WIMS ERC


Alumni
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Abdelmoneum, Mohamed, Ph.D.
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Automatic Trimming of Micromechanical Filters
Current Employer: Intel - Portland, OR
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: mabdel@umich.edu
Agah, Masoud, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Temperature-Programmed Low-Power Separation Column for a µGC
Current Employer: Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: agah@vt.edu
Akin, Tayfun, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: An Integrated Telemetric Multichannel Sieve Electrode Array for Nerve Regeneration Applications
Current Employer: Middle East Technical University
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: tayfun-akin@metu.edu.tr
Arcand, Benjamin, Ph.D.
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: An Articulated Package for a Cochlear Prosthesis
Current Employer: Boston Scientific
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: byarcand@mtu.edu
Astle, Aaron, Ph.D.
Advisor: Luis P. Bernal
Thesis: Actuator Design and Simulation for a µGC Vacuum Pump
Current Employer: Sunstone Engineering R & D Corp.
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: sunstoneengineering.com
Avula, Rupesh-Reddy, M.S.
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: A Connector for Microfluidic Microsystems
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: rkavula@mtu.edu
Ayazi, Farrokh, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A High-Aspect-Ratio Tactical/Inertial Grade Polysilicon Vibrating Ring Gyroscope
Current Employer: Georgia Tech
Graduation Year: 2000
Email:
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Bacelis-Bush, Linda, M.S.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Current Employer: GE Medical
Graduation Year: 2001
Email: lindabb@engin.umich.edu
Bai, Qing, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Micromachined Three-Dimensional Neural Recording Array with On-Clip CMOS Signal Porcessing Circuitry
Current Employer: Agilent Technologies
Graduation Year: 1999
Email:
Balasundaram, Prasanna, M.S.
Advisor: Andrew J. Mason
Thesis: Low Energy Hardware for Sensor Signal Calibration and Compensation
Current Employer: Qualcom
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: balasund@msu.edu
Behdad, Nader, Ph.D
Advisor: Kamal Sarabandi
Thesis: A Miniature High-Impedance Antenna
Current Employer: University of Central Florida
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: behdad@eecs.ucf.edu
Bell, Tracy, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Cochlear Implant Fabricated Using a Bulk Silicon Surface Micromachining Process
Current Employer: Agilent Technologies
Graduation Year: 1998
Email:
Bergstrom, Paul, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Microfabricated Work-Function Gas Sensor for Semiconductor Process Gas Detection
Current Employer: Assoc. Professor - MTU
Graduation Year: 1996
Email: paulb@mtu.edu
Bertsch, John, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Temperature Sensitivity in MOS Operational Amplifiers
Current Employer: IBM
Graduation Year: 1983
Email:
Bhatti, Pamela, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A 128-Site 16-Channel Electrode Array for a Cochlear Prosthesis
Current Employer: Georgia Tech University, Assistant Professor
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: pamela.bhatti@ece.gatech.edu
Borky, John, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Silicon Diaphragm Pressure Sensors with Integrated Electronics
Current Employer: BDM Corporation
Graduation Year: 1977
Email:
Butala, Nikhil, M.S.
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: An Articulated Package for a Cochlear Prosthesis
Current Employer: Plastic Flow, LLC
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: nvbutala@mtu.edu
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Cantor, Hal, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Current Employer: Advanced Sensor Technologies, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1994
Email:
Carlen, Edwin, Ph.D
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Thesis: Electrothermally Actuated Polymer Microvalves
Current Employer: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Graduation Year: 2001
Email:
Chan, Helena, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Power-Efficient Integrated Preconcentrator/Focuser for a µGC
Current Employer: Northrop Grumman, California
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: Helena.chan@ngc.com
Chang-Chien, Patty, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Trimming and Wafer-level Packaging of MEMS Devices by Localized Mass Deposition
Current Employer: Northrup Grumman Corp.
