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CURRICULUM VITAE

Mina Rais-Zadeh (a.k.a Mina Raieszadeh) Associate Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Email: [email protected]

Tel: (734) 764-4249, Fax: (734) 763-9324

URL: www.eecs.umich.edu/~minar

I. EARNED DEGREES

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA,

2008 GPA 4.0/4.0

M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA,

2005 GPA 4.0/4.0

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2002

II. EMPLOYMENT

2015 – 2016: Visiting Scholar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL), Pasadena, CA

2014 – present: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer

Science (Courtesy Appointment in Mechanical Engineering), University of Michigan, Ann

Arbor, MI

2009 – 2014: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2012 – 2014: Assistant Professor (Courtesy Appointment), Department of

Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2008 – 2009: Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

2003 – 2008: Graduate Research Assistant, Integrated MEMS Laboratory, School of

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

III. HONORS AND AWARDS

1. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS

Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (ONR YIP), 2014

Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, 2013

University of Michigan Elizabeth C. Crosby Award, 2013

IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices Golden Reviewer, 2012– present

NASA Early Career Faculty Award, 2012

Leader of RF & AMS Passive Technology Working Group of ITRS, 2012 – 2014

IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Early Career Award, 2011

National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (NSF CAREER) Award, 2011

Ranked 9th

in Iran National University Entrance Examination for Undergraduate Studies

(among 400,000 participants), 1998

Gold Medalist (multiple times), National Swimming Competition (Olympiad), 1988–2001

National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (top 5%) student, 1991–1997

2. BEST PAPER/POSTER AWARDS

Best Poster Award, 1st place, Engineering Graduate Symposium, Integrated Circuits, VLSI,

and Microsystems Track, U. of Michigan, A. Ansari and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2014

Best Paper Award (Finalist), AIAA SPACE 2014 Conference and Exposition, F. Davoodi, J.

Burdick, and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2014

Best Student Paper Award (Honorable Mention), IEEE International Microwave Symposium

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(IMS), M. Wang and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2014

Best Student Paper Award (2nd

place), IEEE Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated

Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), K. Ben Ali, C. Roda Neve, Y. Shim, M. Rais-Zadeh,

and J.-P. Raskin, 2014

Best Poster Award, International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and

Microsystems (Transducers), Z. Wu, V. Thakar, A. Peczalski, and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2013

Best Poster Award, 1st place, Engineering Graduate Symposium, Integrated Circuits,

VLSI, MEMS, & Microsystems Track, U. of Michigan, A. Ansari and M. Rais-Zadeh,

2013

Best Poster Award, 2nd

place, WIMS IAB Meeting, U. of Michigan, A. Peczalski and M.

Rais- Zadeh, 2012

Best Poster Award, 1st place, Engineering Graduate Symposium, MEMS Track, A. Ansari and

M. Rais-Zadeh, U. of Michigan, 2012

Best Poster Award, 3rd

place, Engineering Graduate Symposium, MEMS Track, U. of Michigan,

V. A. Thakar, Z. Wu, A. Peczalski, and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2012

Best Student Paper Award (Finalist), IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Z Wu,

Y. Shim, and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2011

Best Poster Award, WIMS IAB Meeting, U. of Michigan, Y. Shim and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2011

Best Poster Award, 1st place, Engineering Graduate Symposium, MEMS/Mechatronics Session,

U. of Michigan, V. J. Gokhale and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2011

Best Student Paper Award (Finalist), IEEE Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits

in RF Systems (SiRF), M. Rais-Zadeh and F. Ayazi, 2007

IV. PUBLICATIONS (h index: 13‒ please note some of my earlier publications and patents are under

a different last name)

1. BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

1. M. Rais-Zadeh, R. Tabrizian, A. Ansari, “Gallium nitride MEMS and microsystems,”

CMOS Emerging Technologies Research E-book Lectures on Emerging Engineering

Technologies: Material, Devices and Systems, under preparation, 2014-2015.

2. M. Rais-Zadeh and D. Weinstein, “GaN/GaAs for M/NEMS resonators,” book chapter in a

new volume entitled “Piezoelectric MEMS Resonators” of the series Microsystems and

Nanosystems, Springer, invited, under prepration, 2014-2015

3. F. Lin and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Tunable RF MEMS filters: A review,” Encyclopedia

of Nanotechnology, Springer-Verlag, invited, to appear 2015.

2. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. M. Rais-Zadeh, J. Fox, D. Wentzloff, and Y. Gianchandani, “Reconfigurable radios: A

possible solution to reduce entry costs in wireless phones,” Proceedings of the IEEE, invited,

2015.

2. A. Peczalski, Z. Wu, R. Tabrizian, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Effect of process parameters on the

performance of piezoelectric-on-silica micromechanical resonators,” IEEE Journal of

Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), submitted, Jan. 2015.

3. A. Ansari, P. C. Ku, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “GaN micromechanical resonators with meshed

metal bottom electrode,” Materials, under review, 2015.

4. M. Rais-Zadeh, V. Gokhale, A. Ansari, M. Faucher, D. Théron, Y. Cordier, L.

Buchaillot, “Gallium nitride as an electromechanical material,” IEEE Journal of

Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 1252–1271, Dec. 2014.

5. A. Ansari and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A temperature-compensated micromechanical gallium

nitride resonator,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 35, no. 11, pp.1127–1129, Nov.

2014.

6. V. J. Gokhale and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Uncooled infrared detector arrays using gallium

nitride micromechanical resonators”, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

(JMEMS), vol. 23, issue 4, pp. 803–810, Aug. 2014.

