| Brian J. Kirby |
Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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| Research Group Web Page:
| Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory
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| Address: |
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,
Berglund CM,
Lee JY,
Polacheck WJ,
Tsui YT,
Bonassar LJ,
Kirby BJ
"Methods for photocrosslinking alginate hydrogel scaffolds with
high cell viability,"
submitted, 2009.
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Gleghorn JP,
Pratt ED,
Denning D,
Liu H,
Bander NH,
Tagawa S,
Nanus DM,
Giannakakou PA,
Kirby BJ
"Capture of circulating tumor cells from whole blood of
prostate cancer patients using geometrically enhanced
differential immunocapture and a prostate-specific antibody",
Lab on a Chip, accepted, 2009.
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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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Kirby BJ
"Nanofluidics" (book review),
Materials Today, 12(5) 51, 2009.
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Tandon VT,
Bhagavatula S,
Kirby BJ
"Transient Zeta Potential Measurements in Hydrophobic,
TOPAS Microfluidic Substrates,"
Electrophoresis 30(15) 2656-2667, 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,"
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 7(2) 275-281, 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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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, Chirica GS,
Kirby BJ
"Increasing the Performance of High-Pressure,
High-Efficiency Electrokinetic Micropumps Using Zwitterionic
Solute Additives," Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 92:37-43 (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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