Mu Chiao

Associate Professor
B.S.(National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Ph.D.(UC-Berkeley, USA) Canada Research Chair in MEMS and Nanotechnology for Biomedical Devices

ph: (604) 822-4902

fx: (604) 822-2403

email: muchiao@mech.ubc.ca

website:  http://www.mina.ubc.ca/muchiao
                www.mina.ubc.ca/MEMSlab


Research Interests

MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems); Micro energy sources for MEMS; Nanoscience.

Current Research Work

Fabrication and packaging of MEMS for biological applications.

Selected Publications

  • C.P. Billy Siu and M. Chiao, "A Microfabricated PDMS microbial fuel cells", IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, in press

    P. J. Yeh,  Y. Le, J. Kizhakkedathu and M. Chiao, "An investigation on vibration-induced protein desorption mechanism using micromachined membrane and PZT plate", Biomedical Microdevices, Vol10, pp. 701-708,
    2008

    T. Siu, R. Rohling and M. Chiao, "Power density requirement of a micro-ultrasonic-transducer for sonodynamic therapy," Biomedical Microdevices, Vol10, pp. 89-97, 2008

    C. P. B. Siu, H. Zeng and M. Chiao, "Magnetically actuated MEMS microlens scanner for in vivo medical imaging," Optics Express, Vol.
    15(18), pp. 11154-11166, 2007

    P. J. Yeh, J. N. Kizhakkedathu, J. D. Madden and M. Chiao, "Electric field and vibration-assisted nanomolecule desorption and anti-biofouling for biosensor applications," Colloids and Surfaces B:
    Biointerfaces , Vol. 59, pp. 67-73, 2007

    T. Siu, R. Rohling and M. Chiao, "Microdevice-based delivery of gene products using sonoporation," Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 9, pp.
    295-300, 2007

    T. Siu, J. Jackson, H. Burt and M. Chiao, " Drug uptake enhancement using sonodynamic effects at 4 MHz-a potential application for micro-ultrasonic-transducers," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering,  Vol. 54(6), Part 2, pp. 1153-1156, 2007

    J. Bai, T. Ma, W. Chu, R. Wang, L. Silva , C. Michal, J.-C. Chiao and M. Chiao, "Regenerated spider silk as a new biomaterial for MEMS,"
    Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 8, pp. 317-323, 2006

     M. Chiao, K. B. Lam and L. Lin, "Micromachined microbial and photosynthetic fuel cells," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 16 pp. 2547–2553, 2006

     M. Chiao and L. Lin, "Device-Level hermetic packaging of microresonators by RTP aluminum-to-nitride bonding," IEEE/ASME joint Journal of Microelectromechanical systems, Vol. 15, pp. 515-522, 2006

    K. B. Lam, E. Johnson, M. Chiao, and L. Lin, "A MEMS photosynthetic electrochemical cell powered by sub-cellular plant photosystems,"
    IEEE/ASME joint Journal of Microelectromechanical systems, Vol. 15, pp. 1243–1250, 2006


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