Publications

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • Casanova-Moreno, Jannu, Josiah To, Cheng Wei Tony Yang, Robin B. Turner, Dan Bizzotto, Karen C. Cheung. “Fabricating devices with improved adhesion between PDMS and gold-patterned glass”. Sensors and Actuators B – Chemical. (Elsevier), 2017. 246:904-909. doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.02.109
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, Robert Schober, Dimitrios Makrakis, Abdelhakim Hafid. “Simulating with AcCoRD: Actor-Based Communication via Reaction-Diffusion”. Nano Communication Networks. (Elsevier), 2017. 11:44-75. doi: 10.1016/j.nancom.2017.02.002
  • Deng, Yansha, Adam Noel, Maged Elkashlan, Arumugam Nallanathan, and Karen C. Cheung, “Modeling and Simulation of Molecular Communication Systems with a Reversible Adsorption Receiver”. IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications (IEEE), 2016. doi: 10.1109/TMBMC.2016.2589239.
  • Grist, Samantha, Soroush Nasseri, Tak Poon, Calvin Roskelley, and Karen C. Cheung. “On‐chip clearing of arrays of 3-D cell cultures and micro‐tissues”. Biomicrofluidics (American Institute of Physics), 2016. 10:044107. doi:10.1063/1.4959031
  • Jonas Flueckiger, Shon Schmidt, Valentina Donzella, Ahmed Sherwali, Daniel M. Ratner, Lukas Chrostowski, Daniel M. Ratner, Karen C. Cheung. “Sub-wavelength grating for enhanced ring resonator biosensor”. Optics Express (OSA), 2016. 24(14):15672-86. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.015672.
  • Cheng, Eric, Haoran Yu, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C Cheung. “Investigation of the Hydrodynamic Response of Cells in Drop on Demand Piezoelectric Inkjet Nozzles”. (IOP Science) 2016. 8:015008. doi:10.1088/1758-5090/8/1/015008.
  • Grist, Samantha M., Jonathan C. Schmok, Meng-Chi (Andy) Liu, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C. Cheung. “Designing a Microfluidic Device with Integrated Ratiometric Oxygen Sensors for the Long-Term Control and Monitoring of Chronic and Cyclic Hypoxia”. (MDPI) 2015. 15: 20030-20052. doi:10.3390/s150820030.
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “Joint Channel Parameter Estimation via Diffusive Molecular Communication”. IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications. (IEEE) 1(1): 4-17. doi: 10.1109/TMBMC.2015.2465511
  • Cheng, Eric, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C Cheung. “Measurement of the Oscillatory Flow Field inside Tapered Cylindrical Inkjet Nozzles Using Micro-Particle Image Velocimetry “. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. (Springer) 2015. 19(3): 635-646. doi: 10.1007/s10404-015-1589-x
  • Yu, Linfen, Eric Cheng, Samantha M. Grist, Yi-Chin Eugene Hwang, Cynthia Ni, and Karen C Cheung. “Core-shell hydrogel beads with extracellular matrix for tumor spheroid formation”. (American Institute of Physics) 2015. 024118 doi: 10.1063/1.4918754.
  • Yu, Linfen, Cynthia Ni, Samantha M. Grist, Carmen Bayly, and Karen C Cheung. “Alginate core-shell beads for simplified three-dimensional tumor spheroid culture and drug screening”. Biomedical Microdevices, (Springer) 17(2):33. doi: 10.1007/s10544-014-9918-5.
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “A Unifying Model for External Noise Sources and ISI in Diffusive Molecular Communication”. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. (IEEE) 32(12): 2330-2343. doi: 10.1109/JSAC.2014.2367693.
  • Grist, Samantha M., Nominerdene Oyunerdene, Jonas Flueckiger, John Kim, Philip C. Wong, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C. Cheung. “Fabrication and laser patterning of polystyrene optical oxygen sensor films for lab-on-a-chip applications”. (Royal Society of Chemistry) 2014. 139(22): 5719-5728. doi: 10.1039/c4an00765d.
