Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Address
2658 GGB
2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 615-5211
Degrees
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 1998
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 1994
B.S., Precision Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1992
Research Interests
Biosensors, Biomedical Microelectromechanical Systems (BioMEMS), Optofluidics, Lab on a Chip
Research Areas
Energy, Micro/Nano Engineering
Honors & Awards
- Wise-Najafi Prize for Engineering Excellence in the Miniature World Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2018-19
- Outstanding Professor Award, Pi Tau Sigma, April 2007
- Visiting Professorship, Tokyo Instutute of Technology, May 2006 - August 2006
- Early Faculty Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, January 2001-December 2005
- Robert Caddell Memorial Award, The University of Michigan, 2004-2005
- Co-author of SPIE Best Student Paper Award (with Yi-Chung Tung), "Nano-Imprinted Strain-Controlled Elastomeric Gratings for Optical Wavelength Tuning with Visible Light", Optics East 2004, October 2004
- Outstanding Paper Award, International VLSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference, 1998
- Best Paper Award, TECHCON, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), September 1998
Faculty Type
Emeritus
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