Asia Symposium & Research Review 2012

Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center

Asia Symposium & Research Review 2012
13-14 November

Tokyo International, Forum
Room G407
5-1 Marunouchi 3-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
03-5221-9000

Project Abstracts: PUBLIC | PRIVATE

Speaker Biographies

BSAC Director / Speaker Biographies



	Masayoshi Esashi is a Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, and currently serves both as a principal investigator at the World Premier International Research Center – Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR) (http://www.wpi-aimr.tohoku.ac.jp/en/index.php) and as the Director for the Micro System Integration Center (μSIC) at Tohoku University. In 2006, he received a Purple Ribbon Medal of Honor in the Japanese Government Decorations for his work in MEMS. The Purple Ribbon Medal of Honor is an award given to people who have made important contributions to academic fields, arts and technological development. He also received the SSDM Award in 2001 and the Japan IBM Science Prize in 1993. Professor Esashi has served as President of Japan Society of Next Generation Sensor Technology since 2010, and previously served as Advisor for University-Industry Collaboration to the Sendai City Government (2004-2006), President of the Sensor & Micromachine Society of the Institute of Electrical Engineers in Japan (2002-2003), and Director of the Venture Business Laboratory in Tohoku University (1995-1998). He has played an active role in organizing technical conferences, by serving as General Co-chairman of the 4th IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Workshop in 1991 held in Nara, Japan; General Chairman of the 10th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers 1999) held in Sendai, Japan; and Technical Program Chairman of the IEEE Sensors 2006 held in Daegu, Korea. Professor Esashi received his B.E. degree in electronic engineering in 1971 and the Doctor of Engineering degree in 1976 from Tohoku University. He became Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tohoku University in 1981 and Professor in 1990. Professor Esashi is the co-inventor of more than 110 patents in MEMS and has authored or co-authored 12 books and nearly 380 archival publications. He is a founder to two start-up companies in the areas of MEMS manufacturing and micromachined medical devices. See also: http://www.mems.mech.tohoku.ac.jp



	John M. Huggins Executive Director, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, UC Berkeley (since September 2002). MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota (1973); Stanford High Tech Executive Institute. Founder & CEO of TDK Systems Inc; VP, Advanced Development, Silicon Systems Inc; Telecom development manager, Intel Corporation. Guest Editor and Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits; Technical Program Committee, International Solid State Circuits Conference 5 years. Chair, PCMCIA communications standards subcommittee. Five U.S. Patents. Research and professional interests: mixed signal CMOS integrated circuits, electronic communications, and telecommunications high tech business development. See also: http://www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/project/list_projects_by_director.php?PersonID=1086



	Shinichi Kato is a freelance writer and editor specializing in MEMS, semiconductor, display, and energy-related technologies. He also conducts various projects in research, event planning and consulting on a broader range of topics such as electronics, city planning, lifestyle, and culture. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Kato worked as a staff writer and editor for the Nikkei Microdevices magazine and the Tech-On! online technical media at Nikkei Business Publications. Before joining Nikkei Business, he worked for Electronic Journal, Inc. as a staff writer and editor for Electronic Journal, a publication dedicated to electronics, since 2002. From 1999 to 2002, he worked as a staff writer and editor for the newspapers dedicated to synthetic fiber at Nihon Kasei Shimbun, Co. Mr. Kato graduated from Chuo University in Tokyo in 1999 with a BA degree in literature.



	Liwei Lin is the Chancellor's Professor and Vice Chair of Graduate Studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley, and a Co-Director of BSAC. He received his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley in 1991 and 1993, respectively. He joined BEI Electronics from 1993 to 1994 in research and development of microsensors. From 1994 to 1996 he was an Associate Professor at the Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University. From 1996 to 1999 he was an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department at the University of Michigan. Professor Lin is the recipient of the 1998 NSF Career Award for research in MEMS Packaging and the 1999 ASME Journal of Heat Transfer best paper award for his work on micro-scale bubble formation. He led the effort in establishing the MEMS division in ASME and is the founding Chairman of the Executive Committee and an ASME Fellow. He is a subject editor for IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems as well as the North and South America Editor for Sensors and Actuators A Physical. He holds eight US patents in the area of MEMS. His research interests are in micro/nano electromechanical systems, including design, modeling and fabrication of micro/nano structures, micro/nano sensors and micro/nano actuators. See also: http://www.me.berkeley.edu/faculty/lin/index.html