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “Optimal Receiver Design for Diffusive Molecular Communication with Flow and Additive Noise”. IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience. (IEEE) 2014. 13(3):350-362. doi: 10.1109/TNB.2014.2337239.
  • Ouellet, Eric, Eric T. Lagally, Karen C. Cheung, Charles A. Haynes. “A simple method for eliminating fixed-region interference of aptamer binding during SELEX”. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. (Wiley) 111(11): 2265–2279. doi: 10.1002/bit.25294.
  • Winer, Michael, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C. Cheung. “Application of a three-dimensional (3D) particle tracking method to microfluidic particle focusing”. Lab on a Chip. (Royal Society of Chemistry) 14(8):1443-51. doi: 10.1039/C3LC51352A
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “Improving Receiver Performance of Diffusive Molecular Communication with Enzymes”. IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience. (IEEE) 13(1):31-43. doi: 10.1109/TNB.2013.2295546
  • Wang, Xu, Jonas Flueckiger, Shon A. Schmidt, Samantha M. Grist, Sahba T. Fard, James T. Kirk, Matt Doerfler, Karen C. Cheung, Daniel M. Ratner, and Lukas Chrostowski. “A novel silicon photonic biosensor using phase-shifted Bragg gratings in slot waveguide”. Journal of Biophotonics. (Wiley) 6(10):821-828 doi: 10.1002/jbio.201300012
  • Grist, Samantha M., Shon A. Schmidt, Jonas Flueckiger, Valentina Donzella, Wei Shi, Sahba Talebi Fard, James T. Kirk, Ali Ayazi, Tom Baehr-Jones, Michael Hochberg, Daniel M. Ratner, Karen C. Cheung, and Lukas Chrostowski. “Silicon photonic micro-disk resonators for label-free biosensing”. Optics Express. (OSA) 21(7) (2013) 7994-8006. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.007994
  • Chahal, Daljeet, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C. Cheung. “Improving Piezoelectric Cell Printing Accuracy and Reliability through Neutral Buoyancy”. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. (Wiley) 109(11):2932-40. doi: 10.1002/bit.24562
  • Han, Dong and Karen C. Cheung. “Biodegradable Cell-Seeded Nanofiber Scaffolds for Neural Repair”. (MDPI) 3(4) (2011) 1684-1733. doi: 10.3390/polym3041684
  • Flueckiger, Jonas, Vahid Bazargan, Boris Stoeber, and Karen C. Cheung. “Characterization of Postfabricated Parylene C Coatings inside PDMS Microdevices”. Sensors and Actuators B – Chemical. (Elsevier) 160(1) (2011) 864-874.
  • Grist, Samantha, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C Cheung. “Optical Oxygen Sensors for Applications in Microfluidic Cell Culture”. (MDPI) 10(10) (2010) 9286-9316.
