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D. Castro, P. Ingram, R. Kodzius, D. Conchouso, I. G. Foulds, and E. Yoon, "Characterization of Solid UV Cross-Linked PEGDA for Biological Applications," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 457-460, January 2013. A. Viswanath, S.R. Green, J. Kosel, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "Conformally Integrated Stent Cell Resonators for Wireless Monitoring of Peripheral Artery Disease," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 1069-1072, January 2013. Y.-Ch. Chen, P. Ingram, X. Lou, and E. Y. Yoon, "Osmotic Actuation for Microfluidic Components in Point-of-Care Applications," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 1125-1128, January 2013. Y. Shim, G. Hummel, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "RF Switching Using Phase Change Materials," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 237-240, January 2013. E. E. Aktakka, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "A 3-DOF Piezoelectric Micro Vibratory Stage Based on Bulk-PZT/Silicon Crab-Leg Suspensions," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 576-579, January 2013. Z. Cao, B. VanDerElzen, K. J. Owen, J. Yan, G. He, R. L. Peterson, D. Grimard, and K. Najafi, "Drie of Fused Silica," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 361-364, January 2013. M. M. Sadeghi, K. Dowling, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "High Sensitivity, High Density Micro-Hydraulic Force Sensor Array Utilizing Stereo-Lithography Fabrication Technique," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 673-676, January 2013. J. Cho, J. Yan, J. A. Gregory, H. Eberhart, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "High-Q Fused Silica Birdbath and Hemispherical 3-D Resonators Made by Blow Torch Molding," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 177-180, January 2013. M. M. Sadeghi, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "High-Speed Electrostatic Micro-Hydraulics for Sensing and Actuation," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 1191-1194, January 2013. D. Egert, J. Kaplan, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "Iodine-Treated Starch as Easy-to-use, Biodegradable Material With Controllable Swelling and Stiffening Properties," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 217-220, January 2013. 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," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 122-125, January 2013. Y. Tang, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "Technology for Fabricating Dense 3-D Microstructure Arrays for Biomimetic Hair-Like Sensors," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp.355-358, January 2013. M. Ghannad-Rezaie, M. N. Gulari, and N. Chronis, "A Powerless, Fabry-Perot Laser-based Pressure Microsensor," IEEE-EMBS Micro- and Nanoengineering in Medicine Conference, Ka’anapali, HI, December 2012. A. Ansari, V. Gokhale, J. Roberts, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "Monolithic Integration of GaN-based Micromechanical Resonators and HEMTs for Timing Application," (IEDM) IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2012. J. McCullagh, R. L. Peterson, T. Galchev, R. Gordenker, Y. Zhang, J. Lynch, and K. Najafi, "Short-Term and Long-Term Testing of a Vibration Harvesting System for Bridge Health Monitoring," International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 109-112, December 2012. K. Kumar, A. Besharatian, L. P. Bernal, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "A Multiphysics Reduced Order Model of Valve Pumping in a 4-Stage Vacuum MicroPump," Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Congress & Exposition, Houston, Texas, November 2012. N. E. Roberts and D. Wentzloff, "915MHz Ultra Low Power Receiver using Sub-Vt Active Rectifiers," IEEE Subthreshold Microelectronics Conference, Waltham, MA, Best Paper Award Winner, October 2012. K. Najafi, "Biomimetic Hair Sensors: Utilizing the Third Dimension," IEEE International Conference on Sensors, Taipei, Taiwan, October 2012. (Invited) S. Takayama, "Microfluidic Tools to Model and Analyze the Body," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Okinawa, Japan, Plenary Speaker, October 2012. (Invited) M. N. Gulari, A. Tripathi, and N. Chronis, "Microfluidic-Based Oil Immersion Lens for High Resolution Microscopy," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Okinawa, Japan, pp. 49-51, October 2012. S. OConnor, J. P. Lynch, M. Ettouney, G. van der Linden, and S. Alampalli, "Cyber-enabled Decision Making System for Bridge Management using Wireless Monitoring Systems: Telegraph Road Bridge Demonstration Project," Proceedings of NDE/NDT for Highways & Bridges: Structural Materials Technology (SMT) Conference, New York, NY, August 2012. A. Mosavi, H. Sedarat, M. Kurata, Y. Zhang, A. Emami-Naeini, V. Jacob, and Lynch, J. P., "Finite Element Model Updating of a Long-span Suspension Bridge using Measured Vibration Data," Proceedings of NDE/NDT for Highways & Bridges: Structural Materials Technology (SMT) Conference, New York, NY, August 2012. S. Oh, and D. Wentzloff, "A -32dBm Sensitivity RF Power Harvester in 130nm CMOS," (RFIC) IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, Montreal, Canada, pp. 483-486, June 2012. Y.