Shuvo Roy

Shuvo Roy
Born	(1969-11-10) 10 November 1969 Fatikchhari, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Citizenship	Bangladesh / US
Nationality	Bangladeshi / American
Fields	Medical Physics
Institutions	University of California, San Francisco
Alma mater	Mount Union College Case Western Reserve University
Doctoral advisor	Mehran Mehregany
Known for	Invention of Artificial kidney

Shuvo Roy is a Bangladeshi American scientist and inventor of implantable artificial kidney.^[1][2][3][4]

Education

• BS : Graduated Magna Cum Laude, with General Honors for triple majors in Physics, Mathematics (Special Honors), and Computer Science, University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio, 1992.
• MS : Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 1995.
• PhD : Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, 2001.^[5]

Professional positions

• Director and Principal Investigator, Biomedical Microdevices Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco
• 1998–2002 Project Staff, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic
• 1998–2008 Co-Director, BioMEMS Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic
• 2000–2008 Faculty, Spine Research Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic
• 2001–2008 Assistant Professor, Applied Biomedical Engineering Program, Cleveland State University
• 2001–2008 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University
• 2002–2008 Assistant Staff, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic
• 2006–2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
• 2009-now Adjunct Associate Staff, Departments of Nephrology and Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic
• 2008-now Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic sciences, University of California, San Francisco
• Faculty affiliate of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences.^[5]

Honors and awards

• 1989 William and Burdella Carl Mathematics Award, Mount Union College
• 1992 Senior Physics Prize, Mount Union College
• 1998 Ruth Barber Moon Graduate Student Award, Case Western Reserve University
• 1999 Top 40 under 40, Crain's Cleveland Business
• 2001 Clinical Translation Award, BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology World Meeting
• 2003 MIT TR100 Award, Top 100 Young Innovators, Technology Review Magazine
• 2004 NASA Group Achievement Award, Harsh Environment MEMS
• 2004 Ribbon Award, Outstanding Symposium Paper, MRS Fall Meeting
• 2005 Who's Who in Biotechnology, Crain's Cleveland Business
• 2005 Cleveland Clinic Innovator Award
• 2006 Mentor Recognition Award, Cleveland Clinic Science Internship Program
• 2007 Cleveland Clinic Innovator Award
• 2008 Thomas G. Orr Memorial Lectureship, Southwestern Surgical Congress
• 2009 Biotech Humanitarian Award Finalist, Biotechnology Industry Organization
• 2009 2009 Images of the Year Selection, Biomaterials Journal
• Harry Wm. and Diana V. Hind Distinguished Professorship in Pharmaceutical Sciences II in the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy.^[5]

Invited presentations

INTERNATIONAL

1. BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology WORLD; Columbus, OH, 2000 (invited talk); Columbus, OH, 2001 (invited talk)
2. International Vacuum Congress; San Francisco, CA, 2001 (invited talk) ASME 2006 Summer Bioengineering Conference; Amelia Island, FL, 2006 (plenary talk)
3. Gordon Research Conference; New London, CT, 2006 (platform)
4. Inauguration of Joint Biomedical Engineering Program between Ghent University and Free University of Brussels, Ghent, BELGIUM, 2007 (keynote)
5. Politzer Society Meeting, Cleveland, OH, 2007 (keynote)
6. Southwest Surgical Congress Meeting, Acapulco, MEXICO 2008 (keynote)
7. AVS International Symposium, Boston, MA, 2008 (invited talk)
8. Endovascular Surgery – Bringing Basic Science to Clinical Practice, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009 (invited talk)
9. Transducers 2009, Denver, CO 2009 (invited talk)
10. World Molecular Engineering Network Twentieth Annual Meeting on Structural
11. Biology, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 2010 (invited talk)^[5]

