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Effects of Aerosol Jet Printing
Parameters on the Lifetime
Performance of
Additively-Manufactured
Flexible Circuits
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Dr. Janet Gbur is one of the newest
Assistant Professors on staff at
CWRU a昀琀er earning her PhD from the
university in 2018. Gbur has both a BS
in Biology/ Pre-Medicine from Kent
State and a BE in Materials
Engineering from Youngstown. Her
dual educa琀椀onal background inspired
a passion for advancing biomedical
devices
and
rehabilita琀椀on
technologies from a material data
science perspec琀椀ve, which serves as
the basis of her research. In addi琀椀on,
Gbur inves琀椀gates neuroprosthesis
systems in rehabilita琀椀on medical
devices at the Advanced Pla琀昀orm
Technology Center at Cleveland’s VA
medical center.
Biomedical devices such as implantable
electronics and flexible sensors can be
enhanced through the use of Aerosol Jet
Prin琀椀ng (AJP) as a microfabrica琀椀on technique. A
more affordable and customizable alterna琀椀ve to
tradi琀椀onal
methods,
AJP
allows
for
microfabrica琀椀on outside of a clean room.
However, there is limited research regarding its
efficacy. Dr. Gbur and their team aim to fill this
gap by studying the qualita琀椀ve and quan琀椀ta琀椀ve
characteris琀椀cs of AJP flexible sensors and the
morphology of their conduc琀椀ve traces.
Successful prints are studied through extensive
mechanical and electrical tes琀椀ng to ensure that
the ink’s adhesion to the substrate can
withstand bending forces without impac琀椀ng its
electrical resistance. From their data collec琀椀on,
the team intends to develop processing maps
that correlate to prin琀椀ng parameters in order to
create a guide for future development of flexible
sensors.
