Conference 2010-Present
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- Erickson, D., Semeere, A., Cesarman, E., Maurer, T., Martin, J., Manning, J., “Implementation of a point-of-care diagnostic technology for Kaposi’s Sarcoma for Sub-Saharan Africa” KSHV 2024, Boston, Ma, July 2024
- Boza, J. M., Manning, J., Cesarman, E., Erickson, D., “An Evaluation And Comparison Of Tissue DNA Extraction Methods For Point-Of-Care Applications For Limited Resource Settings”, Pittcon 2024, San Diego, CA., February 2024.
- Manning, J., Boza, J. M., Cesarman, E., Erickson, D., “SLICER: Rapid Biopsy Processing for Kaposi’s Sarcoma Point-of-Care Diagnostics” Pittcon 2024, San Diego, CA., February 2024.
- Hussain, I., Boza, J., Semeere, A., Cesarman, E., Martin, J., Erickson, D., “A weakly-supervised deep learning framework for detection of Kaposi-sarcoma infection in immunohistochemistry-stained digital whole slide images”, Bioengineering for Global Health, Nashville, TN., November 2023.
- Gao, W., Hussain, I., Clement, A., Erickson, D., “Transforming Breast Cancer Management: A Novel Multiplex Lateral Flow Immunoassay for On-Site Molecular Profiling and Quantitative Analysis”, Bioengineering for Global Health, Nashville, TN., November 2023.
- Manning, J., Boza, J., Muwando, H., Ayanga, R., Semeere, A., Cesarman, C., Martin, J., Erickson, D., “SLICER: Rapid biopsy processing for Kaposi’s Sarcoma point-of-care diagnostics”, Bioengineering for Global Health, Nashville, TN., November 2023.
- Boza, J. M., Manning, J., Semeere, A., Cesarman, E., Martin, J., Erickson, D., “Rapid Skin Biopsy Processing For Point-Of-Care Diagnosis Of Kaposi’s Sarcoma”, BMES 2023, Seattle, WA., September 2023.
- Gao, W., Hussain, I., Clement, A., Erickson, D., “Revolutionizing Breast Cancer Care: An Innovative Multiplexed Lateral Flow Immunoassay for Point-of-Care Molecular Subtyping and Quantification”, BMES 2023, Seattle, September 2023.
- McCloskey, D., Boza, J., Semeere, A., Mauer, T., Gardner, A., Martin, J., Cesarman, E., Erickson, D., “Rapid skin biopsy processing for downstream KSHV quantification” KSHV 2022, Denver Colorado, August 2022
- McCloskey, D., Genovese, C., Semeere, A., Martin, J., Cesarman, E., Erickson, D., “Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Micro Total Analysis Systems (uTAS), Palm Springs, CA., October 2021
- Boza, J.M., McCloskey, D., Butler, D., Mozsary, C., Mason, C., Erickson, D., “MINI: An Energy Flexible Point-of-Care Device for High-Throughput Screening”, Micro Total Analysis Systems (uTAS), Palm Springs, CA., October 2021
- Oeschger, T.M., Erickson, D., “Self-Contained Paper Microfluidics for Triple Antibiotic Susceptibility of Hospital acquired Infections”, Micro Total Analysis Systems (uTAS), Palm Springs, CA., October 2021
- McCloskey, D., Erickson, D. “Early-stage Diagnosis of Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Africa using KSHV DNA Quantification” Pittcon, Chicago IL, March 2020
- Wang, R., Vemulapathi, S., Mehta, S., Erickson, D. “A Novel Capillary-based Platform for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing” Pittcon, Chicago IL, March 2020
- Cao, X., Hong, T., Liu, T., Erickson, D. “Engineering the glass waveguide surface for uniform light refraction inside an optofluidic photoreactor” Photonics West, San Francisco, CA Feb 2020
- Cao, X., Hong, T., Liu, T., Akemi, J., Hanrath, T., Erickson, D. “A scalable glass waveguide-based optofluidic photoreactor for converting CO2 to fuels” Photonics West, San Francisco, CA Feb 2020.
- Martin, J., Semeere, A., Gardner, A., Snodgrass, R., Kopparthy, V., Lukande, R., Laker-Oketta, M., Wenger, M., Alvarez, J., Freeman, E., Maurer, T., Erickson, D., Cesarman, E., “Employing the Virus Alone to Diagnose the Cancer: Quantification of Lesional KSHV DNA for the Diagnosis of Kaposi Sarcoma in Africa” 22nd International Workshop on Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpes Virus (KSHV) & Related Agents, New York, NY, July 2019.
