andrew j. mason, ph.d. - michigan state university
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Andrew J. Mason, Ph.D.
Michigan State Univ., ECE Dept. 517-355-6502
428 S. Shaw Lane, 2120 Engineering Building [email protected]
E. Lansing, MI 48824-1226 http://www.egr.msu.edu/~mason/
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1994
B.E.E. in Electrical Engineering (with honors), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1992
B.S. in Physics (with highest honors), Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 1991
FIELDS OF INTEREST
VLSI Circuits and Architectures: mixed-signal integrated circuits for sensor/actuator interface, signal
processing, and communications; reconfigurable, low-power analog/digital circuits; energy efficient signal
processing architectures; electrochemical and impedance spectrum readout circuits.
Integrated Microsystems: low-power wireless microsystem integration; integrated electrochemical systems;
bioelectrochemical sensor arrays; chemical sensors, biomedical and neuroprosthetic microsystems; lab-on-
CMOS integration; sensors and microsystems for low carbon footprint and environmental sustainability.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Michigan State University, ECE Department, 7/14 – present
Associate Professor, Michigan State University, ECE Department, 7/07 – 6/14
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, ECE Department, 7/01 – 6/07
Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, ECE Department, 7/99 - 6/01
Electronic Systems Engineer, Canopus Systems Inc., Ann Arbor MI, 1/97 – 6/99
Graduate Student Research Assistant, University of Michigan, 6/93 – 6/99
Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan, 9/92 – 5/98
Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, 3/91 – 3/92
Systems Engineer, International Business Machines (IBM), Gaithersburg MD, 6/91 – 8/91
Research Analyst, Martin Marietta (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Oak Ridge TN, 6/90 – 8/90
Lab Technician, Siemens Corporation, Franklin KY, 6/89 – 8/89
HONORS & AWARDS
Journal Cover Article, IEEE Trans. Neural Sys Rehabilitation Engineering, Jan. 2013
Honorary Mention Paper Award, IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, 2012
Best Student Paper, IEEE BioCAS Conference, 2010
Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence, 2010
Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship, 2007, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Michigan State University Teacher-Scholar Award, 2005-2006
Promoted to Senior Member of the IEEE, 2006.
3rd
Prize (Phase I & 2), 2005 Semic. Res. Corp./Semic. Industry Assoc. Sys.-on-Chip Design Challenge
College of Engineering “Most helpful Faculty/Staff”, 2003 (voted by CoE undergraduates)
1st Place (experienced class) 1996 Univ. of Michigan Student VLSI Design Contest (national contest)
3rd Place (experienced class) North American 1996 Mentor Graphics Student VLSI Design Contest
Award of Excellence & M. L. Fitten Scholarships; Honor societies: Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Pi Sigma
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PUBLICATIONS
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
The refereed publications below have received 1436 citations according to Google Scholar on January 28, 2016.
Please see my Google Scholar Profile (http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4YUNXeQAAAAJ&hl=en) for details.
REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
[1] Z. Wang, M. Guo, X. Mu, S Sen, T. Insley, A. J. Mason, P. Král, X. Zeng, “Highly Sensitive Capacitive
Gas Sensing at Ionic Liquid–Electrode Interfaces," Analytical Chemistry, Dec. 2015
[2] X. Tan, X. Chen, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, H. Min, Y. Huang, A.J. Mason, “A 4.3μW 10fA-Sensitivity Dual-
Mode Current Converter for Implantable Glucose Monitoring,” Electronics Letters, 51(19), pp.1484-1486,
2015.
[3] Y. Yang, S. Boling, A. M. Kamboh, A. J. Mason, “Adaptive Threshold Neural Spike Detector Using
Stationary Wavelet Transform in CMOS,” IEEE Trans. Neural Sys Rehab. Engineering, May 2015.
[4] H. Li, X. Mu, Y. Yang, A. J. Mason, “Low power Multi-mode Electrochemical Gas Sensor Array System
for Wearable Health and Safety Monitoring,” IEEE Sensors J, Oct. 2014.
[5] Z. Wang, M. Guo, G. A. Baker, J. Stetter, L. Lin, A. Mason and X. Zeng, “Methane-oxygen
electrochemical coupling in an ionic liquid: a robust sensor for simultaneous quantification,” Analyst,
2014 (DOI: 10.1039/C4AN00839A, Advanced article online June 25 2014).
[6] Y. Yang, A. M. Kamboh, A. J. Mason, “A Configurable Realtime DWT-Based Neural Data Compression
and Communication VLSI System for Wireless Implants,” J Neuroscience Methods, vol. 227, pp. 140-
150, April 2014.
[7] X. Liu, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “Thermally Controlled Electrochemical CMOS Microsystem for Protein Array
Biosensors,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 8 (1), pp. 25-34, Feb. 2014.
[8] X. Liu, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “High Throughput Impedance Spectroscopy Biosensor Array Chip,” Phil.
Trans. R. Soc. A, vol. 372, Feb 2014.
[9] X. Mu, Z. Wang, X. Zeng, A. J. Mason, “A Robust Flexible Electrochemical Gas Sensor Using Room
Temperature Ionic Liquid,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 13(10), pp. 3976 – 3981, Oct. 2013.
[10] Y. Huang and A. J. Mason, “Lab-on-CMOS Integration of Microfluidics and Electrochemical Sensors,”
Lab on a Chip, vol. 13 (19), pp. 3929-3934, 2013.
[11] A. Negoda, Y. Liu, W.-C. Hou, C. Corredor, B. Y. Moghadam, C. Musolff, L. Li, W. Walker, P.
Westerhoff, A. J. Mason, P. Duxbury, J. D. Posner, R. M. Worden, “Engineered Nanomaterial Interactions
with Bilayer Lipid Membranes: Screening Platforms to Assess Nanoparticle Toxicity,” Int. J. Biomedical
Nanoscience Nanotechnology, vol. 3 (1), 2013.
[12] Z. Wang, X. Mu, M. Guo, Y. Huang, A. J. Mason, X. Zeng, “Methane Recognition and Quantification by
Differential Capacitance at the Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid–Electrified Metal Electrode Interface”, J.
Electrochemical Society, vol. 160 (6), pp. B83-B89, 2013.
[13] Y. Huang, Y. Liu, B. Hassler, R. M. Worden, A. J. Mason, “A Protein-Based Electrochemical Biosensor
Array Platform for Integrated Microsystems,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 7 (1), pp. 43-
51, Feb. 2013..
[14] A. Kamboh, A. J. Mason, “Computationally Efficient Neural Feature Extraction for Spike Sorting in
Implantable High-Density Recording Systems,” IEEE Trans. Neural Sys Rehabilitation Engineering, vol.
21 (1), pp. 1-9, Jan 2013 (Journal Cover).
[15] N. Ward, X. Mu, G. Serrano, E. Covington, C. Kurdak, E. T. Zellers, A. J. Mason, W. Li, “Microfluidic-
Packaged CMOS Chemiresistor Detector for Micro-Scale Gas Chromatograph,” Micro & Nano Letters,
vol. 7 (8), pp. 721-724, Aug 2012.
