Welcome to the BAST Lab at Southern Methodist University.
We are active in research covering a wide variety of topics, including:
•Microbiorobotics
•Soft robotics
•Single molecule biophysics
•Single cell analysis
•Micro/nanofluidics
Recent Highlights
Tiny surgical robots that swim through the bloodstream:
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About Us
We are an interdisciplinary experimental group that is developing small scale materials and devices for biological applications.
ongoing research program can be broadly categorized into three core subject areas: transport phenomena, bioinspired systems design and fabrication, and single molecule biophysics. Although each core program consists of a distinct project, we would like to emphasize their synergistic nature - advances in one core are expected to drive the development of the...
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Prof. Kim will give an invited talk entitled “Fantastic Voyage: Tiny Robots in Bodily Fluidic Environments” in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University. (April 2018)
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Prof. Kim will give an invited talk entitled “Fantastic Voyage: Tiny Robots in Bodily Fluidic Environments” in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Houston. (March 2018)
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Our ongoing research on nano/microrobotics has been featured in the IEEE PULSE Magazine: Tiny Conveyance – Micro- and nanorobots prepare to advance medicine. (January 2018)
M.J. Kim, A.A. Julius, U.K. Cheang
“Microbiorobotics: Biologically Inspired Microscale Robotic Systems,” 2nd Edition, Elsevier, 2017.
J.B. Edel, M.J. Kim, A. Ivanov
“Nanofludics,” 2nd Edition, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.
H. Kim, J. Ali, K. Phuyal, S. Park, M. J. Kim
"Investigation of bacterial chemotaxis using simple three-point microfluidic systems," Biochip J., Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 50-58, 2015.