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Reza Ghodssi

Reza Ghodssi is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research (ISR) at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he directs the MEMS Sensors and Actuators Lab[1] and holds the Herbert Rabin Distinguished Chair in Engineering.[2] Ghodssi is also the Inaugural Executive Director of Research and Innovation for the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland (USMSM).[3] He is best known for his work designing micro- and nano-devices for healthcare applications, particularly for systems requiring small-scale energy conversion and biological and chemical sensing.

Reza Ghodssi
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian American
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Known forMicro-electro-mechanical Systems (MEMS) Processes, Technology, Devices and Systems
AwardsAmerican Vacuum Society Gaede-Langmuir Award, 2024
National Science Foundation NSF CAREER Award, 2002
UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, 2014
UW-M 125 People of Impact, 2016
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering, Biomedical engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland, College Park, 2000–present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997–1999
Doctoral advisorDenice D. Denton

Biography and scholarship

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Ghodssi received his Bachelor's (1990), Master's (1992), and Doctoral (1996) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then performed his post-doctorate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1997-1999, joining the faculty at the University of Maryland in 2000. Between 2009 and 2017, Ghodssi directed the ISR, launching a number of interdisciplinary initiatives such as the Maryland Robotics Center (MRC) and the Brain and Behavior Initiative (BBI), of which he served as the founding co-Director for six years (2015-2021).[4] These initiatives are aimed at enhancing the impact of ISR's research on society; they also looked to build a more interactive faculty, staff, and student community across the different disciplines within ISR. Efforts at the MRC include advancing the underlying component technologies and the applications of robotics through a focus on interdisciplinary educational and research programs. Work at the BBI aims to revolutionize the interface between neuroscience and engineering by generating novel approaches and tools to understand the complex behaviors produced by the human brain. Part of Ghodssi's community-building also includes reaching out to industry and alumni: these efforts have resulted in a large number of industry-sponsored monthly seminar series as well as annual fellowships for graduate students and post-doctoral associates. Combined, these initiatives work to promote an active industry-oriented[5][6][7] mentoring ecosystem in the Systems Engineering Education program in ISR. Dr. Ghodssi served as the President-elect of the Transducer Research Foundation (TRF)[8] from 2020 until 2022. Since June 2022, he has been serving as the new President of TRF. The TRF is a nonprofit organization in the United States whose mission is to stimulate research in science and engineering, with emphasis on technologies related to transducers, microsystems, and nanosystems, and to foster the exchange of ideas and information between academic, industrial, and government researchers.

Ghodssi has 173 peer-reviewed journal publications and 367 refereed conference papers, and he is the co-editor of the MEMS Materials and Processes Handbook (2011). He has nine U.S. patents issued, nine U.S. patents published, with another nine pending. He also founded the MEMS Alliance in the greater Washington, D.C. area[9] and is a member of the Materials Research Society, the American Society for Engineering Education, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Service

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Ghodssi served as an associate editor for the Biomedical Microdevices[10] for 13 years (2008-2021) and served as an editor of the Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems[11] for 12 years (2008-2020). He served as a chairman of the MEMS and NEMS Technical Group at the American Vacuum Society (AVS) from 2002 to 2004. He also served as the Technical Program Committee Chair for the 2020 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2020),[12] and the General Chair for the Hilton Head Workshop in 2022.[13] Also, Dr. Ghodssi was the guest associate editor of the IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems "Special Proceeding" of the Hilton Head 2020 Workshop (October 2020).[14] Ghodssi chaired the 9th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS 2009)[15] and the 2012 NSF Workshop on Micro, Nano, Bio Systems.[16] He also served as the Americas Technical Program Committee chair of IEEE SENSORS 2010, 2011 and 2012.[17] He chaired the committee for the Denice Denton Emerging Leader ABIE Award sponsored by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) and Microsoft from 2007 until 2016. Ghodssi was also the lead organizer and chair of the inaugural Denice Denton Emerging Leaders Workshop 2016, which focuses on helping mid-career faculty develop knowledge, skills, strategies, and critical networks.[18]

