Yu-Chong Tai, Ph.D. - Caltech Micromachining Laboratory

Curriculum VitaeYu-Chong TaiExecutive Officer of Medical Engineering DepartmentProfessor of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & BioengineeringMail Stop 136-93California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Pasadena, CA 91125Tel: (626) 395-8317, Fax: (626) 584-9104,E-mail: yctai@mems.caltech.eduWebsite: http://mems.caltech.eduEducationPh.D.MSROTCBSHigh-School1989, EECS Department, University of California at Berkeley1986, EECS Department, University of California at Berkeley1981-83, ROTC Program, Taiwan1977-1981, EE Department, National Taiwan University (NTU)1974-1977, Jiang-Guo High SchoolAcademic ExperienceCaltech -UC. Berkeley-2005-present, Professor of EE, ME and BE2005-2008, Executive Officer (i.e., Deaprtment Chairman) of EE2002-present, Professor of Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering2002-2005, Option Representative (i.e., Vice Chair), Electrical Engineering2000-present, Professor of Electrical Engineering1995-1999, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering1989-1994, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering(Research: MEMS – sensors, actuators, smart skins, lab-on-a-chip)1988-1989, Graduate Instructor (GI)1983-1988, Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)(Research: Polysilicon Mechanisms and Micromotors)Prize/Award/Honor2012 Caltech’s “Professor of the Month,” April, 2012, California Institute of Technology2012 Best Student Paper (Student: J. Lin), IEEE NEMS Conference, 20122011 Finalist Prize, (Student: W. Shi, blood count) , 2011 Lemelson MIT-Caltech Award.2010 Digital Sight, 2010 Breakthrough Award (team member), Popular Mechanics2010 Runner-up Prize (Student: W. Shi), 2010 IEEE President’s Change-the-WorldCompetition2010 Best Paper Award (Student: J. Lin), 2010 IEEE NEMS Conference2009 Best Teacher Award, Peking University Micro/nanotechnology summer school.2007 Finalist of the Best Student Paper (Student: S. Zhang), IEEE NEMS Conference2006 Best Poster Award (Student: PJ Chen), MicroTAS Conference, 2006.2006 Best Student Paper (Student: J. Shih), IEEE Sensors Conference, 2006.2006 Fellow, IEEE2005 Excellence in Teaching Award, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)2005 Research Award, National Maritime Research Institute, Japan2004 Fellow, Institute of Physics (IOP)2002 Achievement Award, Association of Laboratory Automation (ALA)2000 Finalist Aerospace Award, the 11 th Discover Magazine Award, DISCOVER1999 Achievement Award, Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of SouthernCalifornia (CESASC)

1998 Best Paper Award, NARM/EIA International Relay Conference1991-1998 Packard Fellowship, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation1991-1996 Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) Award, NSF1989 David J. Sakrison Memorial (Best Thesis) Prize, Department of EECS, UC Berkeley1988 Best Student Paper, IEEE Int. Electron Device Meeting (IEDM’88)1988-89 IBM Fellowship1987 Ross N. Tucker, AIME Electronics Material Award1984-1987 Non-resident Scholarships, EECS Department, UC BerkeleyAcademic/Committee Activities2011 Plenary Speaker, 2011 IEEE Robotics Conference2010 Steering Committee, IEEE NEMS Conference2009 Plenary Speaker, IEEE NanoMED Conference2008 Keynote speaker, IEEE NEMS Conference2007-present Editorial Board, IEEE Review on Micro, Nano and Molecular Systems2006 Honorable Chair, IEEE NEMS Conference2006 US Technical Program Chair, IEEE Sensors Conference2005 Program Committee, IEEE MOEM Conference2005 Technical Program Committee, IEEE Sensors Conference2004 Sensor Technology Study Group, (EPA), USA2004 Program Committee, IEEE MOEM Conference2004 Technical Program Committee, IEEE Sensors Conference2003-present Member, BMES ERC Center at USC, NSF,2003-2006 Subject Editor, IEEE/ASME Journal of MEMS2003 Chair of the Steering Committee, 2003 IEEE MEMS Conference.2003 Program Committee, IEEE MOEM Conference2002-2007 Member, URETI CMISE Center at UCLA, NASA2002-present Member, CENS ERC Center at UCLA, NSF2002-2004 Section Editor, Sensors and Actuators2002 Program Committee, IEEE MOEM conference2002 General Chairman ( 主 席 ), International IEEE MEMS Conference2001 Technical Program Chair, IEEE MEMS Conference2001 Technical Program Committee, IEEE MEMS Conference2000 Technical Program Committee, IEEE ICRA Conference2000 Technical Program Committee, IEEE MEMS Conference1999-2003 DARPA Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study Group1999 Technical Program Committee, IEEE MEMS Conference1999 Program Steering Committee, MOEM’991998-2007 Member, CNSE ERC Center at Caltech, NSF1998 Technical Program Committee, IEEE MEMS Conference1998 Scholarship Committee, Phi Tau Phi1997 Technical program Committee, IEEE MEMS Conference1997-present MEMS Administration Committee, IEEE Electron Device Society1997 Technical Committee, IEEE LEOS Meeting1997 Technical Program Committee, Int. Optical MEMS Meeting1996-present Associate Editor, J. of Micromechanics and Microengineering1993-1995 Technical Committee, IEDM, IEEE1990-1996 Scholarship Committee, CESASCInstitute of Physics (IOP)IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS)IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC)Membership/Societies

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Phi Tau PhiChinese American Faculty Association (CAFA)Chinese Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC)Research Topics and InterestsDr. Tai’s research is centered on the Caltech MEMS Laboratory (http://mems.caltech.edu) that hebuilt at Caltech. This is an 8,000 sq. ft. facility completely devoted to MEMS research. This facility has aclean-room lab (4,000 sq. ft), CAD lab, and a measurement/metrology lab. It is constantly supporting about30 researchers (graduates, postdocs, visiting scholars and industrial members) to develop innovativeMEMS/NEMS devices such as micromotors, microphones, micro scanning mirrors, neural chips, microrelays, micro power generators, etc. Among his works, he has extensively worked on active fluid sensingand control. Successfully developed MEMS devices included pressure sensors, shear-stress sensors, hotwireanemometers, flexible sensor skins, magnetic actuators, rubber-balloon actuators, etc. Nevertheless,his research always emphasizes MEMS system integration. For examples, his research portfolio includessmart MEMS surface for drag-reduction in turbulence, MEMS for delta-wing aerodynamic control, andMEMS-maneuvered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). For the last 10 years, he has also launched a majoreffort towards bio/medical devices such as microfluidics, labs-on-a-chip and biomedical implants. His labhas developed the first complete high-performance liquid chromatography on-a-chip for total biochemicalanalysis. He also has various collaborative research programs to develop cortical, retinal and spinalimplants based on a parylene MEMS technology he developed in his lab. He has also engaged in researchon circulating tumor cells enrichment and stem cell treatment of age-related macular disease (funded byCalifornia Government, CIRM project). He has published >700 articles and >8,000 citations, including>200 granted and pending patents in the MEMS field (from “Publish and Perish”). Publications areavailable upon request.