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[16] X. Mu, E. Covington, D. Rairigh,C. Kurdak, E. Zellers, A. J. Mason “A CMOS Monolithic Nanoparticle-
Coated Chemiresistor Array for Microscale Gas Chromatography,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 12 (7), pp.
2444-2452, July 2012.
[17] L. Li, X. Liu, W. A. Qureshi, A. J. Mason, “CMOS Amperometric Instrumentation and Packaging for
Biosensor Array Applications,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 5 (5), pp. 439-448, Oct. 2011.
[18] C. Yang, S. R. Jadhav, R. M. Worden, A. J. Mason, “Compact Low-Power Impedance-to-Digital
Converter for Sensor Array Microsystems,” IEEE J. Solid State Circuits, vol. 44 (10), pp. 2844-2855, Oct.
2009.
[19] D. Rairigh, G. Warnell, C. Xu, E. T. Zellers, A. J. Mason, “CMOS Baseline Tracking and Cancellation
Instrumentation for Nanoparticle-Coated Chemiresistors,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 3
(5), pp. 267-276, Oct. 2009.
[20] C. Yang and A. Mason, “Fully Integrated 7-Order Frequency Range Quadrature Sinusoid Signal
Generator,” IEEE Trans. Instrumentation Measurement, vol. 58 (10), pp. 3481-3489, Oct. 2009.
[21] L. Yu, Y. Huang, X. Jin, A. J. Mason, and X. Zeng, “Ionic Liquid Thin Layer EQCM Explosives Sensor,”
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 140, no. 2, pp. 363-370, July 2009.
[22] C. Yang, Y. Huang, B. L. Hassler, R. M. Worden, A. J. Mason, “Amperometric Electrochemical
Microsystem for a Miniaturized Protein Biosensor Array,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 3,
no. 3, pp. 160-168, June 2009.
[23] X. Jin, Y. Huang, A. Mason, and X. Zeng, “Multichannel Monolithic Quartz Crystal Microbalance Gas
Sensor Array,” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 595-603, January 2009.
[24] A. M. Kamboh, A. Mason, K. G. Oweiss, “Analysis of Lifting and B-Spline DWT Implementations for
Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” Journal of Signal Processing Systems, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 249-261, Sep.
2008.
[25] C. Yang and A. Mason, “Process/Temperature Variation Tolerant Precision Signal Strength Indicator,”
IEEE Tran. Circuits and Systems I, vol. 55 (3), pp. 722-729, April 2008.
[26] N. Trombly, A. Mason, “Post-CMOS Thermally Controlled Electrochemical Electrodes,” IET Electronics
Letters, vol. 44, no. 1, p. 29-30, Jan. 2008.
[27] A. Mason, A. V. Chavan, K. D. Wise, “A Mixed-Voltage Sensor Readout Circuit with On-Chip
Calibration and Built-In Self-Test,” IEEE Sensors J, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1225-1232, September 2007.
[28] A. Kamboh, M. Raetz, K. Oweiss, A. Mason, “Area-Power Efficient VLSI Implementation of
Multichannel DWT for Data Compression in Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical
Circ. Systems, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 128-135, June 2007.
[29] K. Oweiss, A. Mason, K. Thomson, J. Li, and Y. Suhail, “A Scalable Wavelet Transform VLSI
Architecture for Real-Time Neural Signal Conditioning in Implantable Multichannel Neuroprosthetic
Devices,” IEEE Trans. Circ. Sys. I, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 1266-1278, June 2007.
[30] J. Zhang, J. Zhou and A. Mason, “Highly Adaptive Transducer Interface Circuit for Multi-Parameter
Microsystems,” IEEE Trans. Circ. Sys. I, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 167-178, Jan. 2007.
[31] D. Rairigh, C. Yang and A. Mason, “Analysis of On-Chip Impedance Spectroscopy Methodologies for
Sensor Arrays,” Sensor Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 398-402, 2006.
[32] J. Zhou, P. Balasundaram, and A. Mason, “Architecture for a Microsystem Controller in Wireless Sensor
Networks,” Sensor Letters, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 64-68, March 2004.
[33] C. A. Grimes, K. G. Ong, O. K. Varghese, X. Yang, G. Mor, M. Paulose, E. C. Dickey, C. Ruan, M. V.
Pishko, J. W. Kendig, and A. J. Mason, “A Sentinel Sensor Network for Hydrogen Sensing,” SENSORS,
vol. 3(3), pp. 69-82, March 2003.
[34] J. Zhou and A. Mason, “Communication Buses and Protocols for Sensor Networks,” SENSORS, vol. 2 (7),
pp. 244-257, August 2002.
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[35] N. Yazdi, A. Mason, K. Najafi, and K. D. Wise, “A Generic Interface Circuit for Capacitive Sensors in
Low-Power Multi-Parameter Microsystems,” Sensors and Actuators A, vol. 84, pp. 351-361, 2000.
[36] A. Mason, N. Yazdi, A. V. Chavan, K. Najafi, and K. D. Wise, “A Generic Multielement Microsystem for
Portable Wireless Applications,” Proc. IEEE, vol. 86 (8), pp. 1733-1745, August 1998.
REVIEWED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
[1] H. Li, S. Parsnejad, A. J. Mason, “Single Ion Channel CMOS Electrochemical Instrument for High
Throughput Recording Arrays,” IEEE Midwest Symposium Circuits Systems, Aug. 2015.
[2] H. Li, S. Boling, A. J. Mason, “Power Efficient Instrumentation with 100 fA-Sensitivity and 164 dB-
Dynamic Range for Wearable Chronoamperometric Gas Sensor Arrays,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and
Systems, Lisbon Portugal, pp. 485-488, May 2015.
[3] Y. Yang, C. S. Boling, A. J. Mason, “Power-area efficient VLSI implementation of decision tree based
spike classification for neural recording implants,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., Nov. 2014.
[4] Y. Yang, S. Boling, A. Eftekhar, S. E. Paraskevopoulou, T. Constandinou, A. J. Mason, “Computationally
Efficient Feature Denoising Filter and Selection of Optimal Features for Noise Insensitive Spike Sorting,”
IEEE Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., Chicago IL USA, Aug. 2014.
[5] X. Liu, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “High Throughput Single-Ion-Channel Array Microsystem with CMOS
Instrumentation,” IEEE Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., Chicago IL USA, August 2014.
[6] Y. Yang and A. J. Mason, “Optimization of Nonlinear Energy Operator Based Spike Detection Circuit for
High Density Neural Recordings,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Melbourne Australia, May
2014.
[7] L. Lin and A. J. Mason, “Development of an Integrated CMOS-Microfluidic Instrumentation Array for
High Throughput Membrane Protein Studies,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Melbourne
Australia, May 2014 (Finalist for Best Student Paper).