- Semeere, A., Gardner, A., Wenger, M., Namaganda, P., Snodgrass, R., Kopparthy, V., Freeman, E., Ssali, J., Bwana, B., Maurer, T., Lukande, R., Laker-Oketta, M., Erickson, D., Cesarman, E., Martin, J. “Quantification of KSHV DNA as a diagnostics test for Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Africa.” INTEREST, Accra, Ghana, May 2019
- Snodgrass, R., Erickson, D. “A two-stage elastocaloric cooler for increased temperature span” Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies Conference and Exposition, Konstanz, Germany, May 2019
- Snodgrass, R., Erickson, D. “A Heat-Driven Shape Memory Alloy Actuator, Used for Thermal Cycling of the Two-Step Polymerase Chain Reaction” Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies Conference and Exposition, Konstanz, Germany, May 2019
- Semeere, A., Gardner, A., Wenger, M., Namaganda, P., Snodgrass, R., Kopparthy, V., Freeman, E., Ssali, J., Bwana, B., Maurer, T., Lukande, R., Laker-Oketta, M., Erickson, D., Cesarman, E., Martin, J. “Quantification of KSHV DNA as a diagnostics test for Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Africa.” Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Seattle, WA, March 2019
- Rey E, Finkelstein J, Erickson D. “Point-Of-Care Assessment of Folate Status Using a Fluorescence Lateral Flow Assay” Conference Paper, EMBC, Honolulu, HI, July 2018.
- Cao, X., Yhombi, S., Erickson, D., “An optofluidic reverse combustion reactor for photothermocatalytic conversion of CO2 into hydrocarbons” Photonics West, San Francisco CA, January 2018
- Cao, X., Yhombi, S., Erickson, D., “A smartphone based dual-plexed molecular diagnostics platform for point-of-care (POC) inflammation assessment” Photonics West, San Francisco CA, January 2018
- Lu, Z., Srinivasan, B., Mehta, A., Erickson, D., “A low-cost, multiplexed, rapid diagnostic test for iron and vitamin a deficiency” Photonics West, San Francisco CA, January 2018
- Kopparthy, V., Erickson, D. “Ultra-portable, spectrometer based nucleic acid quantification system for point-of-care applications” Photonics West, San Francisco CA, January 2018
- Erickson, D., Semeere, A., Mauer, T., Martin, J., Cesarman, E., “Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Limited Resource Settings using TINY technology” AORTIC International Conference on Cancer in Africa, Kigali, Rwanda, November 2017
- Wang, R., Tablante, E., Yhombi, S., Lu, Z., Cardenas, W., Mehta, S., Erickson, D. “FeverPhone – Multiplex Immunoassay Platform for Detection of Acute Febrile Illnesses” IEEE-HI-POCT 2017, Bethesda, MD, USA, November 2017.
- Srinivasan B, Lee S, O’Dell D, Mehta S, Erickson D. “ironPhone for rapid assessment of iron status at point-of-care” IEEE-HI-POCT 2017, Bethesda, MD, USA, November 2017.
- Martin, j., Semeere, A., Snodgrass, R., Namaganda, P., Gardner, A., Wenger, M., Freemen, E., Maurer, T., Lukande, R., Laker-Oketta, M., Erickson, D., Cesarman, E., “Portable Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing as a Means for Diagnosis of Kaposi Sarcoma in Africa” International Conference on Malignancies in HIV/AIDS, Bethesda, MD, October 2017
- Snodgrass, R., et al. “TINY: A portable system for nucleic acid quantification in the field using alternative heat sources” MicroTAS 2017, Savannah, Georgia, USA, October 2017.
- Vemulapati, S., et al. “NutriPhone – A Quantitative Point-of-Care Assay for the assessment of Vitamin D deficiencies” MicroTAS 2017, Savannah, Georgia, USA, October 2017.
- Schein, P., O’Dell, D., Erickson, D., “Measurement of nanoparticle size, suspension polydispersity, and stability using near-field optical trapping and light scattering” Photonics West, San Francisco, Jan 2017
- Schein, P., Erickson, D., “Optofluidic reactors for reverse combustion photocatalytic production of hydrocarbons” Photonics West, San Francisco, Jan 2017
- Lu, Z., Erickson, D., “Smartphone-assisted multiplex nutrition deficiency diagnostics: multicolored quantification of inflammation marker, iron and vitamin A status” Photonics West, San Francisco, Jan 2017
- Srinivasan B, Lee S, O’Dell D, Mehta S, Erickson D. “A Smartphone-Coupled Portable Biosensor for Assessment Of Iron Deficiency in Children” µTAS, Dublin, Ireland, October 2016
- Srinivasan B, Lee S, O’Dell D, Mehta S, Erickson D. “A smartphone-based point-of-care ferritin biosensor for assessment of iron deficiency” Micronutrient Forum Global Conference: Positioning Women’s Nutrition at the Centre of Sustainable Development. Cancun, Mexico, October 2016.