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7. V. J. Gokhale and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Phonon-electron interactions in piezoelectric

semiconductor bulk acoustic wave resonators,” Nature Scientific Reports, 4:5617, July 2014.

8. M. Wang and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A low-loss directly heated four-terminal RF phase

change switch,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 491–493, April 2014.

9. A. Ansari, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A Thickness-Mode AlGaN/GaN Resonant Body

Transistor,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 1006–1013,

April 2014.

10. Y. Shim and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Non-linearity analysis of RF ohmic switches based on

phase change materials,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 405–407,

March 2014.

11. Y. Shim, J.-P. Raskin, C. R. Neve, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “RF MEMS passives on high-

resistivity silicon substrates,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Lett., Vol. 23,

Issue 12, pp. 632–634, Dec. 2013.

12. V. J. Gokhale, O. A. Shenderova, G. E. McGuire, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Infrared absorption

properties of carbon nanotube/nanodiamond based thin film coatings,” IEEE Journal of

Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), Vol. 23, No. 1, pp.191–197, Feb. 2014.

13. V. Thakar, Z. Wu, A. Peczalski, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Piezoelectrically transduced

temperature- compensated flexural-mode silicon resonators,” IEEE Journal of

Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 815823, June 2013.

14. V. A. Thakar, W. Pan, F. Ayazi, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Acoustically coupled thickness-

mode AlN-on-Si bandpass filters, Part II: simulation and analysis,” IEEE Trans.

Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, pp. 22702277, Oct. 2012.

15. W. Pan, V. A. Thakar, M. Rais-Zadeh, and F. Ayazi, “Acoustically coupled thickness-

mode AlN-on-Si bandpass filters, Part I: principle and devices,” IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics,

Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, pp. 22622269, Oct. 2012.

16. Y. Shim, Z. Wu, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A multi-metal surface micromachining process

for tunable RF MEMS passives,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

(JMEMS), vol. 21, Issue 4, pp. 867874, Aug. 2012.

17. Y. Shim, Z. Wu, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A high-performance continuously tunable MEMS

bandpass filter at 1 GHz,” IEEE Transaction on Microwave Theory and Technique (TMTT),

vol. 60, Issue 8, pp. 24392447, Aug. 2012.

18. Z. Wu, Y. Shim, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Miniaturized UWB filters integrated with tunable

notch filters using a silicon-based integrated passive device technology,” IEEE Trans. on

Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), pp. 518527, March 2012.

19. M. Rais-Zadeh, H. M. Lavasani, and F. Ayazi, “An integrated 800MHz coupled-

resonator tunable bandpass filter in silver with a constant bandwidth,” IEEE Journal of

Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), vol. 18, issue 4, pp. 942949, Aug. 2009.

20. M. Rais-Zadeh, A. Kapoor, H. M. Lavasani, and F. Ayazi, “Fully integrated low-loss

bandpass filters for wireless applications,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

(JMM), vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 18, Aug. 2009.

21. M. Rais-Zadeh, J. Laskar, and F. Ayazi, “High performance inductors on CMOS-grade

trenched silicon substrate,” IEEE Trans. Components and Packaging Technologies, vol. 31,

no. 1, pp. 126134, March 2008.

22. M. Rais-Zadeh, P. A. Kohl, and F. Ayazi, “MEMS switched tunable inductor,” IEEE Journal

of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 7884, Feb. 2008.

23. M. Rais-Zadeh and F. Ayazi, “Characterization of high-Q spiral inductors on thick insulator-

on- silicon,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 15, pp. 21052112, Sep.

2005.

3. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS’15), submitted, May 2015.

2. IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS’15), submitted, May 2015.

3. IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS’15), submitted, May 2015.

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4. International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

(Transducers’15), Anchorage, Alaska, submitted, June 2015.

5. International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

(Transducers’15), Anchorage, Alaska, submitted, June 2015.

6. M. Wang, F. Lin, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Comparison and analysis of structures of GeTe based

phase change RF switches and their modeling for power handling capability,” Government

Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference (GOMACTech), accepted,

2015.

7. V. Gokhale, C. Figueroa, J. M. L. Tsai, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Low-noise AlN-on-Si

resonant infrared detectors using a commercial foundry MEMS fabrication process,”

IEEE MEMS Conference (MEMS’15), accepted, 2015.

8. Z. Wu and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A temperature-stable MEMS oscillator on an ovenized

micro- platform using a PLL-based heater control system,” IEEE MEMS Conference

(MEMS’15), accepted, 2015.

9. V. J. Gokhale, P. D. Myers, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Subwavelength plasmonic absorbers for

spectrally selective resonant infrared detectors,” IEEE Sensors Conference, Valencia, Spain,

Nov. 2014.

10. F. Davoodi, J. Burdick, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Moball Network: A self-powered intelligent

network of controllable spherical sensors to explore solar planets and moons,” AIAA SPACE

2014 Conference and Exposition, San Diego, CA, Best Paper Award (finalist), Aug. 2014.

11. A. Ansari and M. Rais-Zadeh, “An 8.7 GHz GaN micromechanical resonator with an

AlGaN/GaN HEMT,” Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton

Head, SC, June 2014, pp. 295-296.

12. V. A. Thakar, Z. Wu, C. Figueroa, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A multi-resonator approach

for eliminating the temperature dependence of silicon-based references,” Solid-State

Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, June 2014, pp. 415-

418.

13. Z. Wu, A. Peczalski, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Device-layer ovenization of fused silica

micromechanical resonators for temperature-stable operation,” Solid-State Sensors, Actuators

and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, June 2014, pp. 87-90.

14. M. Wang and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Directly heated four-terminal phase change switches,” IEEE

International Microwave Symposium, Tampa Bay, FL, Best Student Paper Award

(Honorable Mention), June 2014.