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: pattycc@engin.umich.edu
Chau, Hin-Leung, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Ultraminiature Solid-State Pressure Sensor for a Cardiovascular Catheter
Current Employer: Analog Devices
Graduation Year: 1987
Email:
Chavan, Abhijeet, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Integrated High-Resolution Barometric Pressure Sensing System
Current Employer: Delphi Delco Electronics
Graduation Year: 2000
Email:
Chen, Chang-Lee, Ph.D
Advisor: David J. Anderson
Thesis: Characterization of GaAs MESFETs Fabricated Using Ion-Beam Etching Technology
Current Employer: MIT Lincoln
Graduation Year: 1982
Email:
Chen, Jingkuang, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Multifunction Neural Probe and Related Devices Using Buried Silicon Microchannels
Current Employer: University of New Mexico
Graduation Year: 1996
Email:
Chen, Jia-Yi, Ph.D
Advisor: Michael P. Flynn
Thesis: WIMS Microcontroller and low power memory system design
Current Employer: Qualcomm - Senior Engineer
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: jiayi@umich.edu
Cheng, Y., Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Si-Si, Si-Glass Wafer Bonding Using Localized Heating For Packaging MEMS Devices
Current Employer: IBM-Watson Research Center
Graduation Year: 2000
Email: yuting@us.ibm.com
Cho, Steve, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Ultrasensitive Silicon Pressure-Based Miroflow Sensor
Current Employer: Abbott Laboratories
Graduation Year: 1991
Email:
Choi, Il, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Silicon-Based Thermopile Infrared Detector Array Containing On-Chip Readout Circuitry
Current Employer: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd
Graduation Year: 1986
Email:
Choi, Jung-Yoon (Angela), M.S.
Advisor: Dean M. Aslam
Thesis: Poly-Diamond MEMS Resonators
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: choijun4@msu.edu
Chun, Kukjin, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A High-Performance Silicon Tactile Imager Based on a Capacitive Cell
Current Employer: Seoul National University
Graduation Year: 1986
Email:
Clark, John, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: UHF Micromechanical Receive Filters
Current Employer: Discera
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: jrclark@umich.edu
Coghlan, Anthony
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A High-Efficiency Class-E Transmitter For Implantable Devices
Current Employer: Arthur Andersen LLP
Graduation Year: 1997
Email:
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da Silva, Luciana, Ph.D
Advisor: Massoud Kaviany
Thesis: Integrated Micro Thermoelectric Cooler in Gas Sensing
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: ldasilva@engin.umich.edu
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Das, Koushik, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Robust Low Power Digital Circuit Design in SOI Technology
Current Employer: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: kkdas@us.ibm.com
De Souza, Richard, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Silicon Micromachined Tactile Imagers for Use in Live-Scan Fingerprinting and Credit Card Applications
Current Employer: Motorola Semiconductor
Graduation Year: 1997
Email:
DeHennis, Andrew, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Remotely-Powered Wireless Monitoring Systems
Current Employer: Sensors For Medicine & Science
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: hde@umich.edu
Demirci, Mustafa, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Quadrature Mixer-Filter
Current Employer: Toyota Technical Center
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: mdemirci@eecs.umich.edu
Deogun, Harmander, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dennis M. Sylvester
Thesis: Low Power and Robust Circuit design.
Current Employer: AMD
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: hdeogun@umich.edu
Dokmeci, Mehmet, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Hermetic Packages and Feedthroughs For Neural Protheses
Current Employer: Northeastern University
Graduation Year: 1999
Email:
Drake, Kenneth, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Planar Multisite Microprobe for Recording Simultaneous Single-Unit Cortical Activity
Current Employer: Momenta, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1987
Email:
Drake, Alan, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Low-Power Datapath Circuit Design
Current Employer: IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: ajdrake@umich.edu
Duarte-Melo, Enrique, Ph.D
Advisor: Mingyan Liu
Thesis: Large Scale Data Gathering Wireless Sensor Networks: Organization, Capacity, and Energy Efficiency
Current Employer: Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: ejd@umich.edu
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Gebara, Fadi, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: A 900 mV Analog Front End for Low Power Mixed-Signal Applications
Current Employer: IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: fadi@umich.edu
Ger, Muh-Ling, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Micromachining of Molybdenum and Tungsten Silicide Thin Films
Current Employer: Global Communication Technology Corp.
Graduation Year: 1994
Email:
Ghazzi, Mahmoud, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Single-Unit Recording from the Hypothalamus Using Multichannel Silicon Microprobes
Current Employer: Parke-Davis Research
Graduation Year: 1991
Email:
Ghovanloo, Maysam, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Wireless Microsystem for Neural Stimulating Microprobes
Current Employer: Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: mghovan@ncsu.edu
Gingerich, Marcus, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Three-Dimensional Neural Stimulating Arrays
Current Employer: The Boston Retinal Implant Project
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: marcusg@engin.umich.edu
Gogoi, Bishnu, Ph.D
Advisor: David J. Anderson
Thesis: Force Balanced Pressure Sensors
Current Employer: Evigia Systems, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1998
Email: Bishnu.Gogoi@freescale.com
Goldberg, Howard, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: The Batch Fabrication of Integrated Chemical Sensor Arrays
Current Employer: Applied MEMS
Graduation Year: 1993
Email:
Gugale, Shaileshkumar, Masters
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: A Monolithic Actuated Cochlear Prosthesis Insertion Tool
Current Employer: Cummins Engine
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: svgugale@mtu.edu
Guthaus, Matthew, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Clock Tree Analysis and Synthesis considering Process Parameters and Variability
Current Employer: Asst. Professor, U.C. Santa Cruz
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: mguthaus@eecs.umich.edu
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Haadee, Jameelah, M.S.
