Microfluidic Chip Development

The project

An independent build at the Imperial Advanced Hackspace: designing and fabricating a microfluidic chip — a device that manipulates tiny volumes of fluid through engineered channels — with applications in biological sample analysis and lab-on-chip technology.

Why it matters

Microfluidics miniaturises the laboratory. Building one end to end is a lesson in the gap between a clean theoretical design and a device that actually moves fluid where you want it — the kind of hands-on engineering that complements theory-heavy work elsewhere in this research.