  • Yu, Linfen, Michael C.W. Chen, and Karen C Cheung. “Droplet-Based Microfluidic System for Multicellular Tumor Spheroid Formation and Anticancer Drug Testing”. Lab on a Chip, (Royal Society of Chemistry) 10(18) (2010) 2424-2432. doi: 10.1039/c004590j
  • Cheung, Karen C., Marco Di Berardino, Grit Schade-Kampmann, Monika Hebeisen, Arkadiusz Pierzchalski, Jozsef Bocsi, Anja Mittag, Attila Tárnok. “Microfluidic impedance-based flow cytometry”. Cytometry A. (Wiley) 77(7) (2010) 648-666. doi: 10.1002/cyto.a.20910
  • Parsa, Shabnam, Madhuja Gupta, Frédéric Loizeau, and Karen C. Cheung. “Effects of surfactant and gentle agitation on inkjet dispensing of living cells”. Biofabrication, (IOP Science) 2(2) (2010) 025003 (8 pp). doi: 10.1088/1758-5082/2/2/025003
  • Chen, Michael CW, Madhuja Gupta, and Karen C Cheung. “Alginate-based microfluidic system for tumor spheroid formation and anticancer agent screening”. Biomedical Microdevices. (Springer) 12(4) (2010) 647-654. doi: 10.1007/s10544-010-9417-2
  • Flueckiger, Jonas, Frank Ko, and Karen C Cheung. “Microfabricated Formaldehyde Sensors”. (MDPI) 9 (2009) 9196 – 9215. doi:10.3390/s91109196
  • Flueckiger, Jonas and Karen C Cheung. “Microfluidic system for controlled gelation of a thermally reversible hydrogel”. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. (IEEE). 3.4 (2009) 195 – 201. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2009.2021657
  • Mercanzini, Andre, Karen C. Cheung, Derek Buhl, Marc Boers, Anne Maillard, Philippe Colin, Jean-Charles Besandoun, Arnaud Bertsch and Philippe Renaud. “Demonstration of Cortical Recording Using Novel Flexible Polymer Neural Probes”. Sensors and Actuators A – Physical. (Elsevier) 143 (2008): 90 – 96. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2007.07.027
  • Cheung, Karen C. “Implantable microscale neural interfaces”. Biomedical Microdevices. (Springer) 9(6) (2007): 923-938. doi:10.1007/s10544-006-9045-z
  • Cheung, Karen C, Philippe Renaud, Heikki Tanila and Kaj Djupsund. “Flexible polyimide microelectrode array for in vivo recordings and current source density analysis”. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. (Elsevier) 22(8) (2007): 1783 – 1790. doi:10.1016/j.bios.2006.08.035
  • Cheung, Karen C and Philippe Renaud. “BioMEMS for Medicine: On-chip Cell Characterization and Implantable Microelectrodes”. Solid-State Electronics. 50 (2006): 551 – 557. doi:10.1016/j.sse.2006.03.023
  • Cheung, Karen C., Shady Gawad and Philippe Renaud. “Impedance spectroscopy flow cytometry: On-chip label-free cell differentiation”. Cytometry Part A. (Wiley) 65A(2) (2005): 124 – 132. doi:10.1002/cyto.a.20141
  • Gawad, Shady, Karen C. Cheung, Urban Seger, Arnaud Bertsch and Philippe Renaud. “Dielectric spectroscopy in a micromachined flow cytometer: theoretical and practical considerations”. Lab on a Chip. (Royal Society of Chemistry) 4(3) (2004): 241 – 251. doi:10.1039/B313761A
  • Cheung, Karen C., Kaj Djupsund, Yang Dan and Luke P Lee. “Implantable multichannel electrode array based on SOI technology”. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. (IEEE) 12(2) (2003): 179 – 184. doi:10.1109/JMEMS.2003.809962
  • Ionescu-Zanetti, Cristian, Karen C. Cheung, Ratneshwar Lal and Luke P. Lee. “Simultaneous imaging of ionic conductivity and morphology of a microfluidic system”. Journal of Applied Physics. (American Institute of Physics) 93(12) (2003): 10134 – 10136. doi:10.1063/1.1576297

 

REFEREED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

 

Extended abstract (2 pages) refereed:

  • Grist, Samantha M., Soroush Nasseri, Loic Laplatine, Andrea Diaz Gaxiola, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C. Cheung. “On-Chip Study of the Drug Response of MCF-7 Breast Cancer Tumour Spheroids under Chronic and Cycling Hypoxia”. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2016). Dublin, Ireland. Oct. 9-13, 2016.
  • Grist, Samantha M., Loic Laplatine, S. Soroush Nasseri, Andrea Diaz Gaxiola, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C. Cheung. “Real-Time Monitoring of Tumour Spheroid Swelling Under Transient Hypoxia Using Two-Photon Microscopy”. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2016). Dublin, Ireland. Oct. 9-13, 2016.
