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Wireless Integrated MicroSystems

Professor Najafi's Alumni Group

 

 

29. Dr. Jay Mitchell

 Thesis Title:
 "Low Temperature Wafer Level Vacuum Packaging Using Au-Si Eutectic
  Bonding and Localized Heating"
Graduation Date:
 December 2007
Current Position:
 Research Fellow at the Electrical Engineering Department

University of Michigan
Current Address:
2407 EECS
  1301 Beal Avenue
  Ann Arbor MI 48109-2122
Tel (Office):
 (734) 764-5160
 Email:
 mitchelz@umich.edu

 

28. Dr. Warren C. Welch III

 Thesis Title:
 "Vacuum and Hermetic Packaging of MEMS Using Solder"
Graduation Date:
 December 2007
Current Address:
RF Micro Devices
  119 Rushing Water Lane
  Troutman NC 28166
Tel:
 (704) 883-5843
 Email:
 wcwelchiii@gmail.com

 

27. Dr. Hanseup (Steve) Kim

 Thesis Title:
 "An Integrated Electrostatic Peristaltic Micropump with Active Microvalves"
Graduation Date:
 March 2006
Current Position:
 Post Doc at the Electrical Engineering Department

University of Michigan
Current Address:
2411 EECS
  1301 Beal Avenue
  Ann Arbor MI 48109-2122
Tel (Office):
 (734) 615-7208
 Email:
 hanseup@umich.edu
Web Site:
 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hanseup/?

 

26. Dr. Asli Burcu Ucok

 Thesis Title:
 "Compact Modular Assembly and Packaging of Multi-substrate
  Microsystems (WIMS Cube)"
Graduation Date:
 March 2006
Current Address:
 Continental-AG

21440 W. Lake Cook Road
Deer Park IL 60010
Tel:
 (847) 862-5000
Email:
 Burcu.Ucok@us.contiautomotive.com

 

25. Dr. Timothy J. Harpster

 Thesis Title:
 "Hermetic Packaging and Bonding Technologies for Implantable
  Microsystems"
Graduation Date:
 October 2005
Current Position:
 Intek
Current Address:
751 Intek Way
  Westerville OH 43082
Tel (Office):
 (614) 895-0301
 Email:
 tharpster@intekflow.com
Web Site:
 www.intekflow.com

 

24. Dr. Stefan A. Nikles

 Thesis Title:
 "A Micromachined Sieve Electrode for Chronic Recording From Multiple,
  Isolated Gustatory Nerve Fibers"
Graduation Date:
 August 2005
Current Address:
MEMSIC, Inc.
  One Tech Drive, Suite 325
  Andover MA 01810
Tel (Office):
 (978) 738-0900
 Email:
 snikles@memsic.com

 

23. Dr. Pedram Mohseni

 Thesis Title:
 "Single-Chip Wireless Microsystems for Multichannel Neural Biopotential
  Recording"
Graduation Date:
 August 2005
Current Position:
 Assistant Professor of EECS

Case Western Reserve University
Current Address:
510 Glennan Building
  Cleveland OH 44106
Tel:
 (216) 268-5263
 Email:
 pedram.mohseni@case.edu
Web Site:
 http://vorlon.case.edu/~pedram

 

22. Dr. Maysam Ghovanloo

Thesis Title :

"A Wireless Microsystem for Neural Stimulating Microprobes"

Graduation Date:
July 2004
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
  Arizona State University
Current Address:
Engineering Bldg II (COE II) 2110m Box 7914
Raleigh NC 27695
Tel:
 (919) 513-1923
Fax:
 (919) 515-2285
 Email:
 mghovan@ncsu.edu
URL:
 http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mghovan/


21. Dr. Brian Stark

Thesis Title :

"Thin Film Technologies for Hermetic and Vacuum Packaging of MEMS"
Graduation Date:
March 2004
Current Address:
The Bosch Group
4009 Miranda Avenue
  Palo Alto CA 94304
Tel:
 (650) 320-2900
 Email:
 brian.stark@rtc.bosch.com


20. Dr. Chunbo Zhang

Thesis Title :

"Combustion-Based Micro Power Generation: Thermoelectric and

  Thermionic Approaches"
Graduation Date:
August 2003
Current Address:
Honeywell
12001 State Highway, B464
  Plymouth MN 55441
Tel:
 (763) 954-2453
 Email:
 chunbo.zhang@honeywell.com

 

19. Dr. Junseok Chae

Thesis Title :

"High-Sensitivity, Low-Noise, Multi-Axis Capacitive Micro-Accelerometers"
Graduation Date:
May 2003
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
  Arizona State University
Current Address:
Electrical Engineering, GWC 312
MC: 5506, Tempe AZ 85287-9309
Tel:
 (480) 965-2082
 Email:
 junseok.chae@asu.edu

