Vita
February 2002 was my first time to work in Professor Ho’s Lab. By that time I was on an exchange program at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), majored in Astrophysics. While at UCLA, I worked in two research projects: Cell Tracking Velocimetry on monocytes and Optical fiber probe fabrication. Then I returned to Hong Kong, and completed my B.Eng. (B.S.) degree, with First Class Honors, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2003. At CUHK, I continued my research on probe fabrication in the Center of Micro and Nano Systems (CMNS), directed by Professor Wen J. Li. During that year, a fabrication process for optical fiber probes and capillaries was developed, which allows the production of ultra fine-angled probes and micropipettes. This novel method was named as Kwong-Li (KL) Method. Upon graduation at CUHK, I joined Professor Ho's research team again in August 2003. From then I have been working as a graduate student researcher here. My current research focuses on developing a deionization module for electrokinetic manipulations of biological samples.
Research
A Deionization Module for Portable Micro Blood Analyzer, supported by NASA through National Space
Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). The co-operative agreement number is NCC
9-58-317.
Education
- Ph. D. in Mechanical
Engineering, at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Current
- Major in MEMS & Nanotechnology
- Minor in Biomedical Instrumentation - M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2005
- B.Eng. (B.S.), First Class Honors, in Mechanical and Automation Engineering, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), 2003
- Undergraduate exchange student, in Astrophysics, at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2002
Publications
Conferences
- Charlotte C. Kwong, Adam Huang, and Chih-Ming Ho, “A Microliter Electrokinetic Deionizer for Rapid Processing ”, MicroTAS 2006, Tokyo, Japan, November 5 – 9, 2006.
- Charlotte C. Kwong, Nan Li, and Chih-Ming Ho, “Studies of deionization and impedance spectroscopy for blood analyzer”, SPIE Optics East 2005, Boston, Massachusetts USA, October 23 – 26, 2005.
- King W. C. Lai, Charlotte C. H. Kwong, and Wen J. Li, "KL Probes for Robotic-Based Cellular Nano Surgery", IEEE Nano 2003, San Francisco, USA, August 12 – 14, 2003.
- Charlotte C. H. Kwong, King W. C. Lai, and Wen J. Li, "Kwong-Li Probes: Novel Nano-Probes for Biological Dissection and Injection", invited paper, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2003), Kobe, Japan, July 20 – 24, 2003.
- Jennifer W. L. Zhou, Hoyin Chan, K. H. To, Charlotte C. H. Kwong, and Wen J. Li, "Micro-Fabricated Polymer Structures for Cellular Sensing and Manipulation", invited paper, Int. Mtg. on Microsensors and Microsystems 2003, Tainan, Taiwan, January 12 – 14, 2003.
- Pak Kin Wong, Charlotte C. H.
Kwong, Tzung Hsiai, and Chih-Ming Ho, " Cell Tracking Velocimetry for
Monocyte/Endothelial Cell Interactions" 2nd Joint meeting of IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and Biomedical Engineering
Society, Houston, Texas, USA, Oct 23 – 26, 2002.
Work
Experience
Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA, August 2003 - Current
Research Assistant in Center for Micro and Nano Systems (CMNS) at CUHK, June 2002 - August 2003
Undergraduate Research Assistant in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA, February - June 2002
GSA in Information Technology (IT) Unit at Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, August 2001
Administrative Assistant in the Department of Operation and Methods at
Simatelex Manufacturing Co., Hong Kong, July 2001
Awards,
Honors and Scholarships
UCLA University Fellowship, 2003
First place in The ASME International (Hong Kong Section) best final year project award for mechanical engineering graduate, 2003
First Class Honors in B.Eng. (B.S.) in Mechanical and Automation Engineering at CUHK, 2003
CUHK Chung Chi College Yu-Luan Shih Award, 2003
CUHK Chung Chi College Academic Creativity Award, 2003
CUHK School (Faculty) of Engineering Dean's List, 2002 - 2003
CUHK Dean's List, 2002 - 2003
UCLA Provost's Honors List, Winter 2002
Shell Scholarship, 2001 - 2002
CUHK Chung Chi College Class Scholarship, 2000 - 2001
Municipal Service Scholarship Fund. Co., 1997
Contact
Info
Mailing Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
18-111 Engineering IV
420 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: 310-825-1350
Fax: 310-825-1350
Email: ckwong AT ucla.edu