Advisor: Andrew J. Mason
Thesis: An Electrochemical Interface for Integrated Biosensors
Current Employer: 3M Corp.
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: haadeeja@msu.edu
Harpster, Timothy, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Hermetic Packaging and Bonding Technologies for WIMS
Current Employer: Intek - Westerville, OH
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: tharpste@eecs.umich.edu
Hoogerwerf, Arnold, Ph.D
Advisor: David J. Anderson
Thesis: A Three-Dimensional Neural Recording Array
Current Employer: CSEM Switzerland
Graduation Year: 1992
Email:
Hower, Robert, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: The Integration of Potentiometric and Optical Chemical Sensor Arrays
Current Employer: Evigia Systems, Inc.
Graduation Year: 2004
Email:
Hsieh, Meng-Da, Ph.D
Advisor: Edward T. Zellers
Thesis: Artificial Neural Networks for a Multi-Sensor µGC Detector
Email: mdhsieh@umich.edu
Hsin, Chih-fan, Ph.D
Advisor: Mingyan Liu
Thesis: Building Energy-Efficient, Reliable Wireless Sensor Networks for Monitoring/Surveillance Purposes
Current Employer: Intel
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: chsin@umich.edu
Hsu, Pang-Cheng (Mike), Ph.D
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Thesis: Low-Power Silicon Microphone and Sound Recognition System
Current Employer: Intel Corp., Circuit Research Lab.
Graduation Year: 1999
Email:
Hsu, Wan-Thai, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: A Temperature-Insensitive Micromechanical Resonator Oscillator for Communications
Current Employer: Director of R&D, Discera, Inc.
Email: whsu@discera.com
Huang, Jammy, Ph.D
Advisor: David J. Anderson
Thesis: A Monolithic pH/Pressure/
Graduation Year: 1983
Email:
Huang, Chunchieh, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Micromachined and Actuators for Fluid Mechanics Research and High-Speed Flow Control Applications
Current Employer: Lucent Technologies
Graduation Year: 1998
Email: jeff1huang@lucent.com
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Jackson, Thomas, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Novel Submicron-Gate GaAs MESFET Fabrication Technique
Current Employer: Pennsylvania State University
Graduation Year: 1980
Email: jerg.ee.psu.edu
Jamieson, Brian, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Highly-Parallel Recordings of Unit and Local Field Potentials with Active and Passive Neural Probes in Freely-Moving Animals
Current Employer: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: sbmicrosystems.com
Ji, Jin, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Scaled Electronically-Configurable Active CMOS Recording Array
Current Employer: IBM Yorktown
Graduation Year: 1990
Email:
Johnson, Christy, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Ultra-Thin-Film Monolithically-Integrated Silicon-Based Gas Detectors
Current Employer: IBM
Graduation Year: 1990
Email:
Johnson, Matthew, Ph.D.
Advisor: Daryl R. Kipke
Thesis: Neurochemical Sensing with MEMS Multichannel Neural Microelectrode Arrays
Current Employer: Cleveland Medical Clinic
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: johnsom11@ccf.org
Jung, Yunbum, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Improving the Performance of Standard Cell Designs and Libraries
Email: jungy@engin.umich.edu
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Kang, Uksong, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A High-speed Capacitive Humidity Sensor With On-Chip Thermal Reset
Current Employer: IDT Corporation
Graduation Year: 1999
Email:
Kapoor, Aditya, M.S.
