Recent Publications

• Sunandita Sarker, Ziteng Wen, Anthony Jones, DoHwan Park, Eleonora Tubaldi, Rachel Brewster, Kinneret Rand-Yadin, and Ryan D. Sochol*, “3D Microprinting-Enabled Anti-Clogging Microinjection Needles,”. (Under review)
• Olivia M. Young, Xin Xu, Sunandita Sarker, Ryan D. Sochol*, “Direct Laser Writing-Enabled 3D Printing Strategies for Microfluidic Applications”, Lab on a chip, 2024 (In press)
• Gregory S. Hirst*, Sunandita Sarker, Benjamin S. Terry, “Differences in the mechanical properties of intestinal tissue based on preservation freezing duration and temperature” Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, vol. 152, pp. 106440, 2024.

• (Oral)  Sunandita Sarker*, Declan Fitzgerald, Olivia M. Young, Bailey M. Felix, and Ryan D. Sochol, “An Approach for 3D Microprinting of Soft Robotic Biopsy Tool at 1 French Length Scale via Ex Situ Direct Laser Writing,” Proceedings of the 21^st Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2024), Hilton Head Island, SC, USA. (Springer Nature Outstanding Paper Award Winner)
• (Oral)  Adira Colton*, Sunandita Sarker, Abdil Muhaymin Chowdhury, Prableen Chowdhary, Joshua A. Levy, Katie Rusland, Reza Ghodssi, Rachel Brewster, Kinneret Rand-Yadin, and Ryan D. Sochol, “POSS-Enabled Mechanical Enhancement for 3D-Nanoprinted High-Aspect-Ratio Microinjection Needles,” Proceedings of the 21^st Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2024), Hilton Head Island, SC, USA. (Springer Nature Best Paper Award Nominee)
• Adira Colton, Declan Fitzgerald, Sunandita Sarker, Noah Barnes, Dheeraj Gandhi, Miroslaw Janowski, Jeremy DeLaine Brown, Joshua Kanter, Laura Olivieri, Mark Fuge, Axel Krieger, and Ryan D. Sochol*, “Toward “S”-Shaped 3D-Printed Soft Robotic Guidewires for Pediatric Patent Ductus Arteriosus Endovascular Interventions,” The IEEE-RAS 7^th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2024), San Diego, CA, USA. DOI:
• Sunandita Sarker*, Jinghui Wang, Shrey A. Shah, Christopher M. Jewell, Kinneret Rand-Yadin, Miroslaw Janowski, Piotr Walczak, Yajie Liang, and Ryan D. Sochol, “Geometric Determinants of Cell Viability for 3D-Printed Hollow Microneedle Array-Mediated Delivery,” Proceedings of the 37^th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2024), Austin, TX, USA.  DOI: 10.1109/MEMS58180.2024.10439381
• Sunandita Sarker*, Kimia Forghani, Ziteng Wen, Ryan N. Halli, Stephen W. Hoag, Sharon Flank, and Ryan D. Sochol, “Toward Controlled-Release Drug Delivery Microcarriers Enabled by Direct Laser Writing 3D Printing,” Proceedings of the 37^th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2024), Austin, TX, USA.  DOI: 10.1109/MEMS58180.2024.10439600
• Bailey M. Felix*, Olivia M. Young, Jordi T. Andreou, Sunandita Sarker, Mark D. Fuge, Axel Krieger, Clifford R. Weiss, Christopher R. Bailey, and Ryan D. Sochol, “Fabrication of Multi-lumen Microfluidic Tubing for Ex Situ Direct Laser Writing,” Proceedings of the 37^th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2024), Austin, TX, USA.  DOI: 10.1109/MEMS58180.2024.10439522

• Sunandita Sarker, Adira Colton, Ziteng Wen, Xin Xu, Metecan Erdi, Anthony Jones, Peter Kofinas, Eleonora Tubaldi, Piotr Walczak, Miroslaw Janowski, Yajie Liang, and Ryan D. Sochol*, “3D-Printed Microinjection Needle Arrays via a Hybrid DLP-Direct Laser Writing Strategy,” Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 8, Issue 5, pp. 2201641, 2023. (Featured on the Inside Front Cover)
• Musharrat Mustaree Mau*, Sunandita Sarker, Seth P. Harris, and Benjamin S. Terry, “Design and Testing of a Superelastic Nitinol Tissue Attachment Mechanism for Long-Term Gastrointestinal Device Retention,” ASME. J. Med. Devices., vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 021005, 2023.

