Sandia Corporation

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC

Josh A Whaley

Ronald Francis Renzi

Scott Morris Maurer

Alfredo M Morales

Huu Minh Tran

Peter Anand Sharma

Karla Rosa Reyes

Mark D Zimmerman

William D Munslow

An apparatus for making in-situ electrical measurements of a sample while the sample is subjected to a temperature gradient between a first side of the sample and a second side of the sample. The apparatus comprises a first heater and a second heater that are positioned in contact with the first side of the sample and the second side of the sample, respectively. The first heater and the second heater comprise respective faces that each have electrical contacts embedded therein. Electrical measurements pertaining to the sample can be made by way of the electrical contacts embedded in the faces. A temperature at either side of the sample can be monitored by way of thermocouples positioned inside the heaters in proximity to the faces of the heaters.

Apparatus, methods and system for temperature gradient aging with in-situ electrical monitoring

A new microfluidic system comprising an automated prototype insulator-based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) triggering microfluidic device for pathogen monitoring that can eventually be run outside the laboratory in a real world environment has been used to demonstrate the feasibility of automated trapping and detection of particles. The system broadly comprised an aerosol collector for collecting air-borne particles, an iDEP chip within which to temporarily trap the collected particles and a laser and fluorescence detector with which to induce a fluorescence signal and detect a change in that signal as particles are trapped within the iDEP chip.

System for particle concentration and detection

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Josh A Whaley