Advisor: Paul L. Bergstrom
Current Employer: Georgia Institute of Technology - Research Engineer
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: adkapoor@mtu.edu
Kim, Hanseup, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: An Integrated Vacuum Micro Pump
Current Employer: Research Fellow for Khalil Najafi
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: hanseup@engin.umich.edu
Kim, Sea-Chung, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Batch-Fabricated High-Performance Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor
Current Employer: Hyundai Corporation
Graduation Year: 1981
Email: seachung.kim@aristech,com
Kim, Changhyun, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A 64-Site Multiplexed Low-Profile Neural Probe with On_Chip CMOS Circuitry for Use in Neural Prostheses
Current Employer: Samsung Semiconductor
Graduation Year: 1994
Email:
Kim, Jinsoo, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Polymerization Monitoring in Plasma Etching Systems
Current Employer: Hughes Research Laboratories
Graduation Year: 1998
Email:
Kim, Ungsik, Ph.D
Advisor: Dean M. Aslam
Thesis: Poly-Diamond Coatings for WIMS
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: kimungsi@egr.msu.edu
Kocaman, Namik, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Low-Power Capacitive Interface and Analog-Digital Converter Chip for Implantable Biotelemetry
Current Employer: Level One Communications, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1997
Email:
Kocer, Fatih, Ph.D
Advisor: Michael P. Flynn
Thesis: A Transceiver Design for Low-Power Wireless Applications
Current Employer: Hittite Microwave
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: fkocer@umich.edu
Kong, Lai-Cheng, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Silicon Micromachined Force Sensor for Scanning Force Microscopy
Current Employer: Applied Materials
Graduation Year: 1993
Email:
Kraver, Keith, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: A 900 mV Analog Front End for Low Power Mixed-Signal Applications
Current Employer: Freescale Semiconductor
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: kkraver@engin.umich.edu
Kulah, Haluk, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: High Resolution Capacitive Readout Circuit for Nano-g Accelerometers
Current Employer: Middle East Technical University
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: hkulah@engin.umich.edu
Kulkarni, Vivek, M.S.
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: Cutting and Thrust Forces in Micromilling
Graduation Year: 2001
Email: vpkulkar@mtu.edu
Kulkarni, Chandan, M.S.
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: Metallic Micro-Fluidic Connector for MEMS Applications
Current Employer: Cummins Engine
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: cdkulkar@mtu.edu
Kulkarni, Abhay
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: A Multi-Chambered Monolithic Actuated Cochlear Prosthesis Insertion Tool
Current Employer: Caterpillar
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: amkulkar@mtu.edu
Kumar, Sushil, M.S.
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Micromechanical Resonators amd Filtered for Wireless Communication
Graduation Year: 2001
Email: sushkr@yahoo.com
Kun, Cheong, M.S.
Advisor: Andrew J. Mason
Thesis: A Micropower A/D Converter for Biomedical Signal Processing Circuits
Current Employer: Siemen USA
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: kuncheon@egr.msu.edu
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Lahiji, Gholamhassan, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Monolithic Thermopile Detector Fabricated Using Integrated-Circuit Technology
Current Employer: Teheran Institute of Science and Technology
Graduation Year: 1981
Email: roientan@umich.edu
Lambertus, Gordon, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard D. Sacks
Thesis: Optimization of Micro-machined GC Columns
Current Employer: Schlumberger - Boston
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: glambert@umich.edu
Larivee, Brian, M.S.
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: blarivee@umich.edu
Lee, Seungbae, Ph.D.
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Micromechanical Resonator Reference Oscillator
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: seungbae@engin.umich.edu
Lee, Ka-Yee, M.S.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Ultraminiature Microsystem for Untethered Data Gathering
Current Employer: Medtronic
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: kayeel@engin.umich.edu
Lee, Yong, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Silicon Capacitive Pressure Transducer: Performance Characteristics and Limitations
Current Employer: Yonsei University
Graduation Year: 1981
Email: yonglee@yonsei.ac.kr
Lee, Ki, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Modeling and Simulation of Solid-State Pressure Sensors
Current Employer: Samsung Semiconductor
Graduation Year: 1982
Email:
Lemmerhirt, David
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Ultraminiature Microsystem for Untethered Data Gathering
Current Employer: Senior MEMS Engineer at Sonetics Ultrasound, Ann Arbor, MI
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: dlemmerh@eecs.umich.edu
Li, Yang, Ph.D.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Integrated Chemical Delivery Probe with In-line Flow Measurement and On-Chip Signal Processing
Current Employer: Seagate
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: liyz@engin.umich.edu
Li, Sheng-Shian, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: UHF Micromechanical Transmit Filters
Current Employer: RF Micro Devices, North Carolina
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: ssli@umich.edu
Lim, Hubert, Ph.D
Advisor: David J. Anderson
Thesis: Characterizing the Effects of Electrical Stimulation of the Inferior Colliculus on Cortical Activity: Implications for a Midbrain Auditory Prosthesis
Current Employer: Univ. Hannover Medical School, Germany (post-doc)
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: hlim@umich.edu
Lin, Yu-Wei, Ph.D.
