I/UCRC: Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics (CADMIM)

I/UCRC集成微流体先进设计与制造旨在强调面向设计的研究，以预测成本效益制造和实际部署的需要。该中心计划同时实施一项广泛的综合战略，在材料科学、材料加工、生物学、化学、设备设计、电子和组件集成等重点领域的界面上寻求突破。主动强调量产和芯片上接口到现有的通信基础设施是微流体原型的新研究重点。研究和设计周期早期的这些考虑被视为将技术从学术实验室转移到制造部门以造福社会的关键。I/UCRC集成微流体先进设计与制造采用竞争性招聘机制和有吸引力的跨学科合作研究生研究机会，以吸引优秀学生，包括代表性不足的群体的成员。除了在档案期刊和会议论文集上的出版物外，知识传播还包括一个开源的“微流控功能库”，其中包含微流控“电路”的设计规范和按应用和芯片制造过程组织的可互换组件。可扩展的原型制作过程也将被推广到学术界和工业界，包括成熟的公司和企业家，目标是大大缩短从想法到产品的过程。

The I/UCRC for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics intends emphasize design-oriented research that anticipates the need for cost-effective manufacture and practical deployment. The center plans to undertake a simultaneous, broad-front integrated strategy that seeks breakthroughs at the interfaces of the thrust areas in material science, material processing, biology, chemistry, device design, electronics, and component integration. Proactive emphasis on volume production and on-chip interfaces to existing communications infrastructure are new research priorities for microfluidics prototypes. These considerations early in the research and design cycle are viewed as key to transitioning technologies out of academic laboratories and into the manufacturing sector for societal benefit.The I/UCRC for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics employ competitive recruitment mechanisms and attractive cross-disciplinary collaborative graduate research opportunities to engage excellent students, including members of underrepresented groups. In addition to publications in archival journals and conference proceedings, knowledge dissemination includes an open-source "microfluidic function library" containing design specifications for microfluidic "circuits" and interchangeable components organized by application and chip manufacturing processes. Scalable prototyping processesalso will be targeted for dissemination to academia and industry, including established companies and entrepreneurs, with the goal of dramatically shortening the idea-to-product process.