Current Lab Members

Dwayne A. L. Vickers
PhD Candidate

Email: dwayne@coe.neu.edu

Education 

M.S Mechanical Engineering, 2008
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL

B.S Chemical Engineering, 2006
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL

Research

“Shear-Mediated Cell Surface Receptor Phenomena During Microfluidic Flow.”

My research focuses on understanding the molecular phenomena associated with adhesion-based microfluidic cell separation. Microfluidic cell separation is one of the numerous approaches that are being studied for manipulating cells for diagnostic, scientific and therapeutic applications. In microfluidic cell separation there is a selective isolation of one or more cell types from a heterogeneous suspension of several cell types. On the micro-scale there is a need to separate small quantities of cells, and also isolate rare cell types.

My research involves studying how ligand-receptor interactions are affected by fluid shear stress, ligand density and receptor density acting in combination. This study is done using microfluidic channels coated with ligands capable of selective attachment to particular cell types.

Publications

Journal Articles

D. Vickers, L. Archer and T. Floyd-Smith "Synthesis and Characterization of Cubic Cobalt Oxide Nanocomposite Fluids," Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2009, 348, 39 – 44.

T. Floyd-Smith, D. Baah, K. Bean, A. Hollinger, D. Vickers and J. York, "Principles of Nanotechnology for Middle and High School Students," Journal of Materials Education, 2009, 31, 3-4.

D. Baah, D. Vickers, A. Hollinger, and T. Floyd-Smith. "Nanoparticle Distribution in a Hydrogel using a Microfluidic Gradient Maker," Materials Letters, 2008, 62, 3833-3835.

Conference Proceedings

D. Vickers, and T. Floyd-Smith. “A Bead-Based Microfluidic Immunosensor for Small Molecule Detection,” Proceeding of the AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 576e, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8 (2007).

D. Vickers, T. Floyd-Smith, and L. Archer. “Synthesis and Characterization of Co3O4 Nanocomposites,” Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 186f, Salt Lake City, UT, November 6 (2007).

Presentations

D. Vickers, and T. Floyd-Smith. “A Bead-Based Microfluidic Immunosensor for Small Molecule Detection,” AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8, 2007.

D. Vickers, K.C. Kwon, T. Floyd-Smith, N. Vahdat, C. Burnell, P.C. Dautenhahn, and P. Jones. “Characterization Rheological Properties of Fluid Food Products with A Novel Viscometer Assembly,” AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 7, 2007.

D. Vickers, T. Floyd-Smith, and L. Archer. “Synthesis and Characterization of Co3O4 Nanocomposites,”AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 6, 2007.

P. Anderson, W. Jensen, D. Vickers, and J. Rouleau. “Bone Ingrowth in Retrieved Bryan Cervical Disc Prostheses: Human Data,” AIChE-Src, HBCU-UP and Sigma Xi Research Society Tuskegee University Chapter (2005)