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Low Phase Noise Micromechanical Reference Oscillators for Wireless Communications
Current Employer: Staff Scientist, Broadcom - Irvine, CA
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: ywlin@umich.edu
Liu, Chien-Chang (James), Ph.D
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Thesis: Applications of Suspended Active Electrothermal Circuits
Current Employer: Agilent Corp.
Graduation Year: 1999
Email:
Lu, Chia-Jung (Vincent)
Advisor: Edward T. Zellers
Thesis: Microanalytical System for Indoor VOC Monitoring
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: cjlu@umich.edu
Lukaszewski, Joseph, B.S.
Advisor: Paul L. Bergstrom
Current Employer: Nartron Corp.
Graduation Year: 2007
Email: jelukasz@mtu.edu
Lund, Jennifer, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Performance Characteristics of Active Silicon Microelectrode Arrays
Current Employer: IBM-Yorktown
Graduation Year: 1996
Email:
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Ma, Karl, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: An Active Dissolved Wafer Process for the Fabrication of Integrated Sensors
Current Employer: Investment Manager Vertex Management Inc.
Graduation Year: 1994
Email:
Man, Piu, Ph.D
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Thesis: Monolithic Structures for Integrated Microfluidic Analysis
Current Employer: Sensicore
Graduation Year: 2001
Email:
Martin, Steven, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Liquid Chemical Sensors for Measuring Pollutants in Precipitation
Current Employer: Avago Technologies
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: stevenmm@umich.edu
Martinez, Francisco, Ph.D
Advisor: David J. Anderson
Thesis: MR Compatibility of Silicon Recording and Stimulation Electrode Systems
Current Employer: University of Alberta
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: sfmartin@umich.edu
Mason, Andrew, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Portable Wireless Multi-Sensor Microsystems for Environmental Monitoring
Current Employer: Michigan State University
Graduation Year: 2000
Email: mason@egr.msu.edu
McCorquodale, Michael, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Monolithic and Top-Down Clock Synthesis with Micromachined RF Reference
Current Employer: Mobius Microsystems
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: mmccorq@eecs.umich.edu
Mohseni, Pedram, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Bi-directional Wireless Multichannel Microsystems for Biopotential Recording Applications
Current Employer: Assistant Professor of EECS, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: pmohseni@umich.edu
Moon, Angela (Jung Yoon), M.S.
Advisor: Dean M. Aslam
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: choijun4@msu.edu
Muller, Michael, Ph.D
Advisor: Luis P. Bernal
Thesis: Micromachined Acoustic Ejector Arrays For Micro Propulsion & Flow-Control
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: mullerm@umich.edu
Munfakh, Jennifer, M.S.
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Graduation Year: 2001
Email: jmunfakh@engin.umich.edu
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Nagar, Nishit, Masters
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Current Employer: Pi Technology - Plymouth, MI
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: nnagar@mtu.edu
Nagarkar, Pracheeti, M.S.
Advisor: Scott A. Mahlke
Thesis: Low Power Compilation
Current Employer: Microsoft
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: pnagarka@umich.edu
Najafi, Khalil, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Multielectrode Intracortical Recording Arrays with On-Chip Signal Processing
Current Employer: UM Faculty; WIMS ERC Deputy Director
Graduation Year: 1986
Email: najafi@umich.edu
Nardin, Mark, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Programmable Multichannel Microstimulator with Bi-Directional Telemetry
Current Employer: Intel Corporation
Graduation Year: 1996
Email:
Navid, Reza, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Design and Implementation of an Automatic Trimming/Tuning System for Micromechanical Filters
Current Employer: Rambus, Inc.
Email: rnavid@gloworm.stanford.edu
Nichols, Jamie, M.S.