- Srinivasan B, Lee S, O’Dell D, Mehta S, Erickson D. “A Smartphone-Enabled Portable Diagnostics for Iron Deficiency in Resource-Limited Settings” Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 2016.
- Rey, E., O’Dell, D., Lee, S., Erickson D. “Quantification of C-Reactive Protein using a Lateral Flow Immunoassay and a Smartphone-enabled Device” Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 2016.
- Rahman, T., Adams, A.T., Schein, P., Jain, A., Erickson, D., Choudhury, T. “Nutrilyzer: A Mobile System for Characterizing Liquid Food with Photoacoustic Effect” ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), October 2016
- O’Dell, D., Schein, P., Saraf, S., Erickson, D., “Characterizing Nanoparticle Size and Particle-Surface Interactions Using Nanophotonic Force Microscopy” Pittcon, Atlanta, GA, March 2016.
- O’Dell, D., Lee, S., Hohenstein, J., Erickson, D. “A Smartphone Platform for Quantitative Point-of-Care Detection of Micronutrient Deficiencies” Pittcon, Atlanta, GA, March 2016
- Rey, E., O’Dell, D., Lee, S., Erickson, D. “Smartphone Based Detection of Stress Biomarkers in Saliva” Pittcon, Atlanta, GA, March 2016
- Schein, P., O’Dell, D., Erickson, D., “Direct measurement of nanoparticle interactions using near-field photonics” Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb 2016.
- Schein, P., O’Dell, D., Erickson, D., “An integrated optofluidic platform for assessing biologics” Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb 2016.
- Jain, A., Rey, E., Lee, S., O’Dell, D., Erickson, D. “StressPhone: smartphone enabled detection of stress related salivary biomarkers” Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb 2016
- Lee, S., O’Dell, D., Hohenstein, J., Colt, S., Metha, S., Erickson, D., “NutriPhone: smartphone platform for vitamin B12 quantification in point-of-care settings” Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb 2016
- O’Dell, D., Lee, S., Erickson, D. “A smartphone platform for quantitative lab-on-a-chip diagnostics” Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb 2015
- O’Dell, D., Shein, P., Kang, P., Erickson, D. “Characterizing protein aggregation by observing confined Brownian fluctuations in a near-field optical trap” Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb 2015
- Shein, P., Kang, P., Erickson, D. “Nanophotonic force microscopy: measuring particle-surface interactions using near-field photonics” Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb 2015
- Lee, S., Mehta, S., Erickson, D. “Vitamin D Testing on your Smartphone” BMES 2014 Annual Meeting, October 2014.
- Gardner, A., Jiang, L., Lu, Z., Akar, G., Cesarman, E., Erickson, D., “KS-Detect: A Solar-Powered Smartphone-Based System for Diagnosing Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Resource-Limited Settings” MicroTAS 2014, November 2014.
- Jiang, L., Gardner, A., Lu, Z., Akar, G., Cesarman, E., Erickson, D., “KS-Detect: A Solar-Powered Smartphone-Based System for Diagnosing Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Resource-Limited Settings” BMES 2014 Annual Meeting, October 2014.
- Schein, P., and Erickson, D. “Nanophotonic Force Microscopy: Characterizing Particle-Surface Interactions Utilizing Optical Gradients” 88th ACS Colloid and Surface Sciences Symposium. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 23, 2014.
- O’Dell, D., Serey, X., Erickson, D. “Opto-mechanical manipulation of chemical reactions on the nanoscale with optofluidic nanotweezers” Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb. 2014
- Ahsan, S.S., Pereyra, B., Erickson, D. “Uniform algal growth in photo-bioreactors using surface scatterers” Photonics West, San Francisco, Feb. 2014
- Oncescu, V., Erickson, D. “Smartphone based detection of blood cholesterol and vitamin D status” mHealth Summit. Washington, D.C, Dec.2013.
- Mancuso, M., Erickson, D. “Smartphone Based Detection of Kaposi’s Sarcoma Associated Herpes Virus DNA” mHealth Summit. Washington, D.C, Dec.2013.