-P. Chen, M. Fojtik, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "A 2.98nW Bandgap Voltage Reference Using a Self-tuning Low Leakage Sample and Hold," IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Honolulu, HI, June 2012. I. Lee, S. Bang, Y. Lee, Y. Kim, G. Kim, D. Sylvester and D. Blaauw, "A 635 pW Battery Voltage Supervisory Circuit for Miniature Sensor Nodes," IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Honolulu, HI, pp. 202-203, June 2012. N. E. Roberts and D. Wentzloff, "A 98nW Wake-up Radio for Wireless Body Area Networks," (RFIC) IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, Montreal, Canada, pp. 373-386, June 2012. 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), Hilton Head Island, SC, June 2012. 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), Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 385-388, June 2012. T. Li, K. Ding, W. E. Seyfried, Jr., and Y. B. Gianchandani, "A Micromachined Chemical Sensor for Sea Floor Environments: Initial Results," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head), Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 173-176, June 2012. S. M. OConnor, J. P. Lynch, and A. C. Gilbert, "A Modal Analysis Application of Compressed Sensing for Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Wireless Structural Monitoring Systems," Proceedings of EMI/PMC 2012: 2012 Joint Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute and the 11th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, South Bend, IN, June 2012. S. An, N. K. Gupta, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "A Monolithic 162-stage Two-part Knudsen Pump for High Compression Ratio," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head), Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 14-17, June 2012. H. G. Rhew, J. Jeong, J. A. Fredenburg, S. Dodani, P. Patil, and M. P. Flynn, "A Wirelessly Powered Log-based Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation SoC with Two-way Wireless Telemetry for Treatment of Neurological Disorders," VLSI Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Honolulu, HI, June 2012. J. Beroz, M. Bedewy, and A. J. Hart, "Direct-Write Self-assembly of 3D Colloidal Microstructures," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head), Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 129-132, June 2012. J. D. Bergman and J. P. Lynch, "GPA-Assisted Wireless Data Collection Techniques for Vehicle Bridge Interaction Studies," Proceedings of EMI/PMC 2012: 2012 Joint Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute and the 11th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, South Bend, IN, June 2012. S. Y. Yee, R. L. Peterson, L. P. Bernal, and K. Najafi, "High-frequency Large-deflection Electrostatic Diaphragm Actuators with Maximized Volume Displacement," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head), Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 393-396, June 2012. G. Bahl, K. H. Kim, W. Lee, J. Liu, X. Fan, and T. Carmon, "Microfluidic Optomechanical Oscillators," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head), Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 96-99, June 2012. J. Tang, S. R. Green, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "Miniature Wireless Resonant Rotary Motor Actuated by Lithograhically Micromachined Magnetoelastic Foil," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head), Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 86-89, June 2012. V. J. Gokhale, J. Roberts, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "Sensitive Uncooled IR Detectors Using Gallium Nitride Resonators and Silicon Nitride Absorbers," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head), Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 46-49, June 2012. T. Li, Q. Bai, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "Using Drie Silicon as a Cutting Tool for High Precision Micromachining of Metal Alloys," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head), Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 