  • Li, Yan, Eric Cheng, Haoran Yu, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C. Cheung. “Investigations of Bio-Ink Rheological Properties for Piezoelectric Cell Printing”. Proceedings of the 16th Hilton Head Workshop on the science and technology of solid-state sensors, actuators, and microsystems (Hilton Head 2016). Hilton Head Island, USA. Jun. 5-9, 2016.
  • Cheng, Eric, Haoran Yu, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C. Cheung. “Effects of Rheological Manipulation on Suspended Cells for Inkjet Bioprinting Applications”. Proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Conference on. Micro Electro Mechanical Systems. (MEMS 2016). Shanghai, China. Jan. 24-28, 2016. (pp. 784-787).
  • Grist, Samantha, Jonathan C. Schmok, S. Soroush Nasseri, Meng-Chi (Andy) Liu, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C. Cheung. “A Microfluidic Platform to Study Real-Time Tumour Spheroid Response to Chronic/Transient Hypoxia”. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2015). Gyeongju, South Korea. Oct. 25-29, 2015. (pp. 2081-2082).
  • Grist, Samantha, Soroush Nasseri, Tak Poon, Cynthia Ni, Calvin Roskelley, and Karen C. Cheung. “μSee3D: On-Chip Tissue Clearing for Imaging 3D Cell Cultures”. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2015). Gyeongju, South Korea. Oct. 25-29, 2015. (pp. 308-310).
  • Grist, Samantha, Soroush Nasseri, Tak Poon, Meng-Chi (Andy) Liu, Calvin Roskelley, and Karen C. Cheung. “Two-Photon Imaging for Long-Term Tumor Model Monitoring in a Microfluidic Device”. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2015). Gyeongju, South Korea. Oct. 25-29, 2015. (pp. 594-596).
  • Cheng, Eric, Chi Hoon Song, Linfen Yu, and Karen C. Cheung. “Automated Analysis of Collagen Reorganization Over Time in Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures”. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2014). San Antonio, USA. Oct. 26-30, 2014. (pp 2514-2515).
  • Grist, Samantha, Eric Cheng, Linfen Yu, and Karen C. Cheung. “Modulated Two-Photon Imaging of Whole Spheroids for Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures”. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2014). San Antonio, USA. Oct. 26-30, 2014. (pp 551-553).
  • Winer, Michael, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C. Cheung. “Effects of Density Difference Between Particles and Fluid on Inertial Focusing Positions in Transient Micro-Flows”. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2014). San Antonio, USA. Oct. 26-30, 2014. (pp 2462-2464).
  • Yu, Linfen, Eric Cheng, Cynthia Ni, and Karen C. Cheung. “Matrix Composition and Uniformity of 3D Spheroids for Anticancer Drug Screening”. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2014). San Antonio, USA. Oct. 26-30, 2014. (pp 527-529).
  • Grist, Samantha M., Selim Gawad, Carmen Bayly, Linfen Yu, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C. Cheung. “3D Cell Culture with Integrated Oxygen Control and Measurement”. Proceedings of the 37th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (CMBES37). Vancouver, Canada. 20-24, 2014. (4 pp.)
  • Winer, Michael, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C. Cheung. “Apparent Size Correlation: A Simple Method to Determine Vertical Positions of Particles Using Conventional Microscopy”. Proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2014). San Francisco, USA. Jan. 26-30, 2014. (pp 939-942).
  • Winer, Michael, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C. Cheung. “Transient Inertial Flows: A New Degree of Freedom for Particle Focusing in Microfluidic Channels”. Proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2014). San Francisco, USA. Jan. 26-30, 2014. (pp 1051-4).
  • Bayly, Carmen, Linfen Yu, and Karen C. Cheung. “Alginate Encapsulation of Cell-Laden Beads for Microfluidic Tumor Spheroid Culture”. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2013). Freiburg, Germany. Oct. 27-31, 2013. pp. 1710-1712.
