Andrew J. Mason, Ph.D.

Michigan State Univ., ECE Dept. 517-355-6502

428 S. Shaw Lane, 2120 Engineering Building mason@msu.edu

E. Lansing, MI 48824-1226 http://www.egr.msu.edu/~mason/

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1994

B.E.E. in Electrical Engineering (with honors), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1992

B.S. in Physics (with highest honors), Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 1991

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Integrated Microsystems: low-power mixed-signal circuits and embedded systems for compact/wearable/implantable

sensory systems; integrated electrochemical, bioelectrochemical and chemical sensors and arrays; neural recording and

signal processing technologies; lab-on-CMOS and microsystem packaging/integration methodologies; biomedical and

neuroprosthetic microsystems; sensors and microsystems for low carbon footprint and environmental sustainability.

Human Machine Interface: sensing, machine learning and stimulation technologies and embedded systems for

augmented human perception; wearable physiological, behavioral and social sensing and sensor fusion algorithms;

human cognition of machine-generated sensory feedback including tactile stimulation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor, Michigan State University, ECE Department, 7/14 – present

Visiting Professor, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, 11/15 – 11/18

Associate Professor, Michigan State University, ECE Department, 7/07 – 6/14

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, ECE Department, 7/01 – 6/07

Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, ECE Department, 7/99 - 6/01

Electronic Systems Engineer, Canopus Systems Inc., Ann Arbor MI, 1/97 – 6/99

Graduate Student Research Assistant, University of Michigan, 6/93 – 6/99

Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan, 9/92 – 5/98

Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, 3/91 – 3/92

Systems Engineer, International Business Machines (IBM), Gaithersburg MD, 6/91 – 8/91

Research Analyst, Martin Marietta (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Oak Ridge TN, 6/90 – 8/90

Lab Technician, Siemens Corporation, Franklin KY, 6/89 – 8/89

HONORS & AWARDS

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Crittenden County High School, Marion Kentucky, 2016

Journal Cover Article, IEEE Trans. Neural Sys Rehabilitation Engineering, Jan. 2013

Honorary Mention Paper Award, IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, 2012

Best Student Paper, IEEE BioCAS Conference, 2010

Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence, 2010

Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship, 2007, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Michigan State University Teacher-Scholar Award, 2005-2006

Promoted to Senior Member of the IEEE, 2006.

3rd Prize (Phase I & 2), 2005 Semic. Res. Corp./Semic. Industry Assoc. Sys.-on-Chip Design Challenge

College of Engineering “Most helpful Faculty/Staff”, 2003 (voted by CoE undergraduates)

1st Place (experienced class) 1996 Univ. of Michigan Student VLSI Design Contest (national contest)

3rd Place (experienced class) North American 1996 Mentor Graphics Student VLSI Design Contest

Award of Excellence & M. L. Fitten Scholarships; Honor societies: Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Pi Sigma

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PUBLICATIONS

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

The refereed publications below have received 2641 citations according to Google Scholar in Jan 2020. Please see my

Google Scholar Profile (http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4YUNXeQAAAAJ&hl=en) for details.

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

[1] H. Yin, E. Ashoori, X. Mu, A. J. Mason, “A Compact Low-Power Current-to-Digital Readout Circuit for

Amperometric Electrochemical Sensors,” IEEE Trans. Instrumentation Measurement, in press 2019.

[2] H. Yin, X. Mu, H. Li, X. Liu, A. J. Mason, “CMOS Monolithic Electrochemical Gas Sensor Microsystem Using

Room Temperature Ionic Liquid,” IEEE Sensors J, vol. 18 (19), pp. 7899-7906, Oct 2018.

[3] L. Lin, P. Zhao, A. Mason, X. Zeng, “Characterization of the Ionic Liquid/Electrode Interfacial Relaxation

Processes Under Potential Polarization for Ionic Liquid Amperometric Gas Sensor Method Development,” ACS

Sensors, June 2018.

[4] L. Li, A. J. Mason, “Epoxy Chip-in-Carrier Integration for Multi-channel Microfluidic Lab-on-CMOS

Microsystems,” IEEE Trans. Biomed Circuits Systems, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 416-425, Apr 2018.

[5] H. Li, S. Parsnejad, E. Ashoori, C. Thompson, E. Purcell, A. J. Mason, “Ultracompact Microwatt CMOS Current

Readout with Picoampere Noise and Kilohertz Bandwidth for Biosensor Arrays,” IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits

Systems, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 35-46, Feb 2018.

[6] H. Wan, H. Yin, L. Lin, X. Zeng and A. J. Mason, “Miniaturized Planar Room Temperature Ionic Liquid

Electrochemical Gas Sensor for Rapid Multiple Gas Pollutants Monitoring,” Sensors Actuators B: Chemical, vol.

255, pp. 638-646, Feb 2018.

[7] Y. Yang, S. Boling, A. J. Mason, “A Hardware-Efficient Scalable Spike Sorting Neural Signal Processor Module

for Implantable High-Channel-Count Brain Machine Interfaces,” IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Systems, vol.

11(4), pp 743-754, August 2017. (online May 2017)

[8] Y. Yang, A. J. Mason, “Frequency Band Separability Feature Extraction Method with Weighted Haar Wavelet

Implementation for Implantable Spike Sorting,” IEEE Trans. Neural Sys Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 25(6),

pp. 530-538, June 2017. (online July 12, 2016)

[9] H. Wan, H. Yin, A. J. Mason, “Rapid Measurement of Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Electrochemical Gas

Sensor using Transient Double Potential Amperometry,” Sensors Actuators B, vol. 242, pp. 658-666, April 2017.

(online Dec 2016)

[10] Y. Yang, A. J. Mason, “Hardware Efficient Automatic Thresholding for NEO-Based Neural Spike Detection,”

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, vol. 64(4), pp. 826 – 833, April 2017. (online June 13 2016)

[11] H. Li, X. Liu, L. Li, X. Mu, R. Genov and A. J. Mason, “CMOS Electrochemical Instrumentation for Biosensor

Microsystems: A Review,” Sensors, vol. 17 (1), pp. 74, 2017. (online Dec 2016)

[12] H. Li, C. S. Boling, A. J. Mason, “CMOS Amperometric ADC With High Sensitivity, Dynamic Range and Power

Efficiency for Air Quality Monitoring,” IEEE Trans. Biomed Circ Syst, vol 10(4), pp. 817-827, August 2016.

(online June 2016)

[13] Z. Wang, M. Guo, X. Mu, S Sen, T. Insley, A. J. Mason, P. Král, X. Zeng, “Highly Sensitive Capacitive Gas

Sensing at Ionic Liquid–Electrode Interfaces," Analytical Chemistry, 88(3), pp. 1959-1964, Feb 2016. (online

Dec 2015)

[14] X. Tan, X. Chen, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, H. Min, Y. Huang, A.J. Mason, “A 4.3μW 10fA-Sensitivity Dual-Mode

Current Converter for Implantable Glucose Monitoring,” Electronics Letters, 51(19), pp. 1484-1486, Sept. 2015.

[15] Y. Yang, S. Boling, A. M. Kamboh, A. J. Mason, “Adaptive Threshold Neural Spike Detector Using Stationary

Wavelet Transform in CMOS,” IEEE Trans. Neural Sys Rehab. Engineering, vol. 23(6), pp. 946-955, Nov 2015.

(online May 2015)

[16] H. Li, X. Mu, Y. Yang, A. J. Mason, “Low Power Multimode Electrochemical Gas Sensor Array System for

Wearable Health and Safety Monitoring,” IEEE Sensors J, vol. 14(10), pp. 3391-3399, Oct. 2014.

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[17] Z. Wang, M. Guo, G. A. Baker, J. Stetter, L. Lin, A. Mason and X. Zeng, “Methane-oxygen electrochemical

coupling in an ionic liquid: a robust sensor for simultaneous quantification,” Analyst, vol. 139(20), 2014. (online

June 25 2014)

[18] Y. Yang, A. M. Kamboh, A. J. Mason, “A Configurable Realtime DWT-Based Neural Data Compression and

Communication VLSI System for Wireless Implants,” J Neuroscience Methods, vol. 227, pp. 140-150, April

2014.

[19] X. Liu, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “Thermally Controlled Electrochemical CMOS Microsystem for Protein Array

Biosensors,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 8 (1), pp. 25-34, Feb. 2014.

[20] X. Liu, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “High-throughput Impedance Spectroscopy Biosensor Array Chip,” Phil. Trans. R.

