WELCOME TO M.D.-ERL

About our lab

The mission of M.D. - ERL is to explore the use of electrokinetics, specifically dielectrophoresis, in microdevices with the goal of developing medical diagnostic devices to detect and quantify diseases and disease progression. The ultimate goal is to detect a variety of blood diseases and return quantitative values for the number of infected / unhealthy cells relative to the number of healthy cells - all within a single drop of blood.

FEATURED STUDENT

Meet the lab members of M.D.-ERL

My initial experiences with chemical engineering have been in industry. While I enjoyed those opportunities immensely, I also wanted to explore other avenues. With this opportunity in research, I will experience a new side of engineering while working on a project with the potential to significantly impact people’s lives in a positive way. This research will also help me decide whether or not I wish to pursue graduate school.

OUR DIRECTOR

About the director of M.D.-ERL

Since beginning at MSU in 2003, Dr. Adrienne Minerick has built a vibrant, productive research team. She has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science and been featured in Chemical Engineering Progress and written an invited perspectives article for AIChE Journal. She has enriched undergraduate education through her NSF funded REU program and her desktop experiment modules, and her service record includes a number of executive board positions for the American Electrophoresis Society and American Society of Engineering Education.