  • Yu, Linfen, Carmen Bayly, and Karen C. Cheung. “Matrigel-Alginate Core-Shell Beads for Controlled Tumor Spheroid Formation”. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2013). Freiburg, Germany. Oct. 27-31, 2013. pp. 1716-1718.
  • Grist, Samantha, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C. Cheung. “Thin film patterning using a water-soluble etch mask”. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2012). Okinawa, Japan. Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2012. (pp 668-670).
  • Grist, Samantha, Linfen Yu, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C. Cheung. “Microfluidic cell culture systems with integrated sensors for drug screening”. Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE Photonics West MOEMS-MEMS). San Francisco, USA. 21-26, 2012. 825103 (12 pp)
  • Flueckiger, Jonas, Samantha M. Grist, Eric Ouellet, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C. Cheung. “Label-Free Biosensing Using Cascaded Silicon-on-Insulator Micro-Racetrack Resonators Integrated with PDMS Microfluidic Channels”. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2011). Seattle, USA. Oct. 2-6, 2011. (pp 565-567).
  • Yu, Linfen, and Karen C. Cheung. “Characterization of Drug-Induced Autophagy and Cytotoxicity in MCF7 Cells on Multilayer Microfluidic Device”. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2011). Seattle, USA. Oct. 2-6, 2011. pp.103-105.
  • Yu, Linfen, and Karen C. Cheung. “Hydrogel-based Microfluidic Cell Culture Systems for Drug Screening”. Proceedings of the 23rd Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (2011 CANCAM). Vancouver, Canada. 5-9, 2011. (pp 45-48)
  • Chen, Michael C.W., Madhuja Gupta, and Karen C. Cheung. “Hydrogel-Based Microfluidic System for Cell-Based Anticancer Agent Screening.” Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2009). Jeju Island, Korea. Nov, 2009. 1916-1918.
  • Chen, Michael C.W., Madhuja Gupta, and Karen C. Cheung. “Hydrogel-based microfluidic systems for co-culture of cells”. Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. (IEEE EMBC’08). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Aug, 2008. 4848-4851.
  • Flueckiger, Jonas and Karen C. Cheung. “Locally Defined Thermally Reversible Hydrogel Formation in Microchannels”. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences. (MicroTAS 2008). San Diego, California, United States. Oct, 2008. 775 – 777.
  • Mercanzini, Andre, Karen C. Cheung, Derek Buhl, Marc Boers, Anne Maillard, Philippe Colin, Jean-Charles Bensadoun, Arnaud Bertsch, Alan Carleton and Philippe Renaud. “Demonstration of Cortical Recording and Reduced Inflammatory Response Using Flexible Polymer Neural Probes”. Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Conference on MEMS. Kobe, Japan. Jan, 2007. 573 – 576.
  • Cheung, Karen C., Yinghui Zhong, Philippe Renaud and Ravi Bellamkonda. “Comparison of Tissue Reaction to Implanted Polyimide and Silicon Microelectrode Arrays”. European Cells and Materials Vol. 10 Suppl. 5, page TM2 (Biosurf VI – Tissue-Surface Interaction, Lausanne, Switzerland). 2005.
  • Gawad, Shady, Karen C. Cheung and Philippe Renaud. “Impedance Spectroscopy Flow Cytometry: Model Validation”. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Micro Total Analysis Systems. Malmo, Sweden. Sep, 2004. 58 – 60.
  • Cheung, Karen C., Shady Gawad and Philippe Renaud. “Impedance Spectroscopy Flow Cytometry: Parameters for Label-Free Cell Differentiation”. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Micro Total Analysis Systems. Malmo, Sweden. Sep, 2004. 55 – 57.
  • Cheung, Karen C., Shady Gawad and Philippe Renaud. “Microfluidic Impedance Spectroscopy Flow Cytometer: Particle Size Calibration”. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on MEMS. Maastricht, Netherlands. Jan, 2004. 343 – 346.

