CAREER: Research and Education in Microsensors

9701513 Galipeau该项目是一个为期四年的早期职业发展计划，将微传感器研究与微电子器件，传感器和材料的教育活动相结合。 该计划的目标是大大加强南达科他州州立大学在微传感器方面的研究和教育计划。 这将通过将当前的研究扩展到新的跨学科领域，将这项研究纳入本科和研究生课程，并显着增加微电子器件和材料领域课程的设计部分来实现。 对化学传感器开发很重要的四个领域将是主要焦点：测量表面特性对传感器响应和传感膜粘附性的影响的新技术的开发;用于检测空气中内毒素的新型生物传感器的开发;有害气体传感器的优化;以及电子聚合物膜的表征。 测量表面特性的新技术在传感器领域具有重要意义，在生物材料、微电子和粘合剂领域也有广泛的应用，因此它将是该计划科学部分的主要重点领域。 其余三个领域涉及传感科学的应用，并形成本计划的工程设计部分。 本提案中描述的活动有望推动传感科学、工程和教育。 科学将通过提供一种新的表面表征方法来推进，该方法对表面自由能，润湿性和污染具有高灵敏度，并且与生物相互作用具有高度的相关性。 这项工作也有望提供一个更好的理解的气体吸附过程中的化学传感和援助的优化薄膜用作化学传感元件。 在微电子领域的其他重要应用包括分析表面处理，旨在提高薄膜的附着力，以及在封装之前将分析物附着到传感器表面和测量表面清洁度。 在生物材料中的重要应用包括：确保生物材料研究和商业医疗器械中的表面再现性，建立材料表面张力与生物相容性和生物粘附性之间的相关性。 工程设计将通过新的化学传感器的设计和应用，将被调查。 拟议的教育活动将通过提供微传感器的教学和研究机会来推进工程教育。 此外，一个全面的计划，旨在更好地为学生的工作场所做好准备，减少学生流失，并鼓励学生攻读研究生课程。 这些活动包括在所有课程中纳入重要的工程设计组件，重点是微传感器;将工业，跨学科和研究活动整合到课程中;实验室开发;将新的想法纳入课堂学习风格和评估;并通过针对代表性不足的群体的推广活动。 ***

9701513 Galipeau This project is a four-year early career development plan that integrates microsensor research with educational activities in microelectronic devices, sensors and materials. The goals of this plan are to significantly strengthen the research and educational programs in microsensors at South Dakota State University. This will be done by expanding current research into new and interdisciplinary areas, integrating this research into undergraduate and graduate curriculums, and significantly increasing the design component of courses being taught in the microelectronic devices and materials areas. Four areas that are important to chemical sensor development will be the primary focus: The development of a novel technique for measuring the effects of surface properties on sensor response and sensing film adhesion; The development of novel bio-sensors for the detection of airborne endotoxins; The optimization of hazardous gas sensors; and The characterization of electronic polymer films. The novel technique for measuring surface properties is of high importance in the sensor area and also has wide applicatiols in the fields of biomaterials, microelectronics and adhesives, therefore it will be the prime focus area of the scientific part of this plan. The three remaining areas involve the application of sensing science and form the engineering design part of this plan. The activities described in this proposal are expected to advance sensing science, engineering, and education. The science will be advanced by providing a new method for surface characterization that has high sensitivity to surface free energy, wettability, and contamination, and high degrees of correlation with biological interactions. This work is also expected to provide a better understanding of the gas sorption processes in chemical sensing and aid in the optimization of thin films used as chemical sensing elements. Other important applications in microelectronics include the analysis of surface treatments designed to improve film adhesion and the attachment of analities to a sensor surface and measurements of surface cleanliness prior to encapsulation. Important applications in biomaterials include: insuring surface reproducibility in biomaterial investigations and commercial medical devices, establishing correlations between surface tension of materials and biocompatability, and bioadhesion. Engineering design will be advanced by new chemical sensor designs and applications that will be investigated. The proposed educational activities will advance engineering education by providing instructional and research opportunities in microsensors. In addition, a comprehensive program which is designed to better prepare students for the workplace, reduce student attrition, and encourage students to pursue graduate studies is proposed. The activities include incorporating significant engineering design components in all courses with an emphasis on microsensors; integration of industrial, cross disciplinary, and research activities into the curriculum; laboratory development; the incorporation of new ideas in learning styles and assessment in the classroom; and by outreach activities directed toward underrepresented groups. ***