American Journal of Biomedical Engineering

American Journal of Biomedical Engineering provides a forum for the publication of the latest developments in biomedical engineering, and reflects the essential multidisciplinary nature of the subject. The journal publishes in-depth critical reviews, scientific papers and technical notes.

Yuejun Kang

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Biomedical Engineering

Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Division of Bioengineering, Singapore

Research Areas

Biomechanics, Cellular Mechanobiology, Micro/Nanofluidics, Lab-On-A-Chip, Electrokinetics, Biomedical Sensors and Actuators, Bio-Instrumentation, Bionanotechnology

Education

2008Ph.DMechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2005Ph.DMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2000B.EngThermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

Experience

2011-presentAssistant Professor in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2010-2011Postdoctoral Research Associate in Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
2008-2009Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2007Assistant Country Specialist in Aperian Global Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2000-2001Product Specialist in BenQ IT Co. Ltd., Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Publications: Journals

[1]  Yuejun Kang and Dongqing Li. "Electrokinetic Motion of Particles and Cells in Microchannels" Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 6, 431-460 (2009)
[2]  Jiashu Sun, Saumitra K. Vajandar, Dongyan Xu, Yuejun Kang, Guoqing Hu, Dongqing Li, and Deyu Li. "Experimental Characterization of Electrical Current Leakage in PDMS Microfluidic Devices". Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 6, 589-598 (2009)
[3]  Barbaros Cetin, Yuejun Kang, Zhemin Wu, and Dongqing Li. "Continuous Particle Separation By Size via AC-Dielectrophoresis Using a Lab-on-a-chip Device with 3D Electrodes" Electrophoresis, 30, 766-772 (2009)
[4]  Yuejun Kang, Barbaros Cetin, Zhemin Wu, and Dongqing Li. "Continuous Particle Separation with Localized AC-Dielectrophoresis Using Embedded Electrodes and an Insulating Hurdle". Electrochimica Acta, 54, 1715-1720 (2009)
[5]  Xudong Wu, Chan Hee Chon, Yao-Nan Wang, Yuejun Kang, and Dongqing Li. "Simultaneous Particle Counting and Detecting on a Chip". Lab on a Chip, 8, 1943-1949 (2008)
[6]  Yuejun Kang, Xudong Wu, Yao-Nan Wang, and Dongqing Li. "On-chip Fluorescence-Activated Particle Counting and Sorting System". Analytica Chimica Acta, 626, 97-103 (2008)
[7]  Xudong Wu*, Yuejun Kang* (Co-first author), Yao-Nan Wang, Dongyan Xu, Deyu Li, and Dongqing Li. "Microfluidic Differential Resistive Pulse Sensors". Electrophoresis, 29, 2754-2759 (2008)
[8]  Manoj Sridhar, Dongyan Xu, Yuejun Kang, Anthony B. Hmelo, Leonard C. Feldman, Dongqing Li, and Deyu Li. "Experimental Characterization of a Metal-oxide-semiconductor Field-effect Transistor-based Coulter Counter". Journal of Applied Physics, 103, 104701 (2008)
[9]  Yao-Nan Wang, Yuejun Kang, Dongyan Xu, Chan Hee Chon, Louise Barnett, Spyros A. Kalams, Deyu Li, and Dongqing Li. "On-Chip Counting the Number and the Percentage of CD4+ T Lymphocytes". Lab on a Chip, 8, 309-315 (2008)
[10]  Yuejun Kang, Dongqing Li, Spyros A. Kalams, and Josiane E. Eid. "DC-Dielectrophoretic Separation of Biological Cells by Size". Biomedical Microdevices, 10, 243-249 (2008)
[11]  Dongyan Xu, Yuejun Kang, Manoj Sridhar, Anthony B. Hmelo, Leonard C. Feldman, Dongqing Li, and Deyu Li. "Wide-Spectrum, Ultrasensitive Fluidic Sensors with Amplifications from both Fluidic Circuits and MOSFETs" Applied Physics Letters, 91, 013901 (2007)
[12]  Yuejun Kang, Say Chong Tan, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Electrokinetic Pumping Using Packed Microcapillary". Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 133, 375-382 (2007)
[13]  Kwan Hyoung Kang, Yuejun Kang, Xiangchun Xuan, and Dongqing Li. "Continuous Separation of Microparticles by Size with Direct Current-dielectrophoresis" Electrophoresis, 27, 694-702 (2006)
[14]  Kwan Hyoung Kang, Xiangchun Xuan, Yuejun Kang, and Dongqing Li. "Effects of DC-dielectrophoretic force on particle trajectories in microchannels" Journal of Applied Physics, 99, 064702 (2006)
[15]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Joule Heating Induced Transient Temperature Field and Its Effects on Electroosmosis in a Microcapillary Packed with Microspheres" Langmuir, 21, 7598-7607 (2005)
[16]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Analysis of Electroosmotic Flow in a Microchannel Packed with Microspheres" Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 1, 168-176 (2005)
[17]  Marcos, Y.J. Kang, K. T. Ooi, C. Yang, and T. N. Wong. "Frequency Dependent Velocity and Vorticity Fields of Electroosmotic Flow in a Closed-End Cylindrical Microchannel". Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 15, 301-312 (2005)
