Winter 2015 Volume 20, Issue 1

A E S N e w s l e t t e r

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2014 Meeting Memories 2

Election Results 3

2015 AES–AIChE Meeting 4

2015 AES-SciX Meeting 5

President's Message I cannot believe it has been a year! I sat down to write this message and felt bombarded by fan-tastic AES memories: the Annual Meeting in iconic Atlanta so cold the first day, SciX in beauti-ful Reno with a 34° rainy bicycle ride around Lake Tahoe, and DEP 2014 in historic London during a heat wave. Our monthly teleconference Board meetings stand out too, scrambling to hit important deadlines with amazing volunteers; energetic, thoughtful, and committed. Board member interactions have resulted in charters for various committees, and establishment of goals, metrics, and milestones, setting us on a solid foundation for years to come.

Our Society is in excellent shape. Financially, income exceeds expenditures enough to consider-ing establishing an endowment. Our membership and meeting attendance remain consistent, as does web page traffic. A special thanks to Cullen Buie and Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte, Program Co-Chairs for the 2014 Annual Meeting that saw our esteemed colleague Professor Righetti give a fascinating presentation. The FACSS organization supported our program at SciX, where Ed Goluch and Alexandra Ros organized an excellent program including a meeting-wide plenary session. A new slogan was created: “Advancing Electrokinetic Science.” Our website will be updated Q2 2015. Innovative leaders are in place for the 2015 (Nathan Swami and Michael Py-craft Hughes) and the 2016 (Fatima Labeed and Lisa Flanagan) Annual Meeting Programs.

Our former Councilor and current liaison with FACSS, Professor Alexandra Ros, was chosen as Program Chair for the entire SciX 2016 meeting. AES has officially signed on as host for ITP 2016 at SciX! This will be a great event to build bridges to this well-established group of re-searchers originally from Eastern Europe – especially with Alexandra at the helm.

Again: Please become involved. We need you and you will benefit. Get to know the leaders and future leaders of your field. Gain knowledge and experience. Show off your passions and capa-bilities. Fill your resume and do some good. Get to know the people of your generation. Find opportunities. Find someone to hire you – or — someone you can hire.”

I thank you for the opportunity to serve the larger scientific community.

All the best,

Mark Hayes AES President 2014-15

Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry Dept

Arizona State University mhayes@asu.edu

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Congratulations to our 2014 Poster Award Winners!

1st Place: $200 Avanish Mishra

Purdue University

2nd Place: $100 Taloria Adams Michigan Tech

University

3rd Place: $75 Fuduo Ma

Colorado School of Mines

Honorable Mention Maryam Khaksari

Michigan Tech University

Honorable Mention Mallory Rauch

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rapid Fire Talk Samuel Kilchenmann

EFPL, Lausanne Switzerland

2014 Meeting Memories

AES Election Results

Join us in congratulating and welcoming these new leaders to the AES Board! A complete listing of AES officers with more information can be found online at

http://www.aesociety.org/about_us/council.php.

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Executive Vice President 2014-2017

AES Councilors 2014-2017

Ryan Kelly Senior Research Scientist Instrument Development Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Lab ryan.kelly@pnnl.gov

Ben Hawkins Assistant Professor Biomedical, Chemical and Materials Engineering Department San Jose State University Benjamin.hawkins@sjsu.edu www.sjsu.edu/people/benjamin.hawkins

Stuart Williams Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering University of Louisville stuart.williams@louisville.edu http://louisville.edu/research/microfluidics www.youtube.com/user/ULmicrofluidics

Soumya Srivastava Assistant Professor Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Idaho, srivastavask@uidaho.edu

Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Clemson University rodrigm@clemson.edu www.clemson.edu/ces/me/people/faculty/martinez-duarte.html

2015 AES Annual Meeting November 9-11, 2015

Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, Utah

Onceagain,AESisassemblinga3daymeetingwithoutstandingtechnical,plenaryandawardsessionswithassociatedevents.Pleasejoinusfor: 

TechnicalProgram.Catchuponthelatestdevelopmentsinthefieldofelectro‐kinetics,microfluidics,andrelatedtechnologies.Thecallforpapersisnowopen;seebelowforthesubmissionlink.

