Director
- Prof. Matteo Rinaldi
Matteo Rinaldi received his first-level (B.S.) and second-level (M.Sc.) Laurea degrees in Electronic Engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, in 2010.
He joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Northeastern University as an Assistant Professor in the Spring 2012 semester.
Dr. Rinaldi’s research interests primarily include Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS) devices with particular emphasis on piezoelectric NEMS sensors for physical, chemical and biological detection, Radio Frequency MEMS/NEMS devices, micro/nano fabrication techniques and integration of MEMS/NEMS devices with electronics.
He has authored more than 40 publications in the aforementioned research areas and also holds 8 device patent applications in the field of micro/nano mechanical resonant devices.
Dr. Rinaldi was the recipient of the DARPA Young Faculty award class of 2012. He received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2009 and 2011 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposiums. In March 2011 he was awarded with the S. J. Stein Prize for his superior achievements in the field of new or unique materials or applications for materials in electronics.
Dr. Rinaldi has been elected a member of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society (UFFC) Administrative Committee (AdCom) for a three-year term 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2015.
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PhD students
- Yu Hui
BE: Xidian University, Shaanxi, China
ME: Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Email: yu.hui.cas at gmail.com
Ongoing project: Aluminum Nitride (AlN) Nano Plate Resonant Thermal Detector
- Zhenyun Qian
BSEE: Southeast University, Nanjing, China
MSEE: Northeastern University, Boston, MA
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Ongoing project: Graphene-Aluminum Nitride (G-AlN) Hybrid NEMS resonator.
- Gwendolyn Hummel
BSEE: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Email: gwendolyn.hummel at hotmail.com
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Master students
- Raúl Vyas
BTech.: Jaypee Institute of Information Technology(JIIT), Delhi, India
Work: 2 years of experience as a product Validation Engineer in the field of Electronic Device Automation.
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Ongoing project: MEMS Resonator based bio-sensors
Undergraduates
Visiting Scholars
Alumni
- Shahrokh Saeedi (currently PhD student at The University of Oklahoma)