Soc. A, vol. 372(2012), Feb 2014.

[21] X. Mu, Z. Wang, X. Zeng, A. J. Mason, “A Robust Flexible Electrochemical Gas Sensor Using Room

Temperature Ionic Liquid,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 13(10), pp. 3976 – 3981, Oct. 2013.

[22] Y. Huang and A. J. Mason, “Lab-on-CMOS Integration of Microfluidics and Electrochemical Sensors,” Lab on

a Chip, vol. 13 (19), pp. 3929-3934, 2013.

[23] A. Negoda, Y. Liu, W.-C. Hou, C. Corredor, B. Y. Moghadam, C. Musolff, L. Li, W. Walker, P. Westerhoff, A.

J. Mason, P. Duxbury, J. D. Posner, R. M. Worden, “Engineered Nanomaterial Interactions with Bilayer Lipid

Membranes: Screening Platforms to Assess Nanoparticle Toxicity,” Int. J. Biomedical Nanoscience

Nanotechnology, vol. 3 (1), 2013.

[24] Z. Wang, X. Mu, M. Guo, Y. Huang, A. J. Mason, X. Zeng, “Methane Recognition and Quantification by

Differential Capacitance at the Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid–Electrified Metal Electrode Interface”, J.

Electrochemical Society, vol. 160 (6), pp. B83-B89, 2013.

[25] Y. Huang, Y. Liu, B. Hassler, R. M. Worden, A. J. Mason, “A Protein-Based Electrochemical Biosensor Array

Platform for Integrated Microsystems,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 7 (1), pp. 43-51, Feb. 2013.

[26] A. Kamboh, A. J. Mason, “Computationally Efficient Neural Feature Extraction for Spike Sorting in Implantable

High-Density Recording Systems,” IEEE Trans. Neural Sys Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 21 (1), pp. 1-9, Jan

2013 (Journal Cover).

[27] N. Ward, X. Mu, G. Serrano, E. Covington, C. Kurdak, E. T. Zellers, A. J. Mason, W. Li, “Microfluidic-Packaged

CMOS Chemiresistor Detector for Micro-Scale Gas Chromatograph,” Micro & Nano Letters, vol. 7 (8), pp. 721-

724, Aug 2012.

[28] X. Mu, E. Covington, D. Rairigh,C. Kurdak, E. Zellers, A. J. Mason “A CMOS Monolithic Nanoparticle-Coated

Chemiresistor Array for Microscale Gas Chromatography,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 12 (7), pp. 2444-2452,

July 2012.

[29] L. Li, X. Liu, W. A. Qureshi, A. J. Mason, “CMOS Amperometric Instrumentation and Packaging for Biosensor

Array Applications,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 5 (5), pp. 439-448, Oct. 2011.

[30] C. Yang, S. R. Jadhav, R. M. Worden, A. J. Mason, “Compact Low-Power Impedance-to-Digital Converter for

Sensor Array Microsystems,” IEEE J. Solid State Circuits, vol. 44 (10), pp. 2844-2855, Oct. 2009.

[31] D. Rairigh, G. Warnell, C. Xu, E. T. Zellers, A. J. Mason, “CMOS Baseline Tracking and Cancellation

Instrumentation for Nanoparticle-Coated Chemiresistors,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 3 (5), pp.

267-276, Oct. 2009.

[32] C. Yang and A. Mason, “Fully Integrated 7-Order Frequency Range Quadrature Sinusoid Signal Generator,”

IEEE Trans. Instrumentation Measurement, vol. 58 (10), pp. 3481-3489, Oct. 2009.

[33] L. Yu, Y. Huang, X. Jin, A. J. Mason, and X. Zeng, “Ionic Liquid Thin Layer EQCM Explosives Sensor,” Sensors

and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 140, no. 2, pp. 363-370, July 2009.

[34] C. Yang, Y. Huang, B. L. Hassler, R. M. Worden, A. J. Mason, “Amperometric Electrochemical Microsystem

for a Miniaturized Protein Biosensor Array,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 160-168,

June 2009.

[35] X. Jin, Y. Huang, A. Mason, and X. Zeng, “Multichannel Monolithic Quartz Crystal Microbalance Gas Sensor

Array,” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 595-603, January 2009.

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[36] A. M. Kamboh, A. Mason, K. G. Oweiss, “Analysis of Lifting and B-Spline DWT Implementations for

Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” Journal of Signal Processing Systems, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 249-261, Sep. 2008.

[37] C. Yang and A. Mason, “Process/Temperature Variation Tolerant Precision Signal Strength Indicator,” IEEE

Tran. Circuits and Systems I, vol. 55 (3), pp. 722-729, April 2008.

[38] N. Trombly, A. Mason, “Post-CMOS electrode formation and isolation for on-chip temperature-controlled

electrochemical sensors,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no. 1, p. 29-30, Jan. 2008.

[39] A. Mason, A. V. Chavan, K. D. Wise, “A Mixed-Voltage Sensor Readout Circuit with On-Chip Calibration and

Built-In Self-Test,” IEEE Sensors J, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1225-1232, September 2007.

[40] A. Kamboh, M. Raetz, K. Oweiss, A. Mason, “Area-Power Efficient VLSI Implementation of Multichannel DWT

for Data Compression in Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Circ. Systems, vol. 1, no. 2,

pp. 128-135, June 2007.

[41] K. Oweiss, A. Mason, Y. Suhail, A. M. Kamboh, and K. Thomson, “A Scalable Wavelet Transform VLSI

Architecture for Real-Time Signal Processing in High-Density Intra-Cortical Implants,” IEEE Trans. Circ. Sys.

I, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 1266-1278, June 2007.

[42] J. Zhang, J. Zhou and A. Mason, “Highly Adaptive Transducer Interface Circuit for Multiparameter

Microsystems,” IEEE Trans. Circ. Sys. I, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 167-178, Jan. 2007.

[43] D. Rairigh, A. Mason and C. Yang, “Analysis of On-Chip Impedance Spectroscopy Methodologies for Sensor

Arrays,” Sensor Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 398-402, December 2006.

[44] J. Zhou, P. Balasundaram, and A. Mason, “Architecture for an Adaptive, Energy-Efficient Microsystem

Controller in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Sensor Letters, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 64-68, March 2004.

[45] C. A. Grimes, K. G. Ong, O. K. Varghese, X. Yang, G. Mor, M. Paulose, E. C. Dickey, C. Ruan, M. V. Pishko,

J. W. Kendig, and A. J. Mason, “A Sentinel Sensor Network for Hydrogen Sensing,” SENSORS, vol. 3(3), pp.

69-82, March 2003.

[46] J. Zhou and A. Mason, “Communication Buses and Protocols for Sensor Networks,” SENSORS, vol. 2 (7), pp.

244-257, August 2002.

[47] N. Yazdi, A. Mason, K. Najafi, and K. D. Wise, “A Generic Interface Circuit for Capacitive Sensors in Low-

Power Multi-Parameter Microsystems,” Sensors and Actuators A, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 351-361, 2000.

[48] A. Mason, N. Yazdi, A. V. Chavan, K. Najafi, and K. D. Wise, “A Generic Multielement Microsystem for

Portable Wireless Applications,” Proc. IEEE, vol. 86 (8), pp. 1733-1746, August 1998.

REVIEWED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

[1] Heyu Yin, Sylmarie Dávila-Montero, and Andrew J. Mason, “Analysis of Section Scaling for Multiple-Size DLD

Microfluidic Particle Separation,” IEEE Int Symp Circ Sys (ISCAS), May 2020.

[2] Sina Parsnejad, Sylmarie Dávila-Montero, and Andrew J. Mason, “Use of High-Frequency Pulses to Generate

Unique Electrotactile Sensations for Real-Time Feedback in Wearable Sensory Systems,” IEEE Int Symp Circ

Sys (ISCAS), May 2020.

[3] Sylmarie Dávila-Montero, Sina Parsnejad, and Andrew J. Mason, “Exploring the Relationship Between Speech

and Skin Conductance for Real-Time Arousal Monitoring,” IEEE Int Symp Circ Sys (ISCAS), May 2020.

[4] Heyu Yin, Ehsan Ashoori, Sina Parsnejad, Joseph W. Salatino, Erin K. Purcell, and Andrew J. Mason,

“Microfabricated Capacitive Electrodes for High Channel Count ECoG Recording,” IEEE EMBS Conf. Neural

Engineering, San Francisco US, Mar 2019.