 

Full paper refereed:

  • Laplatine, Loic, Osama Al’Mrayat, Enxiao Luan, C. Fang, S. Rezaiezadeh, Daniel M. Ratner, Karen C. Cheung, Yonathan Dattner, and Lukas Chrostowski. “System-level integration of active silicon photonic biosensors”. Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE 10061, Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems XV, 100610I). San Francisco, USA. Feb. 28, 2017. (15 pp) doi:10.1117/12.2256068
  • Deng, Yansha, Adam Noel, Maged Elkashlan, Arumugam Nallanathan, and Karen C. Cheung, “Molecular Communication with a Reversible Adsorption Receiver”. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2016). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. May 23-27 2016. Best Paper Award
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “On the Statistics of Reaction-Diffusion Simulations for Molecular Communication”. Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (ACM NANOCOM 2015). Boston, USA. 21-22, 2015. doi: 10.1145/2800795.2800821. (6 pp.)
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “Multi-Scale Stochastic Simulation for Diffusive Molecular Communication”. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2015). London, UK. 8-12 June, 2015. (pp. 1109-1115).
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “Bounds on Distance Estimation via Diffusive Molecular Communication”. Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2014), Symposium on Selected Areas in Communications: GC14 SAC Nanotechnology (‘GC14 SAC Nanotechnology’). Austin, USA. 8-12 Dec, 2014. (pp. 2813-2819). Best Paper Finalist (top 6%).
  • Schmidt, Shon A., Jonas Flueckiger, WenXuan Wu, Samantha M. Grist, Sahba Talebi Fard, Valentina Donzella, Qian Wang, Pavel Kulik, Pakapreud Khumwan, Emily Thompson, James Kirk, Karen C. Cheung, Lukas Chrostowski, and Daniel M. Ratner. “Improving the performance of silicon photonic rings, disks, and Bragg gratings for use in label-free biosensing”. SPIE Optics + Photonics. San Diego, USA. 17-21 Aug, (37 pp; doi: 10.1117/12.2062389)
  • Cheng, Eric, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C. Cheung. “Investigation of the Hydrodynamics of Suspended Cells for Reliable Inkjet Cell Printing”. Proceedings of the ASME 2014 Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting (FEDSM2014). Chicago, USA. Aug. 3-7, 2014. (8 pp).
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “Diffusive Molecular Communication with Disruptive Flows”. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2014). Sydney, Australia. 10-14 June, 2014. (pp 3600 – 3606).
  • Cheng, Eric, Ali Ahmadi, and Karen C. Cheung. “Imaging Method Developed for the Tracking of Single Cell Behaviours in Inkjet Cell Printing Systems”. Proceedings of the 37th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (CMBES37). Vancouver, Canada. 20-24, 2014. (4 pp.)
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “Overcoming Noise and Multiuser Interference in Diffusive Molecular Communication.” Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (ACM NANOCOM 2014). Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 13-14, 2014. (9 pp).
  • Schmidt, Shon A, Xu Wang, Jonas Flueckiger, Samantha M. Grist, James Kirk, Karen C. Cheung, Lukas Chrostowski, and Daniel M. Ratner. “Phase-shifted Slot Waveguide Bragg Grating Biosensors”. Biomedical Engineering Society BMES Annual Meeting. Seattle, USA. Sep. 25-28, 2013.
  • Carmen Bayly, Linfen Yu, and Karen C. Cheung. “Microfluidic core-shell beads for tumor spheroid culture”. 2013 Biomedical Engineering Society BMES Annual Meeting. Seattle, USA. Sep. 25-28, 2013.
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “Using Dimensional Analysis to Assess Scalability and Accuracy in Molecular Communication” IEEE International Conference on Communications, 9-13 June, 2013. Budapest, Hungary. (pp 818-823).
