Polymer Implantable Electrode (PIE) Interfaces to the Nervous System
Virtual presentation by Prof. Ellis Meng from University of Southern California
Abstract:
Microelectrode array technologies can be adapted to interface with different parts of the nervous system, whether lying on the surface or placed into tissues. While traditionally constructed from rigid materials, emerging polymer technologies compatible with microfabrication offer interfaces possessing greater mechanical flexibility and material transparency which may alleviate chronic tissue damage, prolong function, and providing compatibility with optical and magnetic imaging. In addition, the design space enables a variety of form-factors and anatomical targets, including surface, shallow and deep-brain structures, retina, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. However, access to this technology is limited as is the infrastructure to scale the manufacture and dissemination of polymer interfaces. The Polymer Implantable Electrode (PIE) Foundry is a new resource concept that provides rapid access to custom or generic microelectrode arrays to the research community and borrows from pathways for project space sharing from the integrated circuit manufacturing industry. Progress in polymer microelectrode arrays as neural interfaces and on the PIE Foundry research resource will be shared.
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Jeronimo Segovia-Fernandez
Chair, IEEE MEMS & Sensors SFBA Chapter
- Starts 09 August 2022 03:58 PM UTC
- Ends 01 September 2022 02:00 AM UTC
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Prof. Ellis Meng
Biography:
Ellis Meng is the Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Chair of Convergent Biosciences and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California where she has been since 2004. She is also the Vice Dean of Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She received the B.S. degree in engineering and applied science and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1997, 1998, and 2003, respectively. Her research interests include biomedical microelectromechanical systems (bioMEMS), implantable biomedical microdevices, microfluidics, integrated microsystems, microsensors and actuators, biocompatible polymer microfabrication, and packaging. Her honors include the NSF CAREER award, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Early Career Award, 2009 TR35 Young Innovator Under 35, Viterbi Early Career Chair, ASEE Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, 2018 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Technical Achievement Award, and 2019 IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award. She is a fellow of NAI, IEEE, ASME, BMES, and AIMBE. She is the VP of Technical Activities for the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems and Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. Meng is the Technical Program Chair for Transducers 2025.
Agenda
6:30 – 6:45 PM Zoom Registration & Networking
6:50 – 7:00 PM Announcements & Polling
7:00 – 7:45 PM Invited Talk
7:45 – 8:00 PM Questions & Answers