Advisor: Edward T. Zellers
Thesis: Designed Materials for an Integrated Vapor ƒY“Preconcentrator/Focuser
Current Employer: Taft School - Connecticut
Email: jamiemn@umich.edu
Nikles, Stefan
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Micromachined Sieve Electrode for Chronic Recording from Multiple, Isolated Gustatory Nerve Fibers
Current Employer: Guidant, St. Paul, MN
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: nikles@eecs.umich.edu
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O'Brien, Gary, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Dual Anchor Angular Rate Sensor
Current Employer: Asst. Professor, Arizona State University
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: gary.obrien@asu.edu
Oliver, Andrew, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A 1024-Element Uncooled Silicon Thermal Imaging Array for Semiconductor Process Control
Current Employer: Ion Optics, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1997
Email: aoliver@ion-optics.com
Olsson, III, Roy, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A 3D Neural Recording Microsystem with In Vivo Signal Processing
Current Employer: Sandia National Labs
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: rolsson@umich.edu
Otori, Fatima, M.S.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Optimized Processing Architecture for Multiple Acoustic Stream Analysis
Current Employer: IBM - Chicago
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: fotori@tulane.edu
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Pal, Ananda, MEng
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Current Employer: IBM - Calcutta, India
Email: zambie@umich.edu
Papageorgiou, Demetrios, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Shuttered Probe with In-Line Flowmeters for Chronic In-Vivo Drug Delivery
Current Employer: Northeastern University
Graduation Year: 2001
Email: papageorgiou@ece.neu.edu
Park, Yong, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An MOS Switched-Capacitor Interface for Capacitive Pressure Sensors
Current Employer: Integrated Memory Logic, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1983
Email:
Park, Sunghyun, Ph.D.
Advisor: Michael P. Flynn
Thesis: Design Techniques for High Performance CMOS flash
Current Employer: Qualcomm, Senior Engineer
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: sunghyuz@umich.edu
Pellinen, David
Advisor: Daryl R. Kipke
Thesis: Hybrid Neural Implant Systems
Current Employer: Engineering Scientist, NeuroNexus Technologies, Ann Arbor, MI
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: pellinen@umich.edu
Poli, Andrea, Masters
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Email: polia@umich.edu
Poplawski, Michael, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Current Employer: Motorola
Graduation Year: 1992
Email:
Potkay, Joseph, Ph.D.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Low-Power Pressure- and Temperature-Programmed Separation System for a µGC
Current Employer: VA, Cleveland
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: jpotkay@fes.case.edu
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Rangarajan, Rajagopalan, M.S.
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Fully Integrated Nerve Electrical Stimulation System
Graduation Year: 2001
Email: rrangara@engin.umich.edu
Rao, Rahul, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Low Power SOI VLSI Design
Current Employer: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: rmrao@engin.umich.edu
Ravindran, Rajiv, Ph.D
Advisor: Scott A. Mahlke
Thesis: Low Power Compilation
Current Employer: Hewlett Packard Corporation
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: rravindr@eecs.umich.edu
Rich, Collin, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Thermopneumatically-Actuated Silicon Microvalve and Integrated Microflow Controller
Current Employer: Sonetus Ultrasound
Graduation Year: 2000
Email: crich@soneticsultrasound.com/crich@accuricytometers.com
Robertson, Janet, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Electrostatically-Actuated Integrated Microflow Controller
Current Employer: Standard MEMS
Graduation Year: 1996
Email:
Ross, Shani
Advisor: Daryl R. Kipke
Thesis: Frequency Modulation of Local Field Potentials in Rat Motor Cortex
Graduation Year: 2008
Email: shross@umich.edu
Rowe, Michael, Ph.D.
Advisor: Edward T. Zellers
Thesis: Synthesis of Gold-Thiolate Nanoclusters for a Micro-GC
Current Employer: Post-doctorate Research Fellow - UM
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: mrowe@umich.edu
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Schmiesing, Shanna, M.S.
Advisor: Edward T. Zellers
Current Employer: Abbot Labs
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: sschmies@umich.edu
Selvakumar, Arjun, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Multifunctional Silicon Micromachining Technology for MEMS Applications
Current Employer: Colibrys, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1997
Email: arjun.sevakumar@colibrys.com
Sepulveda-Alancastro, Nelson, Ph.D
Advisor: Dean M. Aslam
Thesis: Poly-C RF MEMS Resonators
Current Employer: Faculty, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: sepulve6@msu.edu
Shanjani, Payman, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Micromechanical Synthesizer
Email: paymans@engin.umich.edu
Shyamsunder, Sudeep, Masters
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: A Pressure Regulating Feedback System for the Dynamic Actuation of a Cochlear Prosthesis Insertion Tool
Email: sshyamsu@mtu.edu
Sivagnaname, Jayakumaran, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: High-Performance SOI Pseudo-nMOS Circuit Design Techniques For The Deep Sub-Micron Era
Current Employer: IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: jsivagna@umich.edu
Snellings, Andre, Ph.D
Advisor: David J. Anderson
Thesis: Developing Methods for Optimal Implantation of Deep Brain Stimulus Electrodes
Current Employer: Research Associate, Duke University
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: drza@umich.edu
Snow, Rodney, M.S.
