Dr. Clark Nguyen

Biography

Clark T.-C. Nguyen received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988, 1991, and 1994, respectively. He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1995 and was a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science until mid-2006. In 2006, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley, where he is currently a Professor and co-Director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center. His research interests primarily involve micro electromechanical systems (MEMS), including integrated micromechanical signal processors and sensors, merged circuit/micromechanical technologies, RF communication architectures, and integrated circuit design technology. He has founded Discera, Inc., a company that commercializes MEMS-based timing products. Nguyen has served as Program Manager at DARPA for several significant MEMS programs. He has received numerous awards for research and teaching excellence, including the 1998 1938E Award and the 2013 UC Berkeley EECS Department Outstanding Teaching Award. He has organized and chaired various IEEE and DARPA workshops and served as President of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society.

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