Yuchao Chen

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Yuchao Chen
Ph.D. Candidate

Biomedical Nano-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (BioNEMS) Laboratory
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Pennsylvania State University
Millennium Science Complex
University Park, PA 16802-6812

Email: yzc132@psu.edu yuchaochen2011@gmail.com
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• Microfluidics (Acoustofluidics and Optofluidics)
• Surface acoustic waves (SAW)
• Cell focusing, enrichment, and separation techniques
• Microflow cytometer and FACS
• Human genetic and cellular analysis
• Nano/micro-particle patterning

Sep. 2011 - Present, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA
Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Science and Mechanics
Advisor:Dr. Tony Jun Huang

Sep. 2009 - Jun. 2011, Korea Advanced Institute cience and Technology (KAIST), South Korea
M.S. in Chemical and Biomocular Engineering
Master thesis: Fully integrated micro/nano devices for human genetic analysis
Advisor: Dr. Tae Seok Seo

Sep. 2005 - Jun. 2009, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, China
B.S. in Material Science and Engineering

• Teaching Assistant for E MCH 315 (Mechanical Response of Engineering Materials)

• Best Poster Award in The International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM 2011), 2011
• University Graduate Fellowship (The Pennsylvania State University), 2011

• “Sound waves precisely position nanowires” (ACS Nano, 2013, 7, 3306-3314) was highlighted as news report by Science DailyEurek AlertPhysics NewsNature World NewsNSFPhysOrgPENN STATE NEWSNano DailyMaterialsgateLaser Focus WorldLaboratory EquipmentInternational Science NewsScience NewsCACMFree News POSSpace DailySciTechDailyScience Codexe! Science NewsScience NewsR&DScience NewslineNano WerkFuturityAzonanoScience World ReportSICCASMscnbc News …

• Nanoscale
• Analyst
• Analytica Chimica Acta
• Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
• Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

1. Po-Hsun Huang, Yuliang Xie, Daniel Ahmed, Joseph Rufo, Nitesh Nama, Yuchao Chen, Chung Yu Chan, and Tony Jun Huang, An acoustofluidic micromixer based on oscillating sidewall sharp-edges, Lab on a Chip, accepted, 2013.
2. Sixing Li, Xiaoyun Ding, Feng Guo, Yuchao Chen, Michael Lapsley, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Lin Wang, J. Philip McCoy, Craig Cameron, and Tony Jun Huang, An on-chip, multichannel droplet sorter using standing surface acoustic waves (SSAW), Analytical Chemistry, 85, 5468-5474, 2013.[PDF]
3. Yuchao Chen, Xiaoyun Ding, Steven Sz-Chin Lin, Shikuan Yang, Po-Hsun Huang, Nitesh Nama, Yanhui Zhao, Ahsan Ahmad Nawaz, Feng Guo, Wei Wang, Yeyi Gu, Thomas E Mallouk, and Tony Jun Huang, Tunable Nanowire Patterning Using Standing Surface Acoustic Waves, ACS Nano, 7, 3306-3314, 2013.[PDF]
4. Yong Tae Kim, Jong Young Choi, Yuchao Chen, and Tae Seok Seo, Integrated slidable and valveless polymerase chain reaction-­capillary electrophoresis microdevice for pathogen detection, RSC Advances, 3, 8461-8467, 2013.
5. Feng Guo, Michael Ian Lapsley, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Yanhui Zhao, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Yuchao Chen, Shikuan Yang, Xing-Zhong Zhao, and Tony Jun Huang, A Droplet-Based, Optofluidic Device for High-Throughput, Quantitative Bioanalysis, Analytical Chemistry, 84, 10745−10749, 2012.[PDF]
6. Po-Hsun Huang, Michael Ian Lapsley, Daniel Ahmed, Yuchao Chen, Lin Wang, and Tony Jun Huang, A Single-Layer, Planar, Optofluidic Switch Powered By Acoustically Driven, Oscillating Microbubbles, Applied Physics Letters, 101, 141101, 2012.(featured as front cover image)[PDF]
7. Yong Tae Kim, Yuchao Chen, Jong Young Choi, Won-Jung Kim, Hyun-Mi Dae, Jaean Jung, and Tae Seok Seo, An integrated microdevice of polymerase chain reaction and an immunochromatographic strip for colorimetric detection of influenza A H1N1 virus, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 33, 88–94, 2012.
8. Yuchao Chen and Tae Seok Seo, PCR-free digital minisatellite tandem repeat genotyping, Electrophoresis, 32, 1456–1464, 2011.
9. Yuchao Chen Jong Young Choi, Seok Jin Choi and Tae Seok Seo, Sample stacking capillary electrophoretic microdevice for highly sensitive mini Y short tandem repeat genotyping, Electrophoresis, 31, 2974-2980, 2010.