[8] H. Li, X. Mu, Z. Wang, M. Gou, X. Zeng, A. J. Mason, “Room Temperature Ionic-Liquid Electrochemical
Gas Sensor Array System for Real-Time Mine Safety Monitoring”, IEEE Sensors Conf., Nov. 2013. (Best
Student Paper, Track 6 Finalist)
[9] Y. Yang, J. Yi, R. Jin, A. J. Mason, “Power-Error Analysis of Sensor Array Regression Algorithms for
Gas Mixture Quantification in Low-Power Microsystems,” IEEE Sensors Conf., Nov. 2013.
[10] H. Li, X. Mu, X. Liu, Y. Yang, A. J. Mason, “Wearable Autonomous Gas Sensor Array Microsystem for
Real-Time Health and Safety Monitoring" NSF Workshop on Nano on Micro Manufacturing, Dearborn
MI, May 22-23 2013.
[11] X. Mu, Z. Wang, M. Gou, X. Zeng, Andrew J. Mason, “Fabrication of a Miniaturized Room Temperature
Ionic Liquid Gas Sensor for Human Health and Safety Monitoring,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems
Conf., Nov. 2012.
[12] Y. Yang and A. J. Mason, “Identification and Quantification of Mixed Air Pollutants Based on Homotopy
Method for Gas Sensor Array,” IEEE Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., San Diego CA USA, pp. 4221-4224,
August 2012.
[13] H. Li, X. Mu, Z. Wang, X. Liu, M. Guo, R. Jin, X. Zeng, A. J. Mason, “Wearable Autonomous
Microsystem with Electrochemical Gas Sensor Array for Real-Time Health and Safety Monitoring,” IEEE
Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., San Diego CA USA, pp. 503-506, August 2012.
[14] L. Li, X. Liu, A. J. Mason, “Die-level Photolithography and Etchless Parylene Packaging Processes for
on-CMOS Electrochemical Biosensors,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, pp. 2401-2404, May 2012.
[15] X. Mu, N. Ward, L. Li, E. Covington, G. Serrano, C. Kurdak, E. Zellers, W. Li, A. J. Mason, “CMOS
Monolithic Chemiresistor Array with Microfluidic Channel for Micro Gas Chromatograph.” IEEE Int.
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Symp. Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea, pp. 1163-1166, May 2012 (The Sensory Systems Technical
Committee 2012 Honorary Mention Paper Award).
[16] N. Ward, X. Mu, G. Serrano, E. Covington, C. Kurdak, E. Zellers, A. Mason, and W. Li, “Adaptable
Chip-level Microfluidic Packaging for a Micro-gas-chromatograph,” IEEE Int. Conf. Nano/Micro
Engineered Molecular Systems, Kyoto Japan, March 2012.
[17] Y. Yang, A. J. Mason, “On-Chip Spike Clustering & Classification Using Self Organizing Map for Neural
Recording Implants,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., pp. 145-148, Nov. 2011.
[18] H. Li, A. J. Mason, “Comprehensive Analysis and Optimization of CMOS Neural Amplifiers for Wireless
Recording Implants,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., pp. 73-76, Nov. 2011.
[19] X. Liu, L. Li, B. Awate, R. M. Worden, A. J. Mason, “Biosensor Array Microsystem on a CMOS
Amperometric Readout Chip,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., pp. 305-308, Nov. 2011.
[20] S. Guan, J. Gu, Z. Shen, J. Wang, Y. Huang, A. Mason, “A Wireless Powered Implantable Bio-Sensor Tag
System-on-Chip for Continuous Glucose Monitoring,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., pp. 193-
196, Nov. 2011.
[21] X. Mu, X. Liu, D. Rairigh, A. J. Mason, “Rapid Impedance Measurement of Tethered Bilayer Lipid
Membrane Biosensors,” IEEE Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., Boston MA USA, pp. 4796 - 4799, August
2011.
[22] Y. Yang and A. J. Mason, “Implantable Neural Spike Detection using Lifting-Based Stationary Wavelet
Transform,” IEEE Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., Boston MA USA, pp. 7294 - 7297, August 2011.
[23] X. Mu, D. Rairigh, A. J. Mason, “125ppm Resolution and 120dB Dynamic Range Nanoparticle
Chemiresistor Array Readout Circuit,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Rio Brazil, pp. 2213 - 2216,
May 2011.
[24] A. M. Kamboh and A. J. Mason, “Channel Characterization for Implant to Body Surface
Communication,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Rio Brazil, pp. 913 - 916, May 2011.
[25] Y. Huang, A. J. Mason, “Lab-on-CMOS: Integrating Microfluidics and Electrochemical Sensor on
CMOS,” IEEE Int. Conf. Nano/Micro Engineered Molecular Systems, pp. 690 – 693, Feb. 2011.
[26] A. Kamboh, A. J. Mason, “On-Chip Feature Extraction for Spike Sorting in High Density Implantable
Neural Recording Systems,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., Cyprus, pp. 13-16, Nov. 2010 (Best
Student Paper).
[27] Y. Yang, A. Kamboh, A. J. Mason, “Adaptive Threshold Spike Detection using Stationary Wavelet
Transform for Neural Recording Implants,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., Cyprus, pp. 9-12,
Nov. 2010.
[28] L. Li, W. Qureshi, X. Liu, A. J. Mason, “Amperometric Instrumentation System with On-chip Electrode
Array for Biosensor Application,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., Cyprus, pp. 294-297, Nov.
2010.
[29] L. Li and A. J. Mason, “Post-CMOS Parylene Packaging for On-chip Biosensor Arrays,” IEEE Int. Conf.
on Sensors, pp. 1613-1616, October 2010.
[30] X. Liu, D. Rairigh, A. Mason, “A Fully Integrated Multi-channel Impedance Extraction Circuit for
Biosensor Arrays,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Paris France, pp. 3140 – 3143, May 2010.
[31] A. Kamboh, Y. Yang, K. Oweiss, A. J. Mason, “Design of a Configurable Neural Data Compression
System for Intra-Cortical Implants,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Paris France, pp. 3473 – 3476,
May 2010.
[32] Y. Huang and A. J. Mason, “A Redox-Enzyme-Based Electrochemical Biosensor with a CMOS Integrated
Bipotentiostat,” IEEE BioCAS Conf., Beijing China, Nov. 2009.
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[33] X. Liu, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “Thermal Control Microsystem for Protein Characterization and Sensing,”
IEEE BioCAS Conf., Beijing China, Nov. 2009.
[34] A. M. Kamboh, K. G. Oweiss and A. J. Mason, “Resource Constrained VLSI Architecture for Implantable
Neural Data Compression Systems,” IEEE Int. Conf. Circuits Systems, May 2009.
[35] X. Liu, D. Rairigh, C. Yang, A. J. Mason, “Impedance-to-Digital Converter for Sensor Array
Microsystems,” IEEE Int. Conf. Circuits Systems, May 2009.
