The Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics (CADMIM) is a public-private NSF center that helps companies address technical challenges via scalable lab-on-a-chip technology. Through productive, meaningful partnerships between universities and industry, we develop microscale tools and technologies aimed at simpler, faster, and cheaper analytical solutions addressing human health, agriculture, and the environment. Join us and realize key benefits regarding first access to cutting-edge lab-on-a-chip research, recruiting, and relationship building.
This short video, produced by UIDP and featuring CADMIM, presents an overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) program and how these unique centers operate, contribute to the nation’s research infrastructure base, facilitate technology transfer, and enhance the intellectual capacity of the science and engineering workforce through the integration of research and education. Access it here: 
Testimonials
“Our CADMIM membership is pivotal in building a network with world leading experts in microfluidics. CADMIM enabled us to conduct research projects at the transition from basic research to industrial application expanding our capabilities far beyond internal expertise. Combined with the focus on manufacturability the center offers a unique set of expertise and opportunities.”
– Dr. Frank Narz, Director R&D Scientific Applications, QIAGEN GmbH
“CADMIM offers a unique blend of university research from leading researchers in the field supported by leading providers of microfluidic manufacture and development. For the industrial members of CADMIM, who are interested in new product opportunities, this means novel IP is quickly reduced to practice for real world applications.”
– Dr. Leanna Levine, Founder, President and CEO, ALine, Inc.
“With tight research budgets, CADMIM offers an opportunity to leverage industrial investments. We’ve been able to guide world-class research in microfluidics toward challenges in technology development that are barriers to transition. Working in partnership with other members of the industrial advisory board has also brought valuable insight to our programs.”
– Dr. Laura Rea, Program Manager, Soft Matter Materials Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory
News
Successful Spring IAB Meeting
Great to see everyone virtually in February 25- 26, 2026. Congratulations to the continuing leaders of the CADMIM Industrial Advisory Board (IAB): for the 2026-2027 term Dr. Mary Clare McCorry, External Engagement Project Lead at Sanofi, will serve as IAB Chair, and Dr. Xinming Tong, Senior Systems Specialist at Genentech, will serve as IAB Vice-Chair. We really appreciate and look forward to your guidance and leadership at the center this year.
UIC BME Hosting 8th Annual Research Symposium
The 8th Annual UIC Biomedical Engineering Research Symposium will be held April 10, 2026.. This event is hosted by the Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering and organized by its student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). The symposium features a keynote presentation along with lightning talks and poster presentations from both undergraduate and graduate students. Register before April 3, 2026! Details and registration here: https://bme.uic.edu/bme-events/research-symposium/
Elliot Hui Pilot Project Award from the UCI Engineering+ Health Institute
Congratulations to Dr. Elliot Hui, CADMIM Core Faculty at UCI. He was awarded a 2026–2027 Pilot Project Award from the UCI Engineering+ Health Institute for a research project titled “Accelerated Antibody Evolution Under Functional Selection.” Selected from a highly competitive pool, projects advance the institute’s work in antibody engineering and evolution, supporting innovative research at the intersection of engineering and health. For more information about the Engineering+ Health Institute, see here: E+Health Institute of UCI
Abe Lee Microfluidic Work Featured in Scientia
Dr. Abe Lee, CADMIM Director and Chancellor’s Professor in BME at UC Irvine, was featured in an outreach article in the leading science communication publication, Scientia. Published November 2025, the article describes an advanced microfluidic system, the Acoustic-Electric Shear Orbiting Poration (AESOP) platform, to precisely control the dose of genetic material delivered into primary T cells. This innovation promises safer, more homogeneous, and highly effective cellular immunotherapies. Access article here: Scientia Article
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