15. Z. Wu, A. Peczalski, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Low-power ovenization of fused silica resonators

for temperature-stable oscillators,” IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, Taipei,

Taiwan, May 2014.

16. V. A. Thakar and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A temperature-stable clock using multiple

temperature- compensated micro-resonators,” IEEE International Frequency Control

Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2014.

17. F. Lin, M. Wang, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A miniature distributed Ku-band phase shifter using

tunable inductors and MEMS varactors,” National Wireless Research Collaboration

Symposium, Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 2014.

18. V. A. Thakar and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Temperature-compensated piezoelectrically actuated

Lamé- mode resonators,” IEEE International Conference on Microelectromechanical

Systems (MEMS’14), San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2014, pp. 214217.

19. K. Ben Ali, C. Roda Neve, Y. Shim, M. Rais-Zadeh, and J.-P. Raskin, “Non-linear

characteristics of passive elements on trap-rich high-resistivity Si substrates,” IEEE Meeting

on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), Best Student Paper Award

(2nd

place), Jan. 2014, pp.46.

20. A. Ansari and M. Rais-Zadeh, “HEMT-Based readout of a thickness-mode AlGaN/GaN

resonator,” IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM’13), Washington, DC,

Dec. 2013, pp.18.3.118.3.4.

21. V. A. Thakar and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Optimization of tether geometry to achieve low anchor loss

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in Lamé mode resonators,” 2013 Joint European Frequency and Time Forum & International

Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF/IFC), Prague, Czech Republic, July 2013, pp.129132.

22. Z. Wu, A. Peczalski, V. A. Thakar, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A low-phase-noise Pierce oscillator

using a piezoelectric-on-silica micromechanical resonator,” International Conference on

Solid- State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers’13), Best Poster Award,

Barcelona, Spain, June 2013, pp. 490493.

23. M. Rais-Zadeh, V. A. Thakar, Z. Wu, and A. Peczalski, “Temperature compensated silicon

resonators for space applications,” SPIE MEMS/MOEMS Reliability conference, Vol.

861412, invited, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 2013.

24. Z. Wu, A. Peczalski, V. A. Thakar, Z. Cao, Y. Yuan, G. He, R. L. Peterson, K. Najafi, and M.

Rais-Zadeh, “Piezoelectrically transduced high-Q silica micro resonators,” IEEE

International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS’13), Taipei, Taiwan,

Jan. 2013, pp. 122125.

25. Y. Shim, G. Hummel, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “RF switches using phase change materials,”

IEEE International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS’13), Taipei,

Taiwan, Jan. 2013, pp. 237240.

26. A. Ansari, V. Gokhale, J. Roberts, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Monolithic integration of GaN-

based micromechanical resonators and HEMTs for timing application,” IEEE International

Electron Device Meeting (IEDM’12), San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2012, pp. 14.

27. V. A. Thakar, W. Pan, F. Ayazi, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Monolithic implementation of AlN-on-

silicon bandpass filters with a high-Q notch within the passband,” IEEE International

Frequency Control Symposium, Baltimore, MD, May 2012, pp. 15.

28. V. Thakar, Z. Wu, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A high ON/OFF ratio MEMS capacitive switch

with applications in solar energy harvesting,” Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and

Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, June 2012, pp. 385388.

29. V. J. Gokhale and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Sensitive uncooled IR sensors using gallium nitride

micromechanical resonators and silicon nitride absorbers,” Solid-State Sensors, Actuators

and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, June 2012, pp. 4649.

30. Y. Sui, V. Gokhale, O. A. Shenderova1, G.E. McGuire, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A thin film

infrared absorber using CNT/nanodiamond nanocomposite,” MRS Proceedings, Vol. 1452,

San Francisco, CA, Apr. 2012 (DOI: 10.1557).

31. M. Rais-Zadeh, “Gallium nitride micromechanical resonators for IR detection,” Proc. SPIE

8373, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications IV, Vol. 83731M,

invited, Baltimore, MD, May 2012 (DOI:10.1117/12.919941).

32. V. J. Gokhale, S. Yu, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Novel uncooled detector based on gallium nitride

micromechanical resonators,” Proc. SPIE 8353, Infrared Technology and Applications

XXXVIII, Vol. 835319, Baltimore, MD, May 2012 (DOI:10.1117/12.920450).

33. Y. Shim, J. Ruan, Z. Wu, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “An integrated RF MEMS tunable filter,”

IEEE International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS’12), Paris,

France, Jan. 2012, pp. 1518.

34. Z. Wu, Y. Shim, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Switchable wide tuning range bandstop filters for

frequency-agile radios,” IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM’11),

Baltimore, MD, Dec. 2011, pp. 493496.

35. A. Ansari, V. J. Gokhale, V. A. Thakar, J. Roberts, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Gallium nitride-

on- silicon micromechanical overtone resonators and filters,” IEEE International Electron

Device Meeting (IEDM’11), Baltimore, MD, Dec. 2011, pp. 485488.

36. V. J. Gokhale, J. Roberts, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Bulk-mode gallium nitride resonators

and filters,” International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and

Microsystems (Transducers’11), Beijing, China, June 2011, pp. 926929.

37. Z. Wu, Y. Shim, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Miniaturized UWB bandpass filters integrated with

notch filters using a Si-based integrated passive device technology,” IEEE International

Microwave Symposium (IMS’11), Best Student Paper Award (finalist), Baltimore, MD, June

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2011, pp. 14.

38. Y. Shim, Z. Wu, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “A high-performance temperature-stable

continuously tuned MEMS capacitor,” IEEE International Conference on

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS’11), Cancun, Mexico, Jan. 2011, pp. 752755.

