Lab Introduction & Major Research Interests
• Fast Western Blotting & Advanced Pattern Coating Technology
• Integrated Microfluidic Lab-on-a-chip system/module(s) for Biochemical and Biophysical applications
• Manufacturing Technology for 3-D Printing of biocompatible material
• Nature-inspired Engineering Design and Applications
• Thermal Management and Flow Control
• Drop Science and Wetting Technology
An-Bang Wang received his Dr.-Ing.-degree at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany in 1991. He became a full professor in the Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University in 2001. He has served as the director of Optomechatronics Education Resource center, chairman of the display technology Education Program and counselor of advisory office, Ministry of Education, Taiwan; vice president of International Society of Coating Science and Technology. He was honored with the Distinguished Engineering Professor Award of Chinese Institute of Engineers, Taiwan. His current research interests include advanced coating & microfluidic platform for biomedical/industrial applications and biomimetics.
Recent Representative Publication ( * corresponding author)
1. Tsai P.-H. and Wang, A.–B., Classification and Prediction of Dripping Drop for Wide Range of Nozzles by Wetting Diameter, Langmuir, 35, 4763−4775, 2019.
2. Tseng, J.-W., Liu, C.-Y., Yen, Y.-K., Belkner J., Bremicker T., Liu H.-C., Sun, T.-J., and Wang, A.–B., Screw extrusion-based additive manufacturing of PEEK, Materials & Design, 140, pp. 209-221, 2018.
3. Hsieh, Y.-W., Wang, A.–B., Lub, X.-Y., Wang, Lon A., High-throughput on-line multi-detection for refractive index, velocity, size, and concentration measurements of micro-two-phase flow using optical microfibers, Sensors and Actuators –B: Chemical, 237, pp. 841-848, 2016.
4. Liu, C.-Y., Lu, D.-C., Jiang, Y.-W., Yen, Y.-K., Chang, S.-C., and Wang, A.–B., Easy and Fast Western Blotting by Thin-Film Direct Coating with Suction, Analytical Chemistry, 88 (12), pp. 6349–6356, 2016.
5. Wang, A.–B., Fang, P.-H., Chu Su, Yu, Hsu, Y.-C., Y.-T. Chen, and Lin, C.-W., A novel lab-on-a-chip design by sequential capillary-gravitational valves for urinary creatinine detection, Sensors and Actuators –B: Chemical, 222, pp. 721–727, 2016.
6. Yen, Y.-K., Jiang, Y-W., Chang, S.-C., and Wang, A.–B., Western blotting by thin-film direct coating, Analytical Chemistry, 86, pp. 5164-5170, 2014.
7. Lu, P.-L., Hsu, S.-S., Tsai, M.-L., Jaw, F.-S., Wang, A.–B., Yen, C.-T., Temporal and spatial temperature distribution of rat’s glabrous skin induced by short-pulse CO2 laser, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 17 (11), 117002, 1-8, 2012.