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Andrew has successfully defended his MS thesis on June 2026! Great job, Andrew!

Dr. Kim gave an invited talk at the BIOCHIP Conference (Yeosu, South Korea).

Dr. Kim and Kyle presented our cornea chip work in both ARVO26 (Denver) and MPS Summit 2026 (D.C.) this May 2026.

Zubair joined our lab in Summer 2026. He will doe our NASA project esp. microfabricated organic analyzer. Welcome, Zubair!

Lilia and Quinn joined our lab in Spring 2026. Welcome!

Nejra joined our lab in Spring 2026 as a BME rotational student. Welcome, Nejra!

Our cornea chip work published in Nature Communications was highlighted by the Price College of Engineering and the Moran Eye Center.   https://shorturl.at/TVENs

1. Shin, H., Kang, D., Kim, J., & Kim, N.-S. (2025). CMOS Impedance Sensor with 128×128 Microelectrode Arrays for Measuring Surface Coverage of Microparticles. IEEE Sensors, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 2. Brown, Q., Pack, A., Drews, F., Chourasia, A., Cluff, K., Guerrieri, J., & Kim, J. (2025). Foundation for Investigating and Characterizing Syringe Injection Performance in […]

Bruce joined our lab in Fall 2025. He will be developing capture plate designs, simulations, and experiments. Welcome, Bruce!

Minju has successfully defended her PhD thesis and moved to Johns Hopkins for a postdoc! Great job, Minju!

Our lab received RAC challenge funding from the Vice President for Research at the University of Utah. We will develop a CMOS biosensor for nephrological diseases.

Our lab received NASA funding with the space science lab at UC Berkeley. We will develop a plume capture chamber using microfabrication.

Our lab collaborates with MEPSGEN for validating their fully automated organ chip platform.

[Conference Presentations-2024] Kim, J., Kim, M., Lee, J., Na, N., Chang, J., & Al-Rabadi, L. (2024). A Glomerulus-on-a-Chip Using a Highly Porous Electrospun Membrane Promoting Cell–Cell Interaction for Slit Diaphragm Formation. microTAS (International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences), Montreal, QC, Canada. Kim, M., Choi, K., & Kim, J. (2024). High-Fidelity Microphysiological […]

Matin has been a postdoc here for about a year and has now moved to Roche for his new job. Great work, and best of luck for your next chapter, Matin!

Our lab received an ASCENDER Grant from TLO at the University of Utah to increase TRL of our impedance biosensing platform.

Our lab received a NIH pilot grant to study Fuchs dystrophy using our cornea chip.

Welcome Matin, Ahmad, Sanaa, and Ahn!

Dr. Kim presented on a microfabricated onsite analyzer for biomarkers (MOAB), specifically designed for astronaut health monitoring, at the microTAS 2023.

Dr. Kim visited Chungbuk National University and the Korean Aerospace Research Institute to share our research in astrobiology and astronaut health monitoring research.

Dr.Kim gave a talk about impedance biosensor array work at Biosensors 2023!

Lab lunch for Zach`s last day at the U. Sandia National Lab is lucky to have you! Let’s gather one last time over lunch to celebrate his contributions and wish him all the best. Stay connected, Zach!

Zach successfully completed his PhD defense. Now he’s Dr. Estlack! Well done, Zach!                  

Big congrats to Sabrina to be a Dee Scholar!

Dr. Kim and Minju will present at ARVO 2023! Dr. Kim will talk about corneal endothelial cell behavior under UV exposure and Minju will present curvature effect of cornea stromal cells!

In collaboration with Professor Zhang, a wearable sensor for the blind will be presented at the IEEE Sensors conference.

New papers have been published in Nature Scientific Reports and MethodsX. These papers describes how to perform selective PDMS bonding and detailed information about micro valve array fabrication, respectively. Excellent work, Zach and previous BMNS members. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-16574-9

Zach will talk about microfluidics in zeroG and Minju will present cornea chip work!

The Kim lab has been awarded Ascender grant entitled “A Dynamic Cell Culture Platform for Combinatorial and Biomechanical Stimulation” supported by UURF.

Title: Microgravity Test Plan for a Fully Integrated Programmable Microfluidic Organic Analyzer Conference: 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Congrats for travel award, Zach!

The Kim lab has been awarded a pilot grant entitled A biomimetic cornea chip for studying Fuchs’ dystrophy from Center for Clinical & Translational Science supported by NCAT.

BMNS lab recruits graduate students who are interested in Microsystems for space mission and biosensor development. Please send CV for further discussion!

New paper from collaborative work with Georgia Tech has been published in Colloids and Surfaces A. This paper describes how to form in situ inorganic membrane at the interface.

New paper has been published in Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. This paper describes how to remove back flow for a peristaltic pump using microvalves.

Welcome to BMNS lab, Dr. Ahn! Let’s mimic inner ear to study molecular mechanism and drug delivery!

New paper has been published in Analyst. This paper describes how to measure biomarkers using impedance sensor array coupled with microparticles.

Our lab has been funded by NASA/Berkeley Space Science Lab to test a fully automated microvalve array under zero-G.

New paper has been published in Talanta. This paper describe how to automate Isotachophoresis chip using microvavle array.

Welcome to BMNS lab, Charles!

New paper has been published in Micromachines. This paper describe how to characterize and optimize PDMS based Isotachophoresis chip for sample preconcentration.

Welcome Sabrina, Nick, and Chase to BMNS lab!

Ali will present our collaborative optical cavity biosensor work and Zach will give a podium presentation regarding a molecular stamping technique at IMECE19!

Welcome to BMNS lab!

Zach will talk about our collaborative Enceladus Organic Analyzer project and Dr. Kim behalf of Ali will present a state-of-art biosensing platform for cardiac panel screenings at Basel, Switzerland.

Great works by combining capillary Microfluidics and impedance biosensors for biomarker screenings!

BMNS Lab at the U is hiring undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral scholars  to work on developing organ chips, various biosensors, and integrated microfluidic systems. Please send a coverletter and CV to Dr. Kim (jkim@mech.utah.edu).

EyeWorld News and Opinion Research Highlight Mircorengineering Ophthalmic Drug Testing – December 2018 Mechanical engineering associate professor Jungkyu (Jay) Kim‘s research while an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, microengineered human cornea-on-a-chip. This chip could speed the ophthalmic drug development process since it would allow for the […]

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah welcomed new faculty member, associate professor Jungkyu (Jay) Kim to their team of cutting-edge researchers.