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Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Miko Elwenspoek
MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, PO box 217, NL 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Tel. D: +49 761 203 97342; NL: +31 534 893 845; Fax: D: +49 761 203 97451; NL: +31 534 893 343
Website: http://tst.ewi.utwente.nl/
E-Mail: m.c.elwenspoek@utwente.nl
Interests: MEMS; wet etching of silicon; micro- and nano fluid handling

Associate Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Joost Lötters
1 Transducers Science and Technology (TST), MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
2 Bronkhorst High-Tech BV, Nijverheidsstraat 1A, 7261 AK Ruurlo, The Netherlands
Website: http://www.utwente.nl/ewi/tst/members/
E-Mail: j.c.lotters@ewi.utwente.nl
Interests: Design; fabrication and application of microfluidic handling systems, including MEMS thermal and Coriolis flow sensors and controllers, MEMS control valves and micromachined analytical instrumentation such as micro GC, micro HPLC and micro Wobbe index meters.

Editor
Mr. Leo Jiang
MDPI Haidian Office, Yingu Mansion, Suite 815, North 4th Ring Road West, 9, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China
Tel. +86 10 6280 0830
E-Mail: leo.jiang@mdpi.com

Publisher
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
MDPI AG, Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 79 322 33 79
Website: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
E-Mail: lin@mdpi.com

Editorial Board

Prof. Dr. Dean M. Aslam
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 2120 EB, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Tel. +1 517 353 6329; Fax: +1 517 353 1980
Website: http://www.egr.msu.edu/~aslam/
E-Mail: aslam@msu.edu
Interests: neural studies using microprobes; biochemical nanosensors; polycrystalline diamond (poly-C) sensors and MEMS (Bio; RF; Packaging); hands-on Lego-robotics modules for K-12; UG and graduate teaching
Contribution: Special Issue: Technology and Applications of Carbon-Based MEMS

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Benecke
Fraunhofer Institut für Siliziumtechnologie ISIT, Fraunhoferstraße 1, D-25524 Itzehoe, Germany
Fax: +49 (0) 48 21 17 4210
Website: http://www.isit.fhg.de
E-Mail: wolfgang.benecke@isit.fraunhofer.de
Interests: MEMS; NEMS; microsystem technology; sensors; actuators; process technology; commercialization of MEMS/NEMS

Prof. Dr. Victor M. Bright
College of Engineering & Applied Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, ECME 208, 427 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0427, USA
Tel. +1 303 735-1734; Fax: +1 303 492-3498
Website: http://www.colorado.edu/MCEN/people/faculty/bright.html
E-Mail: victor.bright@colorado.edu
Interests: micro- and nano-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS); silicon micromachining; microsensors; microactuators; opto-electronics; optical, magnetic and RF microsystems; atomic-layer deposited materials; ceramic MEMS; MEMS reliability; MEMS packaging

Prof. Dr. Glenn H. Chapman
School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
Tel. +1-778-782-3814; Fax: +1-778-782-4951
E-Mail: glennc@cs.sfu.ca
Interests: microelectronics; micromachining; laser/optical/sensor applications; biomedical sensors; space; applications; microfabrication; embedded microprocessors; internet anti-theft

Dr. Bernard Courtois
Circuits Multi-Projets, 46 Avenue Félix, Viallet, 38031 Grenoble Cedex, France
Tel. +33 476 574 615
Website: http://cmp.imag.fr/contacts/bio3.php
E-Mail: bernard.courtois@imag.fr
Interests: MEMS; infrastructures; education; CAD; test; modeling; libraries; fault modeling; thermal; 3D integration; electronics for MEMS; reliability

Prof. Dr. J. Paulo Davim
Department Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Fax: +351 234 370953
Website: http://www2.mec.ua.pt/machining/pers-davim.htm
E-Mail: pdavim@ua.pt
Interests: composites; polymers and metallic alloys; tribology; biotribology; machining; micromanufacturing; sustainable manufacturing; mechanical engineering; manufacturing; materials

