1. Tia, SQ, Hughes, AJ, Karns, K, Araz, M.K., HE, M, Kim, D, Herr, AE. “Towards Next-Generation Proteomic Assays: Functional Materials as Sieving Matrices and Binding Scaffolds”, MRS Proceedings, V1415, 2011.
2. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., “Effect of Acoustic Particle Velocity Gradient on the Acoustic Radiation Force on Microparticles” , Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Sandiego, CA, October, 2010
3. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., “Harmonic Generation of Subharmonic Acoustic Pressure Standing Waves in a Flexurally Vibrating Glass Microcapillary; Applications in Micro and Nanoparticle Manipulation”, Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Sandiego, CA, October, 2010
4. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., “Analytical and finite element modeling of vibro-acoustic modes of a fluid-filled thick-walled hollow microcylinder and applications in low-power particle manipulation” Proceedings of the 159th Meeting of Acoust. Soc. America, Baltimore, MD, April, 2010
5. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., “Frequency Addressable Acoustic Collection, Separation and Mixing in a PZT Driven Glass Capillary Microfluidic Actuator"; Proceedings of microTAS 2010 Conference, Groningen, Netherlands
6. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., “Characterization of Colloidal Systems in a Standalone PZT-Glass Capillary Microfluidic Ultrasonic Tweezer”, Proceedings of the Solid State Sensors and Actuators Workshop, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 2010, pp. 286-289
7. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., “Acoustic Mixing and Chromatography In A PZT Driven Silicon Microfluidic Actuator”, IEEE-MEMS Conference, Hong Kong, January 2010 , pp. 1111-1114
8. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., “Ultrasonic Chromatography in Silicon-based Microfluidic System," Proceedings of microTAS 2005 Conference, Boston, MA, Vol. 1, pp. 349-351
9. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., "Calibration of Acoustic Radiation Pressure Field inside Microchannels using Microparticle Zeta Potential Measurement," Proceedings of the IEEE-UFFC Conference, 2005, Rotterdam, Netherlands, pp. 2293-2296 (Student Paper Award)
10. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., “Finite Element Modeling of the Ultrasonic Separation at the Microscale”, IEEE International Symp. on Ultrasonics, Montréal, Canada, 2004, pp. 153 - 156
11. Araz, M.K.; Chung-Hoon Lee; Lal, A., “Ultrasonic Separation in Microfluidic Capillaries” IEEE International Symp. on Ultrasonics, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003, pp 1111 - 1114 (Best Student Paper Award)
12. Aksan, I.; Sen, M.; Araz M.K.; Kurnaz M.L., “Computer Simulation of Differential Kinetics of MAPK Activation upon EGF Receptor Overexpression”, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001

1. Generation Of Sub-Wavelength Acoustic Stationary Waves In Microfluidic Platforms: Theory And Applications To The Control Of Micro-Nanoparticles And Biological Entities, Muhammet Kursad Araz, Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell University, February 2010 (Adv. Prof. Amit Lal).

Conference and Workshop Abstracts (1-2 Pages)

1. Araz M.K., A.A. Apori, A.E. Herr, “Bar Code Confirmatory Diagnostics for the Point-of-Care: Electrophoretic Patterning of Biomolecules in 3D Hydrogels”, Proceedings of IEEE EMBS Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine (MNMC’12) Conference, Maui, HI, 2012 (Poster Award)
2. Araz M.K. and Lal A., "Reduction of the influence of the sample fluid density over the resonance frequency of the acoustic modes in a microfluidic cavity", Ultrasonic Standing Wave Network Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2010
3. Lal A., Ramkumar A., Araz M., Silicon Micromachined Energy Concentrating Acoustic Transducers for Biomedical Applications J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123 3377 (2008)
4. Araz M.K. and Lal A., "Acoustic Manipulation and Separation at Microscale," NYC Symposium on Nanomedicine, Cornell University Weill Medical College, New York, NY, September 2008
5. Araz M.K. and Lal A., "Low Power Ultrasonic Actuation of Microparticles in Lab on a Chip Systems," Engineering Research Showcase, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 2006
6. Araz M.K. and Lal A., Three Three-Dimensional Cell Isolation and Patterning Using Ultrasonic Radiation Forces, 2005 CNF Annual Meeting, September 22, 2005, Cornell University Ithaca, NY
7. Araz M.K., A.Bozkurt , A. Lal, “Ultrasonic Focusing at the Microscale”, Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility, Annual Meeting; 25th Anniversary Celebration and Duffield Hall Dedication, October 5-7, 2004
8. X. Chen, Araz M.K., C.H. Lee, A. Lal, “Applications of Ultrasonic Microactuators in Drug Delivery”, Workshop in Drug Delivery, October 27-28,  2003, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
9. Goli V., Araz M.K., Kan S.H., Lal A., Assembly of SU-8 Microparticles Under Ultrasonic Actuation, NBTC Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, Cornell University, August 2003, Ithaca, NY

