Mika Pihlajamäki

Doctoral Researcher

Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology | Biomedical Technology

Tampere University

mika.pihlajamaki [at] tuni.fi (mika[dot]pihlajamaki[at]tuni[dot]fi)

Hervanta Campus

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0569-991X

About me

Responsibilities

Research in microsystem technology, cancer diagnostics and soft robotics

Research groups

Veikko Sariola's Bioinspired Materials and Robotics research group, BMR
Steve Bova's Personalized Cancer Medicine research group, PELICAN

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Science (Technology), Tampere University
Bachelor of Science (Technology), Tampere University

Peer-reviewed journal publications

Lampinen, V., Pihlajamäki, M., Koivikko, A. & Sariola, V. (2024). Soft Micropneumatic Touchpad. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2400381. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400381

Lampinen, V., Koivikko, A., Pihlajamäki, M., Sharma, V. & Sariola, V. (2024). Soft Pneumatic Tactile Pressure Sensor Matrix. Robotics Reports. 2(1), pp. 115‒127. Available: https://doi.org/10.1089/rorep.2024.0034

Koivikko, A., Lampinen, V., Pihlajamäki, M., Yiannacou, K., Sharma, V. & Sariola, V. (2022). Integrated stretchable pneumatic strain gauges for electronics-free soft robots. Communications Engineering, 1(14). Available: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-022-00015-6

Conference publications

Yiannacou, K., Pihlajamäki, M. & Sariola, V. (2024). Smart Microscopy Slide for Ultrasonic Manipulation of Particles and Droplets in Wet Mounted Samples. 2024 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS). Delft, Netherlands. pp. 1-6. Available: https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS61851.2024.10612697