1. Yuchao Chen and Tae Seok Seo, Capillary Electrophoretic Microdevice for Highly Sensitive Short Tandem Repeat Genotyping, Nova Science Publishers, Crime: Causes, Types and Victims, 2010.

1. Yuchao Chen, Xiaoyun Ding, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Shikuan Yang, Po-Hsun Huang, Nitesh Nama, Yanhui Zhao, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Feng Guo, Lin Wang and Tony Jun Huang, Aligning Nanowires by Standing Surface Acoustic Waves, The International µTAS 2012 conference, Okinawa, Japan, 2012. (Proceeding and Poster)
2. Yong Tae Kim, Jong Young Choi, Yuchao Chen, Tae Seok Seo, Slidable and Valveless Polymerase Chain Reaction–Capillary Electrophoresis Microdevice for Pathogen Detection, The International µTAS 2012 conference, Okinawa, Japan, 2012. (Proceeding and Poster)
3. Yong Tae Kim, Yuchao Chen, Jong Young Choi, and Tae Seok Seo, RT-PCR microdevice integrated with a ROSGENE strip for colorimetric detection of Influenza H1N1 virus, The International µTAS 2011 conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2011. (Proceeding and Poster)
4. Yuchao Chen, Yong Tae Kim, Jong Young Choi, and Tae Seok Seo, Integrated RT-PCR-ROSGENE strip device for Influenza H1N1 virus detection, The International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM 2011) in conjunction with KBCS Spring Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 2011. (Best Poster Award)
5. Yuchao Chen, Seok Jin Choi, Jong Yong Choi and Tae Seok Seo, PCR-free variable number tandem repeat genotyping with sample stacking capillary electrophoresis, The International 10th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Microscale Separations and Analysis, HongKong, China, 2010. (Oral presentation)
6. Yuchao Chen, Seok Jin Choi, Jong Young Choi and Tae Seok Seo, PCR-free variable number tandem repeat genotyping, The Korean Biochip fall conference, Seoul, Korea, 2010. (Poster)
7. Yuchao Chen, Jong Yong Choi, Seok Jin Choi and Tae Seok Seo, Sample Stacking Capillary Electrophoretic Microdevice for Highly Sensitive Mini Y Short Tandem Repeat Genotyping, The International µTAS 2010 conference, Netherlands, 2010. (Proceeding and Poster)
8. Jong Young Choi, Seok Jin Choi, Yuchao Chen, Hyun Wook Kim, Sun Ah You, Hyeon-Koon Myeong and Tae Seok Seo, Integrated polymerase chain reaction-capillary electrophoresis microdevice for HANWOO allele-specific genotyping, The International µTAS 2010 conference, Netherlands, 2010. (Proceeding and Poster)
9. Yuchao Chen, Jong Young Choi, Seok Jin Choi and Tae Seok Seo, Sample Stacked Capillary Electrophoretic Microdevice for Highly Sensitive Mini Y Short Tandem Repeat Genotyping, The Korean Biochip spring conference, Seoul, Korea, 2010. (Poster)