[5] Sina Parsnejad, Yousef Gtat, Ryan Aridi, Jan W. Brascamp, and Andrew J. Mason, “Inciting high fidelity tactile

sensations using a single electrotactile electrode pair,” IEEE EMBS Conf. Neural Engineering, San Francisco US,

Mar 2019.

[6] Yousef Gtat, Sina Parsnejad, Sidney Schrand, Heather L. Taylor, and Andrew J. Mason, “Absolute Detection

Threshold of Vibrotactile Stimulation Pulse Width and Inter-Pulse Gap,” IEEE EMBS Conf. Neural Engineering,

San Francisco US, Mar 2019.

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[7] S. Dávila-Montero, T. J. Shafer, K. Wallace, B. Lynch and A. J. Mason, “Identifying Neurophysiological

Signatures of Neurotoxicant Action using Classification Models,” The Toxicologist, Supplement to Toxicological

Sciences, vol. 168, no. 1, p. 86, 2019.

[8] S. Davila-Montero, E. Ashoori, A. J. Mason, Early Detection of Epileptic Activity on EEG Signals Using Phase-

Preserving Quantization Method,” IEEE Biomedical Circ Syst (BioCAS), Oct 2018.

[9] E. Ashoori, H. Yin, S. Parsnejad, J. W Salatino, E. K Purcell, A. J Mason, “ECoG Electrode Array with Embedded

Coupling Capacitors for Area Efficient Neural Recording,” IEEE Biomedical Circ Syst (BioCAS), Oct 2018.

[10] Y. Gtat, S. Davila-Montero, A. J. Mason, “Live Demonstration: Sensor Automation Platform and Multi-Sensor

Badge for Enhanced Human Perception,” IEEE Biomedical Circ Syst (BioCAS), Oct 2018.

[11] S. Parsnejad, Y. Gtat, T.-Y. Lin, X. Liu, P. B. Lillehoj, A. J Mason, Self-Ranging Thumb-sized Multichannel

Electrochemical Instrument for Global Wearable Point-of-Care Sensing,” IEEE Midwest Symp Circ Syst

(MWSCAS), Aug 2018.

[12] Y. Gtat, S. Parsnejad, and A. J. Mason, “Platform for Autonomous Sensor Characterization and Generation of

Provenance-Aware Datasets,” IEEE Midwest Symp Circ Syst (MWSCAS), Aug 2018.

[13] E. Ashoori, S. Davila-Montero, A. J. Mason, ”Compact and Low Power Analog Front End with in-situ Data

Decimator for High-Channel-Count ECoG Recording,” IEEE Int Symp Circ Sys (ISCAS), May 2018.

[14] S. Davila-Montero, A. J. Mason, “An in-situ Phase-Preserving Data Decimation Method for High-Channel-Count

Wireless μECoG Arrays,” IEEE Biomedical Circ Syst (BioCAS), Oct 2017.

[15] Y. Gtat, A. J. Mason, “Live Demonstration: Enhancing Biomedical Research Precision, Productivity and

Reproducibility via Autonomous Data Acquisition and Robust Data Curation,” IEEE Biomedical Circ Syst

(BioCAS), Oct 2017.

[16] A. J. Mason and H. Wan, “Analysis of Multi-channel Microfluidics for Serial Dilution in Lab-on-CMOS

Platforms,” IEEE Midwest Symp Circ Syst (MWSCAS), Aug 2017.

[17] E. Ashoori and A. J. Mason, “Concentric Helical Coils for Efficient and Resilient Wireless Link in Biomedical

Implants,” IEEE Midwest Symp Circ Syst (MWSCAS), Aug 2017.

[18] S. Davila-Montero, D. Barsakcioglu, A. Jackson, T. Constandinou, A. J. Mason, “Real-time Clustering Algorithm

that Adapts to Dynamic Changes in Neural Recordings,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Baltimore USA,

May 2017.

[19] H. Yin, H. Wan, A. J. Mason, “Separation and Electrochemical Detection Platform for Portable Individual PM2.5

Monitoring,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Baltimore USA, May 2017.

[20] S. Parsnajad, Y. Gtat, A. J. Mason, “Live Demonstration: Automated Data Acquisition and Digital Curation

Platform for Enhancing Research Precision, Productivity and Reproducibility,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and

Systems, Baltimore USA, May 2017.

[21] T-Y Lin, S. Parsnejad, L. Tu, T. T. Pfeiffer, A. J. Mason, G. Xing, P. B. Lillehoj, “Finger-Powered Microfluidic

Electrochemical Assay for Mobile Phone-based Diagnostic Testing,” IEEE Nano/Micro Engineered Molecular

Systems (NEMS), Los Angeles CA, USA, April 2017.

[22] H. Yin; H. Wan; L. Lin, X. Zeng, A. J. Mason, “Miniaturized Planar RTIL-based Electrochemical Gas Sensor

for Real-Time Point-of-Exposure Monitoring.” IEEE-NIH Conf. Healthcare Innovations Point-of-Care

Technologies (HI-POCT), Cancun Mexico, Nov 2016.

[23] H. Wan, H. Yin, A. J. Mason, “Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Electrochemical Gas Sensor for Rapid Oxygen

Detection with Transient Double Potential Amperometry.” IEEE Sensors Conf., Oct 2016.

[24] S. Parsnejad, Y. Hu, H. Wan, E. Ashoori, and A. J. Mason, “Wide Dynamic Range Multi-Channel

Electrochemical Instrument for In-Field Measurements,” IEEE Sensors Conf., Oct 2016.

[25] H. Yin, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “Screen-printed Planar Metallization for Lab-on-CMOS with Epoxy Carrier,” IEEE

Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Montreal Canada, May 2016.

[26] S. Parsnejad, H. Li, A. J. Mason, “Compact CMOS Amperometric Readout for Nanopore Arrays in High

Throughput Lab-on-CMOS,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Montreal Canada, May 2016.

[27] H. Li, S. Parsnejad, A. J. Mason, “Single Ion Channel CMOS Electrochemical Instrument for High Throughput

Recording Arrays,” IEEE Midwest Symposium Circuits Systems, Aug. 2015.

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[28] H. Li, S. Boling, A. J. Mason, “Power Efficient Instrumentation with 100 fA-Sensitivity and 164 dB-Dynamic

Range for Wearable Chronoamperometric Gas Sensor Arrays,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Lisbon

Portugal, pp. 485-488, May 2015.

[29] S. Davila, Y. Yang, A. J. Mason, “Evaluation of the Quality of Wavelet Compressed Neural Signals Based on

Spike Sorting Performance,” ACM Tapia Conf., Boston, Feb 2015.

[30] Y. Yang, C. S. Boling, A. J. Mason, “Power-area efficient VLSI implementation of decision tree based spike

classification for neural recording implants,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., Nov. 2014.

[31] Y. Yang, S. Boling, A. Eftekhar, S. E. Paraskevopoulou, T. Constandinou, A. J. Mason, “Computationally

Efficient Feature Denoising Filter and Selection of Optimal Features for Noise Insensitive Spike Sorting,” IEEE

Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., Chicago IL USA, Aug. 2014.

[32] X. Liu, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “High Throughput Single-Ion-Channel Array Microsystem with CMOS

Instrumentation,” IEEE Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., Chicago IL USA, August 2014.

[33] Y. Yang and A. J. Mason, “Optimization of Nonlinear Energy Operator Based Spike Detection Circuit for High

Density Neural Recordings,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Melbourne Australia, May 2014.

[34] L. Lin and A. J. Mason, “Development of an Integrated CMOS-Microfluidic Instrumentation Array for High

Throughput Membrane Protein Studies,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Melbourne Australia, May 2014

(Finalist for Best Student Paper).

[35] H. Li, X. Mu, Z. Wang, M. Gou, X. Zeng, A. J. Mason, “Room Temperature Ionic-Liquid Electrochemical Gas

Sensor Array System for Real-Time Mine Safety Monitoring”, IEEE Sensors Conf., Nov. 2013. (Best Student

Paper, Track 6 Finalist)

[36] Y. Yang, J. Yi, R. Jin, A. J. Mason, “Power-Error Analysis of Sensor Array Regression Algorithms for Gas

Mixture Quantification in Low-Power Microsystems,” IEEE Sensors Conf., Nov. 2013.

[37] X. Mu, Z. Wang, M. Gou, X. Zeng, Andrew J. Mason, “Fabrication of a Miniaturized Room Temperature Ionic

Liquid Gas Sensor for Human Health and Safety Monitoring,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., Nov.

2012.