[36] Daniel Rairigh, Xiaowen Liu, Chao Yang and Andrew J. Mason, “Sinusoid Signal Generator for On-chip
Impedance Spectroscopy,” IEEE Int. Conf. Circuits Systems, May 2009.
[37] F. T. Abu-Nimeh, A. Kamboh, M. Aghagolzadeh, U.-M. Jow, A. Mason, M. Ghovanloo, K. Oweiss, "A
Highly Modular, Wireless, Implantable Interface to the Cortex," IEEE/EMBS Conf. Neural Engineering,
Antalya Turkey, pp. 375-378, April 2009.
[38] D. Rairigh, G. Warnell, A. Mason, C. Xu, M. P. Rowe, E. T. Zellers, E. Covington, C. Kurdak,
“Nanoparticle-coated Chemiresistor Measurements Using Baseline Tracking and Cancellation,” IEEE Int.
Conf. on Sensors, pp. 196-199, October 2008.
[39] C. Yang and A. Mason, “Membrane Protein Biosensor with Multi-Channel CMOS Impedance Extractor
and Digitizer,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, October 2008.
[40] D. Rairigh, M. P. Rowe, E. T. Zellers, A. Mason, “Baseline Resistance Cancellation Circuit for High
Resolution Thiolate-Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticle Vapor Sensor Arrays”, IEEE Int. Symposium
on Circ. and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2002-2005, May 2008.
[41] C. Yang, D. Rairigh and A. Mason, “Fully Integrated Impedance Spectroscopy for Biochemical Sensor
Arrays,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, pp. 21-24, November 2007.
[42] D. Rairigh and A. Mason, “Compact Impedance Spectroscopy for High Density Sensor Arrays,” IEEJ Int.
Analog VLSI Workshop, November 2007.
[43] M. A. Shetliffe, A. M. Kamboh, A. Mason, K. G. Oweiss, “Impact of Lossy Compression on Neural
Response Characteristics Extracted from High-Density Intra-Cortical Implant Data,“ Int. Conf. IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Lyon, France, pp. 5358-5361, August 2007.
[44] A. Mason, Y. Huang, C. Yang, J. Zhang, “Amperometric Readout and Electrode Array Chip for
Bioelectrochemical Sensors,” IEEE Int. Sym. Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 3562-3565, May 2007.
[45] A. Kamboh, M. Raetz, A. Mason and K. Oweiss “Area-Power Efficient Lifting-Based DWT Hardware for
Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” IEEE Int. Sym. Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2371-2374, May 2007.
[46] C. Yang and A. Mason, “Precise RSSI with High Process Variation Tolerance,” IEEE Int. Sym. Circuits
and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2870-2873, May 2007.
[47] A. Kamboh, A. Mason and K. Oweiss “A High-Yield Area-Power Efficient DWT Hardware for
Implantable Neural Interface Applications,” IEEE/EMBS Int. Conf. Neural Engineering, Hawaii, USA,
pp. 212-216, May 2007.
[48] A. M. Kamboh and A. Mason, “Comparison of Lifting and B-spline DWT Implementations for
Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Daejeon, Korea, October 2006.
[49] Y. Huang and A. Mason, “Post-CMOS Compatible Microfabrication of a Multi-Analyte
Bioelectrochemical Sensor Array Microsystem,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Daejeon, Korea, October
2006.
[50] C. Yang, D. Rairigh, A. Mason, “On-Chip Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Biosensor
Arrays,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Daejeon, Korea, October 2006.
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[51] C. Yang, A. Mason, J. Xi, P. Zhong, “Configurable Hardware-Efficient Interface Circuit for Multi-Sensor
Microsystems,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Daejeon, Korea, October 2006, (finalist for Best Student
Paper).
[52] J. Xi, C. Yang, P. Zhong, A. Mason, “Adaptive Multi-Sensor Interface System-On-Chip”, IEEE Int. Conf.
on Sensors, Daejeon, Korea, October 2006.
[53] K. Thomson, T. Shlien, Y. Suhail, K. Oweiss, A. Mason, “B-Spline vs. Lifting Architecture for
Neuroprosthetic Devices,” IEEE Int. Conf. Electro/Information Technology, E. Lansing MI USA, May
2006.
[54] C. Yang and A. Mason, “Zero-IF VGA with Novel Offset Cancellation,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and
Systems, Kos Greece, pp.3438-3441, May 2006.
[55] J. Zhou and A. Mason, “A Two-level Hybrid Select Logic for Wide-Issue Superscalar Processors,” IEEE
Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Kos Greece, pp. 41-44, May 2006.
[56] J. Zhang, Y. Huang, N. Trombly, C. Yang, A. Mason, “Electrochemical Array Microsystem with
Integrated Potentiostat,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Irving CA, pp. 385-388, October 2005.
[57] C. Kun, A. Mason, S. Chakrabartty,“A Dynamic Reconfigurable A/D Converter for Sensor Applications,”
IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Irving CA, pp. 1221-1224, October 2005.
[58] K. Oweiss, A. Mason, K. Thomson, J. Li, Y. Suhail, “Augmenting Real-Time DSP in Implantable High-
Density Neuroprosthetic Devices,” IEEE-EMBS Int. Conf. on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology,
pp.108-111, May 2005.
[59] A. Mason, J. Li, K. Thomson, Y. Suhail and K. Oweiss, “Design Optimization of Integer Lifting DWT
Circuitry for Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” IEEE-EMBS Int. Conf. on Microtechnologies in Medicine
and Biology, pp. 112-115, May 2005.
[60] J. Zhou and A. Mason, “Increasing Design Space of the Instruction Queue with Tag Coding,” Great Lakes
Symp. on VLSI, pp. 404-407, April 2005.
[61] B. Hassler, R. M. Worden, A. Mason, P. Kim, N. Kohli, J. G. Zeikus, M. Laivenieks, and R. Ofoli,
“Biomimetic Interfaces for a Multifunctional Biosensor Array Microsystem,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors,
Vienna, Austria, pp. 991-994, October 2004.
[62] J. Zhang, N. Trombly, and A. Mason, “A Low Noise Readout Circuit for Integrated Electrochemical
Biosensor Arrays,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Vienna, Austria, pp. 36-39, October 2004.
[63] J. Zhang and A. Mason, “Characterization of a Configurable Sensor Signal Conditioning Circuit for
Multi-Sensor Microsystems,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Vienna, Austria, pp. 198-201, October 2004.
[64] C. Kun, S. Quan, and A. Mason, “A Power-Optimized 64-bit Priority Encoder Utilizing Parallel Priority
Look-Ahead,” IEEE Int. Symposium on Circ. and Systems (ISCAS), Vancouver Canada, vol. II, pp. 753-
756, May 2004.
[65] Prasanna Balasundaram, Kartik Vaidyanathan, and Andrew Mason, “Microsystem Controller for Sensor
Network Control and Data Correction,” IEEE Int. Symposium on Circ. and Systems (ISCAS), Vancouver
Canada, vol. II, pp. 809-812, May 2004.
