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AME N737

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Yitshak Zohar

Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Director, Integrated Microsystem Laboratory

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor, BIO5 Institute

Yitshak Zohar received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in aeronautical engineering from the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, in 1981 and 1984, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, in 1990.,He was a Research Associate at USC from 1990 to 1992, working on microelectromechanical systems research projects. He was also with the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, as one of the founding faculty members in 1992, where he participated in setting up the Micro Fabrication Center and in establishing the Micromachines Laboratory. Since 2004, he has been a Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, developing a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)/bio-MEMS program. His research interests include the science and technology of microsystems, in particular, microscale fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Currently, his main research interest is the development of microfluidic systems for bio/chemical/medical applications.,Dr. Zohar is a Fellow of the America Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is an Editor of the Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, and served as the Cochair of the 21st IEEE International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems, Tucson, AZ, January 13–17, 2008.

Courses

Thermodynamics

AME 230 (Spring 2018)
AME 230 (Spring 2017)

Intro to Fluid Mechanics

AME 331 (Fall 2018)
AME 331 (Fall 2017)
AME 331 (Fall 2016)
BME 331 (Fall 2018)
BME 331 (Fall 2017)
BME 331 (Fall 2016)

Intermed Fluid Mechanics

AME 433 (Spring 2019)

Directed Research

AME 492 (Fall 2016)
BME 492 (Fall 2017)

Nat Turbulent Shear Flow

AME 538 (Fall 2016)

Microfluidics

AME 586 (Fall 2018)
AME 586 (Fall 2017)

Rsrch Meth Biomed Engr

BME 597G (Fall 2017)
BME 597G (Fall 2016)

Independent Study

BME 599 (Fall 2016)

Research

AME 900 (Spring 2018)
AME 900 (Fall 2017)
AME 900 (Spring 2017)
AME 900 (Fall 2016)
AME 900 (Summer I 2016)

Thesis

BME 910 (Spring 2019)
BME 910 (Fall 2018)

Dissertation

AME 920 (Spring 2017)
AME 920 (Fall 2016)
BME 920 (Spring 2018)

Selected Publications

Journals/Publications

Jiang, L., Restifo, L. L., & Zohar, Y. (2015). Dissociation of brain tissue into viable single neurons in a microfluidic device.. IEEE Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, 9, 29-32.
Riahi, R., Yang, Y. L., Kim, H., Jiang, L., Wong, P. K., & Zohar, Y. (2014). A Microfluidic Model for Organ-specific Extravasation of Circulating Tumor Cells. Biomicrofluidics, 8(2), 024103.
Stamm, M. T., Trickey-Glassman, A. S., Jiang, L., & Zohar, Y. (2014). Specific Interactions Between Functionalised Particles and Circulating Tumour Cells. IET Nanobiotechnology, 8(1), 18-23.
Stamm, M. T., Trickey-Glassman, A. S., Jiang, L., & Zohar, Y. (2014). Specific interactions between functionalised particles and circulating tumour cells. IET Nanobiotechnology, 8(1), 18-23.
Zeng, L., Jiang, L., Teng, W., Cappello, J., & Zohar, Y. (2014). Engineering Aqueous Fiber Assembly Into Silk-elastin-like Protein Polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 35(14), 1273-1279.
Zheng, X., Jiang, L., Schroeder, J., Stopeck, A., Zohar, Y., Zheng, X., Jiang, L., Schroeder, J., Stopeck, A., & Zohar, Y. (2014). Isolation of Viable Cancer Cells in Antibody-Functionalized Microfluidic Devices. Biomicrofluidics, 8(2), 024119.
Ma, W., Liu, D., Shagoshtasbi, H., Shukla, A., Nugroho, E. S., Zohar, Y., & Lee, Y. -. (2013). Experimental and theoretical study of hydrodynamic cell lysing of cancer cells in a high-throughput Circular Multi-Channel Microfiltration device. 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2013, 412-415.
Riahi, R., Yang, Y., Kim, H., Jiang, L., Wong, P. K., & Zohar, Y. (2013). A microfluidic-based platform for in vitro studies of cell signaling in blood vessels. 2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013, 293-296.
Stamm, M. T., Trickey-Glassman, A., Jiang, L., & Zohar, Y. (2013). Quantitative characterization of specific targeting of tumor cells by antibody-functionalized particles. 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2013, 1108-1111.
Lee, M., Lee, Y., & Zohar, Y. (2012). Single-phase liquid flow forced convection under a nearly uniform heat flux boundary condition in microchannels. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 22(3).
Zheng, X., Jiang, L., Schroeder, J. A., Marron, M., Iannone, M., Stopeck, A. T., & Zohar, Y. (2012). Flow-rate dependent capture of circulating tumor cells in bio-functional microchannels. IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, NANOMED, 82-86.
Zheng, X., Jiang, L., Schroeder, J. A., Marron, M., Iannone, M., Stopeck, A. T., & Zohar, Y. (2012). On the minimum detection limit of circulating tumor cells in an antibody-functionalized microchannel array. IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, NANOMED, 87-91.
Cheung, L. S., Zheng, X., Wang, L., Baygents, J. C., Guzman, R., Schroeder, J. A., Heimark, R. L., & Zohar, Y. (2011). Adhesion dynamics of circulating tumor cells under shear flow in a bio-functionalized microchannel. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 21(5).
Gudipaty, T., Stamm, M. T., Cheung, L. S., Jiang, L., & Zohar, Y. (2011). Cluster formation and growth in microchannel flow of dilute particle suspensions. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 10(3), 661-669.
Lee, M., Lee, Y., & Zohar, Y. (2011). Design, fabrication and characterization of a thermal microsystem integrated with heaters, pressure and temperature microsensors. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 21(12).

