UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #837 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 837

Submission ID: 14811

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Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Sat, 08/17/2024 - 04:43 PM

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Language: English

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Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Jamel Ali

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) jali@eng.famu.fsu.edu

Position Title Faculty

FSU College (if applicable) FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project MicroRobotic 3D-Printed Swimmers for Biological & Biomedical Applications

Project Keywords biological materials, nanomaterials, microfabrication, 3D Printing

Are you currently looking for research assistants? Yes

Number of Research Assistants Needed 2

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Open to all majors

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): In-person

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 4-5

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)

Overall Research Project Description There is growing interest in developing tiny wireless swimming devices capable of preforming a variety of tasks, ranging from environmental and industrial to agricultural and biomedical, in low Reynolds number fluids. Over the past two decades these devices have been fabricated though a number of methods, but often involve some form of traditional micromachining, which is costly in terms of time, materials, and fabrication steps.
Alternatively, additive manufacturing holds the potential to produce similarly small structured devices at higher scale and lower cost. However, so far
there are few reports that focus on additive manufacturing for producing small-scale robotic swimmers. In this proposed work, we will utilize additive
manufacturing methods and magnetic wireless control methods to explore the production of swimmers of various geometry for propulsion in viscous
biological media.

Research Tasks Student(s) will: (1) conduct a brief literature review of additive manufacturing of micromachines, (2) use CAD software (e.g. solidworks) along with a mulit-nozzle 3D printers to produce chiral and achiral swimmers (3) assist with wet-lab experiments including (a) magnetic control experiments (b) high-resolution high-speed optical imaging, and (c) rheological characterization of viscous media. The student is expected to document all laboratory
activities and write up a report which outlines specific printing parameters for effective robotic swimmers fabrication and control, in addition to their required research poster.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Passion for science and engineering along with willingness to learn and ability to balance time to work on the project while taking classes and managing other responsibilities and social activities.

Mentoring Philosophy Research today is largely a team effort. My undergraduate mentoring approach embraces a group mentoring approach where undergraduates are not only mentored by me, but also postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D. students, and senior undergraduates.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=h6DdFPcAAAAJ&hl=en

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? Yes

Roundtable times and Zoom links Thursday, Sept. 5 from 7 – 8 PM : https://fsu.zoom.us/j/95934659445
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You are welcome to email me to schedule a time to meet in the MagLab or in in B373F on the Engineering Campus, Building B.

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UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

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Year 2024

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