Advisor: Paul L. Bergstrom
Current Employer: Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
Graduation Year: 2007
Email: r-snow@ti.com
Sodagar, Amir, Ph.D
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Current Employer: UM-Associate Research Scientist
Email: asodagar@umich.edu
Spangler, Leland, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Process Technology for Single-Crystal Silicon-on-Insulator Sensors and Circuits
Current Employer: Aspen Technologies
Graduation Year: 1988
Email:
Srivastava, Ashish, Ph.D
Advisor: Dennis M. Sylvester
Thesis: Statistical and deterministic power optimization techniques using multiple supply and threshold voltages
Current Employer: Intel Corporation
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: ansrivas@eecs.umich.edu
Stark, Brian, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Thin Film Coatings for Hermetic and Vacuum Packaging
Current Employer: Robert Bosch
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: bhstark@eecs.umich.edu
Steinecker, William, Ph.D.
Advisor: Edward T. Zellers
Thesis: A Microsensor Array Employing Metal Nanoclusters
Current Employer: Schlumberger, Boston, MA
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: wsteinec@umich.edu
Strong, Tim, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Liquid Chemical Sensors for Measuring Pollutants in Precipitation
Current Employer: Sensicore
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: strongtd@eecs.umich.edu
Suvedi, Sudip, M.S.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Monolithic Implantable Micropump for Picoliter Drug Delivery
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: ssuvedi@engin.umich.edu
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Takahata, Ken'ichi, Ph.D
Advisor: Yogesh B. Gianchandani
Thesis: Micro-Electro-Discharge Machining (µEDM) for MEMS Applications
Current Employer: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: takahata@ece.ubc.ca
Tang, Yuxing, Ph.D
Advisor: Dean M. Aslam
Thesis: Ultra-Sensitive Poly-C Sensors for Cochlear Prosthesis
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: tangyuxi@egr.msu.edu
Tanghe, Steven, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Multichannel CMOS Stimulating Electrode Array for Use in Neural Prostheses
Current Employer: IBM
Graduation Year: 1992
Email:
Tian, Wei-Cheng, Ph.D
Advisor: Stella W. Pang
Thesis: A Power-Efficient Integrated Preconcentrator/Focuser for a µGC
Current Employer: General Electric Global Research Center, NY
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: wctian@engin.umich.edu
Trombley, Melissa, Ph.D
Advisor: Paul L. Bergstrom
Thesis: Localized Microstructural Annealing Using Inductively Heated Ferromagnetic Films
Current Employer: Intel - Chandler, AZ
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: melissa.l.trombley@intel.com
Trombly, Nicholas, M.S.
Advisor: Andrew J. Mason
Thesis: An Electrochemical Interface for Integrated Biosensors
Current Employer: Texas Instruments
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: tromblyn@msu.edu
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Ucok, Asli, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Modular Assembly and Packaging of Multi-Substrate Microsystems (WIMS Cube)
Current Employer: Continental - Chicago
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: aucok@umich.edu
Udeshi, Kabir, Ph.D
Advisor: Yogesh B. Gianchandani
Thesis: A Micromachined DC-to-DC Boost Converter for Powering High Voltage Microsensors
Current Employer: currently seeking industrial position
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: kudeshi@umich.edu
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Veriotti, Tincuta, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard D. Sacks
Thesis: Tunable High-Speed Separations for a Micro-GC
Current Employer: LECO Corp.
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: tveriott@umich.edu
Von Arx, Jeffrey, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Single Chip, Fully Integrated, Telemetry Powered System for Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Current Employer: Guidant Corporation
Graduation Year: 1998
Email:
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Wallner, Thomas, MSEE
Advisor: Paul L. Bergstrom
Thesis: Low Temperature Microsystem Technologies by PECVD
Current Employer: IBM Corp.