[38] Y. Yang and A. J. Mason, “Identification and Quantification of Mixed Air Pollutants Based on Homotopy Method

for Gas Sensor Array,” IEEE Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., San Diego CA USA, pp. 4221-4224, August 2012.

[39] H. Li, X. Mu, Z. Wang, X. Liu, M. Guo, R. Jin, X. Zeng, A. J. Mason, “Wearable Autonomous Microsystem with

Electrochemical Gas Sensor Array for Real-Time Health and Safety Monitoring,” IEEE Eng. Medicine Biology

Conf., San Diego CA USA, pp. 503-506, August 2012.

[40] L. Li, X. Liu, A. J. Mason, “Die-level Photolithography and Etchless Parylene Packaging Processes for on-CMOS

Electrochemical Biosensors,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, pp. 2401-2404, May 2012.

[41] X. Mu, N. Ward, L. Li, E. Covington, G. Serrano, C. Kurdak, E. Zellers, W. Li, A. J. Mason, “CMOS Monolithic

Chemiresistor Array with Microfluidic Channel for Micro Gas Chromatograph.” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and

Systems, Seoul, Korea, pp. 1163-1166, May 2012 (The Sensory Systems Technical Committee 2012 Honorary

Mention Paper Award).

[42] N. Ward, X. Mu, G. Serrano, E. Covington, C. Kurdak, E. Zellers, A. Mason, and W. Li, “Adaptable Chip-level

Microfluidic Packaging for a Micro-gas-chromatograph,” IEEE Int. Conf. Nano/Micro Engineered Molecular

Systems, Kyoto Japan, March 2012.

[43] Y. Yang, A. J. Mason, “On-Chip Spike Clustering & Classification Using Self Organizing Map for Neural

Recording Implants,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., pp. 145-148, Nov. 2011.

[44] H. Li, A. J. Mason, “Comprehensive Analysis and Optimization of CMOS Neural Amplifiers for Wireless

Recording Implants,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., pp. 73-76, Nov. 2011.

[45] X. Liu, L. Li, B. Awate, R. M. Worden, A. J. Mason, “Biosensor Array Microsystem on a CMOS Amperometric

Readout Chip,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., pp. 305-308, Nov. 2011.

[46] S. Guan, J. Gu, Z. Shen, J. Wang, Y. Huang, A. Mason, “A Wireless Powered Implantable Bio-Sensor Tag

System-on-Chip for Continuous Glucose Monitoring,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., pp. 193-196,

Nov. 2011.

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[47] X. Mu, X. Liu, D. Rairigh, A. J. Mason, “Rapid Impedance Measurement of Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membrane

Biosensors,” IEEE Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., Boston MA USA, pp. 4796 - 4799, August 2011.

[48] Y. Yang and A. J. Mason, “Implantable Neural Spike Detection using Lifting-Based Stationary Wavelet

Transform,” IEEE Eng. Medicine Biology Conf., Boston MA USA, pp. 7294 - 7297, August 2011.

[49] X. Mu, D. Rairigh, A. J. Mason, “125ppm Resolution and 120dB Dynamic Range Nanoparticle Chemiresistor

Array Readout Circuit,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Rio Brazil, pp. 2213 - 2216, May 2011.

[50] A. M. Kamboh and A. J. Mason, “Channel Characterization for Implant to Body Surface Communication,” IEEE

Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Rio Brazil, pp. 913 - 916, May 2011.

[51] Y. Huang, A. J. Mason, “Lab-on-CMOS: Integrating Microfluidics and Electrochemical Sensor on CMOS,” IEEE

Int. Conf. Nano/Micro Engineered Molecular Systems, pp. 690 – 693, Feb. 2011.

[52] A. Kamboh, A. J. Mason, “On-Chip Feature Extraction for Spike Sorting in High Density Implantable Neural

Recording Systems,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., Cyprus, pp. 13-16, Nov. 2010 (Best Student

Paper).

[53] Y. Yang, A. Kamboh, A. J. Mason, “Adaptive Threshold Spike Detection using Stationary Wavelet Transform

for Neural Recording Implants,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., Cyprus, pp. 9-12, Nov. 2010.

[54] L. Li, W. Qureshi, X. Liu, A. J. Mason, “Amperometric Instrumentation System with On-chip Electrode Array

for Biosensor Application,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits Systems Conf., Cyprus, pp. 294-297, Nov. 2010.

[55] L. Li and A. J. Mason, “Post-CMOS Parylene Packaging for On-chip Biosensor Arrays,” IEEE Int. Conf. on

Sensors, pp. 1613-1616, October 2010.

[56] X. Liu, D. Rairigh, A. Mason, “A Fully Integrated Multi-channel Impedance Extraction Circuit for Biosensor

Arrays,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Paris France, pp. 3140 – 3143, May 2010.

[57] A. Kamboh, Y. Yang, K. Oweiss, A. J. Mason, “Design of a Configurable Neural Data Compression System for

Intra-Cortical Implants,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Paris France, pp. 3473 – 3476, May 2010.

[58] Y. Huang and A. J. Mason, “A Redox-Enzyme-Based Electrochemical Biosensor with a CMOS Integrated

Bipotentiostat,” IEEE BioCAS Conf., Beijing China, Nov. 2009.

[59] X. Liu, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “Thermal Control Microsystem for Protein Characterization and Sensing,” IEEE

BioCAS Conf., Beijing China, Nov. 2009.

[60] A. M. Kamboh, K. G. Oweiss and A. J. Mason, “Resource Constrained VLSI Architecture for Implantable Neural

Data Compression Systems,” IEEE Int. Conf. Circuits Systems, May 2009.

[61] X. Liu, D. Rairigh, C. Yang, A. J. Mason, “Impedance-to-Digital Converter for Sensor Array Microsystems,”

IEEE Int. Conf. Circuits Systems, May 2009.

[62] Daniel Rairigh, Xiaowen Liu, Chao Yang and Andrew J. Mason, “Sinusoid Signal Generator for On-chip

Impedance Spectroscopy,” IEEE Int. Conf. Circuits Systems, May 2009.

[63] F. T. Abu-Nimeh, A. Kamboh, M. Aghagolzadeh, U.-M. Jow, A. Mason, M. Ghovanloo, K. Oweiss, "A Highly

Modular, Wireless, Implantable Interface to the Cortex," IEEE/EMBS Conf. Neural Engineering, Antalya Turkey,

pp. 375-378, April 2009.

[64] D. Rairigh, G. Warnell, A. Mason, C. Xu, M. P. Rowe, E. T. Zellers, E. Covington, C. Kurdak, “Nanoparticle-

coated Chemiresistor Measurements Using Baseline Tracking and Cancellation,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, pp.

196-199, October 2008.

[65] C. Yang and A. Mason, “Membrane Protein Biosensor with Multi-Channel CMOS Impedance Extractor and

Digitizer,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, October 2008.

[66] D. Rairigh, M. P. Rowe, E. T. Zellers, A. Mason, “Baseline Resistance Cancellation Circuit for High Resolution

Thiolate-Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticle Vapor Sensor Arrays”, IEEE Int. Symposium on Circ. and

Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2002-2005, May 2008.

[67] C. Yang, D. Rairigh and A. Mason, “Fully Integrated Impedance Spectroscopy for Biochemical Sensor Arrays,”

IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, pp. 21-24, November 2007.

[68] D. Rairigh and A. Mason, “Compact Impedance Spectroscopy for High Density Sensor Arrays,” IEEJ Int. Analog

VLSI Workshop, November 2007.

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[69] M. A. Shetliffe, A. M. Kamboh, A. Mason, K. G. Oweiss, “Impact of Lossy Compression on Neural Response

Characteristics Extracted from High-Density Intra-Cortical Implant Data,“ Int. Conf. IEEE Engineering in

Medicine and Biology, Lyon, France, pp. 5358-5361, August 2007.

[70] A. Mason, Y. Huang, C. Yang, J. Zhang, “Amperometric Readout and Electrode Array Chip for

Bioelectrochemical Sensors,” IEEE Int. Sym. Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 3562-3565, May 2007.

[71] A. Kamboh, M. Raetz, A. Mason and K. Oweiss “Area-Power Efficient Lifting-Based DWT Hardware for

Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” IEEE Int. Sym. Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2371-2374, May 2007.

[72] C. Yang and A. Mason, “Precise RSSI with High Process Variation Tolerance,” IEEE Int. Sym. Circuits and

Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2870-2873, May 2007.

