Nathan Sniadecki - Assistant Professor

  • University of Notre Dame (BS 2000)
  • University of Maryland at College Park (MS/PhD 2003)
  • The Johns Hopkins University (Post-Doc Fellow, 2004)
  • University of Pennsylvania (Post-Doc Fellow, 2007)

    Interest Group

    • Mechanics, Materials and Manufacturing

    Courses

    ME 354: Mechanics of Materials Lab
    ME 498/599: Biological Frameworks for Engineers
    ME 599: Analysis and Modeling of Cell Mechanics
    ME 478: Finite Element Analysis

    Contact Information

    Biography

    Prof. Nathan Sniadecki joined the University of Washington in September 2007. His research is in the areas of cell biomechanics, bioMEMs, and bioinstrumentation. Specifically, he and his lab are developing engineering micro- and nano-scale tools to understand the mechanical properties of cells and living tissue. His lab uses flexible post force sensors to measure cellular contraction forces, computational modeling to examine cell mechanics, and shear flow devices to investigate the fluid-solid interactions of the cardiovascular system. The long-term goals of his work are to understand the ways in which mechanics plays a role in tissue growth and cardiovascular disease and how mechanics can be utilized to improve tissue engineering. Prof. Sniadecki received the NSF CAREER Award in 2009 and the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2011.

    Select Publications

    • Liang, X.M, Han, S.J., Reems, J.A., Gao, D., Sniadecki, N.J., (2010) Platelet Retraction Force Measurements Using Flexible Post Force Sensors . Selected for the Cover of Lab on a Chip. 10(8): 991-8 [link]
    • Sniadecki, N.J., Angelouch, A., Yang, M.T., Tan, J.L., Liu, Z., Reich, D.H., Chen, C.S., (2007) Magnetic Microposts As An Approach to Apply Forces to Living Cells. Selected for the Cover of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences &ndash USA. 104:14553-14558. [link]
    • Sniadecki, N.J., Desai, R.A., Alom Ruiz, S., Chen, C.S., (2006) Nanotechnology for Cell-Substrate Interactions. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 34(1): 59-74. [link]
    • Sniadecki, N.J., Lee C.S., Sivanesan P., DeVoe D.L., (2004) Induced Pressure Pumping in Polymer T-Channels via Field-Effect Flow Control, Analytical Chemistry, 76(7):1942-7. [link]


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