Dr. Dawn J. Bennett
 Assistant Professor
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250
Office: Engineering 221
Phone: (410) 455-3553
Fax: (410) 455-1052
Email: dawnb@umbc.edu
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Academic Preparation
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, January 2004
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
Honors: AGEP-MAGNET , Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, Minority Access/Graduate Networking, NSF Fellowship for Graduate Studies
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, December 1989
Duke University, Durham, NC
Honors: Duke University Fellowship
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, May 1988
Brown University, Providence, RI |
Employment History
June 2004- present, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Recipient of the Henry C. Welcome Fellowship
May 2001- December 2003, Research Engineer,
MESA Institute Program,
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
Summer 1999, Research Engineer, Delphi-Delco Electronic Systems, Kokomo, IN
Summer 1998 Research Engineer, AlliedSignal (Honeywell) Corporation, Morristown, NJ
September 1996- January 1999, Adjunct Instructor, Essex County College, Newark, NJ
August 1995- August 1996,Teacher for Africa, International Foundation For Education and Self-Help, Kenya, Africa
April 1992- January 1994, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Allen-Bradley Company, Milwaukee, WI
January 1990- April 1992, Project Engineer, General Motors Corporation, Flint, MI |
Research Areas
Dr. Bennett’s research interests include the development of electro-microfluidic devices for the control and manipulation of biological and non-biological analytes. The purpose of this research is to separate and concentrate particles using electro-hydrodynamic techniques such as electrophoresis and dielectrophoresis. The long-term objective is to develop practical novel microfluidic devices and sensors for applications such as biological warfare agent detection for national security purposes as well as drug delivery and cell separation systems for the healthcare industry. Students working in her laboratory will learn about fabrication and testing of MEMS devices as well as the modeling of flows in microfluidics.
Students will find many opportunities for internships in the industry and
national laboratories as well as opportunities for publishing papers.
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Courses Taught at UMBC ME
Graduate Microfluidics, Fall 2004
Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics , Spring 2005 |
Selected Publications
D.J. Bennett, B. Khusid, C.D. James, P.C. Galambos, M. Okandan, D. Jacqmin, A. Kumar, Z. Qiu, and A. Acrivos, “Field Induced Dielectrophoresis and Phase Separation for Manipulating Particles in Microfluidics,” NANOTECH, Boston, MA, March 7-11, 2004.
D.J. Bennett, B. Khusid, P. Galambos, C. D. James, M. Okandan, D. Jacqmin, A. Acrivos, “Combined Field-induced Dielectrophoresis and Phase Separation for Manipulating Particles in Microfluidics,” Applied Physics Letters, November 24, Volume 83, pp 4866-4868, 2003.
D.J. Bennett, B. Khusid, P. Galambos, C. D. James, M. Okandan, “A Dielectrophoretic Particle and Cell Concentrator,” Transducers '03 Technical Digest: The 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Boston, MA,
June 8-12, 2003.
D.J. Bennett, B. Khusid, P. Galambos, M. Okandan, “Manipulation of Particles in Fluids Using a Microfluidics Channel System Involving Both Traditional and Traveling Wave Dielectrophoresis- Analysis and Design," Contemporary Research in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Proceedings of Fourteenth U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Blacksburg Virginia, June 23-28, 2002.
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