Editorial Office
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Miko Elwenspoek
1 Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstraße 19, D-79104 Freiburg i.Br., Germany 2 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:
Interests: MEMS; wet etching of silicon; micro- and nano fluid handling
Managing Editor
Dr. Ophelia Han
MDPI Beijing Office, Liyuanbeijie Road 186, Suite 307, Liyuan Town, Tongzhou District, 101101 Beijing, China Tel. +86 10 59011009; Fax: +86 10 59011089
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Dr. Brietta Pike
MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel Tel. +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
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Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel Tel. +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
Website: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/ E-Mail:
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:
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:
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:
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
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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:
Interests: MEMS; infrastructures; education; CAD; test; modeling; libraries; fault modeling; thermal; 3D integration; electronics for MEMS; reliability
Prof. Dr. Nicolaas F. De Rooij
Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Laboratory (SAMLAB), Institute of Microtechnology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel. +41 32 720 5303; Fax: +41 32 720 5711
Website: http://people.epfl.ch/nico.derooij E-Mail:
Interests: design, micro fabrication and application of miniaturized silicon based sensors, actuators, and microsystems
Prof. Dr. Marc Desmulliez
Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, MIcrosystems Engineering Centre (MISEC), Heriot-Watt University, MIcroSystems Engineering Centre, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Earl Mountbatten Building, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland, UK Tel. +44 (0)131 451 3340; Fax: +44 (0)131 451 4155
Website: http://misec.eps.hw.ac.uk/welcome.htm E-Mail:
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.mec.cf.ac.uk E-Mail:
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:
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:
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 Boul. 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:
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:
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
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Interests: MEMS; nanophotonics; MEMS-based optical microscopy; organic and inorganic light emitting devices
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:
Interests: nanomanufacturing; carbon nanotube growth and assembly; PZT MEMS; energy harvesting; non-lithographic MEMS
Contribution:
In other journals: Special Issue: Advances in Actuators
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:
Interests: MEMS; piezoelectric; magnetostrictive; sensors; actuators; nanofabrication
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:
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
IMSAS Institute for Microsensors, -actuators and –systems, Postfach 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany Tel. +49 421 218 4701; Fax: +49 421 218 4701
Website: http://www.imsas.uni-bremen.de E-Mail:
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:
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:
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:
Interests: thermal and optical spin-state transitions; molecular magnets; isokinetic relationships; compensation effect; material science
Dr. Stefano Mariani
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale, 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:
Interests: MEMS; structural sensors; kalman filtering
Contribution:
Special Issue: Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering 2011
In other journals: Special Issue: Numerical Simulation of Discontinuities in Mechanics
Special Issue: Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering
Special Issue: Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering - 2009
Special Issue: Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering 2011
Dr. Brent Nelson
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Arizona University, P. O. Box 15600, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA Tel. +1 928 523 0862; Fax: +1 928 523 2300
Website: http://www.cefns.nau.edu/Academic/ME/faculty/BrentNelson.shtml E-Mail:
Interests: biomaterials; protein mechanics; microsensors; atomic force microscopy
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
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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:
Interests: MEMS/NEMS; bioMEMS/NEMS; microfluidics; optofluidics
Dr. Roy H. Olson III
Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS 1069, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA Tel. +1 505 284 6375; Fax: +1 505 844 2991
Website: http://www.sandia.gov/ E-Mail:
Interests: microsystems, microresonators; phononic crystals; RF MEMS: piezoelectric MEMS; inertial sensors
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:
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: 504-A 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:
Interests: MEMS; sensors; actuators; composites; modeling; control systems; nonlinear dynamics
Prof. Dr. Nicola Pugno
Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Nanomechanics “Giuseppe Maria Pugno", Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy Tel. +39 011 090 4902; Fax: +39 011 090 4899
Website: http://areeweb.polito.it/ricerca/bionanomech E-Mail:
Interests: nanomaterials; nanomechanics; bio-inspired; fracture; strength; adhesion; toughness
Dr. Emmanuel Quevy
CTO, Silicon Clocks Inc., 39141 Civic Center Drive, Suite 450, Fremont, CA 94538, USA Tel. +1 510 742 5625 #106; Fax: +1 510 742 9176
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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:
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
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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:
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:
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:
Interests: power MEMS; heat transfer; combustion; catalysis; solid oxide fuel cells; microbial fuel cells; PEM fuel cells
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:
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:
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:
Interests: RF MEMS; MEMS; microsystems; RF MEMS packaging
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