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

集成微流体先进设计和制造I/UCRC旨在强调面向设计的研究，以预期成本效益制造和实际部署的需要。该中心计划实施一项同步的、广泛的综合战略，寻求在材料科学、材料加工、生物、化学、设备设计、电子和零部件集成等关键领域的接口上取得突破。积极主动地强调批量生产和与现有通信基础设施的芯片接口是微流控原型的新的研究重点。在研究和设计周期的早期，这些考虑被视为将技术从学术实验室过渡到制造业以造福社会的关键。集成微流体先进设计和制造I/UCRC使用竞争性的招聘机制和有吸引力的跨学科协作研究生研究机会来吸引优秀学生，包括代表人数不足的群体的成员。除了在档案期刊和会议记录上发表出版物外，知识传播还包括一个开放源码的“微流控函数库”，其中载有按应用和芯片制造工艺组织的微流控“电路”和可互换部件的设计规格。可扩展的原型制作过程也将面向学术界和工业界，包括老牌公司和企业家，目的是大幅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.