{"664805":{"#nid":"664805","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Inaugural IEN Exponential Electronics Seed Grant Awarded","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) has selected \u201cIn-Body Networks of Electronic Therapeutics\u201d as the first project funded by the new IEN Exponential Electronics (IEN-EX) Seed Grant program. The project is led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/alex-abramson\u0022\u003EAlex Abramson\u003C\/a\u003E (PI) and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/w-hong-yeo\u0022\u003EW. Hong Yeo\u003C\/a\u003E (Co-PI).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe interdisciplinary team hopes to develop a new form of wireless communication that enables a wearable patch to communicate with ingested and implanted devices regardless of their location in the body without the need for large electronic components or energy sources. If the project is successful, it could lead to the development of previously impossible minimally invasive electronic therapeutic devices such as ingestible insulin pumps and triggerable neurostimulation systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IEN-EX program provides seed funding for Georgia Tech researchers to pursue \u201c1000x\u201d ideas within electronics or that bridge electronics with other technical domains. \u201c1000x\u201d ideas are those with the potential to improve one or more well-defined, but often overlooked or underappreciated, performance metrics by at least 1000x.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAbramson and Yeo\u2019s proposal is exactly why we created the IEN-EX program,\u201d said Michael Filler, IEN\u2019s associate director for research programs. \u201cIt articulates a compelling technical need at the intersection of disciplines and a targeted research program to \u2018derisk\u2019 key aspects of their vision. I am excited to see the work progress.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbramson is an assistant professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and his research focus is on creating implantable and ingestible drug delivery devices. Yeo is an associate professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and holds a courtesy appointment in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. Yeo\u2019s research is on developing wearable sensor systems that can wirelessly communicate with smartphones. By combining their expertise, the duo believes they can create a new technology that will revolutionize the field of bioelectronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEngineering new human-machine interfaces is critical to developing personalized biomedical devices for more easily administrable treatments with fewer side effects,\u201d said Abramson. \u201cWe are grateful that the IEN is supporting us in this endeavor.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth Abramson and Yeo are part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/materials-for-biomedical-systems\/\u0022\u003EMaterials for Biomedical Systems\u003C\/a\u003E initiative, a group of scientists at Georgia Tech and Emory dedicated to developing targeted and effective therapies using materials and electronic systems. This is the first collaborative grant awarded to the initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology has selected \u201cIn-Body Networks of Electronic Therapeutics\u201d as the first project funded.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology has selected \u201cIn-Body Networks of Electronic Therapeutics\u201d as the first project funded."}],"uid":"34760","created_gmt":"2023-01-17 20:01:27","changed_gmt":"2024-08-28 18:02:41","author":"Laurie Haigh","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"664827":{"id":"664827","type":"image","title":"IEN 1000x Seed Grant Winners","body":null,"created":"1673993196","gmt_created":"2023-01-17 22:06:36","changed":"1673993196","gmt_changed":"2023-01-17 22:06:36","alt":"Alex Abramson and W. 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