39. M. Rais-Zadeh, “Design and fabrication considerations in developing high-Q MEMS

capacitors and inductors,” IEEE 11th

Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated

Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF’11), invited, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 2011, pp. 161164.

40. V. J. Gokhale, Y. Shim, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Observation of the acoustoelectric effect in

gallium nitride micromechanical bulk acoustic filters,” IEEE International Frequency

Control Symposium, Newport Beach, CA, June 2010, pp. 524529.

41. V. J. Gokhale, Y. Shim, V. A. Thakar, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Q amplification in gallium

nitride thickness mode filters using acoustoelectric effect,” Solid-State Sensors, Actuators

and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, June 2010, pp. 475478.

42. Y. Shim, R. Tabrizian, F. Ayazi, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Low-loss MEMS filters with

improved out-of-band rejection by exploiting inductive parasitics,” IEEE International

Electron Device Meeting (IEDM’09), Baltimore, MD, Dec. 2009, pp. 14.

43. R. Tabrizian, M. Rais-Zadeh, and F. Ayazi, “Effect of phonon interactions on limiting the

f.Q product of micromechanical resonators,” Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and

Microsystems (Transducers’09), Denver, CO, June 2009, pp. 21312134.

44. M. Rais-Zadeh and F. Ayazi, “Small-bandwidth integrated tunable bandpass filters for GSM

applications,” IEEE International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems

(MEMS’08), Tucson, AZ, Jan. 2008, pp. 10321035.

45. M. Rais-Zadeh, A. K. Samarao, P. Monajemi, and F. Ayazi, “Low-voltage large-value

tunable capacitors using self-aligned HARPSS,” IEEE International Conference on

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS’08), Tucson, AZ, Jan. 2008, pp. 319322.

46. M. Rais-Zadeh, H. M. Lavasani, and F. Ayazi, “CMOS-compatible encapsulated silver

bandpass filters,” IEEE Microwave Symposium (IMS’07), Honolulu, HI, June 2007, pp.

13011304.

47. M. Rais-Zadeh, P. A. Kohl, and F. Ayazi, “A packaged micromachined switched tunable

inductor,” IEEE International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems

(MEMS’07), Kobe, Japan, Jan. 2007, pp. 799802.

48. M. Rais-Zadeh and F. Ayazi, “High-Q tunable silver capacitors for RFIC’s,” IEEE Meeting

on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF’07), Best Student Paper

Award (finalist), Long Beach, CA, Jan. 2007, pp. 169172.

49. M. Rais-Zadeh, P. A. Kohl, and F. Ayazi, “High-Q micromachined silver passives and

filters,” IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM’06), San Francisco, CA, Dec.

2006, pp. 727730.

50. M. Raieszadeh, P. Monajemi, S. W. Yoon, J. Laskar, and F. Ayazi, “High-Q integrated

inductors on trenched silicon islands,” IEEE International Conference on

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS ’05), Miami, FL, Jan. 2005, pp. 199202.

4. CONFERENCE SUMMARIES OR ABSTRACTS

1. M. Rais-Zadeh, “Gallium nitride MEMS and microsystems,” China Semiconductor

Technology International Conference (CSTIC)-SEMICON China, invited, Shanghai, China,

March 2014.

2. V. Gokhale and M. Rais-Zadeh, “Thin film infrared absorbers using carbon nanotube

composites,” Poster presented at Micro and Nano Manufacturing Workshop, Dearborn, MI,

May 2013.

3. Y. Shim, Z. Wu, and M. Rais-Zadeh, “MEMS tunable bandstop and bandpass filters,”

USNC- URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, Jan. 2013.

4. O. A. Shenderova1, S. Hens, A. V. Sumant, S. Yu, V. J. Gokhale, M. Rais-Zadeh, and

G.E. McGuire, “Detonation nanodiamond in DMSO as seeding slurries for CVD

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diamond,” IV International Conference on Surfaces, Materials and Vacuum, Puerto

Vallarta, Mexico, Sept. 2011.

5. PATENTS

1. M. Raieszadeh and M. Jafari, “Phase Change Optical Modulators and Shutters,”

Provisional patent Filed 1 Dec 2014.

2. M. Raieszadeh, Y. Shim, and M. Wang, “Directly heated four terminal RF phase

change switches,” Provisional patent Filed 2 June 2014.

3. M. Raieszadeh and A. Ansari, “Resonant body high electron mobility transistors,”

Provisional patent Filed 17 June 2014.

4. M. Raieszadeh, Z. Wu, A. Peczalski, and V. A. Thakar, “Temperature-compensated

micromechanical resonator,” US Patent pending (US20130106246 A1), Patent Filed Oct.

2012.

5. M. Raieszadeh and Y. Shim, “Wide range continuously tunable capacitor bank,” US

Patent pending (WO2014043328 A1), Patent Filed Sep. 2012.

6. M. Raieszadeh and V. J. Gokhale, “Infrared sensing using pyro/piezo-electric resonators,”

US Patent pending (US 20120286161 A1), Patent Filed Aug. 2012.

7. F. Ayazi, M. Raieszadeh, and P. Monajemi, “Microelectromechanical systems structures and

self-aligned HARPSS fabrication processes for producing same,” US Patent 7977136, issued

July 2011.

8. F. Ayazi, M. Raieszadeh, and P. A. Kohl, “Micro-electromechanical voltage tunable

capacitors and filter devices” US Patent 7933112, Issued April 2011.

9. F. Ayazi and M. Raieszadeh, “Micro-electromechanical Switched Tunable Inductor”, US

Patent 7847669, Issued Dec. 2010.

