SPRING
2005 SEMINAR SERIES
Novel
Integration in Advanced Electronic Systems
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SPRING
2005 SEMINAR SERIES |
Kurt
Petersen, PhD
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Kurt Petersen received his BS
degree cum laude in EE from UC Berkeley in 1970. In 1975,
he received a PhD in EE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Petersen established a micromachining research group while at IBM
from 1975 to 1982. During that time, he wrote the seminal paper,
"Silicon as a Mechanical Material", published in the
Proceedings of the IEEE. Since 1982, Dr. Petersen has co-founded
four companies in micromachining technology, Transensory Devices Inc. in
1982, NovaSensor in 1985, Cepheid in 1996, and SiTime in 2004. All
of these companies have become technical and commercial leaders in the
field of MEMS devices and applications. NovaSensor is owned by
General Electric. Cepheid is now a public company selling advanced
DNA diagnostic products, particularly to the US Postal Service for
detecting anthrax in the mail. Most recently, SiTime was
established with the mission of commercializing MEMS-based oscillators
for timing products.
Dr. Petersen has published over
100 papers, and has been granted over 35 patents in the field of
micromachining. In 2001 he was awarded the IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
for his contributions to MEMS. Dr. Petersen is a member of the
National Academy of Engineering and is a Fellow of the IEEE in
recognition of his contributions to "the commercialization of
MEMS technology".
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