Alumni
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Abdelmoneum, Mohamed, Ph.D. -- defended 6/21/05
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Automatic Trimming of Micromechanical Filters
Current Employer: Intel - Portland, OR
Graduation Year: 2005
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
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
Arcand, Benjamin, Ph.D.
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: An Articulated Package for a Cochlear Prosthesis
Current Employer: Boston Scientific
Graduation Year: 2005
Avula, Rupesh-Reddy, M.S.
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: A Connector for Microfluidic Microsystems
Graduation Year: 2002
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
Azadegan, Reza, Ph.D
Advisor: Kamal Sarabandi
Thesis: A Miniature High-Impedence Antenna
Current Employer: Delphi
Graduation Year: 2004
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Bacelis-Bush, Linda, M.S.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Current Employer: GE Medical
Graduation Year: 2001
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
Balasundaram, Prasanna, M.S.
Advisor: Andrew J. Mason
Thesis: Low Energy Hardware for Sensor Signal Calibration and Compensation
Current Employer: Qualcom
Graduation Year: 2003
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
Bergstrom, Paul, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Microfabricated Work-Function Gas Sensor for Semiconductor Process Gas Detection
Current Employer: Asst. Professor - MTU
Graduation Year: 1996
Bertsch, John, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Temperature Sensitivity in MOS Operational Amplifiers
Current Employer: IBM
Graduation Year: 1983
Borky, John, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Silicon Diaphragm Pressure Sensors with Integrated Electronics
Current Employer: BDM Corporation
Graduation Year: 1977
Butala, Nikhil, M.S.
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: An Articulated Package for a Cochlear Prosthesis
Current Employer: Plastic Flow, LLC
Graduation Year: 2003
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Cantor, Hal, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Current Employer: Advanced Sensor Technologies, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1994
Carlen, Edwin, Ph.D
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Thesis: Electrothermally Actuated Polymer Microvalves
Current Employer: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Graduation Year: 2001
Chang-Chien, Patty, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Trimming and Wafer-level Packaging of MEMS Devices by Localized Mass Deposition
Current Employer: TRW
Graduation Year: 2002
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
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
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
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
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
Cho, Steve, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Ultrasensitive Silicon Pressure-Based Miroflow Sensor
Current Employer: Abbott Laboratories
Graduation Year: 1991
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
Choi, Jung-Yoon (Angela), M.S.
Advisor: Dean M. Aslam
Thesis: Poly-Diamond MEMS Resonators
Graduation Year: 2003
Chou, Tsung-Kuan, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: All-Silicon Micromachined Acoustic Ejector Arrays for Micro Propulsion and Flow Control
Current Employer: Intel Corporation
Graduation Year: 2001
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
Clark, John, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: UHF Micromechanical Receive Filters
Current Employer: Discera
Graduation Year: 2003
Coghlan, Anthony
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A High-Efficiency Class-E Transmitter For Implantable Devices
Current Employer: Arthur Andersen LLP
Graduation Year: 1997
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da Silva, Luciana, Ph.D
Advisor: Massoud Kaviany
Thesis: Integrated Micro Thermoelectric Cooler in Gas Sensing
Graduation Year: 2004
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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
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
DeHennis, Andrew, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Remotely-Powered Wireless Monitoring Systems
Current Employer: Sensors For Medicine & Science
Graduation Year: 2004
Demirci, Mustafa, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Quadrature Mixer-Filter
Current Employer: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Toyota
Graduation Year: 2004
Dokmeci, Mehmet, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Hermetic Packages and Feedthroughs For Neural Protheses
Current Employer: Northeastern University
Graduation Year: 1999
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
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
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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: Research Staff Member, IBM
Graduation Year: 2006
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
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
Ghovanloo, Maysam, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Wireless Microsystem for Neural Stimulating Microprobes
Current Employer: North Carolina State University - faculty
Graduation Year: 2004
Gingerich, Marcus, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Three-Dimensional Neural Stimulating Arrays
Current Employer: The Boston Retinal Implant Project
Graduation Year: 2002
Gogoi, Bishnu, Ph.D
Advisor: David J. Anderson
Thesis: Force Balanced Pressure Sensors
Current Employer: Motorola, Semiconductor Product Sector
Graduation Year: 1998
Goldberg, Howard, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: The Batch Fabrication of Integrated Chemical Sensor Arrays
Current Employer: Applied MEMS
Graduation Year: 1993
Gugale, Shaileshkumar, Masters
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: A Monolithic Actuated Cochlear Prosthesis Insertion Tool
Current Employer: Cummins Engine
Graduation Year: 2005
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Hoogerwerf, Arnold, Ph.D
Advisor: David J. Anderson
Thesis: A Three-Dimensional Neural Recording Array
Current Employer: CSEM Switzerland
Graduation Year: 1992
Hower, Robert, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: The Integration of Potentiometric and Optical Chemical Sensor Arrays
Current Employer: Advanced Sensor Technologies, Inc.
