Michael Ian Lapsley

Michael Lapsley and his wife Megan

I graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. I am currently in my second semester as an Engineering Science graduate student supervised by Prof. Tony Jun Huang. I am interested in all facets of Micro/Nanotechnology and am currently conducting research in the emerging field of Optofluidics.

1. Microfluidics
   1. Optofluidics
      1. Designed and fabricated microfluidics devices for applications in chemical micromixing and Optofluidics.
      2. Conducted Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling of thermal-fluid interactions in Optofluidic lens system.

Ph. D. in Engineering Science - Pending Graduation in May 2012
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Current GPA: 3.9/4.00

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering - Graduated cum laude in March 2007
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
Minor: Electrical Engineering
Concentration: Bioinstrumentation
GPA: 3.57/4.00

TRS Technologies - Engineering Intern 6/1/08 - 9/1/08

• Designed electrical drivers for piezoelectric motors and actuators
• Managed project time-lines

Graduate Teaching Assistant ~ 8/27/07 – Present

• Prepared and conducted lectures and recitations for undergraduate engineering courses.
  
• Tutored students, graded exams, managed grade books and completed other curse instruction tasks.
  

MEMS Laboratory Technician at Rose-Hulman ~ 3/5/07 – 8/10/07

• Maintained and operated equipment in MEMS lab (Mask Aligner, Plasma Asher, Sputter, etc.)
  
• Completed designs for MEMS based inertial activated thermal battery igniter.
  
• Supervised Student laboratory experiments for the undergraduate MEMS course.
  

ICTT – System Engineer, Terre Haute, Indiana ~ 6/1/06 – 8/20/06

• Implemented the System Engineering process into multiple software platforms
  
• Organized Stakeholder Needs and System Requirements linking them to System Features
  
• Designed Domain, Logical Architecture, and State Diagrams to model System Processes
  
• Compiled User Manuals for the system process and trained Project Engineers
  

Undergraduate Research and Projects ~ 9/1/03 – 3/4/07

• Worked with Suros Surgical designing and Manufacturing an innovative breast biopsy device.
  
• Designed Process Flow, then fabricated a Microfluidics device and studied electrophoresis
  
• Fabricated Micro Heat Actuators in a MEMS Clean Room (2 years of Clean Room Experience)
  
• Designed and developed an analog Thermometer with a large LED display to improve visibility
  
• Constructed devices for recording EMGs and EEGs.
  

Axogen – Nerve Regeneration, Gainesville, Florida ~ 6/1/04 – 7/1/04

• Conducted research on competition and emerging technologies in the field of nerve regeneration.
  
• Prepared a technical Reference Support Document, and stand-alone Stakeholder Presentation.
  

• President of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity Zeta Lambda chapter ~ 2006 - 2007

1. Lapsley, M. I.; Lin, S.-C. S.; Mao, X. & Huang, T. J., An in-plane, variable optical attenuator using a fluid-based tunable reflective interface, Applied Physics Letters, AIP, 2009, 95, 083507
2. Mao, X.; Lin, S.-C. S.; Lapsley, M. I.; Shi, J.; Juluri, B. K. & Huang, T. J., Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens with two degrees of freedom, Lab Chip, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009, 9, 2050-2058
3. Mao, X.; Juluri, B.; Lapsley, M.; Stratton, Z. & Huang, T., Milliseconds microfluidic chaotic bubble mixer, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2009,

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
The Pennsylvania State University
204 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building
University Park, PA 16802
Cell: 260-437-5264
E-mail: mil112@psu.edu

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