Airborne Pathogen Detection Biosensor

Collaborations : University of Illinois at Chicago - Micromechatronics Systems Laboratory/ Sponsored Research - Poppy. Inc

*This work was performed by Dr. Nitin Jayakumar during his PhD and Postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois Chicago in collaboration with faculty investigators. It is presented solely to illustrate engineering experience and does not represent work performed by Arkatraen LLC. Arkatraen LLC does not claim ownership of, nor is it pursuing commercialization of, this technology. Any underlying intellectual property remains with its respective owners.

Project Brief

Near real-time pathogen detection in ambient air

Airborne viral detection is a systems engineering challenge due to extremely low pathogen concentrations in ambient air. This scientific study outlines an integrated bio-sensor architecture that combines high-flow aerosol capture with on-chip isothermal amplification to enable near-real-time detection at the point of sampling

Contributions/Output

COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling / Mechanical Prototypes / Viral Validation Frameworks / BSL 2 Testing Infrastructure / Peer-Reviewed Publications