[66] N. Dotson, P. Kim and A. Mason, “Low Cost MEMS Processing Techniques,” Proc. ASEE/NCS Spring
Conference, Kalamazoo MI, April 2004.
[67] N. Kohli, B. Hassler, S. Vaidya, L. Parthasarathy, R. Ofoli, R. M. Worden, P. Kim, and A. Mason
“Biomimetic Interface for Integrated Biosensor Arrays,” Proc. American Inst. Chemical Engineers Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, November 2003.
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[68] J. Zhang, J. Zhou, P. Balasundaram, and A. Mason, “A Highly Programmable Sensor Network Interface
with Multiple Sensor Readout Circuits,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Toronto, Canada, pp. 748-752,
October 2003.
[69] P. Kim, N. Kohli, B. Hassler, N. Dotson, A. Mason, R. M. Worden, and R. Ofoli, “An Electrochemical
Interface for Integrated Biosensors,” Proc., IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Toronto, Canada, pp. 1036-1040,
October 2003.
[70] A. Mason, N. Yazdi, J. Zhang, and Z. Sainudeen, “A Modular Sensor Microsystem Utilizing a Universal
Interface Circuit,” Proc., IEEE Int. Symposium on Circ. and Systems (ISCAS), Bangkok Thailand, vol. III,
pp. 926-929, May 2003.
[71] J. Zhang, K. Zhang, Z. Wang, and A. Mason, “A Universal Micro-Sensor Interface Chip with Network
Communication Bus and Highly-Programmable Sensor Readout,” Midwest Symposium on Circuits and
Systems, August 2002.
[72] M. Jain, C. Grimes, K. Takahata, Y. Gianchandani, S. Singh, and A. Mason, “Magnetoelastic
Microsensors for Environmental Monitoring,” Digest, IEEE Int. MEMS-01 Conf., Interlaken, Switzerland,
January 2001.
[73] J. C. Fox, A. Mason, and N. Yazdi, "Spacecraft Microaccelerometer Microsystem," Space Technology
Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque NM, September 1999.
[74] A. V. Chavan, A. Mason, U. Kang, and K. D. Wise, “A Programmable Mixed-Voltage Sensor Readout
Circuit and Bus Interface with Built-In Self-test,” Digest, Int. Solid State Circ. Conf., San Francisco CA,
pp. 136-137, February 1999.
[75] N. Yazdi, A. Mason, K. Najafi, and K. D. Wise, “A Low-Power Generic Interface Circuit for Capacitive
Sensors” Digest, Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, Hilton Head SC, pp. 215-218, June 1996.
[76] N. Yazdi, A. Mason, K. Najafi, and K. D. Wise, “A Smart Sensing Microsystem with a Capacitive Sensor
Interface,” Digest, IEEE Int. Symposium on Circ. and Systems, Atlanta GA, vol. IV, pp. 336-339, May
1996.
[77] Mason, W. Bear, and K. D. Wise, “A Microinstrumentation System for Remote Environmental
Monitoring,” Digest, Int. Conf. on Integrated Micro-Nano Tech. for Space Applications, Houston TX,
November 1995.
[78] A. Mason, N. Yazdi, K. Najafi, and K. D. Wise, “A Low-Power Wireless Microinstrumentation System
for Environmental Monitoring,” Digest, Int. Conf. on Sensors and Actuators (Transducers’ 95),
Stockholm Sweden, pp. 107-110, June 1995.
PATENTS
[1] X. Zeng, L. Yu, Y. Huang, A. Mason, “Ionic Liquid Thin Layer Sensor for Electrochemical and/or
Piezoelectric Measurement,” US 8,375,768 B2, 2/19/2013.
BOOK CHAPTERS
[1] X. Liu, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “Bio/CMOS design for lab-on-chip,” a chapter in Handbook of Bioelectronics:
Directly interfacing electronics and biological systems, Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN:
9781107040830.
[2] A. Mason, S. Amimoto, and K. D. Wise, “MEMS-Based Macro- and Micro-Sensing Systems:
Architecture, Design and Implementation,” chapter in Microengineering for Aerospace Systems, editor: H.
Helvajian, The Aerospace Press, 1999.
INVITED CONFERENCE PAPERS
[1] Andrew J. Mason, “Membrane Protein Biosensor Arrays on CMOS,” (Invited Keynote) IEEE
International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces, June 28-29, 2011.
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[2] A. J. Mason and Y. Huang, “Membrane protein biosensor arrays on CMOS,” (Invited) Asia Symposium on
Quality Electronic Design, Malaysia, August 2010.
[3] Y. Huang and A. J. Mason, “Modeling a Redox-Enzyme-Based Electrochemical Biosensor,” (Invited)
COMSOL Conf., Boston MA, Oct. 2009.
OTHER CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (RECENT ONLY)
[1] A. Kamboh, J. Jang, P. Suchyta, A. J. Mason, “A Neural Signal Processor for Wireless Implants,” Midwest
Biomedical Engineering Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, April 2009.
[2] X. Liu, L. Li, Andrew J. Mason, “Electrochemical Microsystem Array for Functional Proteomics,”
Midwest Biomedical Engineering Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, April 2009.
[3] J. Xi, C. Yang, A. Mason, P. Zhong "Adaptive Sensor Network Platform SoC," (Phase II) SRC Student
Symposium, Cary NC., Oct. 2006.
[4] J. Xi, C. Yang, A. Mason, P. Zhong "Adaptive Sensor Network Platform SoC," (Phase I) TECHCON
Conference, Portland, OR., Oct. 2005.
[5] Y. Huang, C. Yang, A. Mason, “Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for On-Chip Biosensor Arrays,”
AANM Nanomedicine Conf., E. Lansing MI USA, April 2006.
INVITED SEMINARS/PRESENTATIONS (SINCE 2003)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Seminar, Newcastle University, UK, August 6 2015. Invited seminar:
“Microsystem technologies for bioelectrochemical sensing, chemical threat monitoring, and neural recording.”
Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, UK, August 5 2015. Invited seminar: “Data Reduction for
Wireless Neural Recording Implants”
Scottish Microelectronics Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK, Sept 5 2013. Invited seminar: “Microsystem
technologies for bioelectrochemical sensing, chemical threat monitoring, and neural recording implants”
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, Sept 2 2013. Invited seminar:
“Wearable Gas Sensor Arrays for Real-Time Health and Safety Monitoring”
The Royal Society, Meeting on: The long arm of microelectronics, Chicheley Hall, England, May 16 2013.
Invited lecture: “CMOS to Biology Electrochemical Interfaces”
The Royal Society, Discussion Meeting on: e-Futures beyond Moore’s Law, London England, May 13 2013.
Invited lecture: “Lab-on-CMOS Bioelectrical Microsystems”
IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces, Brindisi, Italy, June 28-29, 2011.