Talks

1. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., “Effect of Acoustic Particle Velocity Gradient on the Acoustic Radiation Force on Microparticles” , IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Sandiego, CA, October, 2010
2. Araz, M.K.; Lal, A., “Harmonic Generation of Subharmonic Acoustic Pressure Standing Waves in a Flexurally Vibrating Glass Microcapillary; Applications in Micro and Nanoparticle Manipulation”, IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Sandiego, CA, October, 2010
3. Araz M.K. and Lal A., "Reduction of the influence of the sample fluid density over the resonance frequency of the acoustic modes in a microfluidic cavity", Ultrasonic Standing Wave Network Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2010
4. Araz M.K., Lal A., “Novel Acoustical Microfluidic Actuators for Lab on a Chip Applications and Colloidal Nanoparticle Characterization”, University of Connecticut, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, April 2010 (invited)
5. Araz M.K., Lal A., “Analytical and finite element modeling of vibro-acoustic modes of a fluid-filled thick-walled hollow microcylinder and applications in low-power particle manipulation”, 159th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, Baltimore, MD, April 2010
6. Ramkumar R., Araz M.K., Lal A., “Silicon Micromachined Energy Concentrating Acoustic Transducers for Biomedical Applications”,  Acoustics Symposium, Paris, France, July 2008
7. Araz M.K. and Lal A.,  “Applications of Acoustic Radiation Forces in Microfluidic Systems”, Physics Department, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, January 2006 (invited)
8. Araz M.K. and Lal A.,  “Ultrasonic Actuation of Microfluidic Systems”, Electron Devices Society, Cornell University, December, 2005
9. Araz M.K. and Lal A.,  “Applications of Nonlinear Acoustics for Manipulation of Biological Entities in Microfluidic Systems”, Nanobiotechnology Center, Cornell University, November, 2005
10. Araz M.K. and Lal A., "Calibration of Acoustic Radiation Pressure Field inside Microchannels using Microparticle Zeta Potential Measurement", IEEE, International Ultrasonic and Frequency Control Symposium, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2005
11. Araz M.K. and Lal A., Three Three-Dimensional Cell Isolation and Patterning Using Ultrasonic Radiation Forces, 2005 CNF Annual Meeting, September 22, 2005, Cornell University Ithaca, NY
12. Araz M.K., C.H. Lee, A. Lal, “Finite Element Modeling of the Ultrasonic Separation at the Microscale”, IEEE, International Ultrasonic and Frequency Control Symposium, Montreal, Canada, 2004
13. Araz M.K., C.H. Lee, A. Lal, “Ultrasonic Separation in Microfluidic Capillaries”, IEEE, International Ultrasonic and Frequency Control Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003
14. Araz M.K., C.H. Lee, A. Lal, “Ultrasonic Radiation Forces for Cell separations”, Nanobiotechnology Center, Cornell University, 2004

Poster Presentations

1. Araz M.K., A.A. Apori, A.E. Herr, “Bar Code Confirmatory Diagnostics for the Point-of-Care: Electrophoretic Patterning of Biomolecules in 3D Hydrogels”, Proceedings of IEEE EMBS Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine (MNMC’12) Conference, Maui, HI, 2012 (Poster Award)
2. Araz M.K., A.A. Apori, A.E. Herr, “Custom Electrokinetic Patterning of Proteins in Microfluidic Gels and Applications in Confirmatory Immunoassays”, 13th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, June 2012, Berkeley, CA
3. Araz M.K. and Lal A., “Characterization of Colloidal Systems in a Standalone PZT-Glass Capillary Microfluidic Ultrasonic Tweezer”, Solid State Sensors and Actuators Workshop, Hilton Head Island, June 2010
4. Araz M.K. and Lal A., “Acoustic Mixing and Chromatography In A PZT Driven Silicon Microfluidic Actuator”, IEEE-MEMS Conference, Hong Kong, January 2010
5. Araz M.K. and Lal A., "Acoustic Manipulation and Separation at Microscale," NYC Symposium on Nanomedicine, Cornell University Weill Medical College, New York, NY, September 2008
6. Araz M.K. and Lal A., "Ultrasonic Focusing and Separation at Microscale," Cornell Nanoscale Facility Annual Meeting, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 2008
7. Araz M.K. and Lal A., " Low Power Ultrasonic Actuation of Microparticles in Lab on a Chip Systems," Engineering Research Showcase, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 2006
8. Araz M.K. and Lal A., "Ultrasonic Chromatography in Silicon-based Microfluidic System," microTAS Conference, Boston, 2005
9. Araz M.K. , C.H. Lee, A. Lal, “Ultrasonic Separation in Microfluidic Capillaries”, IEEE, International Ultrasonic and Frequency Control Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003
10. X. Chen, Araz M.K. , C.H. Lee, A. Lal, “Applications of Ultrasonic Microactuators in Drug Delivery”, Workshop in Drug Delivery, October 27-28,  2003, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
11. Araz M.K. , C.H. Lee, A. Lal, “Acoustic Control of Micro-Particles inside Microfluidic Channels”, 3rd Annual Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2003 (Best Poster Award)
12. Araz M.K. , A.Bozkurt , A. Lal, “Ultrasonic Focusing at the Microscale”, Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility, Annual Meeting; 25th Anniversary Celebration and Duffield Hall Dedication, October 5-7, 2004
13. Araz M.K. , C.H. Lee, A. Lal,  “Three-Dimensional Cell Isolation and Patterning Using Ultrasonic Radiation Forces Using Ultrasonic Radiation Forces” Cornell Nanobiotechnology Center Annual Symposium, June 27, 2003