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 SUNDAY, 23 AUGUST 2009

16:00 – 18:30                          Registration to the Institute

 19:00                                     Dinner

 MONDAY, 24 AUGUST 2009

 SESSION I – Chairman: Dongqing Li

9:00 – 10:00                OPENING CEREMONIES

Welcoming Address:        S. Kakaç

Opening Remarks:            B. Kosoy – Co-Director of the Institute

                                               Y. Ercan, Acting President, TOBB University

                                                Robert I. Nigmatulin, Russian Academy of Sciences

10:00 – 10:45              Break and Registration

10:45 – 11:45              Introduction to the Institute

                                    Dongqing Li, University of Waterloo, Canada

11:45 – 12:45              An overview on microfluidic platform for lab-on-a-chip applications

                                    Roland Zengerle

                                    Department of Microsystems Engineering-IMTEK, Germany

12:45 – 13:00              Discussions

13:00                           Lunch Break

16:30-17:00                 Afternoon Tea

SESSION II - Chairman: Ali Beskok

17:00 – 18:00              Fundamentals of droplet flow in microfluidics

                                    Richard Fair

                                    Duke University, USA

18:00 – 18:30              Discussions and further information about the Institute

18:30 – 19:30              Welcoming Party

19:30                           Dinner

 TUESDAY, 25 AUGUST 2009

SESSION III – Chairman: Boris Kosoy

9:00 – 10:00                Optofluidics

                                    David Erickson

                                    Cornell University, USA

10:00 – 11:00              Magnetic particle handling in microfluidic systems

                                    Martin Gijs                             

                                    Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

11:00 – 11:30              Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30              Discussions

12:45 – 14:00              Lunch

14:00 – 16:30              Free Time

16:30-17:00                 Afternoon Tea

SESSION IV - Chairman: Selcuk Guceri

17:00 – 18:00              Formation of droplets and bubbles in microfluidic systems

                                    Piotr Garstecki

                                    Institute of Physical Chemistry, Poland

18:00 – 18:45              General discussions

18:45 – 19:00              Contributions from participants

19:30                           Dinner

WEDNESDAY, 26 AUGUST 2009

SESSION V – Chairman: Martin Gijs

9:00 – 10:00                Perfusion based cell culture chips

                                   Jenny Emneus

                                   Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

10:00 – 11:00              Gas flow in the transition and free molecular flow regimes

                                    Ali Beskok

                                    Old Dominion University, USA

11:00 – 11:30              Discussions and Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00              Meeting: Co- directors of the Institute and the Lecturers

12:00 – 14:00              Lunch

16:30 – 17:00              Afternoon Tea

SESSION VI – Chairman: David Erickson

17:00 – 18:00              Applications of magnetic Lab-on-Chips

Martin Gijs

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

18:00 – 19:00              The front tracking method for multiphase-flows in Microsystems:

                                    Fundamentals

                                    Metin Muradoglu

                                    Koc Unikversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey.

19:00-19 :15               Discussions

19 :15                          Dinner

THURSDAY, 27 AUGUST 2009

SESSION VII – Chairman:  Selin Aradag

9:00 – 10:00                Prediction of critical heat flux in microchannels

                                    John R. Thome

                                    Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

10:00 – 11:00              Implementation of fluidic functions in digital microfluidics

                                    Richard Fair

                                    Duke University, USA

11:00 – 11:30              Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30              Chip based electroanalytical systems for monitoring cellular

                                    dynamics

                                    Jenny Emneus

                                    Technical University of Denmark, Denmark                      

12:30 – 12:45              Discussions

12:45 – 14:00              Lunch

14:00-16:30                 Free Time

16:30-17:00                 Afternoon Tea

SESSION VIII – Chairman:  Yaman Yener

17:00 – 18:00              Vivo-fluidics and programmable matter

                                    David Erickson

                                    Cornell University, USA

18:00 – 19:00              Transport phenomena in two-phase spreader with micro-channels

                                     Henry Smirnov

                                     Consulting of company” Promgazapparat, Kiev, Ukraine

19:00 – 19:30              Discussions

19:30                           Dinner

FRIDAY, 28 AUGUST 2009

SESSION IX – Chairman: Richard Fair

9:00 – 10:00                Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices for biomedical

                        applications

                                    Dongqing Li

                                    University of Waterloo, Canada

10:00 – 11:00              Centrifugal microfluidics for lab-on-a-chip applications

                                    Roland Zengerle

                                    Department of Microsystems Engineering-IMTEK, Germany

11:00 – 11:30              Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00              Discussions