[18]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Analysis of Electroosmotic Flow in a Microchannel Packed with Homogeneous Microspheres under Electrokinetic Wall Effect". International Journal of Engineering Science, 42, 2011-2027 (2004)
[19]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "AC Electroosmosis in Microchannels Packed with a Porous Medium". Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 14, 1249-1257 (2004)
[20]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Modeling of the Capillary Electrochromatography with Application in BioMEMS". International Journal of Computational Engineering Science, Vol. 4, No. 2, 261-264 (2003)
[21]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Dynamic aspects of electroosmotic flow in a cylindrical microcapillary". International Journal of Engineering Science, 40, 2203-2221 (2002)
[22]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Electroosmotic Flow in a Capillary Annulus with High Zeta Potentials". Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 253, 285-294 (2002)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Yuejun Kang. "Application of Microfluidics Technology in Biomedical Instrumentation" 1st Annual Los Alamos Postdoc Research Day, June 16, 2010, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA.
[2]  Yuejun Kang. "On-chip Separation and Detection of Bioparticles" Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network-Early Career Researcher/PhD Student Symposium, Feb. 19-20, 2009, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
[3]  Jiashu Sun, Saumitra K. Vajandar, Dongyan Xu, Yuejun Kang, Dongqing Li, Deyu Li, Guoqing Hu. "Electrical leakage through thin PDMS microchannel walls and its applications" 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
[4]  Barbaros Cetin, Yuejun Kang, Dongqing Li. "Microfluidic Continuous Particle Separation via AC-Dielectrophoresis with 3-D Electrodes". 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
[5]  Dongyan Xu, Yuejun Kang, Dongqing Li, Deyu Li, Manoj Sridhar, Anthony B. Hmelo, Leonard C. Feldman. "Ultrasensitive Micro/Nanoscale Resistive Pulse Sensors by Integrating Fluidic Devices with MOSFETs". 2008 ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference, Jan. 6-9, 2008, Tainan, Taiwan.
[6]  Dongyan Xu, Yuejun Kang, Dongqing Li, Deyu Li, Manoj Sridhar, Anthony B. Hmelo, Leonard C. Feldman. "Ultrasensitive Fluidic Sensors by Integrating Fluidic Circuits and MOSFETs". 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 11-15, 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA.
[7]  Kwan Hyoung Kang, Xiangchun Xuan, Yuejun Kang, and Dongqing Li. "Control of Particle Trojectories by DC-induced Dielectrophoretic Force in Microchannels". 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 5-11, 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA.
[8]  Chun Yang, Yuejun Kang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "AC Electrokinetic Micropump Using Packed Microcapillaries". 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies & IUMRS-International Conference in Asia 2005, Jul. 3-8, 2005, Singapore.
[9]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Transient Joule Heating effects on Electroosmotic Flow in a Microcapillary Packed with Microspheres". 3rd International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, Jun. 13-15, 2005, Toronto, Canada.
[10]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Analysis of Electroosmotic Flow in a Microchannel Packed with Microspheres". The 2nd International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, Jun. 17-19, 2004, Rochester, New York, USA.
[11]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Frequency Dependent Electroosmotic Flow in a Capillary Packed with Microspheres". The 1st International Symposium on Micro & Nano Technology, Mar. 14-17, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
[12]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Modelling of the Capillary Electrochromatography with Application in BioMEMS". 2nd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies & IUMRS-International Conference in Asia 2003, Dec. 7-14, 2003, Singapore.
[13]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Modelling of the Capillary Electrochromatography with Application in BioMEMS". 5th IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems, Aug. 21-23, 2003, Melbourne, Australia.
[14]  Yuejun Kang, Chun Yang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Analysis of AC-driven Electroosmotic Flow in a Microchannel Packed with Microspheres". Nanotech 2003, Boston, USA.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Yuejun Kang and Dongqing Li. "Electrokinetic Motion of Cells and Non-Polarizable Particles" Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Springer, pp. 517-518 (2008).
[2]  Yuejun Kang and Dongqing Li. "Capacitance Method", Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Springer, pp. 175-176 (2008).
[3]  Chun Yang, Yuejun Kang, and Xiaoyang Huang. "Electrokinetic Flow in Porous Media", Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Springer, pp. 506-516 (2008).