• (Oral)  Sunandita Sarker*, Adira Colton, Ziteng Wen, Xin Xu, Piotr Walczak, Miroslaw Janowski, Yajie Liang, and Ryan D. Sochol, “A Hybrid 3D Micro-Nanoprinting Approach for Biomedical Microinjection Needle Arrays,” Proceedings of the 20^th Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2022), Hilton Head Island, SC, USA. (Springer Nature Best Paper Award Runner-Up)

• Sunandita Sarker*, Ben Wankum, Trevor Perey, Jeff Shimizu, Ryan Jones, and Benjamin S. Terry, “A Novel Capsule-Delivered Enteric Drug-Injection Device for Delivery of Systemic Biologics: A Pilot Study in a Porcine Model,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 69, issue 6, pp. 1870, 2021. (Featured on the Front Cover)
• Sunandita Sarker*, Ben Wankum, Jeff Shimizu, Ryan Jones, and Benjamin S. Terry, “A Factorial Approach for Optimizing the Design Parameters of a Tissue Attachment Mechanism for Drug Delivery,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 69, issue 1, pp. 32, 2021. (Featured on the Front Cover)
• Musharrat Mustaree Mau*, Sunandita Sarker, and Benjamin S. Terry, “Ingestible Devices for Long-term Gastrointestinal Residency: A Review,” Prog. Biomed. Eng., vol. 3, issue 4, pp. 042001, 2021.

• Sunandita Sarker*, Ryan Jones, Gabriel Chow, and Benjamin S. Terry, “Design of a Soft, Self-uncoiling Stent for Extended Retention of Drug Delivery in the Small Intestine,” Proceedings of the 2021 Design of Medical Devices Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA. DOI: 10.1115/DMD2021-1063. (Three-in-Five Competition Finalist)

• Sunandita Sarker*, Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, and Benjamin S. Terry, “Computational Optimization of a Novel Atraumatic Catheter for Local Drug delivery in Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques,” Medical Engineering and Physics, vol. 79, pp. 26, 2020.
• Lavinia Barducci*, Joseph C. Norton, Sunandita Sarker, Sayeed Mohammed, Ryan Jones, Pietro Valdastri, and Benjamin S. Terry “Fundamentals of the Gut for Capsule Engineers,” Prog. Biomed. Eng., vol. 2, issue. 4, pp. 042002, 2020.

• (Oral) Sunandita Sarker*, Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, Srivatsan Kidambi, and Benjamin S. Terry, “Design and Development of a Novel Drug Delivery Catheter for Atherosclerosis,” Proceedings of the 2018 Design of Medical Devices Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA. DOI: 10.1115/DMD2018-6869. (Three-in-Five Competition Finalist)
• Maitraye Das*, Sunandita Sarker, and Syeda Lammim Ahad, “A Novel Health Support System with Biometric Data Acquisition Device,” Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2016), Dhaka, Bangladesh. DOI: 10.1109/ICCITECHN.2016.7860195.
• Sunandita Sarker*, “Wizard Chess: An Autonomous Chess-playing Robot,” Proceedings of the IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (WIECON-ECE 2015), Dhaka, Bangladesh. DOI: 10.1109/WIECON-ECE.2015.7443971.
• Maitraye Das*, Sunandita Sarker*, and Shahina Ferdous, “SpeechAid: A Self-treatment System for Individuals with Speech Disorder via Mobile Application,” Proceedings of the Grace Hopper Celebration India (GHCI 2014), Bangalore, India. (Best Poster Award)