10. F. Ayazi and M. Raieszadeh, “Low-loss substrate for high quality components,” US

Patent pending, Application No. 11/168066, Filed June 2005.

6. THESES

1. M. Raieszadeh, "Wafer-level encapsulated high-performance MEMS tunable passives and

bandpass filters," Doctoral thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2008.

2. M. Raieszadeh, "High-Q integrated inductors on trenched Si islands," Master thesis,

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,

GA, 2005.

V. IN THE NEWS

Our research has received several university wide, national, and international awards and was

highlighted in different websites. A short summary is listed in our group website

(http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~minar/news.html).

On early-career faculty awards and honors:

http://www.onr.navy.mil/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2014/ONR-Announces-2014-

YIP-Winners.aspx

http://eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2014/mina-rais-zadeh-2014-onr-yip-winner.html

http://www.nae.edu/Projects/MediaRoom/20095/69135/83545.aspx

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2012/Rais-Zadeh-Mina-NASA-Early-Career-

Faculty.html

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/advance/Crosby_Research_Fund

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/advance/home

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2011/raiszadeh.html

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2011/raiszadeh-edsaward.html

http://eds.ieee.org/early-career-award.html

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On chip-scale timing units and GPS-denied navigation:

http://eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2013/Rais-Zadeh-Mina-best-poster-award-

transducers2013.html

http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/04/10.aspx

http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/MTO/Programs/Micro-

Technology_Positioning,_Navigation_and_Timing_(Micro-PNT)/Microscale_Integration.aspx

(highlighted research picture)

http://www.livescience.com/40450-coolest-darpa-projects.html

http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=31317.php

http://phys.org/news/2013-07-gps-speck-electronic-device.html

http://www.wired.com/2013/04/darpa-navigation/

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-04/replacement-gps-fits-penny

http://eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2013/najafi-when-gps-fails.html

http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/strg/2012_space_tech_opps_rais_zedeh.html

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/aug/HQ_12-280_Early_Career_Grants.html

On gallium nitride electro-acoustic devices and phonon losses in semiconductors:

http://www.compoundsemiconductor.net/article/94521-research-on-gan-based-resonators-gives-

new-insights-into-phonon-electron-interactions.html

http://www.solar-uk-conference.co.uk/news

http://www.siliconsemiconductor.net/article/94521-Research-on-GaN-based-resonators-

gives- new-insights-into-Phonon-Electron-Interactions.php

http://www.semiconductor-today.com/latestissue.htm

On phase change switches and reconfigurable modules:

http://www.ims2014.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=252;catid=17

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2014/Muzhi-Wang-IMS-paper-award.html

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2011/raiszadeh.html

VI. PRESENTATIONS (more than 55 keynote speeches, invited talks, seminars, and webinars)

1. KEYNOTES

1. “Gallium nitride MEMS and microsystems,” 2016 CMOS Emerging Technologies

Research Symposium, invited plenary talk, Montreal, Canada, May 2016.

2. “Gallium nitride from a new perspective,” 2014 MACOM (M/A-COM Technology Solutions

Holdings) Annual Engineering Conference, invited keynote address, Nashua, NH, Oct.

2014.

2. SEMINARS, WEBINARS, AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. “GaN resonators and AlGaN/GaN resonant body transistors,” 2015 CMOS

Emerging Technologies Research Symposium, invited, Vancouver, BC, Canada,

May 2015.

2. “Gallium nitride resonators and resonant sensors,” Advances in MEMS Technical

Conference (sponsored by InvenSense), invited, Milan, Italy, Oct. 2014.

3. “Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Micro and Nano Systems,” Hilton

Head Workshop, invited, June 2014.

4. “Gallium nitride MEMS and microsystems,” China Semiconductor Technology

International Conference (CSTIC), invited, Shanghai, China, March 2014.

5. “Reconfigurable MEMS: Past, Present, and Future,” 2013 CMOS Emerging

Technologies Research Symposium, Whistler, Canada, July 2013.

6. “Temperature compensated silicon resonators for space applications,” SPIE

MEMS/MOEMS Reliability conference, invited, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 2013.

7. “Innovations in RF MEMS: from the University to Industry” MEMS Industry Group

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webinar, Jan. 2013.

8. “Gallium nitride micromechanical resonators for IR detection,” SPIE (2012 Micro- and

Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications Conference), invited, Baltimore, MD,

April 2012.

9. “Novel uncooled detector based on gallium nitride micromechanical resonators,” Proceedings

of SPIE: Infrared Technology and Applications, invited, Baltimore, MD, 2012.

10. “Characterization and modeling of RF MEMS passive and Filters,” 2011 NNIN/C

Michigan Symposium, invited, Ann Arbor, MI, April 2011.

11. “Design and fabrication considerations in developing high-Q MEMS capacitors and

inductors,” IEEE Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems

(SiRF’11), invited, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 2011.

12. “Resonant micro/nano electromechanical devices,” IEEE Nanotechnology Conference,

Eagle Crest Conference Center, invited, Ypsilanti, MI, Nov. 2009. 13. “CMOS-compatible encapsulated silver bandpass filters,” IEEE Microwave

Symposium (IMS’07), Honolulu, HI, June 2007. 14. “High-Q tunable silver capacitors for RFIC’s,” IEEE Meeting on Silicon Monolithic

Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF’07), Long Beach, CA, Jan 2007. 15. “High-Q micromachined silver passives and filters,” IEEE International Electron

Device Meeting (IEDM’06), San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2006. 16. “High-Q integrated inductors on trenched Si islands,” IEEE International Conference

on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS’05), Miami, FL, Jan. 2005.

