MEMS Laboratory
Director
- Karl F. Böhringer, Ph.D.
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, 2003Graduate 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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