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MEMS Lab

Director of the MEMS Lab

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Professor Yu Chong Tai

Anna L. Rosen Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering. Director of the Caltech MEMS Lab.

Trained in electrical and mechanical engineering, Tai is a self-described electromechanical engineer who makes small gadgets that target the four major causes of blindness: cataracts, glaucoma, macular disease, and diabetic retinopathy. He is also working on catheter-tip-sized diagnostic devices that can probe the heart to analyze plaque. Continuing to push boundaries, he is aiming to develop "non-invasive diagnostics and sensors that draw on electrical engineering and electromagnetism to develop approaches for assessing edema and both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. I am also interested in developing drug delivery systems that are wireless and smart." Tai notes that the young researchers he mentors are a critical part of these efforts. I think their influence on devices will change the way we do medicine.

Researchers

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Suhash Aravindan

MedE Grad Student (2019)

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Haixu Shen

MedE Grad Student (2020)

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Akhila Kasturi

MedE Grad Student (2022)

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Sequoia Ding

Caltech EE Undergrad

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Staff

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Trevor Roper

MEMS Lab Engineer

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Christine Garske

MEMS Lab Administrator

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Tanya Owen

EE Option Manager

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Patama Taweesup

Grants Manager

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Alumni and past lab members

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PhD Graduates

  • Svetlana Tatic-Lucic, EE Ph.D. – 1995
  • Jianqiang Liu, EE Ph.D. – 1995
  • Liu Chang, EE Ph.D. – 1996
  • Raanan Ariel Miller, EE Ph.D. – 1997
  • Fukang Jiang, EE Ph.D. – 1998
  • Thomas Rocco Tsao, EE Ph.D. – 1998
  • Xing Yang, EE Ph.D. – 1999
  • John A. Wright, EE Ph.D. – 1999
  • Amish S. Desai, EE Ph.D. – 2000
  • Xuan-Qi Wang, EE Ph.D. – 2000
  • Shuyun Wu, EE Ph.D. -2000
  • Charles Grosjean, EE Ph.D. – 2001
  • Wen Hsuan Hsieh, EE Ph.D. -2001
  • T. Nicholas Pornsinsirirak, EE Ph.D. – 2002
  • Yong Xu, EE Ph.D. – 2002
  • Tze-Jung Yao, EE Ph.D. – 2002
  • Ellis Meng, EE Ph.D. – 2003
  • Jun Xie, EE Ph.D. – 2005
  • Justin Boland, EE Ph.D. – 2005
  • Matthieu Liger, EE Ph.D. – 2006
  • Qing He, EE Ph.D. – 2006
  • Victor-Chi-Yuan Shih, EE Ph.D. – 2006
  • Scott Miserendino, EE Ph.D. – 2007
  • Siyang Zheng, EE Ph.D. – 2007
  • Angela Tooker, EE Ph.D. – 2007
  • Damien Rodger, EE Ph.D. – 2008
  • Changlin Pang, EE Ph.D. – 2008
  • Jason Shih, EE Ph.D. – 2008
  • (PJ) Po-Jui Chen, EE Ph.D. – 2009
  • (Nick) Hsi-Wen Lo, EE Ph.D. – 2009
  • Wen Li, EE Ph.D. – 2009
  • Mike Chia-Chung Liu, EE Ph.D. – 2010
  • Quoc Chang (Brandon) Quach, EE Ph.D. – 2010
  • Ray Kui-Jui Huang, EE Ph.D. – 2011
  • Luca Giacchino, EE Ph.D. – 2011
  • Jeffrey Chun-Hui Lin, EE Ph.D. – 2012
  • Bo Lu, EE Ph.D. – 2012
  • Charles DeBoer, EE Ph.D. – 2012
  • Wendian Shi, EE Ph.D. – 2013
  • Justin Kim, EE Ph.D. – 2013
  • Han-Chieh (Jay) Chang, EE Ph.D. – 2014
  • Joy Yu Zhao, EE Ph.D. – 2014
  • Mandheerej Singh Nandra, EE Ph.D. – 2015
  • Clark Dongyang Kang, EE Ph.D.-2015
  • Yang Liu, EE Ph.D. – 2016
  • Shell XiaoXiao Zhang, EE Ph.D.-2017
  • Colin Cook, MedE Ph.D.- 2019
  • Nick Scianmarello, EE Ph.D.-2019
  • Aubrey Shapero, EE Ph.D.-2019
  • Shane Shahrestani, MedE Ph.D.-2021
  • Zi-Yu (May) Huang, MedE Ph.D.-2022
  • Tzu-Chieh (Jake) Chou, EE Ph.D.-2022
  • Kuang-Ming (Allen) Shang, Med-EE Ph.D.-2024

Previous Post-Docs

  • Fukang Jiang
  • Qiao Lin
  • Jun Park
  • Dongyang Kang
  • Yuan Luo
  • Ting-Wei Wang
  • Allen (Kuang-Ming) Shang

Previous Graduate Students

  • Zhigang Han
  • Ted Harder
  • Juhwan Yoo
  • Zhao (George) Liu
  • Penvipha Satsanarukkit
  • Haoquan (Howard) Ge
  • Ken Walsh

Previous Visiting Associates

  • Yi-Kuen Lee, Ph.D.
  • Wei-Jie Yun, Ph.D.
  • Katsushi Furutani, Ph.D.
  • Denny K. Miu, Ph.D.
  • Man Wong, Ph.D.
  • Yitshak Zohar, Ph.D.
  • Weileun Fang
  • Pei-Zen Chang
  • Lung-Jieh Yang
  • Ming-lung Tu
  • Tianxiang Weng
  • Wen Hsieh, Ph.D.
  • Yuji Suzuki
  • Sam Li
  • Sohei Matsumoto
  • Seiji Aoyagi
  • Satoshi Konishi
  • Yoshihiro Mizuno
  • Dean Ho, Ph.D
  • Roger Kuo, Ph.D.
  • Honglong Chang
  • Qiang (John) Chen, Ph.D.
  • Lei Xu, Ph.D.
  • Wei Wang, Ph.D.

Previous Undergrad and Visiting Students

  • Michael Debar
  • Morrison Lucas
  • Chris Marsh
  • Frances Siu
  • Robert Hsieh
  • Yin Yuen
  • Jaime Valle
  • Stephen Teran
  • Isa Maria Hopkins
  • Nathanial Aginiga
  • Sanda Cea
  • Christian Guitierrez
  • Howen Mak
  • Julie Norville
  • Sanae Matsuki
  • Parvathy Menon
  • Ji Luo
  • Debbie Yu
  • Jeff Han
  • Alex Moraru
  • Netra Rajesh
  • Jerry Zhao
  • David Kong
  • Xin Hui Ooi
  • Ningxuan Dai
  • Elana Sverdlik
  • Alondra Galindo