3. INVITED TALKS AT GOVERNMENT LABS

1. “Ultra-stable clocks for picosatellites,” JPL, Pasadena, CA, Aug. 2014.

2. “Micro devices using resistance change materials,” DARPA Workshop on Phase

Change Materials, March 2014.

3. “Silica clocks for PASTIME,” DARPA microPNT PI Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2013.

4. “Reconfigurable radios: possible solutions to enhance access to radio spectrum,”

National Science Foundation EARS PI Meeting, Arlington, VA, Oct. 2013.

5. “Ultra-stable clocks for space applications,” Goddard Center, NASA, Aug. 2013.

6. “Silica clocks for PASTIME,” DARPA microPNT PI Meeting, Westminster, CO, Apr. 2013.

7. “Resonant IR Detectors,” Army Research Laboratory, Baltimore, MD, April 2013.

8. “Silica clocks for PASTIME,” DARPA microPNT PI Meeting, Boston, MA, Oct. 2012.

9. “Package of Silica for Timing and Inertial Measurement (PASTIME),” DARPA

microPNT Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting, April 2012.

10. “High-Q micro-resonators and filters and their application in communication and

sensing systems,” Army Research Laboratory, Baltimore, MD, April 2010.

4. INVITED TALKS AT UNIVERSITIES

1. “III-V acoustic devices,” California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Feb. 2015.

2. “Acoustic resonators and filters for communication and sensing applications,” Solid-

State Seminar, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Jan. 2015.

3. “Gallium nitride based sensors and systems,” BSAC Seminar Series, UC Berkeley, CA,

Dec. 2014.

4. “Gallium nitride MEMS and microsystems,” Microsystems Technology Laboratories

(MTL) Seminar Series, MIT, Boston, MA, Nov. 2014.

5. “High frequency RF MEMS,” Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems IAB Meeting,

Ann Arbor, MI, Sep. 2014.

6. “High frequency RF MEMS,” Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems IAB Meeting,

Ann Arbor, MI, May 2014.

7. “High frequency RF MEMS,” Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems IAB Meeting,

Sunnyvale, CA, Oct. 2013.

8. “GaN MEMS,” EECS Colloquium, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio,

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Oct. 2013.

9. “Resonant MEMS and Microsystems,” Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology

(IEN) USER day, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May 2013.

10. “High frequency RF MEMS,” Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems IAB Meeting,

May 2013.

11. “Integrated microsystems for communication and sensing Applications,” Michigan

State University, East Lansing, MI, April 2013.

12. “Resonant MEMS for timing and integrated sensing,” University of Southern

California, Los Angeles, CA, March 2013.

13. “Integrated microsystems for communication and sensing applications,” Cornell

University, Ithaca, NY, Feb. 2013.

14. “Integrated microsystems for communication and sensing applications,” University of

Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 2012.

15. “High frequency RF MEMS,” Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems IAB Meeting,

Nov. 2012.

16. “Integrated microsystems for communication and sensing applications,” University of

California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Nov. 2012.

17. “Passive MEMS for communication and sensing applications,” Center for Wireless Integrated

MicroSensing and Systems Seminar/Webinar (http://wims2.org/media/webinars.html), Oct.

2012.

18. “High frequency MEMS,” WIMS2 California Outreach, Sunnyvale, CA, April 2012.

19. “Sources, authorship, and the publication process,” RCRS Workshop, College of

Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Feb 2012.

20. “High frequency RF MEMS,” Wireless Integrated MicroSystems IAB Meeting, Nov. 2011.

21. “Miniaturized tunable RF MEMS filters using a silicon-based integrated passive device

technology,” UM/SNU Workshop, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, June

2011.

22. “Reconfigurable MEMS filters for low-power multi-band radios,” UM/IEMN Workshop,

IEMN, France, May 2011.

23. “High frequency RF MEMS,” Wireless Integrated MiroSystems IAB Meeting, May 2011.

24. “MEMS resonators and filters for communication and sensing applications,” University of

British Colombia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2010.

25. “Encapsulated micromachined silver devices for RF MEMS,” University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor, MI, March 2008.

26. “High-Q RF passives on CMOS-compatible trenched-silicon-islands,” Georgia Teach

Industry Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2007.

5. INVITED TALKS AT COMPANIES

1. “Gallium nitride from a new perspective,” 2014 MACOM Annual Engineering Conference,

invited keynote address, Nashua, NH, Oct. 2014.

2. “Advances in RF MEMS,” Agilent, Sunnyvale, CA, Jan. 2014.

3. “High frequency RF MEMS,” Honeywell, July 2013.

4. “RF MEMS resonators and filters” Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Texas Instrument, May, 2013.

VII. RESEARCH AWARDS

1. CURRENT

1. Title: Micro-size Precision Timing Units for CubeSat Applications, Organization: NASA

IRAD, Investigators: Mina Rais-Zadeh and Yun Zheng (PI), Grant Period: 10/01/2014 –

09/30/2015.

2. Title: Phase Change Optical Shutters (PhiSh), Organization: DARPA MTO, Investigator:

Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Grant Period: 06/01/2014 – 05/31/2015.

3. Title: RF Phase Change Switch Development, Organization: DARPA MTO/ONR,

Investigator: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Grant Period: 06/15/2014 – 06/14/2016.

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4. Title: Acoustic Phonons and Their Interactions with Electrons in Ultra-Scaled Ultra-Fast

Gallium Nitride Resonators, Organization: ONR-YIP, Investigator: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI),

Grant Period: 05/14/2014 – 05/31/2017.

5. Title: Chip-scale Precision Timing Unit for PicoSatellites, Organization: NASA

CAREER, Investigator: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Grant Period: 09/15/2012 – 09/14/2015.