NATIONAL

1. BioMEMS; Sunnyvale, CA, 2001 (invited talk); Boston, 2002 (invited talk); Boston, 2004 (invited talk)
2. NASS Spring Meeting; Boca Raton, FL, 2004 (invited talk)
3. Conference-Workshop on Strategic Research to Enable NASA's Exploration Missions; Cleveland, OH, 2004 (invited talk)
4. NNI Grand Challenge Workshop; Palo Alto, CA, 2004 (invited talk)
5. ASAIO Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 2005 (invited talk); San Francisco, CA 2008 (plenary talk)
6. ASEIO Annual Convention, Cleveland, OH, 2005 (invited talk)
7. Society of Neurological Surgeons, Durham, NC, 2006 (invited talk)
8. NSF Workshop on Wearable and Implanted Systems for Health Monitoring and
9. Diagnostics, Arlington, VA, 2006 (invited talk)
10. OMTEC 2007, Chicago, 2007 (invited talk)
11. Glaucoma Summit, San Francisco, 2009 (invited talk)
12. Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Symposium, San Francisco, 2010 (invited)
13. University of California, Berkeley, Department of Bioengineering Seminar, 2010 (invited talk)^[5]

Contributions

• Founding member of the University of California, San Francisco Pediatric Consortium^[5]

Book chapters

• M. Mehregany and S. Roy, "Introduction to MEMS", in Microengineering for Aerospace Systems, H. Helvajian, Ed., Aerospace Press, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1999
• S. Roy, L.A. Ferrara, A.J. Fleischman, and E.C. Benzel, "MEMS and Neurosurgery", in Encyclopedia of BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology – Volume III: BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology, T.A. Desai, S. Bhatia, and M. Ferrari, Eds., Springer, New York, NY, USA, 2006
• W.H. Fissell, S. Roy, A.J. Fleischman, and H.D. Humes, “Cell Therapy of Renal Failure”, in Cell Therapy, D. Garcia-Olmo, J.M. Garcia-Verdugo, J. Alemany, and J.A. Gutierrez-Fuentes, Eds., McGraw-Hill, Madrid, SPAIN, 2008
• A.J. Fleischman, S. Srivanas, C. Chandrana, and S. Roy, “Miniature High Frequency Focused Ultrasonic Transducers for Minimally Invasive Imaging Procedures”, in Biomedical Applications of Electroactive Polymer Actuators, F. Carpi and E. Smela, Eds., John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, West Sussex, UK, 2009^[5]

Patents issued or pending

• System for Measuring Intraocular Pressure of an Eye and a MEM Sensor for Use Therewith, A.J. Fleischman, S. Roy, and H. Lewis, US Patent 6,447,449 (2002)
• MEMS-based Integrated Magnetic Particle Identification System, A.J. Fleischman, S. Roy, M. Zborowski, and J. Chalmers, US Patent 6,623,984 (2003)
• Miniature Ultrasound Transducer, A.J. Fleischman, S. Roy, and G. Lockwood, US Patent 6,641,540 (2003)
• Apparatus and Method for Monitoring a Condition inside a Body Cavity, S. Roy, K. Ouriel, and A.J. Fleischman, US Patent 6,682,490 (2004)
• Apparatus and Method for Assessing Loads on Adjacent Bones, S. Roy, L.A. Ferrara, A.J. Fleischman, and E.C. Benzel, US Patent 6,706,005 (2004)
• Intraocular Pressure Measurement System including Sensor Mounted in a Contact Lens, A.J. Fleischman, S. Roy, and H. Lewis, US Patent 6,749,568 (2004)
• Microneedle Array Module and Method of Fabricating the Same, S. Roy and A.J. Fleischman, US Patent 6,790,372 (2004)
• Apparatus and Method for Measuring Intraocular Pressure, A.J. Fleischman and S. Roy, US Patent 6,994,672 (2006)
• Ultrafiltration Membrane, Device, Bioartificial Organ, and Methods, W.H. Fissell, H.D. Humes, S. Roy, and A.J. Fleischman, US Patent 7,048,856 (2006)
• Intraocular Pressure Measurement System including a Sensor Mounted in a Contact Lens, A.J. Fleischman, S. Roy, and H. Lewis, US Patent 7,169,106 (2007)
• Apparatus and Method for Assessing Loads on Adjacent Bones, S. Roy, L.A. Ferrara, A.J. Fleischman, and E.C. Benzel, US Patent 7,182,736 (2007)
• Microneedle Array Module and Method of Fabricating the Same, S. Roy and A.J. Fleischman, US Patent 7,262,068 (2007)
• Method and Apparatus for In Vivo Sensing, A.J. Fleischman, S. Roy, and J. Talman, US Patent 7,284,442 (2007)
• Apparatus and method for assessing loads on adjacent bones, S. Roy, A.J. Fleischman, E.C.^[5]

