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Carlos Mastrangelo



 

Carlos Mastrangelo

USTAR Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering








 

Contact

Address

University of Utah
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
50 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 3280
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9206

Phone: (801) 587-7587
Fax: (801) 581-5281
Office: MEB 2254
E-mail: mastrangelo@eng.utah.edu


 

Research and Academic Interests

Prof. Mastrangelo's research interests are microfabricated systems that interface with biological structures at multiple scales. These include new microfluidics technologies, bioMEMS, novel detection microtechnologies and methods, cell and tissue level microinstruments and microsystems.


 

Biography

Carlos H. Mastrangelo (S’84-M’90) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1960. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985, 1988, and 1991, respectively. His graduate work concentrated on the applications of microbridges in microsensor technology. From 1991 though 1992, he was at the Scientific Research Laboratory, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn MI, developing microsensors for automotive applications.

From 1993-2002, he was an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Center for Integrated Microsystems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. From 2000-2005 he was Vice President of Engineering at Corning-Intellisense, Wilmington MA and a Director at the Biochemical Technologies research group, Corning NY. His research focuses on microelectromechanical system applications and technology, microfluidic systems, and integration, design, and modeling of MEMS fabrication processes. Dr. Mastrangelo’s group is credited for being the first group to detect DNA separations on a microfluidic chip integrated with an on-chip detector. He is also widely credited for developing the first model for stiction phenomena in MEMS.

Dr. Mastrangelo received received the 1991 Counsel of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms Distingushed Dissertation Award for the best technical dissertation in the United States and Canada. He also received a 1994 NSF Young Investigator Award. In 2000 his group received the best paper of the year award at the Transactions of Semiconductor Manufacturing for his work on synthesis of fabrication process flows for MEMS structures. He is now on the editorial boards of Sensors and Actuators and the IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, and he has participated in technical and organizing committees of numerous SPIE and IEEE conferences in the MEMS area.


 

Selected Publications, Patents, and Other Achievements

 

  1. C. H. Mastrangelo and C. H. Hsu, “Mechanical stability and adhesion of microstructures under capillary forces: part I: basic theory,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 33-43, March 1993.

     
  2. M. Hasanuzzaman and C. H. Mastrangelo, “Process compilation of thin film microdevices,” IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design, Vol. 15, pp. 745-763, 1996.

     
  3. M. A. Burns, B. N. Johnson, S. N. Brahmasandra, K. Handique, J. R. Webster, M. Krishnan, T. S. Sammarco, P. F. Man, D. K. Jones, D. Heldsinger, C. H. Mastrangelo and D. T. Burke, “An integrated nanoliter DNA analysis device,” Science, Vol. 282, pp. 484-487, 16 October 1998.

     
  4. M. H. Zaman, E. T. Carlen and C. H. Mastrangelo, “Automatic generation of thin film process flows: Part I: basic algorithms,” IEEE Trans. Semic. Manufacturing, Vol. 12, pp. 116-128, Feb. 1999.

     
  5. E. T. Carlen and C. H. Mastrangelo, “Surface micromachined paraffin-actuated valve,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 11, pp. 408-420, Oct. 2002.

     
  6. M. R. Dokmeci, A. Pareek, S. Bakshi, M. Waelti, C. D. Fung, K. H. Heng and C. H. Mastrangelo, “Two axis single-crystal silicon micromirror arrays,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 13, pp. 1006-1017, Dec. 2004.

     
  7. A. Pareek, M. R. Dokmeci, S. Bakshi and C. H. Mastrangelo, “Torque multiplication and stable range tradeoff in parallel plate angular electrostatic actuators with fixed DC bias,” Accepted to IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, October 2004.

     
  8. T. D. Kudrle, G. M. Shedd, C. C. Wang, J. C. Hsiao, M. G. Bancu, G. A. Kirkos, N. Yazdi, M. Waelti, H. Sane and C. H. Mastrangelo, “Pull-in suppression and torque magnification in parallel plate electrostatic actuators with side electrodes,” Accepted IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Oct. 2004.

     
  9. E. T. Carlen and C. H. Mastrangelo, “Self-aligned vertical electrostatic comb-drive actuator,” Accepted to IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Jan. 2005.