Reza Ghodssi
  Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor
  Director, Institute for Systems Research
 		 


Contact Information

2236 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301)405-8158
E-mail: ghodssi@umd.edu


Affiliations

  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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  • The Institute for Systems Research
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  • Maryland Nanocenter
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  • Fischell Department of Bioengineering
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  • Materials Science and Engineering
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  • University of Maryland Energy Research Center
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  • University of Maryland
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    Honors and Awards

  • Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland, 2008
  • National Academy of Engineering (NAE) U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2007
  • Best Paper Award, IPRM Conference, 2005
  • Outstanding Systems Engineering Faculty Award, University of Maryland, 2003
  • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2002
  • George Corcoran Award, University of Maryland, 2001
  • Vilas Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, 1995-96
  • Graduate Research Award, American Vacuum Society (AVS), 1995


    • Selected Publications

    M. McCarthy, C. M. Waits, M. I. Beyaz, and R. Ghodssi, "A Rotary Microactuator Supported on Encapsulated Microball Bearings Using an Electro-pneumatic Thrust Balance," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (JMM), vol. 19, August 2009.

    L. A. Mosher, C. M. Waits, B. Morgan, and R. Ghodssi, "Double-Exposure Gray-scale Photolithography," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 308-315, April 2009.

    M. I. Beyaz, M. McCarthy, N. Ghalichechian, and R. Ghodssi, "Closed-Loop Control of a Long-Range Micropositioner Using Integrated Photodiode Sensors," Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, vol. 151, pp. 187-194, April 2009.

    M. McCarthy, C. M. Waits, and R. Ghodssi, "Dynamic Friction and Wear in a Planar-Contact Encapsulated Microball Bearing using an Integrated Microturbine," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 263-273, April 2009.

    P. Dykstra, J. Hao, S. T. Koev, G. F. Payne, L. Yu and Reza Ghodssi, "An Optical MEMS Sensor Utilizing a Chitosan Film for Catechol Detection," Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. B138, No. 1, pp. 64-70, April 2009.

    Nathan Siwak, Xiao Zhu Fan, Dan Hines, S. Kanakaraju, Neil Goldsman, and Reza Ghodssi, "Indium Phosphide MEMS Cantilever Resonator Sensors Utilizing a Pentacene Absorption Layer," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 103-110, February 2009.

    S. T. Koev and R. Ghodssi, "Advanced Interferometric Profile Measurements through Refractive Media," Review of Scientific Instruments (RSI), Vol. 79, No. 9, pp. 093702, September 2008.

    K. Gerasopoulos, M. McCarthy, E. Royston, J.N. Culver, and R. Ghodssi, "Nanostructured Nickel Electrodes using the Tobacco Mosaic Virus for Microbattery Applications," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (JMM), vol. 18, No. 10, September 2008.

    N. Ghalichechian, A. Modafe, M. Beyaz, and R. Ghodssi, "Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of a Rotary Micromotor Supported on Microball Bearings," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 632-642, 2008.

    B. Morgan, and R. Ghodssi, "Vertically-shaped Tunable MEMS Resonators," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 85-92, 2008.

    S. T. Koev, M. A. Powers, H. Yi, L-Q. Wu, W. E. Bentley, G. W. Rubloff, G. F. Payne, and R. Ghodssi, "Mechano-transduction of DNA Hybridization and Dopamine Oxidation through Electrodeposited Chitosan Network," Lab on a Chip (LOC), Vol. 7, pp. 103-111, 2007.

    C. M. Waits, B. Geil, and R. Ghodssi, "Encapsulated Ball Bearings for Rotary Micro Machines," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (JMM), Vol. 17, pp. S224-S229, 2007.

    B. Morgan, J. McGee, and R. Ghodssi, "Automated 2-Axis Optical Fiber Alignment using Gray-scale Technology," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), Vol. 16, No. 16, pp. 102-110, 2007.

    N. Ghalichechian, A. Modafe, J. H. Lang, and R. Ghodssi, "Dynamic Characterization of a Linear Electrostatic Micromotor Supported on Microball Bearings," Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, vol. 136 (2), pp. 416-503, May 2007.

    J. J. Park, X. Luo, H. Yi, T. M. Valentine, G. F. Payne, W. E. Bentley, R. Ghodssi, and G. W. Rubloff, "In situ Biomolecule Assembly in Completely Packaged Microfluidic Devices," Lab on a Chip (LOC), Vol. 6, pp. 1315-1321, 2006.