MEMS Laboratory

Director

Postdocs

  • Ashutosh Shastry, PhD: bio-sensors, electrowetting, microfluidics, bio-MEMS
  • Kerwin Wang, PhD: transmissive displays, micro optics; microscale self-assembly
  • Xiaorong Xiong, PhD: self assembly, electrochemical surface modulation, design optimization of selfassembling parts

Graduate Students

  • Huseyin Bilge, Dipl.-Ing: bio-sensors, droplet-based microfluidics
  • Yu-Ming Chen, BS: thermal modelling of microrobot
  • Jiandong Fang, MS: self assembly, micro pumps
  • Anupama Govindarajan, MS: intracellular implants
  • Yanbing Wang, MS: protein and cell chips, thermally responsive polymers

Undergraduate Students

  • Aziel Epilepsia: bio-sensors
  • Anshuman Shukla: walking microrobot

Visitors

none right now

Staff

  • Jennifer Jateh, senior computer specialist
  • Stephen Keating, budget analyst
  • Sarah McQuaide, research engineer

Alumni

Postdocs

  • Yael Hanein, PhD: neural implants, biocompatibility of MEMS, protein and cell patterning
    First position: faculty member, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 2003
  • Christian Schabmueller, PhD: intracellular implants, sub-micron high-aspect-ration needles
    First position: research scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology, Itzehoe, Germany, 2003

Graduate Students

  • Sidhartha Goyal, MS 2004: bio-sensors, electrowetting, microfluidics, bio-MEMS
  • Sheng-Hsiung Liang, MS 2003: design and modeling of self assembling systems
  • Matthew Clements, MS 2003: Microfluidic handling on a thermally responsive surface
  • M. Terry, MS 2002: Biomorph and trimorph polyimide actuators
  • R. MacDonald, MS 2002: Tunable reflectivity autoregressive MEMS photonic-bandgap switch
  • Joel Reiter, MS 2000: Optical switches using deformable membrane based frequency selective surfaces
  • Liang Hong, MS 2000: Self-assembly

Undergraduate Students

  • Rohit Malhotra: Controlling Digital Microfluidics
  • Sheng Xu: PDMS microfluidics; Microfabrication Laboratory support
  • Eric Black: Automated Motion Tracking of a Walking Microrobot
  • Veronica Valeriano: Characterization and Optimization fo Bio-Electrodes
  • Khye Suian Wei: Micro-Actuator Mirror Display (MMD)
  • Kevin West: Interactive Course Planner for the Microtechnology Curriculum
  • Ryan Lipscomb: Plasma-deposited Biocompatible Coatings for MEMS Matt Mohebbi: Omnidirectional Walking Microrobot Using MEMS Thermal Cilia Arrays
  • Sam Diedrich: MEMS Cilia Simulator
  • Nathaniel Jacobson, Cameron Tom, Ashis Vaidya: Pattern Design for Self-assembly of MEMSMark Carlson: Process Optimization for Desorption of Hydrophobic Self-assembled Monolayers
  • Hossam Mousa, Marcel Tam: Web-based Interactive Course Planner
  • Joshua Olsen: Micromachined Protein-resitant Coating
  • Rhonda Benbrooks: MEMS Intracellular Probe Tips
  • Cindy Yeh: Micro-spacecraft
  • Hung Ly-Phong: Electrostatic Self-assembly

Visitors

  • Peter Lücke, Dipl.-Ing. thesis 2002: Silicon micro-needles with flexible interconnects and tip metallization for intracellular applications
  • Nallakan Arvindan, Center for Nanotechnology lab rotation 2000
  • Ahsan Hariz, sabbatical visit 2000
  • Udo Lang, Dipl.-Ing. thesis 1999: Intracellular Probe Device


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