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Gianluca Piazza is the STMicroelectronics Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He specializes in piezoelectric Micro Nano-ElectroMechanical Systems (M/NEMS) and their applications in RF wireless communication, chemical/biological detection, and mechanical computing. With over ten years of experience in working with piezoelectric materials and devices, he leads the John Claire Bertucci Nanotechnology Laboratory and emphasizes state-of-the-art electronics integration. Piazza holds several patents in micromechanical resonators, which are licensed to industry partners, and serves as an associate editor for the IEEE Journal of MicroElectroMechanical Systems. He has received notable awards including the IBM Young Faculty Award in 2006 and the Paper Award at the IEEE Frequency Control Symposium across multiple years from 2008 to 2013. Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA
Worked in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering.
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