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Research
Latest papers
A benchmarked comparison of software packages for time-lapse image processing of monolayer bacterial population dynamics.
Microbiology spectrum · 2024
Passive droplet trafficking at microfluidic junctions under geometric and flow asymmetries.
Lab on a chip · 2011 · senior author
Photobleaching absorbed Rhodamine B to improve temperature measurements in PDMS microchannels.
Lab on a chip · 2009 · senior author
Latest funding
- $104,664
A Rapid Prototyping System for Flexible, Stretchable Sensors and Circuits for Integration with Soft Robotic Wearables Enabling On-the-Go Therapeutic Treatment
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $307,666
Robust Free-Flow Counterflow Gradient Focusing Platform for High-Purity Preparative Protein Fractionation
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $125,000
Phase I - Portable Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Sleeve and Glove for Sports Therapy and Athleisure Applications
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
A benchmarked comparison of software packages for time-lapse image processing of monolayer bacterial population dynamics.
Ahmadi A, Courtney M, Ren C, Ingalls B
Passive droplet trafficking at microfluidic junctions under geometric and flow asymmetries.
Glawdel T, Elbuken C, Ren C
Photobleaching absorbed Rhodamine B to improve temperature measurements in PDMS microchannels.
Glawdel T, Almutairi Z, Wang S, Ren C
A Rapid Prototyping System for Flexible, Stretchable Sensors and Circuits for Integration with Soft Robotic Wearables Enabling On-the-Go Therapeutic Treatment
Principal investigators: Ren, Carolyn
Keywords: soft robotics; assistive devices; flexible sensors; microfluidics; on-the-go therapeutic treatment
Robust Free-Flow Counterflow Gradient Focusing Platform for High-Purity Preparative Protein Fractionation
Principal investigators: Ren, Carolyn
Keywords: Biomedical engineering; Human pharmaceuticals
Phase I - Portable Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Sleeve and Glove for Sports Therapy and Athleisure Applications
Principal investigators: Ren, Carolyn CL
Keywords: assistive devices; athleisure; microfluidics; pneumatic artificial muscle; soft robots; sports therapy; swelling; wearable systems
Microfluidics for Modular Droplet Platform Enabling Widespread Adoption by Non-Specialist End-Users (Theme I) and Soft Robotic Therapeutic Treatment (Theme II)
Principal investigators: Ren, Carolyn
Keywords: microfluidics; soft robotics; droplet microfluidics; assistive technology; therapeutic treatment; high throughput screening; microwave sensing
Microfluidic Viscometer Technology - Enabling the Measurement of the Viscosity of Microliter-Volume Liquids
Principal investigators: Ren, Carolyn CL
UW's Free-Flow Counterflow Gradient Focusing Technology - Enabling Protein Purification with High Resolution and High Throughput
Principal investigators: Ren, Carolyn CL
Keywords: Counter-flow gradient focusing; Free-flow focusing; Microfabrication; Microfluidics; Protein purification; Protein separation
Uniting for Leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous Medical Instrumentation, Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Design (UnLIMITED) Training Program
Principal investigators: Zhang, Wenjun WJ
Next-generation characterization of movement and musculoskeletal exposures
Principal investigators: Dickerson, Clark
Microfluidic Technologies
Principal investigators: Ren, Carolyn
Refurbishment of a 18-Year Old PECVD System
Principal investigators: Mansour, Raafat
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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