Biography
Swaminathan Rajaraman received his master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Cincinnati and Georgia Institute of Technology, respectively. He is an entrepreneur at Axion BioSystems whose research interests include in-vitro and in-vivo microelectrode arrays, hybrid micro/nanofabrication, micro/nanofabrication on novel, biological substrates, microneedles, agricultural microsystems, microfluidic devices, multimodal cell-based nano sensors, 3D printing and implantable MEMS devices. He is the deputy director of UCF’s NSF I/UCRC MIST Center and affiliated with the UCF Nanoscience Technology Center.
Recent Publications
- Didier, D. Fox, K. Pollard, A. Baksh, N. Iyer, A. Bosak, Y. Li Sip, J. Orrico, A. Kundu, R. Ashton, L. Zhai, M. Moore, and S. Rajaraman* “Fully Integrated 3D Microelectrode Arrays with Polydopamine-Mediated Silicon Dioxide Insulation for Electrophysiological Interrogation of a Novel 3D Human, Neural Microphysiological Construct”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces vol. 15 (31), 37157 – 37173, 2023: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.3c05788
- Manrique Castro, F. Sommerhage, R. Khanna, A. Childs, D. DeRoo, and S. Rajaraman*, “High-Throughput Microbead Assay System with a Portable, Cost-Effective Wi-Fi Imaging Module, and Disposable Multi-Layered Microfluidic Cartridges for Virus and Microparticle Detection and Tracking”, Biomedical Microdevices, 25, 21, 2023: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10544-023-00661-3#citeas
- Didier, J. Orrico, O. Cepeda Torres, J. Manrique Castro, A. Baksh, and S. Rajaraman*, “Microfabricated Polymer-Metal Biosensors for Multifarious Data Collection from Electrogenic Cellular Models”, Nature Microsystems and Nanoengineering, 9, 22, 2023: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41378-023-00488-1
- Bagde, S. Dev, L. Sriram, S. Spencer, A. Kalvala, A. Nathani, O. Salau, K. Mosley-Kellum, H. Dalvaigari, S. Rajaraman, A. Kundu, and M. Singh, “Biphasic Burst and Sustained Transdermal Delivery in vivo using an AI-optimized 3D-Printed MN Patch”, International Journal of Pharmaceuticals, 2023, 122647: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378517323000674
- Childs, J. Pereira, C. Didier, A. Baksh, I. Johnson, J. Manrique Castro, E. Davidson, S. Santra, and S. Rajaraman*, “Plotter Cut Stencil Masks for the Deposition of Inorganic and Organic Materials and a New Rapid, Cost Effective Technique for Antimicrobial Evaluations”, Micromachines 14, 1, doi. 10.3390/mi14010014, 2023: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/1/14
- Azim, J. Orrico, D. Appavoo, L. Zhai, and S. Rajaraman*, “Polydopamine Surface Functionalization of 3D Printed Resin Material for Enhanced Polystyrene Adhesion Towards Insultation Layers for 3D Microelectrode Arrays (3D MEAs)”, RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 25605-25616: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/ra/d2ra03911g
- Manrique Castro, and S. Rajaraman*, “Experimental and Modeling Based Investigations of Process Parameters on a Novel, 3D printed and Self-Insulated 24-well, High Throughput 3D Microelectrode Array Device for Biological Applications”, IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), 31 (3), pp. 358 – 371, 2022: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9744493
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Cincinnati
- B.S. in Electronics Engineering, Bharathidasan University
Specialties
- Micro and nanofabrication technologies
- Neuroengineering
- Micro and nanofabrication on plastics, paper, biomaterials and other novel materials;
- Flexible electronics fabrication technologies
- Implantable MEMS/NEMS devices
- Wearable MEMS devices
- Microfluidics
- Packaging for microelectronic and biomedical devices
- Microneedles for painless drug delivery
- Advanced micro and nano-materials development
- Micro and nano-manipulation
In The News
- UCF Researchers Develop Organ-on-a-Chip Technology for Industry (October 8, 2025)