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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Congratulations to Dr. Dalhyung Kim who will join the faculty at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes, Southern Illinois University. (June 2017)
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Congratulations to Dr. U Kei Cheang who will begin a new faculty position at Southern University of Science and Technology! He will be joining the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineeringthis summer. (May 2017)
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Prof. Kim will give a keynote speech at the international conference on biofabrication, Beijing, China. His talk will be focused on how to fabricate nanoscale robotic swimmers for targeted/localized drug delivery in bodily fluidic environments. (May 2017)
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.