PLANNING FOR AUTOMATED OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION OF BIOLOGICAL CELLS

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorGupta, Satyandra K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCHOWDHURY, SAGARen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-04T06:33:36Z
dc.date.available2014-02-04T06:33:36Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractOptical tweezers (OT) can be viewed as a robot that uses a highly focused laser beam for precise manipulation of biological objects and dielectric beads at micro-scale. Using holographic optical tweezers (HOT) multiple optical traps can be created to allow several operations in parallel. Moreover, due to the non-contact nature of manipulation OT can be potentially integrated with other manipulation techniques (e.g. microfluidics, acoustics, magnetics etc.) to ensure its high throughput. However, biological manipulation using OT suffers from two serious drawbacks: (1) slow manipulation due to manual operation and (2) severe effects on cell viability due to direct exposure of laser. This dissertation explores the problem of autonomous OT based cell manipulation in the light of addressing the two aforementioned limitations. Microfluidic devices are well suited for the study of biological objects because of their high throughput. Integrating microfluidics with OT provides precise position control as well as high throughput. An automated, physics-aware, planning approach is developed for fast transport of cells in OT assisted microfluidic chambers. The heuristic based planner employs a specific cost function for searching over a novel state-action space representation. The effectiveness of the planning algorithm is demonstrated using both simulation and physical experiments in microfluidic-optical tweezers hybrid manipulation setup. An indirect manipulation approach is developed for preventing cells from high intensity laser. Optically trapped inert microspheres are used for manipulating cells indirectly either by gripping or pushing. A novel planning and control approach is devised to automate the indirect manipulation of cells. The planning algorithm takes the motion constraints of the gripper or pushing formation into account to minimize the manipulation time. Two different types of cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Dictyostelium discoideum) are manipulated to demonstrate the effectiveness of the indirect manipulation approach.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14799
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledRoboticsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBiophysicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAutomationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCell Manipulationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDictyostelium Discoideumen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledOptical Tweezersen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRoboticsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledYeasten_US
dc.titlePLANNING FOR AUTOMATED OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION OF BIOLOGICAL CELLSen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
CHOWDHURY_umd_0117E_14707.pdf
Size:
6.38 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

UMD Theses and Dissertations
Mechanical Engineering Theses and Dissertations