Prof. Dr. Nicolaas F. De Rooij
Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Laboratory (SAMLAB) School of Engineering Institute of Microengineering Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-2002 Neuchatel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 32 720 5303; Fax: +41 32 720 5711
Website: http://people.epfl.ch/nico.derooij
E-Mail: nico.derooij@epfl.ch
Interests: design, micro fabrication and application of miniaturized silicon based sensors, actuators, and microsystems

Prof. Dr. Marc Desmulliez
Heriot-Watt University MIcroSystems Engineering Centre, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Earl Mountbatten Building, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland
Tel. +44 (0)131 451 3340; Fax: +44 (0)131 451 4155
Website: http://www.misec.hw.ac.uk/members/marc-desmulliez
E-Mail: m.desmulliez@hw.ac.uk
Interests: microengineering; microsystems technology advanced assembly and packaging 3D manufacturing
Contribution: Special Issue: Health and Usage Monitoring Microsystems (HUMMs)

Prof. Dr. Stefan Dimov
Manufacturing Engineering Centre, Cardiff University, Queen's Buildings, Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK
Tel. +44 (0) 29 2087 4429; Fax: +44 (0) 29 2087 4003
Website: http://www.expertise.cardiff.ac.uk/staff.asp?details=642
E-Mail: dimov@cf.ac.uk
Interests: micro manufacturing; micro machining; micro replication; micro milling; micro EDM; micro injection moulding; NIL; laser ablation

Prof. Dr. Gary K. Fedder
Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA
Tel. +1 412 268 8443; Fax: +1 412 268 5229
Website: http://www.ices.cmu.edu/
E-Mail: fedder@cmu.edu
Interests: integration of MEMS and electronics; MEMS modeling and design methodologies; microsensors; microactuators

Prof. Dr. Joseph Ford
University of California San Diego, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0407, USA
Tel. +1 858 534 7891; Fax: +1 858 534 1225
Website: http://psilab.ucsd.edu
E-Mail: jeford@ucsd.edu
Interests: optical MEMS; micro-imaging; telecommunications; free-space optical communications; remote optical sensing; concentrated photo voltaics

Dr. Luc Fréchette
Département de Génie Mécanique, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
Tel. +1 819 821 8000; Fax: +1 819 821 7163
Website: http://www.eureka.gme.usherb.ca/memslab/MEMSLab_e/
E-Mail: luc.frechette@usherbrooke.ca
Interests: MEMS; energy conversion; micro fuel cells; microturbines; heat and vibration energy harvesting; harsh environment sensors; microfluidics; thermal management; packaging
Contribution: Special Issue: Energy Harvesting

Dr. Michael Gaitan
Enabling Devices Group, Semiconductor Electronics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
Tel. +1 301 975 2070
Website: http://www.nist.gov/
E-Mail: michael.gaitan@nist.gov
Interests: CMOS foundry MEMS; microrobotics; microfluidics; microheating elements; nanoparticle synthesis; metrology and standardization

Dr. Kazunori Hoshino
Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, J.J. Pickle Research Campus MER160, Austin, TX 78758, USA
Tel. +1 512 232 4279; Fax: +1 512 232 4275
E-Mail: hoshino@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: MEMS; nanophotonics; MEMS-based optical microscopy; organic and inorganic light emitting devices

Dr. Dong-Joo Kim
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
Tel. +1 334 844 4864; Fax: +1 334 844 4864
Website: http://www.auburn.edu/~kimdon2/
E-Mail: dkim@eng.auburn.edu
Interests: MEMS; piezoelectric; magnetostrictive; sensors; actuators; nanofabrication

Prof. Dr. Sang-Gook Kim
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Room 1-310, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Tel. +1 617 452 2472; Fax: +1 617 258 8742
Website: http://mit.edu/micronanosystems/www/
E-Mail: sangkim@mit.edu
Interests: nanomanufacturing; carbon nanotube growth and assembly; PZT MEMS; energy harvesting; non-lithographic MEMS
Contribution: In other journals:
Special Issue: Advances in Actuators

