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Marc Dandin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He previously co-founded and led a start-up company in the medical diagnostics arena. Furthermore, he has worked as a technical specialist on intellectual property matters at law firms in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. His research and entrepreneurship efforts have garnered numerous accolades, including the Robert E. Fischell Fellowship from the University of Maryland's Bioengineering Department, the inaugural Jimmy H. C. Lin Award for Entrepreneurship from the Electrical Engineering Department, and a Certificate of Excellence from the Mechanical Engineering Department. In 2017, he was elevated to Senior Member status by the IEEE, recognizing his professional achievements. Dr. Dandin’s research interests lie at the intersection of microsystems engineering, integrated circuit design, and biomedicine, focusing on new paradigms in technology integration for interfacing electronics with biological systems. His goals include learning from biology to develop more efficient and intelligent artificial sensing and actuation systems, as well as advancing bioengineering approaches for novel diagnostics and therapies to meet unmet medical needs.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.