Graduation Year: 2004
Hsieh, Meng-Da, Ph.D
Advisor: Edward T. Zellers
Thesis: Artificial Neural Networks for a Multi-Sensor µGC Detector
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
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.
Huang, Jammy, Ph.D
Advisor: David J. Anderson
Thesis: A Monolithic pH/Pressure/
Graduation Year: 1983
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
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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
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
Ji, Jin, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Scaled Electronically-Configurable Active CMOS Recording Array
Current Employer: IBM Yorktown
Graduation Year: 1990
Johnson, Christy, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Ultra-Thin-Film Monolithically-Integrated Silicon-Based Gas Detectors
Current Employer: IBM
Graduation Year: 1990
Jung, Yunbum, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Improving the Performance of Standard Cell Designs and Libraries
K        [Back to top]
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
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
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
Kim, Jinsoo, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Polymerization Monitoring in Plasma Etching Systems
Current Employer: Hughes Research Laboratories
Graduation Year: 1998
Kim, Ungsik, Ph.D
Advisor: Dean M. Aslam
Thesis: Poly-Diamond Coatings for WIMS
Graduation Year: 2002
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
Kocer, Fatih, Ph.D
Advisor: Michael P. Flynn
Thesis: A Transceiver Design for Low-Power Wireless Applications
Current Employer: Hittite Microwave
Graduation Year: 2004
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
Kraver, Keith, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: A 900 mV Analog Front End for Low Power Mixed-Signal Applications
Current Employer: Motorola
Graduation Year: 2004
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
Kulkarni, Vivek, M.S.
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: Cutting and Thrust Forces in Micromilling
Graduation Year: 2001
Kulkarni, Chandan, M.S.
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: Metallic Micro-Fluidic Connector for MEMS Applications
Current Employer: Cummins Engine
Graduation Year: 2003
Kumar, Sushil, M.S.
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Micromechanical Resonators amd Filtered for Wireless Communication
Graduation Year: 2001
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
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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
Larivee, Brian, M.S.
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Graduation Year: 2003
Lee, Ka-Yee, M.S.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Ultraminiature Microsystem for Untethered Data Gathering
Current Employer: Medtronic
Graduation Year: 2003
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
Lee, Ki, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Modeling and Simulation of Solid-State Pressure Sensors
Current Employer: Samsung Semiconductor
Graduation Year: 1982
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
Liu, Chien-Chang (James), Ph.D
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Thesis: Applications of Suspended Active Electrothermal Circuits
Current Employer: Agilent Corp.
Graduation Year: 1999
Lu, Chia-Jung (Vincent)
Advisor: Edward T. Zellers
Thesis: Microanalytical System for Indoor VOC Monitoring
Graduation Year: 2002
Lund, Jennifer, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: Performance Characteristics of Active Silicon Microelectrode Arrays
Current Employer: IBM-Yorktown
Graduation Year: 1996
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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
Man, Piu, Ph.D
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Thesis: Monolithic Structures for Integrated Microfluidic Analysis
Current Employer: Sensicore
Graduation Year: 2001
Martin, Steven, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Liquid Chemical Sensors for Measuring Pollutants in Precipitation
Current Employer: Sonetus Ultrasound
Graduation Year: 2004
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
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
Merriam, Danielle, M.S.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Position Sensing and Control System for a Cochlear Prosthesis
Graduation Year: 2002
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
Moon, Angela (Jung Yoon), M.S.
Advisor: Dean M. Aslam
Graduation Year: 2002
Muller, Michael, Ph.D
Advisor: Luis P. Bernal
Thesis: Micromachined Acoustic Ejector Arrays For Micro Propulsion & Flow-Control
Graduation Year: 2002
Munfakh, Jennifer, M.S.
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Graduation Year: 2001
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Nagarkar, Pracheeti, M.S.
Advisor: Scott A. Mahlke
Thesis: Low Power Compilation
Current Employer: Microsoft
Graduation Year: 2004
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
Nardin, Mark, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Programmable Multichannel Microstimulator with Bi-Directional Telemetry
Current Employer: Intel Corporation
Graduation Year: 1996
Navid, Reza, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Design and Implementation of an Automatic Trimming/Tuning System for Micromechanical Filters
Nichols, Jamie, M.S.
