CURRENT POSTDOCS:

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CURRENT PH.D. STUDENTS:

• Noel Arellano
  Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (Berkeley) co-advised with Roya Maboudian, Chemical Engineering
  arellano@eecs.berkeley.edu
• Peter (Jen-Wen) Chen
  Electrical Engineering (Stanford)
  jwpchen@stanford.edu
• Robert Hennessy
  Electrical Engineering (Stanford)
  rhenn@stanford.edu
• Rishi Kant
  Electrical Engineering (Stanford)
  rik9@stanford.edu
• Hei (Anderson) Kam
  Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (Berkeley) co-advised with Prof. Tsu-Jae King, Dept. of EECS
  heikam@eecs.berkeley.edu
• Donovan T. Lee
  Applied Science and Technology (Berkeley) co-advised with Prof. Tsu-Jae King, Dept. of EECS
  dtlee@eecs.berkeley.edu
• Carrie W. Low
  Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (Berkeley) co-advised with Prof. Tsu-Jae King, Dept. of EECS
  wlow@eecs.berkeley.edu
• Christopher S. Roper
  Chemical Engineering (Berkeley) co-advised with Prof. Roya Maboudian, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
  roper@berkeley.edu
• Frank J. Zendejas
  Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (Berkeley) Ph.D. expected May 2006
  zendejas@eecs.berkeley.edu
• Jingchun Zhang
  Chemical Engineering (Berkeley) co-advised with Prof. Roya Maboudian, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
  jingchun@berkeley.edu
• Maryam Ziaie-Moayyed
  Electrical Engineering (Stanford)
  maryamzm@ee.stanford.edu

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FORMER POSTDOCS:

• Andrei M. Shkel, 1997-1999
• Dr. Emmanual Quevy, 2003-2005

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FORMER PH.D STUDENTS

• William C. Tang, Ph.D., Nov. 1990, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.
  Electrostatic Comb Drive for Resonant Sensor and Actuator Applications
  now Professor, UC Irvine, Dept. of Bioengineering
  
• Weijie Yun, Ph.D. Nov. 1992, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.
  A Surface Micromachined Accelerometer with Integrated CMOS Detection Circuitry
  now Co-Founder, Telegent Systems, San Jose and CEO, Everest Technologies, San Jose.
  
• Gary K. Fedder, Ph.D. September 1994, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Simulation of Microelectromechanical Systems
  now Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University, Dept. of ECE, Pittsburgh, Penn.
  
• Michael W. Judy, Ph.D. April 1994, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Micromechanisms Using Sidewall Beams
  now Fellow and Senior MEMS Design Engineer, Analog Devices, Cambridge, Mass.
  
• Clark T.-C. Nguyen, Ph.D. Dec. 1994, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Micromechanical Signal Processors
  now Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of EECS.
  
• Michael B. Cohn, Ph.D. December 1997, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Assembly Techniques for Microelectromechanical Systems
  now CEO, MicroAssembly Technologies, Richmond, Calif.
  
• Willam A. Clark, Ph.D. December 1997, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Micromachined Vibratory Rate Gyroscopes
  now Senior MEMS Design Engineer, Analog Devices, Cambridge, Mass.
  
• Christopher G. Keller, Ph.D. May 1998, Materials Science and Engineering
  co-advised with Prof. John W. Morris, Jr., Dept. of MSE
  Microfabricated High Aspect Ratio Silicon Flexures
  now CEO, MEMS Precision Instruments, El Cerrito, Calif.
  
• Lilac Muller, Ph.D. May 2000, Mechanical Engineering,
  co-advised with Prof. Albert P. Pisano, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  Gimballed Electrostatic Microactuators with Embedded Interconnects
  now Member of the Technical Staff, Medtronic, Louisville, Colorado
  
• Andrea E. Franke, Ph.D. Dec. 2000, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  co-advised with Prof. Tsu-Jae King, Dept. of EECS
  Polycrystalline silicon-germanium films for integrated microsystems
  Deceased.
• Dubravka Bilic, Ph.D. May 2001, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Micromachined Resonators for Communications
  now Member of the Technical Staff, Freescale Semiconductor, Phoenix, Arizona
  
• John M. Heck, Ph.D. May 2001, Applied Science and Technology
  co-advised with Prof. Tsu-Jae King, Dept. of EECS
  Polycrystalline Silicon Germanium for Fabrication, Release, and Packaging of Microelectromechanical Systems
  now Member of the Technical Staff, Intel Research, Santa Clara, Calif.
  
• Uthara Srinivasan, Ph.D. May 2001, Chemical Engineering
  Fluidic Self-Assembly of Microfabricated Parts to Substrates Using Capillary Forces
  now Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley, Dept. of EECS
  
• Ashwin A. Seshia, Ph.D. Dec. 2002, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Integrated Micromechanical Resonant Sensors for Inertial Measurement Systems
  now Lecturer in MEMS, University of Cambridge, Dept. of Engineering
  
• Moorthi Palaniapan, Ph.D. Dec. 2002, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Integrated Surface Micromachined Frame Microgyroscopes
  now Assistant Professor, National Univ. of Singapore, Dept. of ECE
  
• Elliot E. Hui, Ph.D. Dec. 2002, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Assembly and Molding Techniques for Three-Dimensional Microfabrication
  now Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusettes Institute of Technology.
  
• Michel M. Maharbiz, Ph.D. May 2003, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  co-advised with Prof. Jay D. Keasling, Chemical Engineering
  Electrochemical Gas Generation for Cell Culture
  now Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Dept. of EECS
  
• Karen C. Lemay (formerly Karen L. Scott), Ph.D. Dec. 2003, EECS.
  Electrical Interconnect of Components Transferred by Fluidic Microassembly Using Capillary Forces
  now Member of the Technical Staff, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
  
• Di Gao, Ph.D. July 2004, Chemical Engineering
  co-advised with Prof. Roya Maboudian
  Silicon Carbide Materials for MEMS Applications
  now Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  
• Sunil A. Bhave, Ph.D., October 2004, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Electrostatic Transduction for MEMS Resonators
  now Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Dept. of ECE, Ithaca, NY
  
• Brian L. Bircumshaw, Ph.D., May 2005, Mechanical Engineering
  co-advised with Prof. Alberto P. Pisano
  Design of Lateral Bulk-Mode MEMS Resonators
  now at LV Sensors, Emeryville, Calif.
  

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