477-480, June 2012. E. E. Aktakka, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "Wet Etching & Uniform Wafer-level Thinning of Bulk Piezoelectric Ceramics on Silicon," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head), Hilton Head Island, SC, pp. 256-259, June 2012. K. D. Wise, "Wireless Implantable Microsystems: Creating a Revolution in Health Care," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head), Hilton Head Island, SC, Plenary Address, pp. 26-29, June 2012. (Invited) V. A. Thakar, W. Pan, F. Ayazi, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "Acoustically coupled AIN-on-Si Bandpass Filters with High-Q Notches Within the Passband," Joint IEEE International Frequency Control/Precision Time & Time Interval Symposium, Baltimore, MD, May 2012. J. A. Gregory, J. Cho, and K. Najafi, "Characterization and Control of a High-Q MEMS Inertial Sensor using Low-Cost Hardware," IEEE/ION PLANS 2012, Myrtle Beach, SC, May 2012. X. Mu, N. Ward, L. Li, E. Covington, G. Serrano, C. Kurdak, W. Li, A. J. Mason, and E. T. Zellers, "CMOS Monolithic Chemiresistor Array with Microfluidic Channel for a Micro Gas Chromatograph," (ISCAS) IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea, pp. 1163-1166, May 2012. J. A. Gregory, J. Cho and K. Najafi, "Novel Mismatch Compensation Methods for Rate-integrating Gyroscopes," IEEE/ION PLANS 2012, Myrtle Beach, SC, May 2012. R. J. M. Gordenker, and K. D. Wise, "A Programmable Palm-Size Gas Analyzer for use in Micro Autonomous Systems," SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing 2012, Baltimore, MD, 83731O-1-6, April 2012. (Invited) S. Yu, V. J. Gokhale, O. A. Shenderova, G. E. McGuire, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "A Thin Film Infrared Adsorber using CNT/Nanodiamond Nanocomposite," Materials Research Society Symposium, San Francisco, CA, April 2012. M. Rais-Zadeh, "Gallium Nitride Micromechanical Resonators for IR Detection," SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing 2012, Baltimore, MD, April 2012. (Invited) M. M. Sadeghi, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "Hair-based Sensors for Micro-autonomous Systems," SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing 2012, Baltimore, MD, 83731L-1-8, April 2012. (Invited) V. J. Gokhale, Y. Sui, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "Novel Uncooled Detector Based on Gallium Nitride Micromechanical Resonators," SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing 2012, Baltimore, MD, April 2012. N. Ward, X. Mu, G. Serrano, E. Covington, C. Kurdak, A. J. Mason, W. Li, and E. T. Zellers, "Adaptable Chip-Level Microfluidic Packaging for a Micro-Gas-Chromatograph," (NEMS) IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 82-85, March 2012. A. A. Mosavi, H. Sedarat, S. OConnor, A. Emami-Naeini, V. Jacob, A. Krimotat, and J. P. Lynch, "Finite Element Model Updating of a Skewed Highway Bridge using a Multi-variable Sensitivity-based Optimization Approach," SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA, March 2012. J. Bergman, J. H. Kim, and J. P. Lynch, "Heterogenous Wireless Sensor Networks for Computational Partitioning of Markov Parameter-Based System Identification," SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA, March 2012. M. H. Ghaed, M. M. Ghahramani, G. Chen, M. Fojtik, D. Blaauw, M. P. Flynn, and D. Sylvester, "Low Power Wireless Sensor Networks for Infrastructure Monitoring," Proceedings of SPIE, San DIego, CA, vol. 8347, pp. 83470U, March 2012. (Invited) J. Choi, S. Park, J. Cho, and E. S. Yoon, "A 1.36uW Adaptive CMOS Image Sensor with Reconfigurable modes of Operation from Available energy/illumination for distributed wireless sensor network," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 112-114, February 2012. H. Chae, J. Jeong, G. Manganaro, and M. P. Flynn, "A 12mW Low-power Continuous-time Bandpass ΔΣ Modulator with 58dB SNDR and 24 MHz Bandwidth at 200MHz IF," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 148-149, February 2012. D. Yoon, D. Sylvester, and D. Blaauw, "A 5.58nW 32.768kHz DDL-assisted XO for Real-time Clocks in Wireless Sensing Applications," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 366-368, February 2012. Y. Lee, B. Giridhar, Z. Foo, D. Sylvester, and D. Blaauw, "A 660pW Multi-stage Temperature-compensated Timer for Ultra-low-power Wireless Sensor Node Synchronization," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 46-47, February 2012. J. Fredenburg, and M. P. Flynn, "A 90MS/s 11MHz Bandwidth 62dB SNDR Noise-shaping SAR ADC," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 468-469, February 