Current students
Optical MEMS's populace
Graduate students make up the majority of Optical MEMS Group. Meet the gang below. Note: anyone whose picture looks conspicuously cartoonish has managed to evade the photographer thus far.
Ryan Shea
Ryan Shea received a B.S. degree in Physics and B.A. degree in Mathematics from Augsburg College (Magna Cum Laude). He is currently working towards a Ph. D. in electrical engineering.
Ryan's research interests include MEMS, MOEMS, and BioMEMS.
Wing Chan
Wing Chan received a Bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering (First Class Honors) and a Bachelors degree in Business Management (First Class Honors) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2007. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering.
Her research interests include MEMS microactuators, quantum optics and crystal optics.
Merlin Mah
Merlin Mah received B.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering (cum laude) from the University of Minnesota. Working with the Optical MEMS group since his undergraduate days, he eventually gave into inertia and joined the group as he works toward an M.S.
Merlin's diverse research interests include MEMS/MOEMS devices and embedded systems. Outside of the lab, he enjoys amateurish ventures into programming, photography, graphics and web design (the products of which include this site), and playing the piano.
Luke Taylor
(Profile coming soon)
(Research interests coming soon)
Phil Armstrong
Phil Armstrong received the B.S. degree (cum laude) in electrical engineering from St. Cloud State University in 2007. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D with the Optical MEMS Group. Current research interests include the deposition of luminescent thin films and the use of MEMS devices to characterize these materials.
In his free time, he enjoys gaming and science fiction.
Kyle Olson
(Profile coming soon)
(Research interests coming soon)
Andy Brown
(Profile coming soon)
(Research interests coming soon)
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