Richard S. Muller

Professor in the Graduate School
Professor Emeritus
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department

Founding Director (1986, jointly with Richard M. White)
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)

Editor-in-Chief (1997-2012)
IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Internet:
muller at berkeley dot edu
Phone: (510) 642-0614
FAX: (510) 643-6637

Address:
University of California, Berkeley
EECS Department
568 Cory Hall #1770
Berkeley, CA 94720-1770

Assistant:
Richard Lossing
403 Cory Hall
(510) 643-9827
rlossing at berkeley dot edu

Grant Administrator:
Tom Parsons
(510) 643-6690
tparsons at eecs dot berkeley dot edu

Sometimes confused with Richard A. Muller of UCB Physics Department and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Research Interests

• MEMS Micro-Optical Systems for Process Characterization
• MEMS Biomedical Applications
• MEMS Systems for Adaptive Optics

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Education

• Stevens Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineer - 1955
• California Institute of Technology, MS/Electrical Engineering - 1957
• California Institute of Technology, PhD/Electrical Engineering and Physics - 1962

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Professional Activities

• Editor-in-Chief: IEEE/ASME Journal of Micromechanical Systems (1997-2012)
• Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (2007-present)
• Founding Director: Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (1986-present)
• National Materials Advisory Board of the National Research Council(NRC) (1994-1998)
• NRC Naval Studies Board (2012-present)
• NRC Panel on Computing, Information, and Communication Technology (2002-2003)
• NRC Transportation Research Board: Committee for Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (1999-2001)
• Trustee: Stevens Institute of Technology (1995-2005)
• Trustee and Secretary: Transducer Research Foundation (2005-present)
• Panelist: Review of MEMS Research in Finland (2002)
• Chairman: Microtechnologies Advisory Committee-- Helmholtz Association (Germany) (2003-2004)
• Liaison Officer: National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council (2003-2005), (2006- present)
• Section 7 Officer: Nominating Committee: National Academy of Engineering (2009- present)
• Chairman and Report Editor: NRC Committee on the future of MEMS Technologies (1997)
• Executive Advisory Board: NSF Center for Embedded Networks of Sensors (2001-2009)
• Reviewer: Lawrence Livermore National Radiation Laboratory Programs (1990-2000)
• Panel Reviewer: NASA Ames Research Laboratory Programs (2002-2003)
• Selection-Committee Member: Berkeley Regent's and Chancellor's Fellowships (2000-present)
• Advisory Boards: Several MEMS startup companies