 

18. Dr. Haluk Kulah

Thesis Title :

"Closed-Loop Electromechanical Sigma-Delta Microgravity Accelerometers"
Graduation Date:
March 2003
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
  Middle East Technical University
Current Address:
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, DZ-05
Ankara, 06531 Turkey
Tel:
 +90 (312) 210 2345
Fax:
 +90 (312) 210 1261
 Email:
 kulah@metu.edu.tr
URL:
 http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~kulah/



17. Dr. Tsung-Kuan (Allen) Chou

Thesis Title:

"All-Silicon Micromachined Acoustic Ejector Arrays for Micro Propulsion

and Flow-Control"
Graduation Date:
October 2001
Current Address:
 Intel Corporation


16. Dr. Arvind Salian

Thesis Title :

"Design, Fabrication and Testing of High-Performance Capacitive

  Microaccelerometers"
Graduation Date:
June 2001
Current Address:
Freescale Semiconductor
2100 E Elliott, MD: AZ34/EL310
  Tempe AZ 85284
Tel:
 (404) 413-3613
 Email:
 arvind.salian@freescale.com



15. Dr. Babak Amir Parviz

Thesis Title :

"Development of Ultrasonic Electrostatic Microjets for Distributed

  Propulsion and Microflight"
Graduation Date:
May 2001
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Current Address:
Office M250 EE1, Box 352500
Seattle WA 98195
Tel:
 (206) 616-4038
 Email:
 babak@ee.washington.edu


14. Dr. Y.T. Cheng

 Thesis Title:
 "Localized Heating and Bonding Technique for MEMS Packaging"
Graduation Date:
 December 2000
 Current Address:
 P.O. Box 218 Room #36-253
  IBM, Watson Research Center
  Yorktown Height, NY 10598 
Tel:
 (914) 945-2685
 Fax:
 (914) 945-2141
Email:
 yuting@us.ibm.com

13. Dr. Navid Yazdi

Thesis Title:
"Micro-G Silicon Accelerometers with High Performance CMOS
  Interface Circuitry"
Graduation Date:
January 1999
Current Address:
 Evigia Systems, Inc.

333 Parkland Plaza Dr. #500
Ann Arbor MI 48103
Tel:
 (734) 302-1140 x 112
Email:
 nyazdi@evigia.com

12. Dr. Chunchieh Huang

Thesis Title:
"Micromachined Sensors and Actuators for Fluid Mechanics Research and
  High-Speed Flow Control Applications"
Graduation Date:
September 1998
Current Position:
 Member of Technical Staff

VLSI Technology Development, Lucent Technologies
Current Address:
 9333 S. John Young Pkwy

Orlando, FL 32819
Tel: (407) 371-7225
Email:
 jeff1huang@lucent.com


11. Dr. Farrokh Ayazi

 Thesis Title:
 "A High-Aspect-Ratio Tactical/Inertial Grade Polysilicon Vibrating
  Ring Gyroscope"
Graduation Date:
 January 2000
 Current Position:
 Associate Professor
  Georgia Tech
Current Address:
 777 Atlantic Drive NW
  Atlanta GA 30332-0250
Tel:
(404) 894-9496
 Email:
 farrokh.ayazi@ece.gatech.edu
 Web:
 http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~ayazi/


10. Dr. Mehmet Dokmeci

Thesis Title:
 "Hermetic Glass-Silicon Micropackages and Feedthroughs For Neural
  Prostheses"
Graduation Date:
 December 1999
Current Position:
 Assistant Professor
Northeastern University
Current Address:
409 DA, 360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5000
Tel:
 (617) 373-2751
Email:
 mehmetd@ece.neu.edu


9. Dr. Jeffrey A. Von Arx

 Thesis Title:
 "A Single Chip, Fully Integrated, Telemetry Powered System for Peripheral
  Nerve Stimulation"
Graduation Date:
 March 1998
Current Address:
Guidant Corporation
  Hamline Avenue North
  St. Paul, MN 5511! 2-5798
Tel (Office):
 (612) 582-2153
 Email:
 jeffrey.vonarx@guidant.com
Web Site:
 www.guidant.com


8. Dr. Arjun Selvakumar

 Thesis Title:
 "A Multifunctional Silicon Micromachining Technology for High
  Performance Microsensors and Microactuators"
Graduation Date:
 April 1997
Current Address:
 Colibrys, Inc.

