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EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park                                                                                              

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering                              Expected: May 2007

Ph.D. Dissertation: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of a Rotary Variable Capacitance Micromotor Supported on Microball Bearings

Major: Microelectronics, Minor: Electrophysics, GPA: 3.8, Advisor: Prof. Reza Ghodssi

 

University of Maryland, College Park                                                                                              

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering                                                       May 2005

M.S. Thesis: Integration of Benzocyclobutene Polymers and Silicon Micromachined Structures Fabricated with Anisotropic Wet Etching

Major: Microelectronics, GPA: 3.8, Advisor: Professor Reza Ghodssi

 

Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran                                                                   

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering                                                  May 2001

B.S. Thesis: Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Solar Regulator

Major: Electronics

 

HONORS

· George Harhalakis Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student Award, Institute for Systems Research (ISR), University of Maryland, 2007.

· Best Presentation Award, Graduate Student Association (ECEGSA) Fall 2007 Seminar Series, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, 2007.

· Graduate Research Award, American Vacuum Society (AVS), 2006.

· Best Paper Award, MEMS and NEMS (MN) Technical Group, American Vacuum Society 51st International Symposium and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA, November 14-19, 2004.

· Paper was selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol. 10, issue 17, October 25, 2004: N. Ghalichechian, A. Modafe, R. Ghodssi, P. Lazzeri, R. Micheli, and M. Anderle, "Integration of Benzocyclobutene Polymers and Silicon Micromachined Structures Using Anisotropic Wet Etching," Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology (JVST) B, vol.22, pp. 2439-2447, September 2004.

 

 

 

 

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ABOUT ME

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park. My research has been focused on the development of rotary electrostatic micromotors supported on microball bearings.