[73] A. Kamboh, A. Mason and K. Oweiss “A High-Yield Area-Power Efficient DWT Hardware for Implantable

Neural Interface Applications,” IEEE/EMBS Int. Conf. Neural Engineering, Hawaii, pp. 212-216, May 2007.

[74] A. M. Kamboh and A. Mason, “Comparison of Lifting and B-spline DWT Implementations for Implantable

Neuroprosthetics,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Daejeon, Korea, October 2006.

[75] Y. Huang and A. Mason, “Post-CMOS Compatible Microfabrication of a Multi-Analyte Bioelectrochemical

Sensor Array Microsystem,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Daejeon, Korea, October 2006.

[76] C. Yang, D. Rairigh, A. Mason, “On-Chip Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Biosensor Arrays,” IEEE

Int. Conf. on Sensors, Daejeon, Korea, October 2006.

[77] C. Yang, A. Mason, J. Xi, P. Zhong, “Configurable Hardware-Efficient Interface Circuit for Multi-Sensor

Microsystems,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Daejeon, Korea, October 2006, (finalist for Best Student Paper).

[78] J. Xi, C. Yang, P. Zhong, A. Mason, “Adaptive Multi-Sensor Interface System-On-Chip”, IEEE Int. Conf. on

Sensors, Daejeon, Korea, October 2006.

[79] K. Thomson, T. Shlien, Y. Suhail, K. Oweiss, A. Mason, “B-Spline vs. Lifting Architecture for Neuroprosthetic

Devices,” IEEE Int. Conf. Electro/Information Technology, E. Lansing MI USA, May 2006.

[80] C. Yang and A. Mason, “Zero-IF VGA with Novel Offset Cancellation,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems,

Kos Greece, pp.3438-3441, May 2006.

[81] J. Zhou and A. Mason, “A Two-level Hybrid Select Logic for Wide-Issue Superscalar Processors,” IEEE Int.

Symp. Circuits and Systems, Kos Greece, pp. 41-44, May 2006.

[82] J. Zhang, Y. Huang, N. Trombly, C. Yang, A. Mason, “Electrochemical Array Microsystem with Integrated

Potentiostat,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Irving CA, pp. 385-388, October 2005.

[83] C. Kun, A. Mason, S. Chakrabartty, “A Dynamic Reconfigurable A/D Converter for Sensor Applications,” IEEE

Int. Conf. on Sensors, Irving CA, pp. 1221-1224, October 2005.

[84] K. Oweiss, Y. Suhail, K. Thomson, J. Li and A. Mason, “Augmenting Real-Time DSP in Implantable High-

Density Neuroprosthetic Devices,” IEEE-EMBS Int. Conf. on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology,

pp.108-111, May 2005.

[85] A. Mason, J. Li, K. Thomson, Y. Suhail and K. Oweiss, “Design Optimization of Integer Lifting DWT Circuitry

for Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” IEEE-EMBS Int. Conf. on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, pp.

112-115, May 2005.

[86] J. Zhou and A. Mason, “Increasing Design Space of the Instruction Queue with Tag Coding,” Great Lakes Symp.

on VLSI, pp. 404-407, April 2005.

[87] B. Hassler, R. M. Worden, A. Mason, P. Kim, N. Kohli, J. G. Zeikus, M. Laivenieks, and R. Ofoli, “Biomimetic

Interfaces for a Multifunctional Biosensor Array Microsystem,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Vienna, Austria, pp.

991-994, October 2004.

[88] J. Zhang, N. Trombly, and A. Mason, “A Low Noise Readout Circuit for Integrated Electrochemical Biosensor

Arrays,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Vienna, Austria, pp. 36-39, October 2004.

[89] J. Zhang and A. Mason, “Characterization of a Configurable Sensor Signal Conditioning Circuit for Multi-Sensor

Microsystems,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Vienna, Austria, pp. 198-201, October 2004.

[90] C. Kun, S. Quan, and A. Mason, “A Power-Optimized 64-bit Priority Encoder Utilizing Parallel Priority Look-

Ahead,” IEEE Int. Symposium on Circ. and Systems (ISCAS), Vancouver Canada, vol. II, pp. 753-756, May 2004.

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[91] Prasanna Balasundaram, Kartik Vaidyanathan, and Andrew Mason, “Microsystem Controller for Sensor Network

Control and Data Correction,” IEEE Int. Symposium on Circ. and Systems (ISCAS), Vancouver Canada, vol. II,

pp. 809-812, May 2004.

[92] N. Dotson, P. Kim and A. Mason, “Low Cost MEMS Processing Techniques,” Proc. ASEE/NCS Spring

Conference, Kalamazoo MI, April 2004.

[93] N. Kohli, B. Hassler, S. Vaidya, L. Parthasarathy, R. Ofoli, R. M. Worden, P. Kim, and A. Mason “Biomimetic

Interface for Integrated Biosensor Arrays,” Proc. American Inst. Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, San

Francisco, November 2003.

[94] J. Zhang, J. Zhou, P. Balasundaram, and A. Mason, “A Highly Programmable Sensor Network Interface with

Multiple Sensor Readout Circuits,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Toronto, Canada, pp. 748-752, October 2003.

[95] P. Kim, N. Kohli, B. Hassler, N. Dotson, A. Mason, R. M. Worden, and R. Ofoli, “An Electrochemical Interface

for Integrated Biosensors,” Proc., IEEE Int. Conf. on Sensors, Toronto, Canada, pp. 1036-1040, October 2003.

[96] A. Mason, N. Yazdi, J. Zhang, and Z. Sainudeen, “A Modular Sensor Microsystem Utilizing a Universal Interface

Circuit,” Proc., IEEE Int. Symposium on Circ. and Systems (ISCAS), Bangkok Thailand, vol. III, pp. 926-929,

May 2003.

[97] J. Zhang, K. Zhang, Z. Wang, and A. Mason, “A Universal Micro-Sensor Interface Chip with Network

Communication Bus and Highly-Programmable Sensor Readout,” Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems,

August 2002.

[98] M. Jain, C. Grimes, K. Takahata, Y. Gianchandani, S. Singh, and A. Mason, “Magnetoelastic Microsensors for

Environmental Monitoring,” Digest, IEEE Int. MEMS-01 Conf., Interlaken, Switzerland, January 2001.

[99] J. C. Fox, A. Mason, and N. Yazdi, "Spacecraft Microaccelerometer Microsystem," Space Technology

Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque NM, September 1999.

[100] A. V. Chavan, A. Mason, U. Kang, and K. D. Wise, “A Programmable Mixed-Voltage Sensor Readout Circuit

and Bus Interface with Built-In Self-test,” Digest, Int. Solid State Circ. Conf., San Francisco CA, pp. 136-137,

February 1999.

[101] N. Yazdi, A. Mason, K. Najafi, and K. D. Wise, “A Low-Power Generic Interface Circuit for Capacitive Sensors”

Digest, Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, Hilton Head SC, pp. 215-218, June 1996.

[102] N. Yazdi, A. Mason, K. Najafi, and K. D. Wise, “A Smart Sensing Microsystem with a Capacitive Sensor

Interface,” Digest, IEEE Int. Symposium on Circ. and Systems, Atlanta GA, vol. IV, pp. 336-339, May 1996.

[103] Mason, W. Bear, and K. D. Wise, “A Microinstrumentation System for Remote Environmental Monitoring,”

Digest, Int. Conf. on Integrated Micro-Nano Tech. for Space Applications, Houston TX, November 1995.

[104] A. Mason, N. Yazdi, K. Najafi, and K. D. Wise, “A Low-Power Wireless Microinstrumentation System for

Environmental Monitoring,” Digest, Int. Conf. on Sensors and Actuators (Transducers’ 95), Stockholm Sweden,

pp. 107-110, June 1995.

INVITED/NON-REFERRED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (SINCE 2013 ONLY)

[1] E. Ashoori, H. Yin, A. J. Mason, “Microfabrication of Novel Microelectrodes for High-Scale Neural Activity

Monitoring,” LNF Users Symposium, Ann Arbor MI, December 7 2018.

[2] A. J. Mason, “Lab-on-CMOS Platforms for High Throughput, High Resolution Biomedical Sensing and

Environmental Monitoring,” WIMS2/MicroAlliance Microsystems and IoT Workshop, Ann Arbor MI, Sept 2017.

[3] Y. Gtat, S. Parsnejad, A. J. Mason, “A platform for autonomous sensor characterization and generation of

provenance-aware datasets for the Internet of Things,” WIMS2/MicroAlliance Microsystems and IoT Workshop,

Ann Arbor MI, September 2017. Poster Competition Finalist

[4] H. Li, A. J. Mason, “CMOS Amperometric ADC with High Sensitivity, Dynamic Range and Power Efficiency for

Air Quality Monitoring,” IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, Baltimore USA, May 2017.