2012. Y. Lee, G. Kim, S. Bang, Y. Kim, I. Lee, P. Dutta, D. Sylvester, and D. Blaauw, "A Modular 1mm3 Die-tacked Sensing Platform with Optical Communication and Multi-modal Energy Harvesting," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 2012. M. H. Ghaed, G. Chen, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "Analysis and Measurement of the Stability of Dual-resonator Oscillators," IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Austin, TX, pp. 219-222, February 2012. Y. Lee, Y. Kim, D. Yoon, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "Circuit and System Design Guidelines for Ultra-low Power Sensor Nodes," ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 402-404, February 2012. A. Tripathi, T. C. Marentis, and N. Chronis, "Microfabricated Instrument Tag for the Radiographic Detection of Retained Foreign Bodies During Surgery," Proceedings of SPIE, San Diego, CA, vol. 8313, pp. 83134H1-8, February 2012. Y. Zhang, M. Kurata, and J. P. Lynch, "Distributed Cyberinfrastructure Tools for Automated Data Processing of Structural Monitoring Data," SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA, January 2012. N. K. Gupta, S. An, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "A Monolityic 48-stage Si-micromachined Knudsen Pump for High Compression Ratios," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Paris, France, 152-155, January 2012. A. Besharatian, K. Kumar, R. L. Peterson, L. P. Bernal, and K. Najafi, "A Scalable, Modular, Multi-stage, Peristaltic, Electrostatic Gas Micro-pump," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Paris, France, 1001-1004, January 2012. A. C. Johnson and K. D. Wise, "A Self-curling Monolithically-backed Active High-density Cochlear Electrode Array," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Paris, France, 914-917, January 2012. Y. Shim, J. Ruan, Z. Wu, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "An Integrated RF MEMS Tunable Filter," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Paris, France, 15-18, January 2012. S. Banerjee, F. M. Ozkeskin, G. K. Ananthasuresh, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "An Optimized Steel Micro-Switch with Low Switching Voltage and High Recoil Force," International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems (ISSS 12), Bangalore, India, January 2012. Y. C. Chen, X. Lou, P. Ingram, and E. S. Yoon, "Cell Pairing Ratio Controlled Micro-Environment with Valve-less Electrolytic Isolation," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Paris, France, 792-795, January 2012. D. Paul, G. Serrano, E. T. Zellers, and K. Kurabayashi, "Comprehensive Two-dimensional Gas Chromatography Using a MEMS Thermal Modulator," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Paris, France, 96-99, January 2012. K. J. Owen, B. VanDerElzen, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "High Aspect Ratio Deep Silicon Etching," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Paris, France, 251-254, January 2012. J. Y. Cho, J. A. Gregory, and K. Najafi, "High-Q, 3KHz Single-crystal-silicon Cylindrical Rate-integrating Gyro (CING)," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Paris, France, 172-175, January 2012. N. T. Huang, S. Truxal, Y. C. Tung, and K. Kurabayashi, "Multi-spectral Tunable Excitation Fluorescence Microscopy with a Nanoimprinted PDMS-on-silicon Grating Optical Filter," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Paris, France, January 2012. 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 Devices Meeting (IEDM), Washington, DC, December 2011. M. Sadeghi, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "Micro-Hydraulic Structure for High Performance Bio-Mimetic Air Flow Sensor Arrays," (IEDM) IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Washington, DC, December 2011. Z. Wu, Y. Shim, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "Switchable Wide Tuning Range Bandstop Filters for Frequency-Agile Radios," (IEDM) IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Washington, DC, December 2011. B. Rhew, J. Jeong, J. Fredenburg, and M. P. Flynn, "Ultra Low Power Microsystems Using RF Energy Scavenging," (IEDM) IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Washington, DC, December 2011. (Invited) A. Borna and K. Najafi, "A Low Power, Low Voltage, User-Programmable, Wireless Interface for Reliable Neural Recording," IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (bioCAS), San Diego, CA, November 2011. E. E. Aktakka, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "Multi-Layer PZT Stacking Process for Piezoelectric Bimorph Energy Harvesters," International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), Seoul, Korea, pp. 