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

• S. Furukawa, S. Roy, H. Miyajima, Y. Uenishi, and M. Mehregany, "Nickel surface micromachining" (Invited Paper), Proceedings of the Symposium on Microstructures and Microfabricated Systems, 185th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, San Francisco, CA, USA (1994), p. 38
• S. Furukawa, S. Roy, H. Miyajima, and M. Mehregany, "Surface roughness and adhesion of electroless plated nickel on polysilicon", Proceedings of the Symposium on Electrochemical Microfabrication, 186th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Miami Beach, FL, USA (1994), p. 186
• S. Roy, S. Furukawa, H. Miyajima, and M. Mehregany, "In situ measurement of Young's modulus and residual stress of thin electroless nickel films for MEMS applications ", Proceedings of the Symposium on Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (1994), p. 573
• S. Roy and M. Mehregany, "Fabrication of electrostatic nickel microrelays by nickel surface micromachining", Proceedings of the IEEE MEMS Workshop 1995, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS (1995), p. 353
• S. Roy and M. Mehregany, "Microfabricated relays using nickel surface micromachining"(Invited Paper), Proceedings of the Symposium on Microstructures and Microfabricated Systems, 188th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Chicago, IL, USA (1995), p. 214
• S. Roy and M. Mehregany, "Design, fabrication, and characterization of electrostatic microrelays", Proceedings of the Conference on Micromachined Devices and Components, SPIE Symposium on Micromachining and Microfabrication, Austin, TX, USA (1995), p. 64
• A.J. Fleischman, S. Roy, C.A. Zorman, M. Mehregany, and LG. Matus, "Polycrystalline silicon carbide for surface micromachining", Proceedings of the IEEE MEMS Workshop 1996, San Diego, CA, USA (1996), p. 234
• S. Roy, C.A. Zorman, C. Wu, A.J. Fleischman, and M. Mehregany, "XRD and XTEM investigation of polycrystalline silicon carbide on polysilicon", Proceedings of the Symposium on Materials for Mechanical and Optical Microsystems, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (1996), p. 81
• R.G. DeAnna, M. Mehregany, S. Roy, “Microfabricated ice-detection sensor”, Proceedings of the Conference on Smart Electronics and MEMS, SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, USA (1997), p. 42
• A.J. Fleischman, S. Roy, C. A. Zorman, and M. Mehregany, “Behavior of polycrystalline SiC and Si surface-micromachined lateral resonant structures at elevated temperatures”, International Conference on Silicon Carbide, III-Nitrides and Related Materials, Stockholm, SWEDEN (1997), p. 889
• S. Roy, R. G. DeAnna, A. Izad, and M. Mehregany, “Miniature ice detection sensor systems for aerospace applications”, Proceedings of the IEEE MEMS Workshop 1998, Heidelberg, GERMANY (1998), p. 75
• S. Roy, A. Izad, R. G. DeAnna, and M. Mehregany, “Detection and measurement of ice thickness using microprocessor-controlled resonant transducers”, Proceedings of the Conference on Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, USA (1998)
• R. G. DeAnna, S. Roy, C. A. Zorman, and M. Mehregany, “Modeling of SiC lateral resonant devices over a broad temperature range”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, San Juan, PUERTO RICO (1999), p. 644
• R. K. Burla, S. Roy, V. M. Haria, C. A. Zorman, and M. Mehregany, “High temperature testing of nickel wirebonds for SiC devices”, Proceedings of the Conference on Design, Characterization, and Packaging of MEMS, SPIE Symposium on Microelectronics and MEMS, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA (1999), p. 324
• S. Roy, A. K. McIlwain, R. G. DeAnna, A. J. Fleischman, R. K. Burla, C. A. Zorman, and M. Mehregany, “SiC resonant devices for high Q and high temperature applications”, Proceedings of the Hilton Head Solid State Sensor and Actuator Workshop 2000, Hilton Head, SC, USA (2000), p. 22
• S. Roy, C. A. Zorman, and M. Mehregany, “The mechanical properties of polycrystalline silicon carbide films determined using bulk micromachined diaphragms”, Proceedings of the Symposium on Materials Science of Microelectromechanical Systems, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (2000)
