The Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics (CADMIM) is a public-private NSF center that helps companies address technical challenges via scalable lab-on-a-chip technology. Through productive, meaningful partnerships between universities and industry, we develop microscale tools and technologies aimed at simpler, faster, and cheaper analytical solutions addressing human health, agriculture, and the environment. Join us and realize key benefits regarding first access to cutting-edge lab-on-a-chip research, recruiting, and relationship building.
This short video, produced by UIDP and featuring CADMIM, presents an
overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry-University
Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) program and how these unique centers
operate, contribute to the nation’s research infrastructure base, facilitate
technology transfer, and enhance the intellectual capacity of the science
and engineering workforce through the integration of research and education.
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Testimonials
“Our CADMIM membership is pivotal in building a network with world
leading experts in microfluidics. CADMIM enabled us to conduct
research projects at the transition from basic research to
industrial application expanding our capabilities far beyond
internal expertise. Combined with the focus on manufacturability the
center offers a unique set of expertise and
opportunities.”
– Dr. Frank Narz, Director R&D
Scientific Applications, QIAGEN GmbH
“CADMIM offers a unique blend of university research from
leading researchers in the field supported by leading providers of
microfluidic manufacture and development. For the industrial members
of CADMIM, who are interested in new product opportunities, this
means novel IP is quickly reduced to practice for real world
applications.”
– Dr. Leanna Levine, Founder,
President and CEO, ALine, Inc.
“With tight research budgets, CADMIM offers an opportunity to
leverage industrial investments. We’ve been able to guide
world-class research in microfluidics toward challenges in
technology development that are barriers to transition. Working in
partnership with other members of the industrial advisory board has
also brought valuable insight to our
programs.”
– Dr. Laura Rea, Program Manager,
Soft Matter Materials Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory
News
Successful Spring IAB
Meeting
Great to see everyone virtually in
February 25- 26, 2026. Congratulations to the continuing leaders of the
CADMIM Industrial Advisory Board (IAB): for the 2026-2027 term Dr. Mary
Clare McCorry, External Engagement Project Lead at Sanofi, will serve as
IAB Chair, and Dr. Xinming Tong, Senior Systems Specialist at Genentech,
will serve as IAB Vice-Chair. We really appreciate and look forward to
your guidance and leadership at the center this year.
UIC BME Hosting 8th Annual Research Symposium
The 8th Annual UIC Biomedical Engineering Research Symposium will be held April 10, 2026.. This event is hosted by the Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering and organized by its student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). The symposium features a keynote presentation along with lightning talks and poster presentations from both undergraduate and graduate students. Register before April 3, 2026! Details and registration here: https://bme.uic.edu/bme-events/research-symposium/
Elliot Hui Pilot Project Award from
the UCI Engineering+ Health
Institute
Congratulations to Dr. Elliot
Hui, CADMIM Core Faculty at UCI. He was awarded a 2026–2027 Pilot
Project Award from the UCI Engineering+ Health Institute for a research
project titled “Accelerated Antibody Evolution Under Functional
Selection.” Selected from a highly competitive pool, projects advance
the institute’s work in antibody engineering and evolution, supporting
innovative research at the intersection of engineering and health. For
more information about the Engineering+ Health Institute, see here: E+Health Institute of UCI
Abe Lee Microfluidic Work Featured
in Scientia
Dr. Abe Lee, CADMIM Director
and Chancellor’s Professor in BME at UC Irvine, was featured in an
outreach article in the leading science communication publication,
Scientia. Published November 2025, the article describes an advanced
microfluidic system, the Acoustic-Electric Shear Orbiting Poration
(AESOP) platform, to precisely control the dose of genetic material
delivered into primary T cells. This innovation promises safer, more
homogeneous, and highly effective cellular immunotherapies. Access
article here: Scientia Article
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