139-142, November 2011. S. Oh and D. Wentzloff, "Portable Hardware for Real-Time Channel Estimation on Wireless Body Area Networks," (bioCAS) IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, San Diego, CA, pp. 233-236, November 2011. A. Tripathi and N. Chronis, "A Doublet Microlens Array for Imaging of Biological Micron-size Objects," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Seattle, WA, pp. 1257-1259, October 2011. M. Ghannad-Rezaie, B. Mishra, C. Collins, and N. Chronis, "A Microfluidic Chip for Immobilizing and In Vivo Imaging of Drosophila Larva," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Seattle, WA, pp. 726-728, October 2011. T. V. Chokshi, and N. Chronis, "An Automated Microfluidic Platform for Electrical Stimulation of the Nervous System of C. Elegans," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Seattle, WA, October 2011. T. V. Chokshi, and N. Chronis, "An Automated Microfluidic Platform for Electrical Stimulation of the Nervous System of C. Elegans," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Seattle, WA, October 2011. X. Lou, G. Kim, K. Lee, R. Kopelman, and E. S. Yoon, "Investigating Photodynamic Efficiency of Tumor Targeted Nanoparticular Photosensitizer Using Microfluidic Chips," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Seattle, WA, October 2011. M. Kurata, G. Van der Linden, P. Hipley, and L. Sheng, and J. P. Lynch, "Long-Term Wireless Monitoring Systems for the Monitoring of Long-Span Bridges," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovation and Sustainability of Structures in Civil Engineering, Xiamen, China, October 2011. X. Lou and E. S. Yoon, "Multi-Spectral Fluorescence Microscopy with Embedded Liquid Filters for Point-of-Care Applications," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Seattle, WA, 598-600, October 2011. Y. C. Chen, X. Lou, P. Ingram, and E. S. Yoon, "Single Cell Migration Chip Using Hydrodynamic Cell Positioning," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Seattle, WA, 1409-1411, October 2011. P. Ingram, M. Im, S. McDermott, M. Wicha, and E. S. Yoon, "Spheroid Cell Culture on PEMS Hydrophobic Surfaces and Integration into Microfluidic Devices," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Seattle, WA, 1539-1540, October 2011. O. A. Shenderova, S. Hens, A. V. Sumant, S. Yu, V. J. Gokhale, G. E. McGuire, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "Detonation Nanodiamond in DMSO as Seeding Slurries for CVD Diamond," IV International Conference on Surfaces, Materials and Vacuum, Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, September 2011. S. I. Chang, K. M. Al-Ashmouny, and E. S. Yoon, "A 1.5 V 12-nW CMOS Programmable Monolithic Reference Generator for Wireless Implantable System," (EMBC) International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Boston, MA, 2981-2984, August 2011. K. M. Al-Ashmouny, S. I. Chang, and E. S. Yoon, "A 8.6 uW 3-Bit Programmable Gain Amplifier for Multiplexed-Input Neural Recording Systems," (EMBC) International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Boston, MA, 2945-2948, August 2011. M. Im, I. Cho, F. Wu, K. D. Wise, and E. S. Yoon, "A Dual-Shank Neural Probe Integrated with Double Waveguides on Each Shank for Optogenetic Applications," (EMBC) International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Boston, MA, pp. 5480-5483, August 2011. S. I. Chang, K. M. Al-Ashmouny, and E. S. Yoon, "A 0.5V 20fj/Conversion-Step Rail-to-Rail SAR ADC with Programmable Time-Delayed Control Units for Multi-Channel Neural Recording Systems," (ESSCIRC) European Solid-State Circuits Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 339-342, June 2011. J. K. Brown and D. Wentzloff, "A 1900MHz-Band GSM-Based Clock-Harvesting Receiver with -87dBm Sensitivity," (RFIC) IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, Baltimore, MD, June 2011. M. Ghahramani, M. Ferriss, and M. P. Flynn, "A 2.4 GHz 2Mb/s Digital PLL-Based Transmitter for 802.15.4 in 130nm CMOS," (RFIC) IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, Baltimore, MD, June 2011. F. Wu, M. Im, and E. S. Yoon, "A Flexible Fish-Bone-Shaped Neural Probe Strengthened by Biodegradable Silk Coating for Enhanced Biocompatibility," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, 966-969, June 2011. G. Serrano, H. Chang, L. K. Amos, and E. T. Zellers, "A Micro Gas Chromatograph for Rapid Determinations of Explosive Marker Compounds," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, 2082-2085, June 2011. J. Liu, N. K. Gupta, X. Fan, K. D. Wise, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "A Pressure Programmable Gas