Professor Yu Sun

Ph.D. (University of Minnesota), P.Eng.
Canada Research Chair in Micro and Nano Engineering Systems

Areas of Research

My group focuses on the development and application of enabling micro and nanosystems. We develops novel systems/devices and techniques with which we tackle fundamental and applied biological/biomedical, clinical, and emerging engineering problems. The actively pursued areas are the manipulation and characterization of biological cells, molecules, and nanomaterials; microsystems and nanosystems; design and fabrication of MEMS and NEMS (micro-nanoelectromechanical systems); bioMEMS, sensors, actuators, and microfluidic devices; microrobotics and optical microscopy; nanorobotics and electron microscopy; automation at the micro-nanometer scales; cellular biophysics; and cellular biomechanics and mechanobiology.

My Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory (AMNL) is affiliated with Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Inst. of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, and Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. With a unifying theme centered upon the development and application of novel micro/nano devices and systems, AMNL’s research ranges from fundamental science, to applied biotechnology, to emerging engineering issues. Many of our present research projects involve the manipulation and characterization of biological cells and nanoscaled materials. Taking a multidisciplinary approach in research, our dynamic team consists of researchers from various backgrounds in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and biomedical engineering. More on research...

 

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Open postdoc and graduate positions

Open undergraduate projects

Sun's brief biography

Prof. Sun is jointly appointed in the Inst. of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering and in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Courses:

• MIE342: circuits with applications to mechanical engineering systems (3rd-year)
• MIE404: control systems (4th-year)
• MIE506: MEMS design and microfabrication (4th-year capstone design course and graduate course)
• MIE1359: engineering cell biology and micro-nanoengineered platforms (graduate)

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
5 King's College Road
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8

Email:
Tel: 416-946-0549 (office)
Tel: 416-978-8663 (lab)
Fax: 416-978-7753