Elisabeth Smela

Professor Mechanical Engineering Director, Laboratory for Microtechnologies 2176 Glenn L. Martin Hall University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 301/405-5265 TEL 301/314-9477 FAX smela@umd.edu Research home page News stories about Dr. Smela

Research Interests

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), particularly polymer MEMS and bioMEMS. She focuses on the use of organic materials (from polymers to cells) in microsystems to realize microactuators, cell-based sensors, and CMOS/MEMS integrated systems.

Background Information

Research Scientist, Linköping University Sweden
Senior Scientist, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark
Vice President of Research and Development, Santa Fe Science and Technology, Inc. (SFST), New Mexico
University of Maryland since 2000

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Links

Laboratory for Microtechnologies
Mechanical Engineering Department