[5] A, J. Mason, H, Yin, H. Wan, S. Parsnejad, “Wearable Gas Exposure Monitoring with Microfabricated RTIL

Electrochemical Sensors,” (invited), Pittsburgh Conference & Exposition (Pittcon), Chicago USA, Mar 2017.

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[6] S. Parsnejad, T.-Y.Lin, Y. Hu, H. Wan, E. Ashoorie, P. B. Lillehoj and A. J. Mason, “Compact, Adaptive,

Multichannel Electrochemical Instrument for Point-of-Care Sensing,” IEEE-NIH Conf. Healthcare Innovations

Point-of-Care Technologies (HI-POCT), Cancun Mexico, Nov 2016.

[7] S. Dávila-Montero, S. Aviyente, and A. Mason, “Estimating the Number of Unique Neurons in Neural Signal

Recordings using Stationary Wavelet Transform,” Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native

Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 2016.

[8] S. Boling, A. J. Mason, “Live demonstration: Curating multi-domain investigations of electrochemical sensors for

healthcare applications with a flexible hardware-software platform,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Conference, Atlanta GA, Oct. 2015.

[9] H. Li, X. Mu, X. Liu, Y. Yang, A. J. Mason, “Wearable Autonomous Gas Sensor Array Microsystem for Real-

Time Health and Safety Monitoring" NSF Workshop on Nano Micro Manufacturing, Dearborn MI, May 22-23

2013.

PATENTS

[1] A. Mason, E. Ashoori, “Concentric Helical Coils For A Wireless Link With Biomedical Implants,” US Patent

App. 15/941,308, 2018.

[2] X. Zeng, L. Yu, Y. Huang, A. Mason, “Ionic Liquid Thin Layer Sensor for Electrochemical and/or Piezoelectric

Measurement,” US 8,375,768 B2, 2/19/2013.

BOOK CHAPTERS

[1] E. Ashoori, S. Parsnejad, A. J. Mason, “Neurochemical Sensing,” chapter in: Handbook of Neuroengineering,

Springer Int. Publishing, 2020 (in press).

[2] S. Parsnejad, A. J. Mason, “CMOS Nano-Pore Technology,” chapter in: CMOS Circuits for Biological Sensing

and Processing, Springer Int. Publishing, 2018 (online Nov 2017). ISBN 978-3-319-67723-1, DOI: 10.1007/978-

3-319-67723-1_1.

[3] X. Liu, L. Li, A. J. Mason, “Bio/CMOS design for lab-on-chip,” chapter in Handbook of Bioelectronics: Directly

interfacing electronics and biological systems, Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN: 9781107040830.

[4] A. Mason, S. Amimoto, and K. D. Wise, “MEMS-Based Macro- and Micro-Sensing Systems: Architecture,

Design and Implementation,” chapter in Microengineering for Aerospace Systems, editor: H. Helvajian, The

Aerospace Press, 1999.

INVITED CONFERENCE/SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS (SINCE 2009 ONLY)

Crittenden County High School Commencement, Marion KY USA, May 27 2016, Commencement address

IEEE Circ. Syst. Soc. Forum Emerging Selected Topics, Montreal Canada, May 26 2016, Plenary talk, “Multi-

channel Lab-on-CMOS: Electrochemical Biosensor Platforms for High Throughput Single Molecule Detection”

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Seminar, Newcastle University, UK, August 6 2015. Invited seminar:

“Microsystem technologies for bioelectrochemical sensing, chemical threat monitoring, and neural recording”

Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, UK, August 5 2015. Invited seminar: “Data Reduction for Wireless

Neural Recording Implants”

Scottish Microelectronics Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK, Sept 5 2013. Invited seminar: “Microsystem

technologies for bioelectrochemical sensing, chemical threat monitoring, and neural recording implants”

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, Sept 2 2013. Invited seminar:

“Wearable Gas Sensor Arrays for Real-Time Health and Safety Monitoring”

The Royal Society, Meeting on: The long arm of microelectronics, Chicheley Hall, England, May 16 2013. Invited

lecture: “CMOS to Biology Electrochemical Interfaces”

The Royal Society, Discussion Meeting on: e-Futures beyond Moore’s Law, London England, May 13 2013. Invited

lecture: “Lab-on-CMOS Bioelectrical Microsystems”

IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces, Brindisi, Italy, June 28-29, 2011. Keynote

talk: “Membrane Protein Biosensor Arrays on CMOS”

National Nanofabrication Infrastructure Network Symposium on Organic/Inorganic Interfaces and their Health

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Science Applications, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ, Jan 13-14, 2011

“Nanostructured biological/chemical sensor arrays on CMOS”

Science at the Edge Seminar, Michigan State University, Lansing Michigan, March 2010

“On-chip Bio-electrochemical Interfaces: Challenges and applications for sensing and biological research”

Leadership Advantage Seminar, Michigan State University, E. Lansing MI, Aug 28, 2009

Midwest Biomedical Engineering Conference, Ann Arbor Michigan, April 3, 2009.

Nanotechnology/MEMS Hot Topics Panel “Current research in Bio-Electro-Chemical Microsystems”

RESEARCH SUPPORT @ Michigan State University

TITLE: Rapid in-field malaria diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring using a mobile phone

ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health (NIAID) (R01)

DATE: 1/16/15 – 12/31/19 FUNDED: $1,840,000 PERSONAL: $184,000

TITLE: Wearable Microsystem Array for Acute Pollutant Exposure Assessment

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health (NIEHS) (R01)

DATE: 12/1/13 – 10/31/19 FUNDED: $2,304,311 PERSONAL: $2,304,311

TITLE: Lab-on-CMOS Electrochemical Microsystem for High Throughput Characterization of Membrane

Proteins

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: National Science Foundation

DATE: 8/1/13-7/31/16 FUNDED: $360,000 PERSONAL: $306,000

TITLE: Autonomous Electrochemical Gas Detection Microsystem for Mine Safety

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: Centers for Disease Control (DHHS/NIOSH) (R01)

DATE: 9/01/10-8/31/15 FUNDED: $1,849,120 PERSONAL: $1,479,296

TITLE: Biomimetic Microsystem for High Throughput Toxicity Evaluation of Engineered Nanomaterials

ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health

DATE: 8/1/09 - 7/31/11 FUNDED: $450,000 PERSONAL: $72,000

TITLE: Au-Thiolate Nanoparticles as Interfacial Layers on Microsensor Arrays for Trace Explosive Vapor

Detection

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: The University of Michigan (Prime: DHS)

DATE: 4/16/2009–10/6/2010 FUNDED: $109,181 PERSONAL: $70,967

TITLE: Electronic Biosensor Interfaces for Odorant Recognition

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: Science Applications International (prime: DARPA)

DATE: 11/1/2008–7/31/2009 FUNDED: $163,042 PERSONAL: $97,825

TITLE: A Wireless Multiscale Distributed Interface to the Cortex

ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health (R01)

DATE: 8/15/08 - 7/31/12 FUNDED: $2,063,873 PERSONAL: $515,968

TITLE: IDBR: Temperature Controlled Array Microsystem for Functional Proteomics

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: National Science Foundation

DATE: 9/1/2007-8/31/2011 FUNDED: $618,393 PERSONAL: $309,196

TITLE: Au-Thiolate Nanoparticles as Interfacial Layers on Microsensor Arrays for Trace Explosive Vapor

Detection

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: The University of Michigan (Prime: Dept. Homeland Security)

DATE: 1/01/2007–7/6/2009 FUNDED: $123,963 (of total $1,300,000) PERSONAL: $123,963

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@ Michigan State University (continued)

TITLE: Advanced Microsystems for Neural Information Processing

ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: National Institutes of Health (R21)

DATE: 6/1/06 - 2/28/09 FUNDED: $350,210 PERSONAL: $87,552

TITLE: Adaptive Sensor Network Platform Chip

ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: Semiconductor Research Corp.

DATE: 5/2006-10/2006 FUNDED: $62,620 (in-kind) PERSONAL: $31,310

TITLE: Functional and Nanostructured Biomimetic Interfaces

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: Michigan Economic Development Corp.

