University of Florida · B.S. Mechanical Engineering · 2029
Noah Haeske
- Program
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Institution
- University of Florida
- Expected
- May 2029 · GPA 4.00
- Research since
- August 2025
I am a second-year mechanical engineering student at the University of Florida, working between microfluidics and instrumentation. At UF's Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group I fabricate and test devices that isolate circulating tumor cells from blood. Last summer at Imperial College London I built a point-of-care diagnostic cassette that utilized exothermic chemical reactions and polymer rupture barriers to passively amplify DNA. I also lead test vehicles for Florida Rocket Lab.
Selected work
Passive Thermal Control for an Infrastructure-Free Diagnostic Cassette
Held a DNA amplification reaction at 37–42 °C for ~11 minutes with zero electrical input, using a salt exotherm buffered by a phase-change ring.
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Lateral Filter Array Microfluidics for Circulating Tumor Cell Isolation
COMSOL model relating channel geometry and flow rate to capture efficiency, validated against 200+ fabricated devices and clinical samples from UF Health Shands.
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Cold Flow Test Platform
A vertical integration and cold flow stand logging 12 channels of pressure, thermal, and vibration data, plus a Mach 1.5 subscale vehicle built to validate active canard control.
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- noah.haeske@ufl.edu
- Phone
- 407-705-9895
- Based in
- Gainesville & Orlando, Florida
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