Sponsored By
Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group
UF Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
UF Electrical & Computer Engineering
UF Materials Science & Engineering
Florida Semiconductor Institute
“A Journey Through MEMS: Reflections on Research, Commercialization, and Community”
Thursday, Sept. 4 at 4:00 pm
NVIDIA Auditorium (MALA 1000)
Abstract
This seminar will feature Dr. Allen sharing his insights on career development, research and translation.
Biography
Mark G. Allen received the B.A. degree in chemistry, the B.S.E. degree in chemical engineering, and the B.S.E. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and the S.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. He joined the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, ultimately holding the rank of Regents’ Professor and the J.M. Pettit Professorship in Microelectronics, as well as multiple administrative positions, including Senior Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, and Director of the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology.
In 2013 he left Georgia Tech to become the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering and Scientific Director of the Singh Nanotechnology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, a post he held until 2024. Currently he is Chair of the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at Penn. His research interests are in the development and the application of new micro- and nanofabrication technologies, as well as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).
He has held the posts of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, co-chair of the IEEE MEMS Conference, co-chair of the Power MEMS Conference, chair of the Solid State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Conference (‘Hilton Head’), and chair of the IEEE Power Supply on a Chip (PwrSoC) conference. He has also co-founded multiple MEMS companies, including Cardiomems, Axion Biosystems, and Enachip. He received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2016 Daniel P. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies “for contributions to research and development, clinical translation, and commercialization of
biomedical microsystems. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a member of the National Academy of Inventors, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Dr. Allen will also give a technical seminar, entitled “Magnetics in MEMS: From Switched Power Converters to Wideband Adaptive RF Filters” Friday, Sept. 5 at 2:00 pm in NVIDIA Auditorium (MALA 1000).