12:00                           Free afternoon

SATURDAY - SUNDAY 29 AND 30 AUGUST 2009

MONDAY, 31 AUGUST 2009

SESSION X – Chairman:  Piotr Garstecki

9:00 – 10:00                Direct and inverse problems solutions in micro-scale forced convection with slip flow

                                    Renato Cotta

                                    Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

10:00 – 11:00              Mixing in microfluidic systems

                                    Ali Beskok

                                    Old Dominion University, USA

11:00 – 11:30              Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:15              Contributions from participants

12:15 – 14:30              Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:30              Free Time

16:30 – 17:00              Afternoon Tea

SESSION XI - Chairman: John Thome

17:00 – 18:00              Non-Contact Nanoliter & Picoliter Liquid Dispensing

                                    Roland Zengerle

                                    Department of Microsystems Engineering-IMTEK, Germany

18:00 – 19:00              Hydrophoretic separation method applicable to biological samples

                                    Je-Kyun Park

                                    Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Korea

19: 00– 19:30              Discussions

19:30                           Dinner

TUESDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER 2009

SESSION XII – Chairman: Roland Zengerle

9:00 – 10:00                Transport of droplets and bubbles in microfluidic systems – from flow through a simple pipe to logic gates and automated chips for chemical processing

                                    Piotr Garstecki

                                    Institute of Physical Chemistry, Poland

10:00 – 11:00              Magnetophoretic multiplexed immunoassays in a microchannel

                                    Je-Kyun Park

                                    Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Korea

11:00 – 11:30              Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30              Contributions from participants

12:30 – 14:00              Lunch Break

14:00 – 16:30              Free Time

16:30-17:00                 Afternoon Tea

SESSION XIII – Chairman: Renato M. Cotta

17:00 – 18:00              Single cell impedance metrology

                                    Hywel Morgan

                                    University of Southampton, UK

18:00 – 19:00              Boiling in micro-channels: Heat transfer mechanisms and methods

                                    John R. Thome

                                    Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

19: 00– 19:30              Discussions

19:30                           Dinner

WEDNESDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 2009

SESSION XIV – Chairman: Je- Kyun Park

9:00 – 10:00                Heat transfer enhancement in microchannels

                                    Renato Cotta

                                    Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

10:00 – 11:00              Electrohydrodynamics in microsystems

                                    Hywel Morgan

                                    University of Southampton, UK

11:00 – 11:30              Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00              Discussions

12:00 – 14:00              Lunch Break

14:00 – 16:30              Free Time

16:30-17:00                 Afternoon Tea

SESSION XV – Chairman:  Majeed Mouamad

17:00 – 18:00              AC electrokinetic flows

                                    Ali Beskok

                                    Old Dominion University, USA

18:00 – 19:00              Convective heat transfer in micro channels with slip flow

                                    Almila Yazicioglu

                                    Middle East Technical University, Turkey

19:00 – 19:15              Discussions

19:30                           Dinner

THURSDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2009

SESSION XV – Chairman: Nilufer Egrican

9:00 – 10:00                Programmable particle manipulation using lab-on-a-display

                                    Je-Kyun Park

                                    Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Korea

10:00 – 11:00              Convective heat transfer correlations in some common micro-geometries

                                    Orhan Aydin

                                    Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

11:00 – 11:30              Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30              AC electrokinetics

                                    Hywel Morgan

                                    University of Southampton, UK

12:30 – 14:00              Lunch Break

14:00 – 16:30              Free Time

16:30-17:00                 Afternoon Tea

SESSION XVI – Chairman: Nilay Sezer Uzol

17:00 – 18:00              The front tracking method for multiphase-flows in Microsystems:                          

                                    Applications

                                    Metin Muradoglu

                                    Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey

18:00-  18:45              Investigation of thermal conductivity and viscosity of water based                                           

                                    nanofluids

                                    Ismail Tavman

                                    Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

18:45 – 19:30:             Comments and the Closure of the Institute

19:00-                          Dinner

FRIDAY, 4 September 2009

9:00 – 12:00                Discussion Groups and Departure

SESSION COORDINATORS:

SESSION I through VIII:

                        Dr. Almila Yazicioglu and Dr. Selin Aradag

SESSION IX through XVI:

                        Dr. Derek Baker and Dr. Nilay Sezer Uzol

GENERAL SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS:

Dr. Nilufer Egrican and Dr. Sebnem Tavman

FINANCIAL MATTERS:

Dr. Anchasa Pramuanjaroenkij

TECHNICAL MATTERS:

                        Dr. Ahmet Yozgatligil

EXECUTIVES:

                        Buryan Apacoglu and Gizem Gulben

ASSISTANT:

                        Cahit Koksal