Education |
| Ph.D. 2001 |
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Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering |
| M.S.E. 1996 |
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University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering |
| B.S.E. 1994 |
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University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering |
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