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Theme 2.3: Non-Invasive Medical Monitoring and Drug Delivery
Theme 2.3 seeks to dramatically improve Soldier survivability from a diverse array of threats through integration of microsystems for physiological monitoring and autonomous response. This strategy could ultimately prove simpler than requiring a sensor for each threat or developing and adding additional sensors as new threats arise. Indeed, it may not always be possible to have a direct sensor of a chemical or biological threat. For this reason and many others, physiological monitoring of small, non-invasively obtained samples of bodily fluids will be a critical component of future battlesuits. Secondly, autonomous administration of active agents in response to threats is an additional revolutionary feature of the future battlesuit. Miniaturization achieved by MEMS technology would allow the monitoring and response system to be carried by the Soldier or integrated directly into the battlesuit. Autonomous operation is essential since the Soldier may be incapacitated on the battlefield. This theme also includes research to provide a light weight, low electric power consumption means to drive microfluidic devices that will allow rapid real-time monitoring of a Soldier’s exposure to environmental toxins, including chemical and biological hazards.
Project 2.3.1: MEMS-Based Device for the Prevention of Hemorrhagic
Shock
Project 2.3.2: Non-Invasive Delivery and Sensing
Project 2.3.3: Integrated Amplifying Flourescent Polymer
Biosensory Systems
Project 2.3.4: Low-Power, Portable Electro-Microfluidic Devices for
Real-Time Medical Monitoring
Theme 2.3 Researchers
Prof. Saman Amarasinghe, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Prof. Martin Z. Bazant, Department of Mathematics
Prof. Michael J. Cima, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Prof. Karen K. Gleason, Department
of Chemical Engineering
Prof.
Ian W. Hunter, Department
of Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Klavs F. Jensen, Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Robert S. Langer, Department
of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Timothy M. Swager, Department of Chemistry
Prof. Steven R. Tannenbaum, Department of Biological Engineering
Prof.
Todd Thorsen, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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