DropGen

[Clgould99]

Project Name

Piezoeletric dropplet generator

Project Link

https://github.com/harrislab-brown/DropGen/tree/main

Additional Links (optional)

No response

Estimated Difficulty

🟡 Medium – some troubleshooting expected

Estimated Build Cost

200-300

Equipment / Skills Required

• 3D printing
• PCB fabrication / soldering
• Laser cutting
• Microcontroller programming (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc.)
• Python / software setup
• Wet lab / chemistry
• Optics / microscopy
• Mechanical assembly
• Other (describe below)

Other Equipment / Skills

No response

Why Should We Replicate This?

There is a rapid and persistent growth in the study of dynamical behavior of droplets. Many designs for droplet generators have been proposed in the literature, but most remain complex and difficult to manufacture and operate for laboratory use.

Submitter Contact (optional)

Harris Lab (internal submission by Chris Gould)

Submitter Affiliation (optional)

Brown

Pre-submission Checklist

• I have searched existing issues to confirm this project hasn't already been submitted.
• The project is open source (hardware files, BOM, or documentation are publicly available).