6. Title: MEMS Reconfigurable Radios: System Development and Entry Costs in Wireless

Phones, Organization: NSF, Investigator: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Yogesh Gianchandani (co-

PI), David Wentzloff (co-PI), Jeremy Fox (co-PI), Grant Period: 09/15/2012 – 09/14/2015.

7. Title: Package of Silica for Timing & Inertial Measurement (PASTIME), Organization:

DARPA MTO, Investigators: Khalil Najafi (PI), Mina Rais-Zadeh (co-PI), Grant Period:

06/1/2011 – 05/31/2015.

8. Title: MEMS Reconfigurable Filters for Multi-Band Low-Power Radios, Organization:

NSF CAREER, Investigator: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Grant Period: 02/1/2011 –

01/31/2016.

9. Title: Low-Power Readout for Resonant Sensors, Organization: ARL, Micro Autonomous

Science and Technology Center (MAST), Investigators: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Kamal

Sarabandi (Center Director), Grant Period: 10/1/2013 – 9/30/2016.

2. PREVIOUS

1. Title: IR Detector Arrays Using Q-amplified MEMS Resonators, Organization: ARL,

Micro Autonomous Science and Technology Center (MAST), Investigators: Mina Rais-

Zadeh (PI), Kamal Sarabandi (Center Director), Grant Period: 10/1/2010 – 9/30/2013.

2. Title: Ultra-Sensitive Resonant GaN Infrared Sensors using CNT-Polymer

Nanocomposites, Organization: NSF, Investigators: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), P. C. Ku

(Co-PI), Grant Period: 5/15/2010 – 05/14/2014.

3. Title: Integrated MEMS for communication and sensing application, Organization: U.

of Michigan Crosby Grant, Investigators: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Grant Period:

01/15/2013 – 01/14/2014.

4. Title: Micro Devices based on Resistance Change Materials (MODERN Materials),

Organization:

DARPA MTO/ONR, Investigator: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Grant Period: 01/15/2013 –

01/14/2014.

5. Title: MEMS Reconfigurable Subwavelength Metallic Slits for Broadband Terahertz

Modulation, Organization: NSF, Investigators: Mona Jarrahi (PI), Mina Rais-Zadeh (Co-PI),

Grant Period: 09/1/2010 – 08/31/2013.

6. Title: Process Development for Piezoelectric MEMS, Organization: ISSYS Inc.,

Investigators: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Gift Money.

7. Title: Integrated Tunable Filters for Tactical Radios, Organization: Harris

Corporation, Investigator: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Gift Money.

8. Title: Packaging Process Development of Integrated Filter for Tactical Radios, Organization:

Harris Corporation, Investigator: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Gift Money.

9. Title: Wide Tuning Range Integrated Filter for Tactical Radios, Organization: Harris

Corporation, Investigator: Mina Rais-Zadeh (PI), Grant Period: 04/1/2010 –

03/31/2011.

10. Phase I Research Commercialization Grant from Georgia Research Alliance for

RadioMEMS Incorporate, Investigators: Farrokh Ayazi and Mina Rais-Zadeh, Grant

Period: 2007–2008.

VIII. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES

DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES

Thrust Leader, High Frequency MEMS Thrust, Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSensing

and Systems (WIMS2), University of Michigan, 2011–present

Undergraduate Faculty Advisor, University of Michigan, 2009–2011, 2014–present

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AdHoc Committee on Future of ECE Grad Programs, 2013–present

Graduate Faculty Advisor, University of Michigan, 2011–2014

NSF GAANN Fellowship Selection Committee, 2009–2011

Graduate Admission Committee, 2009–2010

COE COMMITTEES

Leinweber Scholarship Committee, 2014, 2015

1931E Scholarship Committee, 2013–2014

Lurie Nanofabrication Facility (LNF) Review Committee, 2013

CoE Freshmen Review Scholarship Committee, 2012

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES

IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies Committee, 2014–2015

ASME member, 2015–present

Leader of the RF & AMS Technology Working Group of International Technology Roadmap

for Semiconductors (ITRS), 2012–2014

IEEE EDS GOLD committee member, 2012–present

IEEE Southeast Michigan Chapter, EDS vice chair, 20092014

IEEE senior member, Electron Device Society, 2012present (member since 2003)

IEEE Women in Engineering member, 2005present

IEEE member, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, 2010present

Co-founder of RadioMEMS Start-up Company

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEES (FOR CONFERENCES)

Technical Program Committee and Session Chair of numerous conferences:

IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) (2011–2013), IEEE Sensors conference

(2011–2014), Hilton Head Workshop (2012, 2014), IEEE MEMS conference (2014, 2015),

IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (2015), Transducers (2015)

Member of the International Electron Device Meeting Executive Committee, 2014

Member of the IEEE MEMS Executive Technical Program Committee, 2015

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED

Organizer and topic chair for the topic “N/MEMS: Sensors, Actuators, & Resonators” at

ASME International Electronic Packaging technical conference and Exhibition (InterPACK),

2015

Organizer, Phase Change Materials Symposium (as part of MRS), 2015

Great Lakes Technology Symposium (GLTS), 2012

PROPOSAL SELECTION COMMITTEES

Department of Defense (DoD) ARO proposal reviewer, 2014–present

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) reviewer, 2014–present

NSF Panelist (ECCS, EARS, CISE, etc.), 2010present

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor of the following journals:

IEEE Electron Device Letters, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Reviewer of the following journals:

IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Journal of Micromechanics and

Microengineering, IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices (Golden Reviewer), IEEE Electron