Keynote Presentation: “Membrane Protein Biosensor Arrays on CMOS”
National Nanofabrication Infrastructure Network Symposium on Organic/Inorganic Interfaces and their
Health Science Applications, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ, Jan 13-14, 2011
“Nanostructured biological/chemical sensor arrays on CMOS”
Science at the Edge Seminar, Michigan State University, Lansing Michigan, March 2010
“On-chip Bio-electrochemical Interfaces: Challenges and applications for sensing and biological research”
Leadership Advantage Seminar, Michigan State University, E. Lansing MI, Aug 28, 2009
Midwest Biomedical Engineering Conference, Ann Arbor Michigan, April 3, 2009.
Nanotechnology/MEMS Hot Topics Panel “Current research in Bio-Electro-Chemical Microsystems”
Oakland University Chemistry Dept. Seminar Series, Rochester MI, September 2006
“On-Chip Bioelectrochemical Sensor Array Microsystems”
NSF Wireless Integrated Microsystem (WIMS) Center Seminar, Ann Arbor MI, December 2005,
“Nanostructured Bioelectrochemical Sensor Arrays”
Pennsylvania State University Graduate Seminar, State College, PA, October 2004
“Multifunctional Integrated Biosensor Array Microsystems”
Texas Instruments, Dallas TX, November 2003, “Analog and Mixed Signal Design Capabilities at MI State”
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RESEARCH SUPPORT @ Michigan State University
TITLE: Rapid in-field malaria diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring using a mobile phone
ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health (NIAID) (R01)
DATE: 1/16/15 – 12/31/18 FUNDED: $1,840,000 PERSONAL: $184,000
TITLE: Wearable Microsystem Array for Acute Pollutant Exposure Assessment
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health (NIEHS) (R01)
DATE: 12/1/13 – 10/31/18 FUNDED: $2,304,311 PERSONAL: $2,304,311
TITLE: Lab-on-CMOS Electrochemical Microsystem for High Throughput Characterization of Membrane
Proteins
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
DATE: 8/1/13-7/31/16 FUNDED: $360,000 PERSONAL: $306,000
TITLE: Autonomous Electrochemical Gas Detection Microsystem for Mine Safety
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: Centers for Disease Control (DHHS/NIOSH) (R01)
DATE: 9/01/10-8/31/15 FUNDED: $1,849,120 PERSONAL: $1,479,296
TITLE: Biomimetic Microsystem for High Throughput Toxicity Evaluation of Engineered Nanomaterials
ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health
DATE: 8/1/09 - 7/31/11 FUNDED: $450,000 PERSONAL: $72,000
TITLE: Au-Thiolate Nanoparticles as Interfacial Layers on Microsensor Arrays for Trace Explosive Vapor
Detection
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: The University of Michigan (Prime: DHS)
DATE: 4/16/2009–10/6/2010 FUNDED: $109,181 PERSONAL: $70,967
TITLE: Electronic Biosensor Interfaces for Odorant Recognition
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: Science Applications International (prime: DARPA)
DATE: 11/1/2008–7/31/2009 FUNDED: $163,042 PERSONAL: $97,825
TITLE: A Wireless Multiscale Distributed Interface to the Cortex
ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health (R01)
DATE: 8/15/08 - 7/31/12 FUNDED: $2,063,873 PERSONAL: $515,968
TITLE: IDBR: Temperature Controlled Array Microsystem for Functional Proteomics
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
DATE: 9/1/2007-8/31/2011 FUNDED: $618,393 PERSONAL: $309,196
TITLE: Au-Thiolate Nanoparticles as Interfacial Layers on Microsensor Arrays for Trace Explosive Vapor
Detection
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: The University of Michigan (Prime: Dept. Homeland Security)
DATE: 1/01/2007–7/6/2009 FUNDED: $123,963 (of total $1,300,000) PERSONAL: $123,963
TITLE: Advanced Microsystems for Neural Information Processing
ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health (R21)
DATE: 6/1/06 - 2/28/09 FUNDED: $350,210 PERSONAL: $87,552
TITLE: Adaptive Sensor Network Platform Chip
ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: Semiconductor Research Corp.
DATE: 5/2006-10/2006 FUNDED: $62,620 (in-kind) PERSONAL: $31,310
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@ Michigan State University (continued)
TITLE: Functional and Nanostructured Biomimetic Interfaces
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: Michigan Economic Development Corp.
DATE: 12/10/04 – 8/31/08 FUNDED: $1,369,097 PERSONAL: $136,909
TITLE: Wireless Integrated Microsystems (combined over two awards)
ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: The University of Michigan, (Prime: NSF, ERC)
DATE: 2/12/2002-8/31/2010 FUNDED: $2,416,322 PERSONAL: $483,263
TITLE: Intelligent Sensor Modules for an Environmental Monitoring Microsystem
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: Canopus Systems Inc.
DATE: 4/01/2001 – 3/30/2002 FUNDED: $50,000 PERSONAL: $50,000
@ University of Kentucky
TITLE: Intelligent Sensor Modules for an Environmental Monitoring Microsystem
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: Canopus Systems Inc., (Prime: DARPA Phase2 SBIR)
DATE: 6/16/2000 -6/30/2001 FUNDED: $150,000 PERSONAL: $150,000
TITLE: Establishment of a 2-D/3-D Micro/Nano-Scale Device Fabrication Facility at The University of
Kentucky
ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
DATE: 7/1/2000 – 6/30/2002 FUNDED: $747,000 PERSONAL: ~$112,500
TITLE: Integrated Microsensor Devices and Systems for Industrial, Environmental, and Biomedical
Applications
ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: Dept. of Energy
DATE: 6/15/2000 – 6/1/2003 FUNDED: $330,000 PERSONAL: ~$33,000
Consulting
TITLE: Wireless Sensor Tags for Advanced Weapons and Defense Materials Monitoring
ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: Evigia Systems Inc. (Prime: MEDC 21st Century Jobs Fund)
DATE: 12/1/06-11/30/08 FUNDED: PERSONAL: $135,889
@ Canopus System Inc.
TITLE: MEMS-Based Environmental Monitoring Microsystem
ROLE: PI SPONSOR: DARPA, Phase1 SBIR
DATE: 1/1999 – 6/1999 FUNDED: $100,000 PERSONAL: $100,000
* PERSONAL refers to the portion of multi-investigator grants institutionally credited to me individually.
** For grants with a PRIME sponsor, my institution is a subcontractor and the FUNDED amount shown is the subcontract only.
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ACADEMIC/RESEARCH ADVISING
Ph.D. Graduates: 7, Masters Graduates: 28 (16 with thesis), Undergraduate Researchers: 40
CURRENT RESEARCH ADVISEES
name exp. deg. thesis topic
Yuning Yang Ph.D. 2016 Energy Efficient Microsystem Signal Processing
Lin Li Ph.D. 2016 Post-CMOS Biosensor Array Fabrication
Haitao Li Ph.D. 2016 Electrochemical Gas Sensor Array Microsystem
Heyu Yin Ph.D. 2019 Monolithic Gas Sensor Arrays
C. Sam Boling Ph.D. 2019 Sensor Matrix Algorithms for Hazardous Gas Monitoring
Sina Parsnejad Ph.D. 2019 Mobile Electrochemical Instrumentation
Ehsan Ashoori Ph.D. 2020 Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring
Sylmarie Montero Ph.D. 2021 Neural Implant Signal Processing Algorithms
GRADUATE DISSERTATION CHAIR:
year deg. name thesis title current
2013 Ph.D. Xiaowen Liu CMOS Instrumentation for Electrochemical
Biosensor Array Microsystems
2013 Ph.D. Xiaoyi Mu Wearable Gas Sensor Microsystem for Personal
Health Monitoring
Apple Inc.
