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Machine Learning-Driven Capillary Microfluidic Design Automation for Programmable Gradient Generation and

Mahmood Khalghollah1,2,3, Azam Zare2,3, Sorosh Abdollahi2,3

  • 1Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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TCG-CMDA automates microfluidic chip design for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing. This machine learning platform enables portable, point-of-care minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination without pumps or valves.

Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Microfluidics
  • Machine Learning

Background:

  • Accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is vital for combating antimicrobial resistance, especially in decentralized healthcare settings.
  • Current AST methods can be slow and require specialized equipment, limiting their use in point-of-care applications.
  • Automated, portable solutions are needed for rapid minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a machine learning-guided platform (TCG-CMDA) for automated design of capillary microfluidic chips.
  • To enable passive, pump-free generation of programmable concentration gradients for AST.
  • To create a streamlined workflow for decentralized, point-of-care antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

Main Methods:

Keywords:
capillary microfluidicdesign automationmachine learningminimum inhibitory concentration testingneural networktree‐shaped concentration gradient generator

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  • TCG-CMDA integrates computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, a neural network surrogate model, and quasi-Newton optimization.
  • The platform designs tree-shaped microfluidic geometries for synchronized, capillary-driven flow of two agents.
  • Validation involved dye flow visualization and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) testing of Escherichia coli against gentamicin.

    • Main Results:

    • TCG-CMDA successfully designed microfluidic chips that passively generate precise concentration gradients.
    • The system demonstrated synchronized, capillary-driven flow without external pumps or valves.
    • MIC testing showed high concordance with conventional antibiotic susceptibility testing, with a streamlined workflow of approximately 2 hours.

    Conclusions:

    • TCG-CMDA offers a novel, simulation-guided design paradigm for capillary microfluidic systems.
    • The platform facilitates rapid, automated, and portable antimicrobial susceptibility testing for decentralized settings.
    • The TCG-CMDA framework is generalizable to other gradient-dependent microfluidic applications beyond AST.