  • Sahba Talebi Fard, Samantha M. Grist, Valentina Donzella, Shon A. Schmidt, Jonas Flueckiger, Xu Wang, Wei Shi, Andrew Millspaugh, Mitchell Webb, Daniel M. Ratner, Karen C. Cheung, and Lukas Chrostowski. “Label-free silicon photonic biosensors for use in clinical diagnostics”. SPIE Photonics West MEMS, 2-7 Feb, (13 pp)
  • Noel, Adam, Karen C. Cheung, and Robert Schober. “Improving Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication with Unanchored Enzymes” Proceedings of Bionetics 2012, 7th International Conference on Bio- Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems. Dec 10-11, 2012. Lugano, Switzerland (15 pp).
  • Chrostowski, Lukas, Samantha Grist, Jonas Flueckiger, Wei Shi, Xu Wang, Eric Ouellet, Han Yun, Mitch Webb, Ben Nie, Zhen Liang, Karen C. Cheung, Shon A. Schmidt, Daniel M. Ratner, and Nicolas A. F. Jaeger. “Silicon photonic resonator sensors and devices”. Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE Photonics West MOEMS-MEMS). San Francisco, USA. 21-26, 2012. 823610 (17 pp)
  • Flueckiger, Jonas, Samantha M. Grist, Gurpal Bisra, Lukas Chrostowski, and Karen C. Cheung. “Cascaded silicon-on-insulator microring resonators for the detection of biomolecules in PDMS microfluidic channels”. Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE Photonics West MOEMS-MEMS). San Francisco, USA. 22-27, 2011. 79290I-1 (10 pp)
  • Flueckiger, Jonas, Frank Ko, and Karen C. Cheung. “Electrospun Electroactive Polymer and Metal Oxide Nanofibers for Chemical Sensor Applications”. Proceedings of the ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. (IMECE2010). Vancouver, Canada. 12-18, 2010. (pp 583-589)
  • Yu, Linfen, Karen C. Cheung. “Droplet-Based Microfluidic System for Tumor Cell Encapsulation in Alginate Beads and Anticancer Drug Testing”. Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society. (CMBEC 33). Vancouver, Canada. Jun 15-18, 2010. (4 pp.)
  • Flueckiger, Jonas, Frank Ko, and Karen C. Cheung. “Electrospun Nanofibre Based Chemical Sensor: Electrical Characterization”. Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society. (CMBEC 33). Vancouver, Canada. Jun 15-18, 2010. (3 pp.)
  • Cheung, Karen C., Philippe Renaud, Heikki Tanila and Kaj Djupsund. “Flexible Microelectrode Array: in vivo Recording and Tissue Reaction”. Proceedings of the 29th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Jun, 2006.
  • Cheung, Karen C., Tim Kubow and Luke P. Lee. “Individually Addressable Planar Patch Clamp Array”. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology. Madison, Wisconsin, United States. May, 2002. 72 – 76.
  • Kubow, Tim, Karen C. Cheung, Loren F. Bentley and Luke P. Lee. “Microfabricated Patch Clamp Array for Neural MEMS Applications”. Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Spring 2002 Meeting. San Francisco, United States. Jun, 2002.
  • Cheung, Karen C., Yang-Kyu Choi, Tim Kubow and Luke P. Lee. “Nanostructured Electrodes for Improved Neural Recording”. Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Spring 2002 Meeting. San Francisco, United States. Jun, 2002.
  • Cheung, Karen C., Yang-Kyu Choi, Tim Kubow and Luke P. Lee. “Nanostructured Electrodes for Neural Chip Applications”. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Micro Total Analysis Systems. 6th International Conference on Micro Total Analysis Systems. Nara, Japan. Nov, 2002. 778 – 780.
  • Cheung, Karen C., Gun Lee, Kaj Djupsund, Yang Dan and Luke P. Lee. “A new neural probe using SOI wafers with topological interlocking mechanisms”. Proceedings of the 1st Annual International IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology. Lyon, France. Oct, 2000. 507 – 511.
  • Desai, Tejal A., Karen C. Cheung, W.H. Chu and Mauro Ferrari. “In vitro immunoisolative properties of microfabricated biocapsules”. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Chicago, USA. Oct, 1997. 2578 – 2581.