Chromatography Microsystem Utilizing Motionless Knudsen Pump, Fiber-Integrated Optical Detector, and Silicon Micromachined Separation Column," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 803-806, June 2011. S. I. Chang, K. M. Al-Ashmouny, M. McCormick, Y. C. Chen, and E. S. Yoon, "BioBolt: A Minimally-Invasive Neural Interface for Wireless Epidural Recording by Intra-Skin Communication," IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Kyoto, Japan, 146-147, June 2011. S. K. Kim, H. Chang, J. G. Bryant, D. R. Burris, and E. T. Zellers, "Field Testing of a Rugged Mems Gas Chromatograph Prototype: Selective Analysis of Trace-Level TCE Vapors in Contaminated Homes," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, 799-802, June 2011. T. V. Galchev, J. McCullagh, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "Harvesting Traffic-Induced Bridge Vibrations," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, 1661-1664, June 2011. R. M. Haque, D. E. Serrano, X. Gao, N. Shirazi, V. Keesara, F. Ayazi, and K. D. Wise, "Hermetic Packaging of Resonators with Vertical Feedthroughs Using a Glass-in-Silicon Reflow Process," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, 2303-2306, June 2011. V. J. Gokhale, J. Roberts, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "High Performance Bulk Mode Gallium Nitride Resonators and Filters," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 926-929, June 2011. M. DeVolder, S. Tawfick, D. Copic, and A. J. Hart, "Hygroscopic Biomimetic Transducers Made From CNT-Hydrogel Composites," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 1717-1720, June 2011. Y. Kim, D. Sylvester, and D. Blaauw, "LC2: Limited Contention Level Converter for Robust Wide-Range Voltage Conversion," IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Kyoto, Japan, June 2011. E. Hendarto and Y. B. Gianchandani, "Marangoni-Driven Micromotor in Liquid Medium," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 246-249, June 2011. J. A. Gregory, J. Y. Cho, and K. Najafi, "MEMS Rate and Rate-Integrating Gyroscope Control with Commercial Software Defined Radio Hardware," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 2394-2397, June 2011. T. V. Galchev, E. E. Aktakka, R. L. Peterson, and J. McCullagh, and K. Najafi, "Microsystems for Energy Harvesting," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 1845-1848, June 2011. (Invited) W. Zhu, Y. Shim, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "Miniaturized UW Bandpass Filters Integrated Wisn Notch Filters Using a Si-Based Integrated Passive Device Technology," IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium, Baltimore, MD, June 2011. D. Egert and K. Najafi, "New Class of Chronic Recording Multichannel Neural Probes with Post-Implant Self-Deployed Satellite Recording Sites," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 958-961, June 2011. D. Egert, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "Parylene Microprobes with Engineered Stiffness and Shape for Improved Insertion," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 198-201, June 2011. M. Seok, D. Jeon, C. Chakrabarti, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "Pipeline Strategy for Improving Optimal Energy Efficiency in Ultra-Low Voltage Design," (DAC) Design Automation Conference, San Diego, CA, June 2011. M. DeVolder, S. Tawfick, S. J. Park, D. Copic, and A. J. Hart, "Programmable Transformation of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Into 3D Micro-Structures," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 2718-2721, June 2011. J. Y. Cho, J. A. Gregory, and K. Najafi, "Single-Crystal-Silicon Vibratory Cylinderical Rate Integrating Gyroscope (CING)," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 2813-2816, June 2011. E. E. Aktakka, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "Thinned-PZT on SOI Process and Design Optimization for Piezoelectric Inertial Energy Harvesting," (Transducers) IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Beijing, China, pp. 1649-1652, June 2011. D. Kim, G. Chen, M. Fojtik, M. Seok, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "A 1.85 fW/bit Ultra Low Leakage 10T SRAM With Speed Compensation Scheme," (ISCAS) IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, May 2011. D. Kim, G. Chen, M. Fojtik, M. Seok, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "A 1.85 fW/bit Ultra Low Leakage 10T SRAM With Speed Compensation Scheme," (ISCAS) IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, May 2011. T. Li and Y. B. Gianchandani, "Batch Mode Micromanufacturing Based on Micro Electro-Discharge Machining and Micro Ultrasonic Machining