Prof. Dr. Jörg P. Kutter
Department of Micro and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Build. 345 east, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Tel. +45 4525 6312; Fax: +45 4588 7762
Website: http://www.nanotech.dtu.dk/Staff/Faculty.aspx?lg=showcommon&id=5484&type=person
E-Mail: joerg.kutter@nanotech.dtu.dk
Interests: lab-on-a-chip technologies; microfluidics; micro-total analysis systems; integrated optics; miniaturization of (bio)chemical sensors; separation science
Contribution: Special Issue: Lab-on-a-Chip

Prof. Dr. Walter Lang
Institut für Mikrosensoren, -aktoren und -systeme (IMSAS) Universität Bremen, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Tel. +49 421 218 4701; Fax: +49 421 218 4701
Website: http://www.imsas.uni-bremen.de
E-Mail: wlang@imsas.uni-bremen.de
Interests: sensors; microfluidic systems; sensor networks for logistic applications

Prof. Dr. Jeong-Bong Lee
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, RL 10 The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA
Tel. +1 972 883 2893; Fax: +1 972 883 6839
Website: http://www.utdallas.edu/~jblee/
E-Mail: jblee@utdallas.edu
Interests: biomedical MEMS; RF MEMS; nanophotonics; MEMS packaging
Contribution: Special Issue: Lab-on-a-Chip

Prof. Dr. Wen J. Li
Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel. +852 9172 4105
Website: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/mbe/wenjli/
E-Mail: wenjli@cityu.edu.hk
Interests: micro/nano sensors; bioMEMS; electrokinetic nano-manipulation and nano-assembly

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Linert
Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/163-AC, A-1060 Wien, Austria
Tel. +43 1 58801 15350; Fax: +43 1 58801 16299
Website: http://www.ias.tuwien.ac.at/researchacwl_e.html
E-Mail: wlinert@mail.zserv.tuwien.ac.at
Interests: thermal and optical spin-state transitions; molecular magnets; isokinetic relationships; compensation effect; material science

Dr. Stefano Mariani
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
Tel. +39 02 2399 4279; Fax: +39 02 2399 4220
Website: http://www.stru.polimi.it
E-Mail: stefano.mariani@polimi.it
Interests: MEMS; structural sensors; kalman filtering
Contribution: Special Issue: Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering 2011
In other journals:
Special Issue: Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering
Special Issue: Numerical Simulation of Discontinuities in Mechanics
Special Issue: Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering - 2009
Special Issue: Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering 2011
Special Issue: State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Italy 2012
Special Issue: Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering 2013

Prof. Dr. Nam-Trung Nguyen
Nanyang Technological University, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
Tel. +65 6790 4457; Fax: +65 6791 1859
E-Mail: mntnguyen@ntu.edu.sg
Interests: development of micro technology; transport effects in microscale; microdevices; lab on a chip; diagnostic techniques
Contribution: Special Issue: Micromixers

Dr. Aaron T. Ohta
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall 483, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Tel. +1 808 956 8196; Fax: +1 808 956 3427
Website: http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/
E-Mail: aohta@hawaii.edu
Interests: MEMS/NEMS; bioMEMS/NEMS; microfluidics; optofluidics

Prof. Dr. Duc Truong Pham
Chance Professor of Engineering and Head of School, School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Website: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/mechanical/pham-duc.aspx
E-Mail: d.t.pham@bham.ac.uk
Interests: micro manufacturing; control systems; robotics; intelligent systems

Dr. Maurizio Porfiri
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Six MetroTech Center, Office: RH507 Rogers Hall, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Tel. +1 718 260 3681; Fax: +1 718 260 3532
Website: http://faculty.poly.edu/~mporfiri/index.htm
E-Mail: mporfiri@poly.edu
Interests: MEMS; sensors; actuators; composites; modeling; control systems; nonlinear dynamics

Prof. Dr. Nicola Pugno
Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Nanomechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, Italy
Tel. +39 0461 282525; Fax: +39 0461 282599
Website: http://www.ing.unitn.it/~pugno/
E-Mail: nicola.pugno@unitn.it
Interests: nanomaterials; nanomechanics; bio-inspired; fracture; strength; adhesion; toughness
Contribution: In other journals:
Special Issue: Advances in Bio-inspired Materials

