February 1, 2010
Bioengineering Ph.D. alumna Michelle Khine launched UC Merced’s first startup using a kids toy: Shrinky Dinks. Now an Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, Khine was featured in UC Berkeley’s Innovations newsletter, and around the globe, for her innovative use of kids thermoplastic craft toys to produce low-cost microfluidic devices.
Khine also was named one of the 2009 TR35, Tech Review’s top innovators under age 35.
Read more at the College of Engineering.