- Jain, A., Jung, E., Kalontarov, M., Ahsan, S.S., Erickson, D, “Design and Demonstration of a Stacked Photobioreactor for Production of High Density Algal Cultures and BioFuel”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA. Nov. 2013.
- Jain, A., Jung, E., Kalontarov, M., Erickson, D, “Thermal and Optical Analysis of a Stacked Photobioreactor Design”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA. Nov. 2013.
- Kalontarov, M., Jung, E., Jain, A., Ahsan, S.S., Erickson, D, “Hollow Fiber Membrane (HFM) Facilitated CO2 Delivery to a Cyanobacteria Substrate for Biofuel Production”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA. Nov. 2013.
- Oncescu, V., Lee, S., Gumus, A., Karlsson, K., Erickson, D. “Autonomous Implantable Device with Application in Late Phase Hemorrhagic Shock Prevention” Micro Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Freiburg, Germany, Oct. 2013.
- Kang, P., Chen, Y.-F., Erickson, D., “Label-free Optofluidic Biomolecular Sensing using a Photonic Crystal Nanotweezer: The Wiggle Assay,” Micro Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Freiburg, Germany, Oct. 2013.
- Gumus, A., Lee, S., Karlsson, K., Gabrielson, R., Winkler, D.W., Erickson, D. “Real-time Biosensor System for Biophysical Monitoring of Birds” Micro Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Freiburg, Germany, Oct. 2013.
- Mancuso, M., Li, S., Mehta, S., Erickson, D. “Smartphone Based Vitamin D Monitoring.” IUNS 20th International Conference on Nutrition. Grenada, Spain, Sep.2013.
- Kang, P., Erickson, D., “Optofluidic Nanomanipulation with Photonic Crystal Nanotweezers: A Simplified Design for Variation,” US-KOREA Conference (UKC) 2013, East Rutherford, NJ, Aug. 2013
- Mancuso, M., Erickson, D. “Smartphone based Molecular Diagnostics.” OSA Congress on Advanced Photonics. Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Jul. 2013. (Invited Talk)
- Mancuso, M., Erickson, D. “Smartphone Based Optical Detection of Kaposi’s Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus DNA.” Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (CLEO). San Jose, CA, Jun. 2013. (Invited Talk)
- Cordovez, B., Hart, R., Erickson, D. “The Molecular NanoTweezer: nanomanipulation taken to new lows” Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, February 2013.
- Kang, P., Serey, X., Chen, Y.-F., O’Dell, D., Erickson, D., “Near-Field Angular Orientation Of Biological Materials,” Biophysical Society 57th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 2013
- Kang, P., Serey, X., Chen, Y.-F., O’Dell, D., Erickson, D., “Near-Field Angular Orientation Of Biological Materials,” Biophysical Society 57th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 2013
- Ahsan, S., Erickson, D., “Microscale Transport Processes in Photocatalytic Reactors” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Houston, Tx. Nov. 2012.
- Jung, E., Erickson, D., “Flexible Photonics Based Optofluidic PhotoBioReactors” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Houston, Tx. Nov. 2012.
- Mancuso, M. Jiang, L., Cesarman, E., Erickson, D. “Lab-on-a-Syringe Diagnosis or Kaposi’s Sarcoma in the Developing World” Micro Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Okinawa, Japan, October 2012.
- Jiang, L., Mancuso, M., Erickson, D. “Light-Driven Microfluidics Towards Solar-Powered Point-Of-Care Diagnostics” Micro Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Okinawa, Japan, October 2012.
- Oncescu, V., Lee, S., Erickson, D. “Implantable device for prevention of late-phase hemorrhagic shock using a novel non-enzymatic fuel cell.” Micro Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Okinawa, Japan, October 2012.
- Gumus, A., Lee, S., Karlsson, K., Gabrielson, R., Winkler, D., Erickson, D. “Real Time in-vivo Uric Acid Biosensor System for Biophysical Monitoring of Birds”, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Atlanta, GA, October 2012.
- Mak, M., Reinhart-King, C.A., Erickson, D. “Dimensional Modulation in Confined Spaces Elucidates Transition Effects in Cancer Cell Invasion.” BMES, Atlanta, GA, October 2012
- Jung. E.E., Kalontarov, M., Doud, D., Angenent, L., Sinton, D., Erickson, D. ” Novel Approach in Algae Biofuel Production using Advanced Photonics” Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (CLEO), San Jose, May 2012.
- Jain, A., Erickson, D. “Agarose gel optical waveguides with encapsulation of live cells and integrated microfluidics” Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (CLEO), San Jose, May 2012.