Dr. Emmanuel Quevy
Director of MEMS engineering Silicon Laboratories 940 Stewart Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA
Tel. +1 4087021294
E-Mail: emmanuel.quevy@siliconclocks.com
Interests: MEMS design; fabrication and characterization RF analog circuit design / semiconductor processing

Prof. Dr. Phillipe Renaud
EPFL-STI-IMT-LMIS, BM-Station 17, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel. +41 21 693 67 97; Fax: +41 21 693 59 50
Website: http://lmis4.epfl.ch/page25539.html
E-Mail: philippe.renaud@epfl.ch
Interests: bioMEMS; microfluidics; cell chips; bioelectronics; biosensors

Prof. Dr. Dominiek Reynaerts
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Afdeling PMA, Celestijnenlaan 300b - bus 02420, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Tel. +32 163 226 40; Fax: +32 163 229 87
E-Mail: dominiek.reynaerts@mech.kuleuven.be
Interests: actuator systems, manufacturing and machine design with application focus on precision engineering, micromechanical systems, and robot assisted surgery
Contribution: Special Issue: Micro-positioning

Prof. Dr. Jin-Koo Rhee
Millimeter-Wave Innovation Technology (MINT) Research Center, Department of Electronics Engineering, Dongguk University, 26 Pil-dong 3-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-715, Korea
Tel. +82 2 2260 3335 or 8830; Fax: +82 2 2277 4796
Website: http://mint.dongguk.ac.kr/
E-Mail: jkrhee@dongguk.edu
Interests: research and development of semiconductor nano devices for microwaves and millimeter-waves; research and development of MMIC\'s (microwave monolithic integrated circuits) by 3-D MEMs; research and development of MIMIC\'s (millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuits)

Prof. Dr. Robert F. Richards
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, PO Box 642920, Pullman, WA 99164-2920, USA
Tel. +1 509 335 8157; Fax: +1 509 335 4662
Website: http://www.mme.wsu.edu/people/faculty/faculty.html?richardsR
E-Mail: richards@mme.wsu.edu
Interests: MEMS; actuators; sensors; energy conversion; micropower; heat and mass transfer
Contribution: Special Issue: Thermal Switches and Control of Heat Transfer in MEMS
In other journals:
Special Issue: Micro-Combustors

Prof. Dr. Paul D. Ronney
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Room OHE 430J, Viterbi School of Engineering, 3650 McClintock Ave., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1453, USA
Tel. +1 213 740 0490; Fax: +1 213 740 8071
Website: http://ronney.usc.edu
E-Mail: ronney@usc.edu
Interests: power MEMS; heat transfer; combustion; catalysis; solid oxide fuel cells; microbial fuel cells; PEM fuel cells
Contribution: Special Issue: Power MEMS

Dr. Janak Singh
Industrial Development Manager (NanoElectronics & Photonics, MEMS), Institute of Microelectronics Singapore, 11 Science Park Road, Singapore Science Park II, 117685, Singapore
Tel. +65 67705909; Fax: +65 67731914
Website: http://www.ime.a-star.edu.sg/
E-Mail: janak@ime.a-star.edu.sg
Interests: MEMS; MOEMS; bioMEMS; microPCR; microCE; micromirror; actuators; MEMS FEA simulations; motion sensing in bio medical applications; MEMS optical probe; OCT imaging using MEMS optical probe

Prof. Dr. Igor Tsukrov
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
Tel. +1 603 862 2086; Fax: +1 603 862 1865
Website: http://www.unh.edu/mechanical-engineering/people_i_tsukrov.html
E-Mail: igor.tsukrov@unh.edu
Interests: micromechanics and fracture of composite materials; computational solid mechanics; finite element method; ocean engineering
Contribution: Special Issue: Advances in Micromechanics and Microengineering

Dr. Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, PO Box 1000, 02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland
Tel. +358 40 758 7941
Website: http://www.vtt.fi/
E-Mail: tauno.vaha-heikkila@vtt.fi
Interests: RF MEMS; MEMS; microsystems; RF MEMS packaging

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