• L.A. Ferrara, A.J. Fleischman, E.C. Benzel, and S. Roy, “Micromachined dermabraders for plastic surgical applications”, Proceedings of the IEEE MEMS Conference 2002, Las Vegas, NV, USA (2002), p. 44
• A.J. Fleischman, R. Modi, A. Nair, G. Lockwood, and S. Roy, “Focused high-frequency ultrasonic transducers for minimally invasive imaging”, Proceedings of the IEEE MEMS Conference 2002, Las Vegas, NV, USA (2002), p. 300
• A. Mata, A.J. Fleischman, and S. Roy, “Microfabricated 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering applications”, Proceedings of the Symposium on Nanoscale Materials Science in Biology and Medicine, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (2004), p. 97
• A. Mata, C. Boehm, A.J. Fleischman, G. Muschler, and S. Roy, “Fabrication of 3D micro- textured scaffolds for tissue engineering”, Proceedings of the 2005 Spring Topical Meeting, American Society for Precision Engineering Spring Topical Meeting, Columbus, OH, USA (2005), p. 1
• A.J. Fleischman, C. Chandrana, J. Fan, J. Talman, S. Garverick, G. Lockwood, and S. Roy, “Components for focused integrated pMUTs for high resolution medical imaging”, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS (2005)
• O. Jadaan, J. Palko, N. Nemeth, A. Dubnisheva, S. Roy, and A.J. Fleischman, “Strength and Weibull characterization of polysilicon membranes for MEMS applications”, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, Cocoa Beach, FL, USA (2006)
• R.A. Smith, C.A. Zorman, A.J. Fleischman, and S. Roy, “Evaluation of fluid flow through micromachined nanoporous membranes using a custom-built automated testing and data acquisition system”, Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Cincinnati, OH, USA (2006)
• C. Chandrana, N.A. Kharin, D.G. Vince, S. Roy, and A.J. Fleischman, “Micro-electro- mechanical systems (MEMS) based focused ultrasound transducers for high resolution second harmonic imaging applications”, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Vancouver, BC, CANADA (2006)
• C. Chandrana, A. Nair, K. Waters, D.G. Vince, B. Kuban, G. Lockwood, S. Roy, and A.J. Fleischman, “High resolution intravascular fundamental and harmonic imaging using a MEMS fabricated focused ultrasonic transducer”, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, NY, USA (2007)
• R.A. Smith, K. Goldman, A.J. Fleischman, W.H. Fissell, C.A. Zorman, and S. Roy, “Endotoxin removal using micromachined silicon nanoporous membranes”, Late News Proceedings of the Hilton Head Solid State Sensor and Actuator Workshop 2008, Hilton Head, SC, USA (2008)
• S. Roy, A. Dubnisheva, A. Eldridge, A.J. Fleischman, K.G. Goldman, H.D. Humes, A.L. Zydney, and W.H. Fissell, “Silicon nanopore membrane technology for an implantable artificial kidney” Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems – Transducer 2009, Denver, CO, USA (2009)
• S. Srinivas, C. Chandrana, S. Roy, and A.J. Fleischman, “Multiresolution analysis of intravascular harmonic signals to image pre-rupture plaques”, Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Rome, ITALY (2009)
• S. Srinivas, C. Chandrana, V. Zagrodsky, S. Roy, and A.J. Fleischman, “Nonlinear tissue characterization with intravascular ultrasound harmonic imaging”, Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Rome, ITALY (2009)
• Subhra Datta, A. T. Conlisk, William H. Fissell, Shuvo Roy and Jeff Majestrelli, ``High Knudsen Number Fluid Flow at Near-Standard Temperature and Pressure Conditions using Precision Nanochannels, American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach, CA, 21–23 Nov. 2010.^[5]

References

1. ↑ "First implantable artificial kidney 'created' by Shuvo Roy". Press Trust of India. 4 December 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
2. ↑ http://bts.ucsf.edu/roy/RoyCV-Feb2011.pdf
3. ↑ http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23098487/artificial-kidney-offers-hope-patients-tethered-dialysis-machine
4. ↑ http://bts.ucsf.edu/roy/people.html
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 http://bts.ucsf.edu/roy/RoyCV-Feb2011.pdf/