Faculty - Mingjun Zhang
Mingjun Zhang
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TEACHING
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EDUCATION
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RESEARCH INTERESTS (back to top)
Nano Bio-systems and Bio-mimetics. Nano-scale biological systems inspired engineering, robotics and system theory, nano-scale adhesive and climbing mechanism, and controlled drug delivery.
Systems Biology and Complex Systems Theory. Mathematical modeling and dynamics analysis of the immune system, vaccine design, control and optimization.
Nano Fabrication and Nano Characterization. Atomic force microscopy and laser scanning confocal microscopy integrated system to understand micro/nano-scale biological mechanism for disease treatment. Lab-on-a-chip fabrication. High throughput technology for nanomanufacturing.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (back to top)
| 2008-Present | Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 |
| 2001-2007 | Research and development for bio-chip fabrication, lab-in-a-chip molecular diagnostics and bio-instrumentation. Life Science and Chemical Analysis Division, Agilent Technologies, California, USA |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (back to top)
| 2006 | Senior Member, IEEE |
| 2006 | Fellow, American Academy of Nanomedicine |
| 2007 | Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue on Drug Delivery Automation, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering |
| 2006 | Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue on Automation for the Life Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering |
| 10/2004-10/2009 | Member of the Editorial Board, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine |
| 03/2004-02/2008 | Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (back to top)
S. Bewick, R. Yang, and M. J. Zhang. The Danger is Growing! A New Paradigm for Immune System Activation and Peripheral Tolerance, PLoS One, 4(12): e8112. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008112
S. Bewick, R. Yang, and M. J. Zhang. Complex mathematical models of biology at the nanoscale, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, 1(6), pp. 650-659, 2009.
M. J. Zhang, M. Liu, H. Prest and S. Fischer. Nanoparticles Secreted from Ivy Rootlets for Surface Climbing, Nano Letters, 8 (5), pp. 1277–1280, 2008.
W. Fisher and M. J. Zhang. DNA Bio-chip Microarray Fabrication System using Inkjet Technology, IEEE Trans Auto Sci and Eng, 4(4), pp. 488-500, 2007.
M. J. Zhang, W. M. Tao and P. A. Pianetta. Dynamics modeling of biolistic gene guns, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 52(5), pp. 1485-93, 2007.
I. Barbulovic-Nad, M. Lucente, Y. Sun, M. J. Zhang, A. R. Wheeler, M. Bussmann. A Review of Bio-chip Fabrication Techniques, Critical Review of Biotechnology, 26, pp. 237-259, 2006.
M. J. Zhang, O. Ma and X. Xiao. Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of Inkjet Technology Based Oligo DNA Microarray Spotting, IEEE Trans Auto Sci & Eng, 3(2), pp. 159-168, 2006.
M. J. Zhang, M. X. Cheng, and T. J. Tarn. A Mathematical Formulation of DNA Computation, IEEE Transactions On NanoBioscience, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 32-40, 2006.
T. J. Tarn, P. Sanposh, D. Cheng, M. J. Zhang. Output Regulation for Nonlinear Systems: Some Recent Theoretical and Experimental Results, IEEE Trans Con Sys Tech, 13 (4), pp. 605-610, 2005.
M. J. Zhang, C. Sabharwal, W. M. Tao, T. J. Tarn, N. Xi and G. Y. Li. Interactive DNA sequence and structure design for DNA nano-applications, IEEE Transactions On NanoBioscience, 3 (4), pp. 286-292, 2004.
M. J. Zhang, T. J. Tarn. A Hybrid Switching Control Strategy for Nonlinear and Under-actuated Mechanical Systems, IEEE Trans Automatic Control, 48 (10), pp. 1777-1782, 2003.
T. J. Tarn, M. J. Zhang and A. Serrani. New Integrability Conditions for Differential Contraints, Systems and Control Letters, 49 (5), pp. 335-345, 2003.
M. J. Zhang and T. J. Tarn. Hybrid Control of the Pendubot, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 7 (1), pp. 79-87, 2002.
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