Mark A. Burns
Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of Michigan
United States of America
Biography
Professional Experience University of Michigan Chemical Engineering Department Ann Arbor, Michigan Anthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, 2016 – 2017 Director of MCubed, 2014 – present T.C. Chang Professor of Engineering, 2012 Chair, 2008-2017 Professor, 2002-present Associate Professor, 1996-2002 Assistant Professor, 1990-1996 Becton Dickinson Research Center Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Department of Molecular Biology Visiting Research Scientist, 1996 – 1997 North Carolina State University Department of Chemical Engineering Raleigh, North Carolina Visiting Associate Professor, 1996-1997 University of Massachusetts Department of Chemical Engineering Amherst, Massachusetts Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, 1986 – 1989
Research Interest
Microfabricated Reaction/Separation Systems. Many chemical analysis systems require extensive measuring, mixing and separation/detection operations before data can be collected. Some of these tests, such as hospital tests for bacterial infections, would greatly benefit by an increased processing speed; all would benefit by a decrease in labor and materials costs. In recent years, a number of companies have integrated all the required steps for a particular test into a simple format (home pregnancy kits are a good example). Most of these formats, though, are far from robust and can usually only handle “yes/no” results.
Publications
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S. M. Langelier, D. S. Chang, R. I. Zeitoun, M. A. Burns, “Acoustically driven programmable liquid motion using resonance cavities,†Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (31), 12617-12622, 2009.
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S. J. Kim, F. Wang, M. A. Burns, K. Kurabayashi, “Temperature-programmed natural convection for micromixing and biochemical reaction in a single microfluidic chamber,†Analytical Chemistry, 81 (11), 4510-4516, 2009.
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Solomon MJ, Zeitoun R, Ortiz D, Sung KE, Deng D, Shah A, Burns MA, Glotzer SC, Millunchick JM, “Toward Assembly of Non-close-packed Colloidal Structures from Anisotropic Pentamer Particles,†Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 31(2) 196-201 (2010).
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Wang F and Burns MA, “Multiphase Bioreaction Microsystem With Automated On-Chip Droplet Operation,†Lab on a Chip, 10 (10), 1308-1315 (2010).
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Chang DS, Langelier SM, Zeitoun RI, and MA Burns, “A Venturi Microregulator Array Module for Distributed Pressure Control,†Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 9 (4-5), 678-680 (2010).