	Clark T.-C. Nguyen is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and BSAC Co-Director. He was previously Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan and a DARPA Program Manager in the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). He managed many DARPA programs including Micro Power Generation (MPG), Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC), MEMS Exchange (MX), Harsh Environment Robust Micromechanical Technology (HERMiT), Micro Gas Analyzers (MGA), Radio Isotope Micropower Sources (RIMS), RF MEMS Improvement (RFMIP), Navigation-Grade Integrated Micro Gyroscope (NGIMG) and Micro Cryogenic Coolers (MCC). Prof. Nguyen received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989, 1991, and 1994, respectively. In 1995 he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His technical interests focus on microelectromechanical systems and include integrated vibrating micromechanical signal processors and sensors, merged circuit/micromechanical technologies, RF communication architectures and integrated circuit design and technology. Prof. Nguyen and his students have garnered numerous Best Paper Awards at prestigious conferences including the 1998 and 2003 IEEE International Electron Devices Meetings, the 2004 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, the 2004 DARPA Tech Conference, and the 2004 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference. In 2001, Prof. Nguyen founded Discera, Inc., a company aimed at commercializing communication products based upon MEMS technology, with an initial focus on the vibrating micromechanical resonators pioneered by his research in prior years. He served as Vice President and Acting Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Discera from 2001 to mid-2002. See also: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ctnguyen/



	Albert P. Pisano holds the FANUC Chair of Mechanical Systems in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a joint appointment to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He serves as the senior co-Director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC), the NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) running continuously since 1986. Professor Pisano's research interests in recent times are 1) MEMS wireless sensors for harsh environments (600 C) such as gas turbines and geothermal wells, 2) passively powered micro cooling devices for electronic chips that transport heat over 10 cm away, as well as 3) new, additive, MEMS manufacturing techniques such as low-temperature (60 C), low-pressure (1 atm) nano-printing of nanoparticle inks and polymer solutions without traces of residual layers. Other research interests and activities at UC Berkeley include MEMS for a wide variety of applications, including RF components, power generation, drug delivery, strain sensors, biosensors, micro inertial instruments, disk-drive actuators and nanowire sensors. He is the co-inventor listed on more than 20 patents in MEMS and has co-authored more than 300 archival publications. Since 1983, he has graduated over 40 Ph.D. and 75 MS students. Also, he has hosted 4 visiting industrial fellows in his lab since 2005. Professor Pisano was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2001. A member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, he was elected to Fellow status in 2004. In 2009, he was awarded the Columbia University Thomas Egleston Medal for Distinguished Engineering Achievement by notable alumni of Columbia University. Professor Pisano recently served as the Faculty Head of the Program Office for Operational Excellence at UC Berkley. Before this position, he served as the Acting Dean of the College of Engineering, and was Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 2004 to 2010. Prior to serving as Department Chair, he served as Director of the Electronics Research Laboratory, the largest organized research unit on the UC Berkeley campus with over $73 million in research funds each year. Professor Pisano joined the University of California in 1983. He received his B.S. (1976), M.S. (1977) and Ph.D. (1981) degrees from Columbia University in the City of New York in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to joining the faculty at UC Berkeley, he held research positions with Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Singer Sewing Machines Corporate R&D Center and General Motors Research Labs. From 1997 to 1999, he served as Program Manager for the MEMS Program at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, VA, where he expanded the MEMS research portfolio to 83 contracts awarded nationwide with a total MEMS research expenditure in excess of $168 million distributed over 3 fiscal years. He is a founder in ten start-up companies in the areas of transdermal drug delivery, transvascular drug delivery, sensorized catheters, MEMS manufacturing equipment, MEMS RF devices and MEMS motion sensors. In 2008, he was named one of the 100 Notable People by the Medical Devices and Diagnostic Industry (MD&DI) Magazine. See also: http://www.me.berkeley.edu/faculty/pisano



	Miwako Waga Founder & Executive Partner, Susano Berkeley LLC (SBL) Based in Tokyo, Susano Berkeley LLC (SBL) promotes research collaboration between UC Berkeley and Japanese industry. SBL provides a range of services to facilitate such collaboration, including business and technical consulting, reports on emerging technology trends, planning and organization of technical conferences, and logistical support. Ms. Waga has many years of global science & technology analysis experience and is well connected with Japanese industry, government, and academic sectors. From 2002-2009, Ms. Waga served as Japan Managing Director of Global Emerging Technology Institute (GETI). Her role consisted of analyzing emerging technology trends and providing strategic advice to clients in the private and government sectors. Prior to joining GETI, she led from 1998 to 2001 a DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) sponsored project to analyze MEMS R&D trends in Japan and Asia. Ms. Waga was instrumental in initiating the International Workshop on Power MEMS, an international workshop series on micro and nanotechnology for power generation and energy conversion applications, and has served as an International Steering Committee member since 2002. Ms. Waga supervised the Japanese edition of "Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation" (McGraw-Hill, 2004) edited by R. Burgelman, C. Christensen, and S. Wheelwright. She was a member of research team for the study of dynamically changing university-industry collaboration in Japan, which was sponsored by the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), an independent administrative agency affiliated with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan. The findings of this joint research project were published in a Japanese book titled University-Industry Collaboration (San-Gaku Renkei in Japanese), ed. Yuko Harayama, Toyo Keizai Shimposha, 2003. Ms. Waga holds the B.A. degree in International Relations from Tsuda College in Tokyo and the M.S. degree in Science & Technology Policy from the University of Sussex of the UK. See also: http://www.susanoberkeley.com