Advisor: Edward T. Zellers
Thesis: Designed Materials for an Integrated Vapor ƒY“Preconcentrator/Focuser (Current Employer: Taft School - Connecticut
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
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O'Brien, Gary, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Dual Anchor Angular Rate Sensor
Current Employer: Motorola
Graduation Year: 2004
Oliver, Andrew, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A 1024-Element Uncooled Silicon Thermal Imaging Array for Semiconductor Process Control
Current Employer: Sandia National Laboratories
Graduation Year: 1997
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
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Papageorgiou, Demetrios, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Shuttered Probe with In-Line Flowmeters for Chronic In-Vivo Drug Delivery
Current Employer: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Graduation Year: 2001
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
Pellinen, David
Advisor: Daryl R. Kipke
Thesis: Hybrid Neural Implant Systems
Current Employer: Engineering Scientist, NeuroNexus Technologies, Ann Arbor, MI
Graduation Year: 2004
Poplawski, Michael, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Current Employer: Motorola
Graduation Year: 1992
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Rangarajan, Rajagopalan, M.S.
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Fully Integrated Nerve Electrical Stimulation System
Graduation Year: 2001
Rao, Rahul, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Low Power SOI VLSI Design
Current Employer: Research Staff Member - IBM
Graduation Year: 2004
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
Robertson, Janet, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: An Electrostatically-Actuated Integrated Microflow Controller
Current Employer: Standard MEMS
Graduation Year: 1996
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Salian, Arvind, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Design Fabrication and Testing of High-Performance Capacitive Microaccelerometers
Current Employer: Motorola, Inc.
Graduation Year: 2001
Schmiesing, Shanna, M.S.
Advisor: Edward T. Zellers
Current Employer: Abbot Labs
Graduation Year: 2002
Selvakumar, Arjun, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Multifunctional Silicon Micromachining Technology for MEMS Applications
Current Employer: Input/Output, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1997
Shanjani, Payman, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Micromechanical Synthesizer
Shyamsunder, Sudeep, Masters
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: A Pressure Regulating Feedback System for the Dynamic Actuation of a Cochlear Prosthesis Insertion Tool
Sodagar, Amir, Ph.D
Advisor: Gholamhassan R. Lahiji
Current Employer: UM-Associate Research Scientist
Spangler, Leland, Ph.D
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Process Technology for Single-Crystal Silicon-on-Insulator Sensors and Circuits
Current Employer: Coventor Corporation
Graduation Year: 1988
Stark, Brian, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Thin Film Coatings for Hermetic and Vacuum Packaging
Current Employer: Robert Bosch
Graduation Year: 2004
Strong, Tim, Ph.D
Advisor: Richard B. Brown
Thesis: Liquid Chemical Sensors for Measuring Pollutants in Precipitation
Current Employer: Sensicore
Graduation Year: 2004
Suvedi, Sudip, M.S.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A Monolithic Implantable Micropump for Picoliter Drug Delivery
Graduation Year: 2002
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Takahata, Ken'ichi, Ph.D
Advisor: Yogesh B. Gianchandani
Thesis: Micro-Electro-Discharge Machining (µEDM) for MEMS Applications
Current Employer: 3M, St. Paul, MN
Graduation Year: 2005
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
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
Trombly, Nicholas, M.S.
Advisor: Andrew J. Mason
Thesis: An Electrochemical Interface for Integrated Biosensors
Current Employer: Texas Instruments
Graduation Year: 2005
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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
Vetter, Rio, Ph.D -- defense 5/7/04
Advisor: Daryl R. Kipke
Graduation Year: 2004
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
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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
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
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
Wong, Ark-Chew, Ph.D
Advisor: Clark T. Nguyen
Thesis: Micromechanical Mixer-Filters
Current Employer: Mindspeed Technologies
Graduation Year: 2001
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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
Yao, Ying, Ph.D.
Advisor: Kensall D. Wise
Thesis: A 1024-Site Neural Stimulating Array with On-Chip Current Generation
Yazdi, Navid
Advisor: Not C. Advisor
Yeh, Chingwen, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Dissolved-Wafer Tunneling Based Silicon Microaccelerometer
Current Employer: Input/Output, Inc.
Graduation Year: 1996
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
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
Yu, Hao, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Wireless Microsystem for Multichannel Neural Recording Microprobes
Current Employer: IC in CA
Graduation Year: 2004
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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
Zhan, Yumei, Ph.D
Advisor: Craig R. Friedrich
Thesis: Miniature Zero-Insertion-Force (ZIF) Connector for Multi-Substrate Packages
Graduation Year: 2003
Zhang, Chunbo, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: Combustion Based Micro Power Generation
Current Employer: Honeywell
Graduation Year: 2003
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
Ziaie, Babak, Ph.D
Advisor: Khalil Najafi
Thesis: A Single-Channel Microstimulator for Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation
Current Employer: Purdue University
Graduation Year: 1994