The Microfluidics Forum provides a means of reporting the latest developments in the uses of fluid mechanics for the design and optimization of micro-devices for mechanical, chemical and biological applications and devices in research and industry. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Micro-total-analysis systems (MicroTAS);
- Transport in biological and molecular systems (Lab-on-a-Chip Applications);
- Fluid mechanics issues in micro-heat engines, micro-fuel cells, other micro-power sources, and micro-propulsion;
- Electrokinetic, electrohydrodynamic, and magnetohydrodynamic modeling and applications;
- Fluid handling systems;
- Flow and transport diagnostic and measurement techniques;
- Multi-component and multi-phase flow;
- Complex fluids and nano-particles;
- Micro- and nanoscale thermofluid science and devices;
- Fundamental flow phenomena in micro- and nanosystems;
- Optics and photonics in micro-and nanofluidic systems;
- Biologically enabled microfludics;
- Sensors and transducers for microfluidic applications.
Prospective authors should refer to the following approximate schedule for submissions. Authors are directed to the ASME FEDSM09 website for updated deadlines and required on-line submission guidelines.
| Lead Organizer: | Professor Satoyuki Kawano | Osaka University | |
| Location: | Toyonaka | Osaka | Japan |
| Email: | kawano@me.es.osaka-u.ac.jp | ||
| Lead Organizer: | Professor Steve Wereley | Purdue University | |
| Location: | West Lafayette | IN | USA |
| Email: | wereley@purdue.edu | ||
| Lead Organizer: | Professor Simon SONG | Hanyang University | |
| Location: | Seoul | Korea | |
| Email: | simonsong@hanyang.ac.kr | ||
| Organizer: | Professor Takaaki SUZUKI | Kagawa University | |
| Location: | Takamatsu | Kagawa | JAPAN |
| Email: | suzuki@eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp | ||
| Organizer: | Professor Daniel Maynes | Brigham Young University | |
| Location: | Provo | UT | USA |
| Email: | maynes@byu.edu | ||
| Organizer: | Professor Kwan Hyoung KANG | Pohang University of Science and Technology | |
| Location: | Pohang | Gyeongsangbuk-do | Korea |
| Email: | khkang@postech.ac.kr | ||