- Serey, X., Chen, Y.F., Fain, R., Kang, P., Erickson, D. ” Overcoming the Temperature Increase Hurdle in Photonic Crystal Molecular Tweezers” Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (CLEO), San Jose, May 2012.
- Ooms, M., Sieben, V.J., Erickson, D., Sinton, D., “An Optofluidic Photobioreactor Strategy for Bioenergy” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Denver, Co, Nov. 2011.
- Oncescu, V.-V., Erickson, D., “A Microfabricated Enzyme-Free Glucose Fuel Cell for Implantable Devices ” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Denver, Co, Nov. 2011.
- Jiang, L., Erickson, D., “Directed assembly of microstructures using bubble latches” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Denver, Co, Nov. 2011.
- Gumus, A., Winkler, D., Erickson, D., “Lab on a Bird: Autonomous Microsystems for In-Vivo real time biophysical monitoring of birds” Micro-Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Seattle, Washington, USA, October 2011.
- Kang, P., Ogunbo, S.O., Erickson, D., “High Resolution Reversible Color Images on Photonic Crystal Substrates” Micro-Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Seattle, Washington, USA, October 2011.
- Serey, X., Erickson, D. “Advancements in photonic crystal resonators for optical trapping” 1st EOS conference on Optofluidics, Munich, Germany May 2011.
- Jung, E.E., Chung, A.J., Erickson, D. “Advancements in Microfluidically Reconfigurable Photonics” 1st EOS Conference on Optofluidics, Munich, Germany May 2011
- Mancuso, M., Goddard, J., Erickson, D. “Porous Polymer Waveguides and Ring Resonators.” CLEO: Science and Innovations, Baltimore, MD May 2011.
- Kalontarov, M., Cordovez, B., Jung, E., Sinton, D., Erickson, D. “Waveguide Enabled Photo-Bio-Energy Production” CLEO: Science and Innovations, Baltimore, MD May 2011.
- Krishnan, M., Erickson, D. “Optofluidically reconfigurable channel based microfluidics” CLEO: Science and Innovations, Baltimore, MD May 2011.
- Chen, Y.-F., Serey, X., Mandal, S., Erickson, D. “Nanomanipulation using silicon nitride photonic crystal resonators” IEEE Winter Topicals, Keystone, CO, Jan. 2011.
- Krishnan, M., Erickson, D. “Creating optically reconfigurable channel based microfluidic systems” IEEE Photonics Society Winter Topicals, Keystone, CO Jan. 2011.
- Moore, S., Sinton, D., Erickson, D. “Planar flow-through Vanadium Redox laminar flow fuel cell”ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Vancouver, B.C. Nov. 2010.
- Kalontarov, M., Cordovez, B., Jung, E.E., Sinton, D., Erickson, D. “Optofluidically Enabled Bio-Energy Production” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Vancouver, B.C. Nov. 2010.
- Mandal, S., Erickson, D., “Optofluidic approaches to protein folding analysis” Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science: Special Session on Optofluidics in the Near Field, Rochester, NY, October 2010.
- Krishnan, M., Erickson, D., “Optically Reconfigurable Microfluidics” Micro-Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Groningen, The Netherlands, October 2010.
- Cordovez, B., Chung, A.J., Huang, T., Jasuja, N., Erickson, D.,“Fusing Chemical and Electrical Stimulation Mechanisms for Cyborg Air Vehicle Control” Micro-Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Groningen, The Netherlands, October 2010.
- Choi, I., Huh, Y.S., Erickson, D.,“A Nanofluidic Device for Selective Concentration and Lable-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Detection of Protein Aggregates” Micro-Total Analysis Systems (µTAS), Groningen, The Netherlands, October 2010.
- Mak, M., Reinhart-King, C., Erickson, D., “An Optofluidic Platform for Characterizing Mechanical Markers of Metastatic Cancer” Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Austin, TX, October 2010.
- Chung, A.J., Cordovez, B., Huh, Y.S., Erickson, D., “Autonomous Microfluidic Device for Quantification and Regulation of Vasopressin” Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Austin, TX, October 2010.
- Jung, E., Huh, Y.S., Erickson D., “Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) on-an-Optofluidic Chip Using Roof Collapse Method” Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (CLEO), San Jose, May 2010.
- Chung, A.J., Jung, E., Erickson D., “Reconfigurable Photonics from Microfluidic Waveguides” Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (CLEO), San Jose, May 2010.
- Serey, X., Mandal S., Erickson D., “Design and Experimental Demonstration of Optical Resonators for Nanotweezing” Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (CLEO), San Jose, May 2010.