Stacy L. Yee

Undergraduate Student
Chemical Engineering

Project Web Page:

Microfluidic control of neural development

Email:

stacyyee@umich.edu

Address:

282 Grumman
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Phone:

(607) 255-0975

Fax:

(607) 255-1222

Stacy Yee is currently working on the integration of silicon nanomembranes into neuronal growth devices. She is also studying dye diffusion across microfluidic channels of various sizes, and is analyzing the fluorescence intensity signal as a function of diffusion barrier distance traveled.

More generally, Stacy is interested in the use of silicon nanomembranes as a method for targeted solute delivery, as well as the interaction between different neuronal cell chambers, for use in the study of axonal development and performance in different fluidic environments.

Biography

Stacy Yee joined the Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory in June of 2008. She currently studies Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. At Michigan, she has worked with gold nanorods for applications in cancer cell and rheumatoid arthritis detection. At the Polymer and Fiber Engineering Department of Auburn University during summer 2007, she studied the mechanical and thermal properties of electrospun polyvinyl alcohol nanofiber webs, for use in filtration and therapeutic biomedical applications. Stacy also investigated the effect of Laponite nanoclay on the webs� properties.

Stacy has served on the Program Board for the Women in Science and Engineering Residential Program, and is currently the Corporate Information Sessions Secretary for the Society of Women Engineers. Stacy is also a member of the Michigan chapter of Tau Beta Pi.

Honors and Awards

-University of Michigan Regents Scholar 2005
-Dean’s List and University Honors 2006-2008
-James B. Angell Scholar 2006-2007
-James and Howard TenBroeck Scholarship 2008

Education

B.S. expected May 2010-University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Chemical Engineering