Proceedings Publications

Zohar, Y. (2018, December). Application of a microfluidic-based model of a human prostate gland for cancer research. In 12th International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, 109-112.
Zohar, Y. (2018, December). Characterizing A549 cell line as an epithelial cell monolayer model for pharmacokinetic applications. In 12th International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, 27-30.
Zohar, Y. (2018, June). Characterizing steady molecular transport between a microchannel pair separated by a porous membrane. In 2018 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED), 51.
Zohar, Y. (2018, November). Development of a microfluidic-based model of a human prostate gland. In 22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, 1625-1627.
Zohar, Y. (2018, November). Protein transport through a separation membrane in a microfluidic device. In 22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, 1976-1978.
Zohar, Y. (2017, June 2017). The capillary number effect on cell viability in microfluidic elasto-filtration devices for viable circulating tumor cell isolation. In 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 488-491.
Ma, W., Zeng, R., Liu, D., Zohar, Y., & Lee, Y. K. (2014, April 13-16). SOI Technology-based Microfiltration System for Circulating Tumor Cells Isolatio and Enumeration. In 9th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, 333-336.

Poster Presentations

Zohar, Y. (2017, November 2017). Characterizing diffusion in a microfluidic system for lung-on-a-chip applications. Junior Investigator Poster Forum. Tucson, AZ, USA: UA College of Medicine.
Zohar, Y. (2017, November 2017). Development of a microfluidic model of a human prostate gland for Cancer Research. Junior Investigator Poster Forum. Tucson, AZ, USA: UA College of Medicine.
Zohar, Y. (2017, October 2017). A microfluidic-based model of a human prostate gland. UACC Scientific Symposium & Retreat. Phoenix, AZ, USA: UA Cancer Center.

Presentations

Zohar, Y. (2014, February 17). Guiding Signals in Life Sciences: Cancer Metatasis. Seminar. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: Cancer Biology Program.
Zohar, Y. (2014, January 29). Micro/Nanotechnology for Applications in Life Sciences. Seminar. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: College of Pharmacy.
Zohar, Y. (2014, November 17). Micro/Nanotechnology for Cancer Metastasis Research. Seminar. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: Arizona Cancer Center: Cancer Biology Research Conference.

Awards

Excellence at the Student Interface
- UA College of Engineering, Spring 2017