LunchwithLeaders.Studentandpostdocmembersareinvitedtojoinestablishedresearchersforanopportunitytointeractinformally,shareadvice,andhavefun. 

NetworkingSocial.MeetyourAEScolleaguesforfoodanddrinktodiscussnewideas.  AESPosterSession.Oneofourmostpopularevents.Awardsaregiventothebeststudentposters.  AESAwardSession.Helpuscelebratetheachievementsofcolleaguesinourfield  AESBusinessMeeting.YourchancetogetinvolvedwithAESandhelpplanfuturemeetings.  AESBanquet.Wrap‐uptheconferenceonahighnotewiththeAESfamily.  AESPlenarySession.Joinsomeofthetopresearchersinourfieldtoshareuniqueinsightsandperspectives

inaninteractiveformat.   

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Plenary Speakers, Clockwise from top left: AmyHerrUC‐Berkeley(Proteomics) AntonioRamosUniversityofSevilla(ACEletrokinetics) SueLunteUniversityofKansas(Electrophoresis) L.JamesLeeOhioStateUniversity(Electroporation) 

ThecallforpapersisnowopenwithadeadlineofMay11,2015Tosubmitanabstract,goto:https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2015/cfp.cgi

T3:2015AnnualMeetingoftheAESElectrophoresisSociety

2015MeetingOrganizersNathanSwamiisAssociateProfessorofElectrical&ComputerEngineeringattheUniver‐sityofVirginia(UVA),Charlottesville,VA.Hisgroupisfocusedonthedevice,circuitandsignalprocessinghierarchiesforapplyingmicrofluidicdevicestowardsbiomolecularanaly‐sis,cellmanipulationandtissueengineering.Heco‐directsUVA’sNano/BiosystemsIntegra‐tionCentrethatspecializesinsoftlithographybasedrapidprototyping.PriortoUniversityofVirginia,hewasonthescientificstaffofMotorolaLabsandClinicalMicrosensors,Inc.,aCaltechstart‐upinterfacingmicroelectronicstobio‐analysis.

MichaelPycraftHughesisProfessorofBiomedicalEngineeringattheUniversityofSurrey,UK.HeobtainedaMasterofEngineeringinElectronicEngineeringfromtheUniversityCol‐legeofNorthWales(Bangor)in1992,andremainedattheinstitutionforaPhD(1995),followedbyapostdocinGlasgowuntil1998.Since1999,hehasbeenonthefacultyattheUniversityofSurrey,becomingheadofBiomedicalEngineeringin2008.Hislabfocusisondevelopmentofnovellow‐costtoolsfordielectrophoresis,developingnewapplicationsforbiologicalDEP,andtheoreticalstudyofnanoscaleDEP.Heisco‐founderofDEPtech,thefirstcompanytobringDEP‐basedelectrophysiologyanalysistomarket.

University of Virginia Thornton Hall - C218 351 McCormick Rd Charlottesville, VA 22904-1000 USA nswami@virginia.edu

University of Surrey Centre for Biomedical Engineering Duke of Kent Bldg Guildford, GU2 7TE United Kingdom m.hughes@surrey.ac.uk

Ryan Kelly Senior Research Scientist Instrument Development Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Lab ryan.kelly@pnnl.gov

Ed Goluch DiPietro Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering Northeastern University e.goluch@neu.edu

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Fundamentals Microfluidics Nanofluidics

Electrokinetic Theory Gradient Techniques DNA Separations

Genomics Proteomics Biomolecular Analysis

Student Poster Session with multiple Student Awards Social Events for AES Members and Student Participants

Oral Submission Deadline: April 30 Poster Submission Deadline: July 31

Abstract submission and more info at: http://www.scixconference.org

Rhode Island Convention Center – Providence, RI Sept. 27 – Oct. 2, 2015

AES SESSIONS at SciX 2015:

Dielectrophoresis Biopolymers in Electric Fields

Microfluidics and Electrophoresis for Bioanalytical Applications Capillary Electrophoresis for Mass Spectrometric Analysis

AES Mid-Career Award & Symposium Session

Confirmed Speakers include: Mid-Career Award Winner: Adam Woolley, Brigham Young University

Philip Britz-McKibbin, McMaster University

Invited and Contributed Sessions covering all aspects of

electrophoresis and its applications:

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