2010 Ph.D. Yue Huang Integration of Enzyme-based Biosensors and
CMOS Electrochemical Instrumentation through
a Lab-on-CMOS Platform
Start-up
2010 Ph.D. Awais Kamboh Implantable VLSI Systems For Compression
And Communication In Wireless Biosensor
Recording Arrays
National Univ.,
Pakistan
2008 Ph.D. Chao Yang Impedance Extraction Microsystem for
Nanostructured Electrochemical Sensor Arrays
Marvell
Semiconductor
2006 Ph.D. Junwei Zhou Optimization of Technology-Scalable Wide-
Issue Superscalar Microprocessors
Sun
Microsystems
2005 Ph.D. Jichun Zhang Low Noise Multi-Mode Sensors Readout
Circuits for Low Power Microsystems
Mindspeed
Tech.
2011 M.S. Lin Li Post-CMOS Microelectrode Fabrication and
Packaging for on-CMOS Electrochemical
Biosensor Array
PhD MSU
2011 M.S. Haitao Li A Neural Recording Front End for Multi-
Channel Wireless Implantable Applications
PhD MSU
2010 M.S. Xiaoyi Mu High-Performance Chemiresistor
Instrumentation Circuit for Micro Gas
Chromatograph
PhD MSU
2010 M.S. Xiaowen Liu Thermal Controlled Electrochemical
Instrumentation for Protein Array Microsystems
PhD MSU
2010 M.S. Waqar Qureshi CMOS Instrumentation for On-chip
Biofluorescence and Bioelectrochemical Assays
Adv. Eng.
Research Org.
2007 M.S. Daniel Rairigh A Compact Fully On-Chip Impedance
Spectroscopy System
Raytheon
2006 M.S. Nicholas
Trombly
Electrical and Thermal Interfaces for On-chip
Electrochemical Biosensor Arrays
Texas
Instruments
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2005 M.S. Cheong Kun Design, Implementation and Testing of a Hybrid
Algorithmic ΣΔ A/D Converter
Qualcomm Inc.
2005 M.S. Jian Li VLSI Design Implementation for Lifting
Scheme DWT
2004 M.S. Nathan Dotson Analysis and Design of Post-CMOS Thermally
Controlled Biosensor Array Microsystems
IBM
2003 M.S. Prasanna
Balasundaram
Low-Power Signal Processing Core for Sensor
Microsystems
Qualcomm Inc.
2003 M.S. Kartik
Vaidyanathan
Application Specific Programmable Processor
for Sensor Based Networks
2002 M.S. Aravind
Murarishetty
Implementation of a CMOS Temperature Sensor
with Programmable Range
2002 M.S. Kun Zhang Implementation of a Universal MicroSensor
Interface Circuit
Qualcomm Inc.
2001 M.S. Mark
Underwood
Development of an Embedded Controller
Prototyping System
Lexmark
2000 M.S. Ye Gu A Low-Power CMOS Temperature Sensor with
Programmable Range Control
OUTREACH MENTORING/SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Ph.D. Examiner, Imperial College London, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, September 2015.
Supervise post-doc: Dr. Hao Wan (2015-2016)
Ph.D. Examiner, Imperial College London, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, August 2013.
Ph.D. Examiner, University of Toronto, Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2013.
Supervised Honors College projects for (>30 as of 2013) undergraduate students in ECE331, 410, 418, 445.
Supervised graduate student instructor for ECE410 VLSI Design, Spring 2012.
Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), Summer 2012. Supervised minority student research.
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supervisor, 2003, 2004, 2010
Supervised undergraduate student research assistants: F13 (3), Su13 (2), S13 (3), F12 (5), Su12 (2), S12 (3), F11
(3), Su11 (1), S11 (3), F10 (3), S10 (1), F09 (2), Su09 (1), F08 (2), S08 (3), F07 (1), Su07 (1), S07 (3), Su06
(2), S06 (3), F05 (1), Su05 (2), S05 (2), F04 (1), Su04 (1).
ECE480 Senior Design project sponsor, F09
Supervise graduate research of underrepresented students: 4 female and 3 African American students.
Supervise post-doc: Dr. S. Kota (2008-2009)
Supervise visiting scholar: Dr. L. Meng (2008-2009)
2008 Indo US Engineering Faculty Leadership Institute, Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education
(IUCEE). Developed and presented a week-long workshop for Indian faculty members.
Presented research and talk with parents of potential students at MSU College of Engineering Future Engineers
Open House, Oct. 2007, Oct 2008, Oct 2009.
Masters Research Project Advisor, Student Exchange, TU Kaiserslautern Germany: Stefan Schorr (2008), Sacha
Loitz (2003), Artin Papanian (2004)
Masters Research Project Advisor, Student Exchange, National Taiwan Univ.: Chien-Ju Lin (2008)
Participate in recruitment/training programs for underrepresented groups (particularly female and African
American) hosted by the Diversity Programs Office, 2002 – 2008
Developed and presented a two-day hands-on workshop on “Microfabrication & Biomimetic Microsystems” for
the Frontiers in Science program for secondary education teachers, 5/03
Participated in the Sloan Engineering Program Graduate Student Orientation, 9/02
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Presented at the MSU Middle School Career Information Seminar, 7/01
College of Engineering Undergraduate Internship Supervisor, 2005, 2006
Computer Engineering Honors College (Undergraduate) Advisor (8/01-8/03)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Senior Member, (Electron Device Society, Solid-State Circuits
Society, Circuits and Systems Society)
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Technical Committees: Sensory Systems, Biomedical Circ. and Sys.