Device Letters, IEEE Transaction of Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Microwave and

Wireless Components Letters, IEEE Transaction on Nanotechnology, IEEE Sensors Journal,

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, IEEE Design and Test of Computers, IEEE Transaction on

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Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transaction on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency

Control, Microwave Magazine, J. of Micro/Nano Lithography, Applied Physics Letters,

Journal of Applied Physics, Nature, Nature Communication, Nature Scientific Reports

Reviewer of the following book(s):

Cambridge University Press

IX. ACADEMIC TEACHING

EECS 311: Electronic Circuits

EECS 414: Introduction to MEMS

EECS 510: RF MEMS (new course developed)

EECS 514: Advanced MEMS-Device and Technologies

EECS 515: Integrated Microsystems

X. STUDENTS

1. POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS

Roozbeh Tabrizian, Ph.D. (2013) Georgia Institute of Technology

Lin Feng, Ph.D. (2013) South China University of Technology

2. PH.D. STUDENTS

Azadeh Ansari, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Adam Peczalski, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, USA

Muzhi Wang, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, USA

Mohsen Jafari, B.S. in Management, B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University

of Tehran, Iran

3. MASTER STUDENTS

Kaan Tosun, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Cesar Figueroa, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, USA

4. PAST MEMBERS

Former Visitors and Post-Doctoral Scholars:

Yonghyun Shim, April 2013– Aug. 2013 (Now at Broadcom, CA)

Former Ph.D. Students:

Zhengzheng Wu, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U. of Michigan,

July 2014, (Now at Qualcomm, CA)

Vikrant J. Gokhale, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U. of Michigan,

July 2014, (Now at NIST, MD)

Vikram A. Thakar, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, U. of Michigan, May 2014 (Now at

Sand 9, MA)

Yonghyun Shim, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U. of Michigan,

May 2013 (Now at Broadcom, CA)

Former Master Students (performing directed study):

Samuel Wolfson, M.S. student, 2013–2014

Jia (Jeff) Ruan, M.S. student, 20102011

Former Undergraduate Interns:

Pardis Emami Naeini, Undergraduate visiting student, Summer 2014

Alex Liao, Undergraduate student, Summer 2014

Paul Myers, Undergraduate student, 2012–2014

Klevis Merko, Summer 2013

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Zhuoyi Tang, Summer 2013

Kosuke Wataya, Summer 2013

Muzhi Wang, 2012 –2013

Gwendolyn Hummel, NNIN Undergraduate student, Summer 2012

Yu Sui, Undergraduate intern, 2011 –2012

Anchal Agarwal, Undergraduate intern, 2011

Lisa Anne Hendricks, NNIN Undergraduate student, Summer 2011

Natalie Swider, NNIN Undergraduate student, Summer 2010

Former High School Summer Interns:

Niarra Coleman, Ypsilanti High School, Summer 2011, 2013

Albert Washington, Ypsilanti High School, Summer 2011

XI. NOTABLE ADVISEES ACHIEVEMENTS

Mr. Muzhi Wang, 2013 – present

IEEE IMS Best Student Paper Award (Honorable Mention), M. Wang and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2014

Ms. Azadeh Ansari, 2011 – present

Best Poster Award, 1st place, Engineering Graduate Symposium, Integrated Circuits,

VLSI, and Microsystems Track, U. of Michigan, A. Ansari and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2014

Best Poster Award, 1st place, Engineering Graduate Symposium, Integrated Circuits, VLSI,

MEMS, & Microsystems Track, A. Ansari and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2013

Best Student Paper Award nominee, IEEE International Electron Device Meeting, 2012

Best Poster Award, 1st place, Engineering Graduate Symposium, MEMS Track, A. Ansari and

M. Rais-Zadeh, 2012

Mr. Adam Peczalski, 2011 – present

Michigan Space Grant Consortium Fellowship, A. Peczalski, 2013–2014 and 2014–2015

Best Poster Award, International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and

Microsystems (Transducers), Z. Wu, V. Thakar, A. Peczalski, and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2013

Best Poster Award, 2nd

place, WIMS IAB Meeting, A. Peczalski and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2012

NSF GAANN Fellowship, 2011

Dr. Vikrant Gokhale, 2009 – 2014 (Now at NIST)

Best Poster Award, 1st place, Engineering Graduate Symposium, MEMS/Mechatronics Session,

V. J. Gokhale and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2011

EECS Department Fellowship, 2011

Dr. Zhengzheng Wu, 2009 – 2014 (Now at Qualcomm)

Best Poster Award, International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and

Microsystems (Transducers), Z. Wu, V. Thakar, A. Peczalski, and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2013

IEEE IMS Best Student Paper Award (Finalist), Z. Wu, Y. Shim and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2011

Rackham International Student Fellowship, Z. Wu, 2010

Dr. Vikram Thakar, 2009 – 2014 (Now at Sand9)

Best Poster Award, International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and

Microsystems (Transducers), Z. Wu, V. Thakar, A. Peczalski, and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2013

Best Poster Award, 3rd

place, Engineering Graduate Symposium, MEMS Track, V. A. Thakar,

Z. Wu, A. Peczalski, and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2012

Dr. Yonghyun Shim, 2009 – 2013 (now at Broadcom, Irvine)

IEEE SiRF Best Student Paper Award (2nd

place), K. Ben Ali, C. Roda Neve, Y. Shim, M.

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Rais- Zadeh, and J.-P. Raskin, 2014

Best Poster Award, WIMS IAB Meeting, Y. Shim and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2011

IEEE IMS Best Student Paper Award (Finalist), Z. Wu, Y. Shim and M. Rais-Zadeh, 2011