Honors and awards

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In 2001, Ghodssi received the UMD George Corcoran Award. He won the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation in 2002, and in 2003 he received the UMD Outstanding Systems Engineering Faculty Award. He was among 100 of the nation's outstanding engineers invited to attend the National Academy of Engineering U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in 2007[19] and the EU-U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in 2010.[20] In 2014, Ghodssi was named a University of Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Teacher.[21] He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers[22] in 2015, when he also became a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society (2015)[23] and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2015).[24] The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering listed Ghodssi as one of “125 People of Impact” in 2016, in recognition of his significant contributions to the department, university, and industry. In 2017, Ghodssi received the Invention of the Year Award in the Life Sciences category from the University of Maryland.[25] In 2019, Ghodssi received the distinguished A. J. Clark School of Engineering Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award at the University of Maryland.[26] He also received the 2024 American Vacuum Society (AVS) Gaede-Langmuir Award for his pioneering research on developing novel MEMS processes, fabrication, and technologies for micro, nano, and bio-devices and systems and their momentous impact on small-scale power, optical, and biomedical applications.[27]

References

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  1. ^ "MEMS Sensors and Actuators Laboratory (MSAL) | MEMS Sensors and Actuators Laboratory (MSAL)". www.umdmsal.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  2. ^ "Ghodssi Named Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor". bioe.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  3. ^ "Ghodssi Named Inaugural Executive Director of Research and Innovation at USMSM". eng.umd.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  4. ^ "Message from the directors | Brain and Behavior Initiative". bbi.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  5. ^ "Intelligent Automation, Inc. Colloquia Series | Institute for Systems Research". isr.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  6. ^ "Maryland Robotics Center Seminars | Maryland Robotics Center". www.robotics.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  7. ^ "Northrop Grumman Microsystems Seminar Series | Institute for Systems Research". isr.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  8. ^ https://transducer-research-foundation.org/
  9. ^ "About MAMNA". Mid-Atlantic Micro/Nano Alliance Group. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  10. ^ "Biomedical Microdevices - incl. option to publish open access (Editorial Board)". springer.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  11. ^ "J-MEMS Editor-in-Chief and Editors". IEEE. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  12. ^ "Hilton Head 2020 Workshop - May 31-June 4, 2020". www.hh2020.org. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  13. ^ https://www.hh2022.org/
  14. ^ Ghodssi, Reza; Rais-Zadeh, Mina; Sochol, Ryan (2020). "IEEE JMEMS Special Proceeding for the Hilton Head 2020 Workshop". Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 29 (5): 619–620. doi:10.1109/JMEMS.2020.3023558. S2CID 225165200.
  15. ^ "PowerMEMS 2009 Workshop - Washington DC, USA - December 1-4, 2009". www.transducer-research-foundation.org. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  16. ^ "NSF Workshop on Micro, Nano, Bio Systems | March 30–31, 2012 | Arlington, VA". isr.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  17. ^ "IEEE Sensors 2012 Program" (PDF).
  18. ^ "Denice Denton Emerging Leaders Workshop 2016". ddd.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  19. ^ "2007 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Participants". www.naefrontiers.org. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  20. ^ "Participant List". www.naefrontiers.org. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  21. ^ "UMD | Office of Faculty Affairs". faculty.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  22. ^ "2015 elevated fellow" (PDF). IEEE Fellows Directory. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2015.
  23. ^ "AVS - Fellow of the Society". American Vacuum Society.
  24. ^ "ASME Fellows" (PDF). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  25. ^ "UMD Celebrates Invention of Year Winners, Ventures, and Partnerships at 'Innovate Maryland'". research.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  26. ^ "Meet Our 2019 Recipient, 'Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award'". research.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  27. ^ "AVS Gaede Langmuir Award 2024 Dr. Reza Ghodssi". avs.org. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
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