Suite 100, 12200 Parc Crest Drive

Stafford, TX 77477-2409
Tel:
 (281) 552-3029
 Email:
 arjun.selvakumar@colibrys.com


7. Dr. Chingwen Yeh

 Thesis Title:
 "A Low-Voltage Bulk-Silicon Tunneling-Based Microaccelerometer with
  CMOS Interface Circuitry"
Graduation Date:
 August 1996
Current Address:
 Advanced Systems Group

12300 Parc Crest Drive

Stafford, TX 77477
 Email:
 Chingwen_Yeh@i-o.com


6. Dr. Mark Nardin

 Thesis Title:
 "A Programmable Multichannel Microstimulator with Bi-Directional
  Telemetry"
Graduation Date:
 January 1996
Current Position:
 Research Staff, Intel Corporation
Tel:
(503) 613-8968
 Fax:
(503) 613-8261
 Email:
 mnardin@ptdcs2.intel.com


5. Dr. Michael Putty

 Thesis Title:
 "A Micromachined Vibrating Ring Gyroscope"
Graduation Date:
 March 1995
Current Address:
 TRW
  1175 Hollywood
Grosse Pointe Woods MI 48236
Tel:
 (313) 640-1315


4. Dr. Yogesh Gianchandani

 Thesis Title:
 "A Bulk Silicon Microelectromechanical System for Scanning Thermal
  Profilometry"
Graduation Date:
 October 1994
 Current Position:
 Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Current Address:
 University of Michigan
  1301 Beal Ave
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Tel:
 (734) 615-6407
Fax:
 (734) 763-9324
 Email:
 yogesh@umich.edu


3. Dr. Tayfun Akin

 Thesis Title:
 "An Integrated Telemetric Multichannel Sieve Electrode Array for
  Nerve Regeneration Applications"
Graduation Date:
 October 1994
Current Position:
 Assistant Professor, Middle East Technical University
 Current Address:
 Middle East Technical University

Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Eng

Ankara, TR-06531, Turkey
Tel(Office)::
+90-312-210-2369
Tel (Secretary):
 +90-312-210-2301
Tel (Home):
 +90-312-210-1170
 Fax:
 +90-312-210-1261
 Email:
 tayfun-akin@metu.edu.tr
URL:
 http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~tayfuna


2. Dr. Karl J. Ma

 Thesis Title:
 "An Active Dissolved Wafer Process for The Fabrication of
  Integrated Sensors"
Graduation Date:
 August 1994
Current Address:
 Evigia Systems
  333 Parkland Plaza Drive, #500
  Ann Arbor MI 48103-6202
Tel:
 (734) 302-1140
 Email:
 ma_karl@hotmail.com; mak@evigia.com


1. Dr. Babak Ziaie

 Thesis Title:

"A Single-Channel Implantable Microstimulator for Functional

  Neuromuscular Stimulation"
Graduation Date:
 March 1994
 Current Position:
 Purdue University
  Electrical and Computer Engineering, BRK 2023
  1205 West State Street
  West Lafayette IN 47907-2057
Tel:
765-494-0725
 Email:
 bziaie@purdue.edu

 

 

 

Former Master's Students:

Mr. Rajagopalan Rangarajan

Project Title:

"Fully Integrated Nerve Electrical Stimulation System"

  - started September 1999
B. Tech. (Hons.):
 Instrumentation Engineering
    - Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur, 1997
MS:
 Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, May 2000
Current Degree:
 Ph.D. In Biomedical Engineering,
Expected graduation:
 Ph.D. 2003
Tel:
 (734) 936-3832
Fax:
 (734) 647-1781
 Email:
 rrangara@engin.umich.edu

Mr. Anthony Coghlan

 Thesis Title:
 "A High-Efficiency Class-E Transmitter For
  Implantable Devices."
Graduation Date:
 May 1997
Current Position:
 Senior Consultant / Quantitative Analyst,

Derivatives and Treasury Management
Current Address:
 Arthur Andersen LLP
  33 W. Monroe Street
  Chicago, Il 60603
Tel:
 (312) 507-5260
 Fax:
(312) 507-0520
 Email:
 anthony.r.coghlan@us.arthurandersen.com !

 

Mr. Namik Kocaman

 Thesis Title:
 "A Low-Power capacitive Interface and Analog-Digital
  Converter Chip For Implantable Biotelemetry.
Graduation Date:
 August 1997
Current Position:
 Mixed-signal IC Design Engineer
Current Address:
 Level One Communications, Inc.
  Goethe Road
  Sacramento, CA 94827
Tel:
 (916) 855-5177 ext. 4744
 Fax:
(916) 854-2804
 Email:
 nkocaman@level1.com

Ms. Sha Wang

 Master's Thesis Title
 "FEM Analysis and Its Application in the Electronic
  Determination of the Young's Modulus and
  Intrinsic Stress
Graduation Date:
 May 1992

 

 

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