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: tawallne@mtu.edu
Wang, Jing, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Low Power UHF Micromechanical Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO)
Current Employer: Assistant Professor, Univ. of Florida, Tampa
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: jingw@eng.usf.edu
Wang, Jianbai (Jenn), Ph.D.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Position Sensing and Control System for a Cochlear Prosthesis
Current Employer: Texas Instruments, Richardson, Texas
Graduation Year: 2007
Email: jianbaiw@umich.edu
Wang, Sha, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: FEM Analysis and Its Application in the Electronic Determination of the Young's Modulus and Intrinsic Stress of Thin Films
Graduation Year: 1992
Email:
Webster, James, Ph.D
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Thesis: Monolithic Structures for Integrated Capillary Electrophoreses Systems
Current Employer: Industrial Technology Research Institute
Graduation Year: 1999
Email:
Welch, Warren (Neil)
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Vacuum and Hermetic Packaging of MEMS Using Solder
Graduation Year: 2007
Email: wcwelchiii@gmail.com
Whiting, Joshua
Advisor: Richard D. Sacks
Thesis: Testing and Evaluation of Micro-Fabricated Columns
Current Employer: Sandia National Labs
Email: whitingj@umich.edu
Wong, Ark-Chew, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Micromechanical Mixer-Filters
Current Employer: Mindspeed Technologies
Graduation Year: 2001
Email: arkchew@engin.umich.edu
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Xie, Yuan, Ph.D.
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: UHF Micromechanical Receiver Filters
Current Employer: Avago - Bay Area
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: yxie@engin.umich.edu
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Yang, Yan, M.S.
Advisor: Paul L. Bergstrom
Thesis: Thin Film Materials for Microsystem Technologies by Cathodic Vacuum Arc Deposition
Current Employer: Fiber Innov. Tech. Inc.
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: yyan@mtu.edu
Yao, Ying, Ph.D.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A 1024-Site Neural Stimulating Array with On-Chip Current Generation
Current Employer: Research Fellow for Ken Wise
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: yaoy@engin.umich.edu
Yazdi, Navid
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Email: nyazdi@umich.edu
Yeh, Chingwen, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Dissolved-Wafer Tunneling Based Silicon Microaccelerometer
Current Employer: Input/Output, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1996
Email:
Yew, Chie Wei, M.S.
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: A 900 mV Analog Front End for Low Power Mixed-Signal Applications
Current Employer: Sensicore
Graduation Year: 2002
Email: cyew@umich.edu
Yoon, Euisik, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Integrated Mass Flow Sensor with On-Chip CMOS Interface Circuitry
Current Employer: Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology
Graduation Year: 1990
Email:
Yu, Hao, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Wireless Microsystem for Multichannel Neural Recording Microprobes
Current Employer: IC in CA
Graduation Year: 2004
Email: haoy@engin.umich.edu
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Zaman, Mohammad, Ph.D
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Thesis: Process Compilation Methods for Thin Film Devices
Current Employer: Microcosm, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1997
Email:
Zhai, Bo, Ph.D.
Advisor: David Blaauw
Thesis: Robust SRAM Design for Subthreshold Operation
Current Employer: AMD - Austin, Texas
Graduation Year: 2007
Email: bzhai@eecs.umich.edu
Zhan, Yumei, Ph.D
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: Miniature Zero-Insertion-Force (ZIF) Connector for Multi-Substrate Packages
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: yzhan@mtu.edu
Zhang, Yafan, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Non-Planar Diaphragm Structures for High-Performance Silicon Pressure Sensors
Current Employer: Integrated Sensing Systems
Graduation Year: 1994
Email:
Zhang, Jichun, Ph.D
Advisor: Andrew J. Mason
Thesis: A Universal Micro-Sensor Interface Circuit for Low-Power Microsystems
Current Employer: Mindspeed Technologies
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: zhangjic@msu.edu
Zhang, Chunbo, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Combustion Based Micro Power Generation
Current Employer: Honeywell
Graduation Year: 2003
Email: chunbo.zhang@honeywell.com
Zheng, Jin, Ph.D.
Advisor: Paul L. Bergstrom
Thesis: Porous Silicon Technology for a Micro Gas Chromatograph (µGC)
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: jizheng@mtu.edu
Zhou, Junwei, Ph.D.
Advisor: Andrew J. Mason
Thesis: Adaptive Sensor Network Interfaces
Current Employer: Sun Microsystems
Graduation Year: 2005
Email: zhoujunw@msu.edu
Zhu, Xiangwei, Ph.D
Advisor: Dean M. Aslam
Thesis: All-Diamond Packaging for WIMS
Current Employer: Target Technology Co., LLC
Graduation Year: 2006
Email: xiangwei@targettechnology.com
Ziaie, Babak, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Single-Channel Microstimulator for Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation
Current Employer: Purdue University
Graduation Year: 1994
Email: babak@engin.umich.edu