Professor Farrokh Ayazi has been named as Co-Chair for the 27th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), to be held in San Francisco January 26th – 30th, 2014. This annual event, hosted by IEEE, is among the premier events in the MEMS community. The conference focuses on all aspects of MEMS, including design and simulation, fabrication, integration, application and industry R&D, and is expected to draw over 700 participants. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear presentations from 200 renowned MEMS experts from academia and industry as well as network with exhibitors and attendees.

Professor Ayazi has been a faculty member at Georgia Tech for thirteen years, beginning in 2000, and currently heads the Integrated MEMS Laboratory.  He also serves as Director of the Georgia Tech Center for MEMS and Microsystems Technologies (CMMT), which is affiliated with the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology. Professor Ayazi has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers and conference proceedings, holds 30 US patents and is co-founder and CTO of a motion sensor company, Qualtré, which develops silicon bulk acoustic wave microgyroscopes for personal navigation and consumer electronics.

The Co-Chair position at MEMS 2014 accents a stellar year for Professor Ayazi, who has been named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2013, recognized for his advancements in micro-electro-mechanical resonators and resonant gyroscopes. Fellowship in the IEEE is the highest level of IEEE recognition and is a significant career achievement, garnering respect from the technical and academic community. Professor Ayazi has been an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices and IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems.  His previous award distinctions include a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Richard M. Bass/Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Teacher Award, Georgia Tech College of Engineering Cutting Edge Research Award, and the Outstanding Junior Faculty Member Award at The Georgia Institute of Technology.

For more information about the IEEE MEMS 2014 Conference please visit the conference website at http://www.mems2014.org/.

For more information about the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology please visit the Institute’s website at http://www.ien.gatech.edu

This link https://www.mems-exchange.org/MEMS/what-is.html and others like it might be of help to interested readers in finding out more about MEMs and how advancements in this exciting field of research are affecting the world around us.