Microfluidics and Acoustics Lab

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Recent News:


December 2023 - Check out John's new company focusing on technologies that can pair the advantages of recycled material to make lumber replacements.


November 2023 - A journal paper titled "Metacognition Instruction and Repeated Reflection in a Fluid Mechanics Course: Reflective themes and Student Outcomes," is published in International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education; Co-Authors: Clark, Kaw and Guldiken


October 2023 - A journal paper titled "Nailable Rubber Concrete with Strength and Withdrawal Properties Similar to Lumber" is published in Journal of Composites Science; Co-Authors: Cotter and Guldiken


December 2022: John Cotter has earned his Ph.D. degree. Very well done, John! Congrats.


August 2022:  Cotter's project is selected as a Finalist in the 2022 Cade Prize Competition.


June 2022: Saleh successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations, Saleh!


June 2022: We have received a NSF I-Corps Grant ($50k) titled "I-Corps: Recycled Plastic Lumber"


May 2022: Cotter's project is selected as one of the 6 finalists for the Next Generation Inventors session of the National Academy of Inventors 11th Annual Meeting.


April 2022: Guldiken has been elected a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).


September 2021: Guldiken has been appointed as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Engineering at USF.


July 2021: Our Educational YouTube Channel now has a complete course on thermodynamics consisting of 70 lecture videos totaling 15 hours of focused content.


June 2021: Our ongoing research in the line of bridge safety inspection is highlighted on FOX 13 Tampa Bay and Tampa Bay Inno.


June 2021 -  A U.S. patent "Arc Melted Glass Piles for Structural Foundations and Methods of Use" is granted; U.S. Patent No: 11,021,846; Co-Inventors: John Cotter. This is the eight patent of Guldiken


May 2021: Ph.D. Candidate John Cotter received 2nd place overall in JABIL's Technology Innovation Challenge 2021 for his project on buildings made of bulk glass column.


May 2021: We have received a research grant from Transtek International Group (TIG) LLC and Florida High-Tech Corridor totaling $240,002 titled "Fast Track Ultrasonic Imaging of Concrete Bridge Decks"


February 2021 - Our Open Courseware on Fluid Mechanics is now available at CollegeFluidMechanics.com


December 2020 - One Ph.D. Candidate, Hani Alhazmi, and one MSME student, Akshay Gulhane, officially graduated. Dr. Alhazmi is starting as an Assistant Professor at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia. We wish him and Akshay all the best of success.


November 2020- Our Educational YouTube Channel now has a complete course on ordinary and partial differential equations consisting of 68 lecture videos totaling 20 hours of content.


August 2020- In collaboration with University of Pittsburgh, we have received an NSF Grant ($306K) to investigate the student learning outcomes when systematic metacognitive activities are used within a flipped undergraduate fluid mechanics course curriculum versus when they are not.


August 2020 - Charles finished his project of HVAC Design (a chilled water system with hydronic heating) for Braden River Middle School Classroom Addition. We are glad to support our local communities.


June 2020 - A journal paper titled "Contactless Liquid Height and Property Estimation Using Surface Acoustic Waves" is published in Acoustics; Co-Authors: Alhazmi and Guldiken


May 2020 - Two Ph.D. students (Dr. Joel Cooper and Dr. Marwan Belaed) officially graduated! They are now our colleagues! We wish them the best of luck in their endeavors. Once a Bull, always a Bull...


March 2020 - A U.S. Patent application  "Arc Melted Glass Piles for Structural Foundations" is published; Co-inventors: Cotter and Guldiken


March 2020 - Our Educational YouTube Channel is up! We are excited to be assisting our fellow faculty and students in these hard times.


March 2020 - Guldiken is the guest editor for the Special issue in Sensors Journal (Impact Factor: 3.03) titled "Electrostatic Sensors and Actuators" Please consider submitting a manuscript.


January 2020 -  A U.S. patent "System and method of measuring cell viability and growth" is granted; U.S. Patent No: 10,520,472; Co-Inventors: Mohapatra, Mohapatra, Guldiken, Nair, Wang. This is the sixth patent of Guldiken



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Microfluidics and Acoustics Laboratory at the University of South Florida investigates piezoelectric and electrostatic transducers and their integration with microfluidics for various applications ranging from early disease detection to advanced manufacturing. The lab’s main efforts are concentrated on the fundamental investigation of design, fabrication, experimental characterization, and field testing of these microfluidic devices.