Editorial Services
Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Circ. Systems, 8/09-present
Editorial Board, BioNanoScience, Springer, 9/10-present
Guest Associate Editor, Sensors, Special Issue: Implantable Sensors, 2014
Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Circ. Systems, Special Issue for ISCAS 2008
Editorial Board, Sensor Letters, 1/03- 12/05
Conference Organizing Committees
IEEE Int. Conf. Biomedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS)
General co-Chair, 2011; International Liaison, 2012; Publications Chair, 2015
Special Sessions Chair, 2010; Steering Committee, 2009-2013 (Chair 2011);
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
Short Course (Tutorial) Presenter, May 2002
IEEE International Conference on Sensors (Sensors)
Special Session Organizer (2004), Session Chair (2003-2005)
Conference Services
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
Technical Review Committee, 2003-2015
IEEE Int. Conf. Biomedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS)
Technical Program Committee, 2004-2015
IEEE/EMBS Int. Conf. Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS)
Technical Review Committee, 2006-2007, 2011-2014
IEEE International Conference on Sensors (Sensors)
Technical Program/Review Committee, 2003-2007
IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces: Reviewer 2013
IFIO/IEEE Int. Conf. Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), Program Committee, 2011-12
IEEE Int. Mixed-Signal, Sensors, and Systems Test Workshop (IMS3TW): Program Committee, 2010
IEEE/NIH BISTI Life Science Systems & Applications Workshop 2007, Review Committee
IEEE International Conf. on Electro/Information Technology, April 2006, Review Committee
Michigan State University Positions and Committees
Faculty Advisor, MSU Disc Golf Club, 10/2012 – present
College of Engineering, Energy Minor Committee, 2015 – present
ECE Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2011-present, Chair 2012-2013
ECE Lab Committee, 8/03 – 8/06, 8/14 - present
ECE Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2014-2015
ECE Assessment Committee 2008-2015, Co-Chair ABET review 2010
Institute for Engineering, Science and Health: Faculty Search Committee, 8/11 – 5/13
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program Committee, 1/11 – present
University Appeals Board, 8/08 – 8/09
University Awards Committee (Teacher-Scholar) 2008
Undergraduate Studies Committee, ECE MSU, 7/07 – 6/09
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Cleanroom Advisory Committee, 8/01-present
Ph.D. Qualifying Exam, preparation and grading, 8/02 - present
CpE/VLSI Faculty Group, Chair, 1/01-8/03, 6/08-6/09
ECE Awards Committee, 5/06 – 8/08
Faculty Search Committee (CpE), 10/01 – 3/03
Faculty Search Committee (Biomed Egr), 1/02 – 5/02
Graduate Studies Committee, ECE MSU, 7/01 – 8/02
Ad hoc Journal Paper Reviews
IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits
IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I
IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Circ. Systems
IEEE Sensors Journal
IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems II
IEEE Signal Processing Letters
IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering
IEEE Trans. on Electron Devices
Science of Advanced Materials
Int. J. Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
Sensors and Actuators Journal
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Journal of Applied Physics
Nano Letters
Sensor Letters
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Other Professional Services
NSF-ECCS, Proposal Review Panel, May 2003, June 2005, May 2006, Mar 2013
NIH, Interdisciplinary Molecular Sciences and Training: Small Business –Bioengineering, Proposal review
panel, Oct 2012
MSU Targeted Support Grants for Technology Development (TSGTD) Proposal Review, July 2012
USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposal reviewer, Jan 2010
MSU CDFP proposal reviewer, Sept 2009, Jan 2010
NIH, Electromagnetic Devices Special Study Session, Sept. 2007, June 2008
2008 Indo US Engineering Faculty Leadership Institute, Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education
(IUCEE). Developed and presented a week-long workshop for Indian faculty members in Mysore India.
Textbook Review, J. Webster, Biomedical Instrumentation: Application and Design, 4th edition, Wiley.
Reviewed April 2008.
MSU IRGP proposal reviewer (New Faculty Award), October 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
U.S. Army Research Office proposal reviewer, May 2006
Textbook Review, J. Uyemura, Intro. to VLSI Circuits and Systems, Wiley, 2002. Reviewed Oct. 2004
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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
TEACHING HISTORY (MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY)
ECE 331: Microprocessors & Digital Systems (with lab), S09, S10, S11, S12, S13, S14, F14, S15
ECE 410: VLSI Design (with lab), F01 (lab), S02, F02, S03 (lab), F03, S05, F05, S06, F06 (lab), S07, S08
ECE 418: Analog Integrated Circuits, F04
ECE 445: Biomedical Instrumentation (with lab), F08, F10, F12
ECE 480: Senior Design: Facilitator, F07, S09
ECE 491: Biomedical Instrumentation, F07
ECE 491-604: Integrated Circuit Testing Lab, F05, F06
ECE 490: Undergraduate Independent Study
F04, F05, S06, F06, S07, F07, S08, Su08, F08, Su09, S12, F12, S13
ECE 801: Graduate Independent Study, Su02, F02, S03, F03, F04, S05
ECE 813: Logic Design Principles (Advanced VLSI), S02, S03
ECE 932: Advanced Topics in Analog Design (Biomedical Microsystems), S08
ECE 932: Advanced Topics in Analog Design (Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits), S04
COURSE/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Major update of ECE331 Microprocessors and Digital Systems. Adopted ARM Cortex M4 as the case study
controller; developed all new lecture material and labs to match this modern microcontroller.
Led efforts to create a Biomedical Engineering concentration for EE and CpE undergraduate students. The
concentration was established in 2009 and enables students to focus their electives to obtain a notification on
their transcript that they completed the concentration.
Introduced ECE491 (Special Topics) Biomedical Instruments, F07, now established as ECE445 and first taught
F08. Course introduces students to human physiology, sensors, and instrumentation circuits with a weekly lab
component to construct biomedical instruments using Labview, DAQ cards, and self-made op-amp circuits.
Introduced ECE 932 (Special Topics) Biomedical Microsystems, S08.
Introduced ECE491 (Special Topics) Integrated Circuits Testing Lab, offered F05 and F06. Introduces students
to the setup and use of benchtop and LabVIEW-based instruments for microelectronics testing.
Introduced an ECE 932 (Special Topics) course on Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits, S04.
Recreated ECE 418 as an Analog IC Design course (F04) covering modern topics of transistor-level analog
design using Cadence EDA tools. Developed a full set of PowerPoint notes for this new course format.
Supported the CHE 883 Multidisciplinary Bioprocessing Lab course, supervising a research project team and
providing a graduate student mentor from my lab. 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008.
Recreated ECE 410 (VLSI Design) to cover modern topics and use modern EDA tools. Developed web-based
course material for this course, including over 600 pages of PowerPoint lecture notes, and electronic
documents for design project description, lab tutorials and guides, and homework assignments and solutions.
Orchestrated modernization of VLSI-related courses by establishing use of industry-standard EDA tools
(Cadence and Synopsis) and creating tutorials for analog and digital IC design using Cadence software. This
effort has fostered significant improvements in several undergraduate and graduate courses, including
implementation of a team-oriented design project in ECE410 that now results in microprocessor datapath
chips being fabricated through the MOSIS Service. The lab materials created ECE410 are currently used in
ECE418, ECE809, ECE813, and ECE932, and have been requested by faculty at several universities across
the country.
Served on the Graduate Studies Committee (2001-2002) and spearheaded changes in the Ph.D. qualifying exam
that are currently applied to degree requirements.
Served as Chair of the CpE/VLSI Faculty Group (2001-2003) and led efforts to modify the curriculum to
produce CpE and EE graduates who are well versed in VLSI design flow and use of standard EDA tools.
This has significantly increased the appeal of our students to major semiconductor companies.