for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)," Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) MicroManufacturing Conference & Exhibits, Chicago, IL, pp. 1-8, April 2011. D. Lin, M. Ghahramani, and L. Li, and M. P. Flynn, "New Techniques for Efficient Flexible Wireless Transceivers in Nanometer CMOS," SPIE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, April 2011. E. T. Zellers, S. K. Kim, H. Chang, G. Serrano, S. J. Kim, T. Sukaew, F. I. Bohrer, J. G. Bryant, R. J. Gordenker, K. D. Wise, and K. Kurabayashi, "Microfabricated Gas Chromatographs with Microsensor Array Detectors for Sub-ppb Determinations of Complex Vapor Mixture Components," Pittcon Confernece & Expo, Atlanta, GA, March 2011. M. Seok, D. Jeon, C. Chakrabarti, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "A 0.27V 30MHz 17.7nJ/transform 1024-pt Complex FFT Core with Super-Pipelining," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 342-343, February 2011. K. Huang and D. Wentzloff, "A 60GHz Antenna-Referenced Frequency-Locked Loop in 0.13μm CMOS for Wireless Sensor Networks," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 284-285, February 2011. G. Chen, H. Ghaed, R. U. Haque, M. Wieckowski, Y. Kim, G. Kim, D. A. Fick, D. Kim, M. Seok, K. D. Wise, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "A Cubic-Millimeter Energy-Autonomous Wireless Intraocular Pressure Monitor," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, , , February 2011. E. E. Aktakka, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "A Self-Supplied Inertial Piezoelectric Energy Harvester with Power-Management IC," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 120-121, February 2011. Y. Lee, D. Sylvester, and D. Blaauw, "Synchronization of Ultra-Low Power Wireless Sensor Nodes," IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Seoul, Korea, February 2011. D. Sylvester, "Ultra-Low Power Design for WSN," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 2011. K. Visvanathan, T. Li, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "3D-SOULE: A Fabrication Process for Large Scale Integration and Micromachining of Spherical Structures," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 45-48, January 2011. R. M. Haque and K. D. Wise, "A 3D Implantable Microsystem for Intraocular Pressure Monitoring Using a Glass-In-Silicon Reflow Process," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 995-998, January 2011. Y. Shim, Z. Wu, and M. Rais-Zadeh, "A High-Performance, Temperature-Stable, Continuously Tuned MEMS Capacitor," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 752-755, January 2011. K. T. Beach, S. M. Reidy, R. J. Gordenker, and K. D. Wise, "A Low-Mass High-Speed MicroGC Separation Column With Built-In Fluidic Chip-To-Chip Interconnects," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, 813-816, January 2011. C. K. Eun and Y. B. Gianchandani, "A Microdischarge-Based Radiation Detector Utilizing Stacked Electrode Arrays in a TO-5 Package," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 668-671, January 2011. A. Johnson and K. D. Wise, "A Robust Batch-Fabricated High-Density Cochlear Electrode Array," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 1007-1010, January 2011. T. Li and Y. B. Gianchandani, "An Active Tissue-Contrast Sensing Microsystem for Biopsy Needles: Initial Results," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 21-24, January 2011. M. Rais-Zadeh, "Design and Fabrication Considerations in Developing High-Q MEMS Capacitors and Inductors," IEEE 11th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits, Phoenix, AZ, January 2011. F. M. Ozkeskin, S. Choi, K. Sarabandi, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "Metal Foil RF Micro-Relay with Integrated Heat Sink for High Power Applications," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 776-779, January 2011. J. H. Seo, S. K. Kim, E. T. Zellers, and K. Kurabayashi, "Microfabricated Integrated Sampler-Injector (MISI) for Micro Gas Chromatography," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 825-828, January 2011. J. H. Seo, S. K. Kim, E. T. Zellers, and K. Kurabayashi, "Microfabricated Integrated Sampler-Injector (MISI) for Micro Gas Chromatography," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 825-828, January 2011. S. R. Green and Y. B. Gianchandani, "Miniature Penning Cell Array for On-Chip Vacuum Pumping," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 1162-1165, January 2011. M. Im, I. J. Cho, F. Wu, K. D. Wise, and E. S. Yoon, "Neural Probes Integrated With Optical Mixer/Splitter Waveguides and Multiple Stimulation Sites," (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 1051-1054, January 2011. E. E. Aktakka, R. L. Peterson, and K. Najafi, "A CMOS-Compatible Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Scavenger Based on the Integration of Bulk PZT Films on Silicon," (IEDM) IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, San Francisco, CA, pp. 31.5.1, December 2010. H. Rowais, B. Li, C. Liang, S. R. Green, J. Kosel, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "Development of a Passive and Remote Magnetic Micro Sensor with Thin-Film Giant Magnetoimpedance Element and Surface Acoustic Wave Transponder," (MMM) Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Atlanta, GA, December 2010. E. S. Yoon, "Low-Power Circuit Challenges in Cell/Molecular Interfaces," (IEDM) IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, San Francisco, CA, pp. 17.6.1, December 2010. (Invited) Y. Lee, M. T. Chen, J. Park, D. Sylvester, and D. Blaauw, "A 5.42nW/kB Retention Power Logic-Compatible Embedded DRAM with 2T Dual Vt Gain Cell for Low Power Sensing Applications," IEEE ASIAN Solid-State Circuits Conference, Beijing, China, November 2010. Y. B. Gianchandani and F. M. Ozkeskin, "Double-Cantilever Micro-Relay with Integrated Heat Sink for High Power Applications," International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), Leuven, Belgium, pp. 159-162, November 2010. M. E. Merriam, J. Skousen, O. Srivannavit, P. Tresco, and K. D. Wise, "2-D and 3-D Lattice Probes for Mitigating Chronic Reaction in Brain Tissue," (BMES) Biomedical Engineering Society, Austin, TX, pp. PS-8A-10-150, October 2010. M. E. Merriam, O. Srivannavit, and K. D. Wise, "A 64-Site Three-Dimensional Folded Electrode Array Using Planar Fabrication," (BMES) Biomedical Engineering Society, Austin, TX, pp. PS-8A-8-137, October 2010. M. E. Merriam, O. Srivannavit, M. J. Roberts, Y. Zhang, N. K. Dhingra, A. J. Hart, and K. D. Wise, "CNT-Modified Electrode Sites for In Vitro and In Vivo Silicon Probe Studies," (BMES) Biomedical Engineering Society, Austin, TX, pp. PA-8A-10-153, October 2010. E. Hendarto and Y. B. Gianchandani, "Directed Precipitation of Suspension Particles onto Blank Substrates Using Marangoni Cells," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands, pp. 1100-1102, October 2010. X. Lou, G. Kim, Y. Koo, R. Kopelman, and E. S. Yoon, "High-Throughput of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Screening from Multiple Parameter Assays of 1,000 Different Conditions in a Single Chip," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands, October 2010. K. Visvanathan, T. Li, and Y. B. Gianchandani, "In Situ Monitoring of Cauterization with a Biopsy Needle Using Impedance Characteristics of Embedded Piezothermal Elements," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands, pp. 1478-1480, October 2010. P. Ingram, Y. J. Kim, T. Bersano-Begey, X. Lou, A. Asakura, and E. S. Yoon, "Microfluidic Assay to Compare Secretion vs. Contact Based Cell-Cell Interactions Using Dynamic Isolation Control," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands, October 2010. M. E. Merriam, S. Dehmel, O. Srivannavit, S. E. Shore, and K. D. Wise, "Three-Dimensional 160-Site Microelectrode Array for Cochlear Nucleus Mapping Studies," (µTAS) International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, , , pp. PS-7B-9-116, October 2010. H. Chang, S. J. Kim, T. Sukaew, F. I. Bohrer, and E. T. Zellers, "A Microfabricated Gas Chromatograph for Parts-per-trillion Determinations of VOCs in Vapor Intrusion Investigations," International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (EUROSENSORS), Linz, Austria, pp. 973-976, September 2010. Y. Lee, G. Chen, S. Hanson, D. Sylvester, and D. Blaauw, "Ultra-Low Power Circuit Techniques for a New Class of Sub-mm3 Sensor Nodes," (CICC) Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, September 2010. M. Seok, G. Kim, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "Variability Analysis of a Digitally Trimmable Ultra-Low Power Voltage Reference," IEEE European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Seville, Spain, pp. 110-113, September 2010. G. Kim, M. Barangi, Z. Foo, N. Pinckney, S. Bang, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "A 467nW CMOS visual motion sensor with temporal averaging and pixel aggregration," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, USA, pg. 480-482, November -0001. S. Bang, A. Wang, B. Giridhar, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, "A fully integrated successive-approximation switched-capacitor DC-DC converter with 31mV output voltage resolution," (ISSCC) IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, USA, pg. 370-372, November -0001. |