DATE: 12/10/04 – 8/31/08 FUNDED: $1,369,097 PERSONAL: $136,909

TITLE: Wireless Integrated Microsystems (combined over two awards)

ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: The University of Michigan, (Prime: NSF, ERC)

DATE: 2/12/2002-8/31/2010 FUNDED: $2,416,322 PERSONAL: $483,263

TITLE: Intelligent Sensor Modules for an Environmental Monitoring Microsystem

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: Canopus Systems Inc.

DATE: 4/01/2001 – 3/30/2002 FUNDED: $50,000 PERSONAL: $50,000

* PERSONAL refers to the portion of multi-investigator grants institutionally credited to Mason individually.

** For grants with a PRIME sponsor, my institution is a subcontractor and the FUNDED amount shown is the subcontract only.

@ University of Kentucky

TITLE: Intelligent Sensor Modules for an Environmental Monitoring Microsystem

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: Canopus Systems Inc., (Prime: DARPA Phase2 SBIR)

DATE: 6/16/2000 -6/30/2001 FUNDED: $150,000 PERSONAL: $150,000

TITLE: Establishment of a 2-D/3-D Micro/Nano-Scale Device Fabrication Facility at The University of

Kentucky

ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: National Science Foundation

DATE: 7/1/2000 – 6/30/2002 FUNDED: $747,000 PERSONAL: ~$112,500

TITLE: Integrated Microsensor Devices and Systems for Industrial, Environmental, and Biomedical

Applications

ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: Dept. of Energy

DATE: 6/15/2000 – 6/1/2003 FUNDED: $330,000 PERSONAL: ~$33,000

Consulting

TITLE: Wireless Sensor Tags for Advanced Weapons and Defense Materials Monitoring

ROLE: co-PI SPONSOR: Evigia Systems Inc. (Prime: MEDC 21st Century Jobs Fund)

DATE: 12/1/06-11/30/08 FUNDED: PERSONAL: $135,889

@ Canopus System Inc.

TITLE: MEMS-Based Environmental Monitoring Microsystem

ROLE: PI SPONSOR: DARPA, Phase1 SBIR

DATE: 1/1999 – 6/1999 FUNDED: $100,000 PERSONAL: $100,000

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ACADEMIC/RESEARCH ADVISING

Ph.D. Graduates: 10, Masters Graduates: 33 (19 with thesis), Undergraduate Researchers: 50+

CURRENT RESEARCH ADVISEES

name exp. deg. thesis topic

Heyu Yin Ph.D. 2020 Microsystems for Air Quality Monitoring

Sina Parsnejad Ph.D. 2020 Mobile Electrochemical Instrumentation

Ehsan Ashoori Ph.D. 2021 Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring

Sylmarie Montero Ph.D. 2021 Signal Processing Algorithms for Augmented Awareness

Yousef Gtat Ph.D. 2022 Cyber-Physical Systems for Health and Social Interaction

GRADUATE DISSERTATION CHAIR: year deg. name thesis title current

2016 Ph.D. Lin Li Development of Epoxy Chip-in-Carrier Integration

for Lab-on-CMOS Electrochemical Microsystem

VantageLinks

2016 Ph.D. Yuning Yang A Hardware-Efficient VLSI Neural Signal

Processor for Implantable High-Channel-

Count Brain Machine Interfaces

Xilinx

2016 Ph.D. Haitao Li Compact, Low-power Microelectronic

Instrumentation for Wearable Electrochemical Sensor

Arrays in Health Hazard Monitoring

Maxim Integ.

Products

2013 Ph.D. Xiaowen Liu CMOS Instrumentation for Electrochemical

Biosensor Array Microsystems

Start-up

2013 Ph.D. Xiaoyi Mu Wearable Gas Sensor Microsystem for Personal

Health Monitoring

Apple Inc.

2010 Ph.D. Yue Huang Integration of Enzyme-based Biosensors and CMOS

Electrochemical Instrumentation through a Lab-on-

CMOS Platform

Start-up

2010 Ph.D. Awais Kamboh Implantable VLSI Systems For Compression And

Communication In Wireless Biosensor Recording

Arrays

National Univ.,

Pakistan

2008 Ph.D. Chao Yang Impedance Extraction Microsystem for

Nanostructured Electrochemical Sensor Arrays

Silicon Labs

2006 Ph.D. Junwei Zhou Optimization of Technology-Scalable Wide-Issue

Superscalar Microprocessors

Oracle

2005 Ph.D. Jichun Zhang Low Noise Multi-Mode Sensors Readout Circuits for

Low Power Microsystems

Mindspeed Tech.

2019 M.S. Yousef Gtat Instrument Automation and Measurement Data

Curation Platform for Enhancing Research

Productivity and Knowledge Discovery

2017 M.S. Sina Parsnejad Power-Area Efficient Rapid-Response CMOS

Frontend for Ion Channel Sensor Array

Microsystems

PhD MSU

2016 M.S. C. Sam Boling A Provenance-Aware Collaborative Software

Toolchain for Automatic Collection and Comparative

Analysis of Sensor Characterization Data

2011 M.S. Lin Li Post-CMOS Microelectrode Fabrication and

Packaging for on-CMOS Electrochemical Biosensor

Array

PhD MSU

2011 M.S. Haitao Li A Neural Recording Front End for Multi-Channel

Wireless Implantable Applications

PhD MSU

2010 M.S. Xiaoyi Mu High-Performance Chemiresistor Instrumentation

Circuit for Micro Gas Chromatograph

PhD MSU

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2010 M.S. Xiaowen Liu Thermal Controlled Electrochemical Instrumentation

for Protein Array Microsystems

PhD MSU

2010 M.S. Waqar Qureshi CMOS Instrumentation for On-chip Biofluorescence

and Bioelectrochemical Assays

Adv. Eng.

Research Org.

2007 M.S. Daniel Rairigh A Compact Fully On-Chip Impedance Spectroscopy

System

Raytheon

2006 M.S. Nicholas Trombly Electrical and Thermal Interfaces for On-chip

Electrochemical Biosensor Arrays

Texas

Instruments

2005 M.S. Cheong Kun Design, Implementation and Testing of a Hybrid

Algorithmic ΣΔ A/D Converter

Qualcomm Inc.

2005 M.S. Jian Li VLSI Design Implementation for Lifting Scheme

DWT

Google

2004 M.S. Nathan Dotson Analysis and Design of Post-CMOS Thermally

Controlled Biosensor Array Microsystems

IBM

2003 M.S. Prasanna

Balasundaram

Low-Power Signal Processing Core for Sensor

Microsystems

Qualcomm Inc.

2003 M.S. Kartik

Vaidyanathan

Application Specific Programmable Processor for

Sensor Based Networks

2002 M.S. Aravind

Murarishetty

Implementation of a CMOS Temperature Sensor with

Programmable Range

2002 M.S. Kun Zhang Implementation of a Universal MicroSensor Interface

Circuit

Qualcomm Inc.

2001 M.S. Mark Underwood Development of an Embedded Controller Prototyping

System

Lexmark

2000 M.S. Ye Gu A Low-Power CMOS Temperature Sensor with

Programmable Range Control

OUTREACH MENTORING/SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Supervise graduate research of underrepresented students: 5 female and 3 African American students.

Supervised undergraduate student research assistants: S20 (4), F19 (2), Su 19 (1), S19 (3), F18 (3), Su18 (2), S18 (1),

F17 (2), Su17 (1), S17 (2), F16 (3), Su16 (2), S16 (3), F15 (3), Su15 (3), S15 (3), F14 (5), Su14 (2), S14 (4), F13

(2), Su 13 (0), S13 (1), F12 (5), Su12 (2), S12 (3), F11 (3), Su11 (1), S11 (3), F10 (3), S10 (1), F09 (2), Su09 (1),

F08 (2), S08 (3), F07 (1), Su07 (1), S07 (3), Su06 (2), S06 (3), F05 (1), Su05 (2), S05 (2), F04 (1), Su04 (1).

ECE480 Senior Design project sponsor, F09, F16, S20

"Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day" workshop titled "Exploring Microcomputers", Michigan State University, Feb.

2016, Feb. 2017, Feb. 2019

MSU "High School Engineering Institute", workshop on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2017 (2 sessions),

2018 (2 sessions)

Ph.D. Examiner, Imperial College London, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, September 2015.

Supervise post-doctoral researcher, Dr. Hao Wan (2015-2017)

Ph.D. Examiner, Imperial College London, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, August 2013.

Ph.D. Examiner, University of Toronto, Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2013.

Supervised Honors College projects for (>35 as of 2015) undergraduate students in ECE331, 410, 418, 445.

Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), Supervised minority student research, Summer 2012, 2014

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supervisor, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2014

Supervised graduate student instructor for ECE410 VLSI Design, Spring 2012.

Supervise post-doc: Dr. S. Kota (2008-2009)

Supervise visiting scholar: Dr. L. Meng (2008-2009)

2008 Indo US Engineering Faculty Leadership Institute, Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE).

Developed and presented a week-long workshop for Indian faculty members.

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Presented research and talk with parents of potential students at MSU College of Engineering Future Engineers Open

House, Oct. 2007, Oct 2008, Oct 2009.

Masters Research Project Advisor, Student Exchange, TU Kaiserslautern Germany: Stefan Schorr (2008), Sacha

Loitz (2003), Artin Papanian (2004)

Masters Research Project Advisor, Student Exchange, National Taiwan Univ.: Chien-Ju Lin (2008)

Participate in recruitment/training programs for underrepresented groups (particularly female and African American)

hosted by the Diversity Programs Office, 2002 – 2008

Developed and presented a two-day hands-on workshop on “Microfabrication & Biomimetic Microsystems” for the

Frontiers in Science program for secondary education teachers, 5/03

Participated in the Sloan Engineering Program Graduate Student Orientation, 9/02

Presented at the MSU Middle School Career Information Seminar, 7/01

College of Engineering Undergraduate Internship Supervisor, 2005, 2006

Computer Engineering Honors College (Undergraduate) Advisor (8/01-8/03)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Senior Member, (Electron Device Society, Solid-State Circuits

Society, Circuits and Systems Society)

IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Technical Committees: Sensory Systems, Biomedical Circ. and Sys.

Editorial Services

Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Circ. Systems, 8/09-present

Editorial Board, BioNanoScience, Springer, 9/10-8/17

Guest Associate Editor, Sensors, Special Issue: Integrated Sensor Arrays and Array Signal Processing, 2016

Guest Associate Editor, Sensors, Special Issue: Implantable Sensors, 2014

Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Circ. Systems, Special Issue for ISCAS 2008

Editorial Board, Sensor Letters, 1/03- 12/05

Conference Organizing Committees

IEEE Int. Conf. Biomedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS)

General co-Chair, 2011; International Liaison, 2012; Publications Chair, 2015

Special Sessions Chair, 2010; Steering Committee, 2009-2013 (Chair 2011);

IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)

Short Course (Tutorial) Presenter, May 2002

IEEE International Conference on Sensors (Sensors)

Special Session Organizer (2004), Session Chair (2003-2005)

Conference Services

IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)

Technical Review Committee, 2003-2019

IEEE Int. Conf. Biomedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS)

Technical Program Committee, 2004-2019

IEEE/EMBS Int. Conf. Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS)

Technical Review Committee, 2006-2007, 2011-2014

IEEE International Conference on Sensors (Sensors)

Technical Program/Review Committee, 2003-2007

IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces: Reviewer 2013

IFIO/IEEE Int. Conf. Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), Program Committee, 2011-12

IEEE Int. Mixed-Signal, Sensors, and Systems Test Workshop (IMS3TW): Program Committee, 2010

IEEE/NIH BISTI Life Science Systems & Applications Workshop 2007, Review Committee

IEEE International Conf. on Electro/Information Technology, April 2006, Review Committee

Michigan State University Positions and Committees

Faculty Advisor, Cyber Physical Systems Club, 7/2017 – present

Faculty Advisor, MSU Disc Golf Club, 10/2012 – present

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ECE Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2011-present, Chair 2012-2013, 2017-2019

ECE Lab Committee, 8/03 – 8/06, 8/14 - present

College of Engineering, Energy Minor Committee, 2015 – 2016

ECE Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2014-2015

ECE Assessment Committee 2008-2015, Co-Chair ABET review 2010

Institute for Engineering, Science and Health: Faculty Search Committee, 8/11 – 5/13

Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program Committee, 1/11 – present

University Appeals Board, 8/08 – 8/09

University Awards Committee (Teacher-Scholar) 2008

Undergraduate Studies Committee, ECE MSU, 7/07 – 6/09

Cleanroom Advisory Committee, 8/01-present

Ph.D. Qualifying Exam, preparation and grading, 8/02 - present

CpE/VLSI Faculty Group, Chair, 1/01-8/03, 6/08-6/09

ECE Awards Committee, 5/06 – 8/08

Faculty Search Committee (CpE), 10/01 – 3/03

Faculty Search Committee (Biomed Egr), 1/02 – 5/02

Graduate Studies Committee, ECE MSU, 7/01 – 8/02

Ad hoc Journal Paper Reviews

IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits

IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I

IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Circ. Systems

IEEE Sensors Journal

IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems II

IEEE Signal Processing Letters

IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering

IEEE Trans. on Electron Devices

Science of Advanced Materials

Int. J. Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics

Sensors and Actuators Journal

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Journal of Applied Physics

Nano Letters

Sensor Letters

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Other Professional Services

NIH Instrumentation and Systems Development (ISD) study section, review panel, June 2019

NIH Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences (BTSS) study section, review panel, March 2018, June

2018

NSF-ECCS, Proposal Review Panel, May 2003, June 2005, May 2006, Mar 2013

NIH, Interdisciplinary Molecular Sciences and Training: Small Business –Bioengineering, Proposal review

panel, Oct 2012

MSU Targeted Support Grants for Technology Development (TSGTD) Proposal Review, July 2012

USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposal reviewer, Jan 2010

MSU CDFP proposal reviewer, Sept 2009, Jan 2010

NIH, Electromagnetic Devices Special Study Session, Sept. 2007, June 2008

2008 Indo US Engineering Faculty Leadership Institute, Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education

(IUCEE). Developed and presented a week-long workshop for Indian faculty members in Mysore India.

Textbook Review, J. Webster, Biomedical Instrumentation: Application and Design, 4th edition, Wiley.

Reviewed April 2008.

MSU IRGP proposal reviewer (New Faculty Award), October 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008

U.S. Army Research Office proposal reviewer, May 2006

Textbook Review, J. Uyemura, Intro. to VLSI Circuits and Systems, Wiley, 2002. Reviewed Oct. 2004

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

TEACHING HISTORY (MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY)

ECE 331: Microprocessors & Digital Systems (with lab), S09, S10, S11, S12, S13, S14, F14, S15, S17, S18, S19,

S20

ECE 410: VLSI Design (with lab), F01 (lab), S02, F02, S03 (lab), F03, S05, F05, S06, F06 (lab), S07, S08

ECE 418: Analog Integrated Circuits, F04

ECE 445: Biomedical Instrumentation (with lab), F08, F10, F12

ECE 480: Senior Design: Facilitator, F07, S09

ECE 491: Smart Sensor Systems (with lab), S19

ECE 491: Biomedical Instrumentation, F07

ECE 491-604: Integrated Circuit Testing Lab, F05, F06

ECE 490: Undergraduate Independent Study

F04, F05, S06, F06, S07, F07, S08, Su08, F08, Su09, S12, F12, S13

ECE 801: Graduate Independent Study, Su02, F02, S03, F03, F04, S05

ECE 813: Logic Design Principles (Advanced VLSI), S02, S03

ECE 932: Advanced Topics in Analog Design (Smart Microsystems), S18

ECE 932: Advanced Topics in Analog Design (Biomedical Microsystems), S08

ECE 932: Advanced Topics in Analog Design (Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits), S04

COURSE/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Created new course, ECE431 Smart Sensor Systems, with hand-on lab; first delivered S19 as ECE491.

Major update of ECE331 Microprocessors and Digital Systems. Adopted ARM Cortex M0 as the case study

controller; developed all new lecture material and labs to match this modern microcontroller.

Led efforts to create a Biomedical Engineering concentration for EE and CpE undergraduate students. The

concentration was established in 2009 and enables students to focus their electives to obtain a notification on

their transcript that they completed the concentration.

Introduced ECE491 (Special Topics) Biomedical Instruments, F07, now established as ECE445 and first taught

F08. Course introduces students to human physiology, sensors, and instrumentation circuits with a weekly lab

component to construct biomedical instruments using Labview, DAQ cards, and self-made op-amp circuits.

Introduced ECE 932 (Special Topics) Biomedical Microsystems, S08.

Introduced ECE491 (Special Topics) Integrated Circuits Testing Lab, offered F05 and F06. Introduces students to

the setup and use of benchtop and LabVIEW-based instruments for microelectronics testing.

Introduced an ECE 932 (Special Topics) course on Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits, S04.

Recreated ECE 418 as an Analog IC Design course (F04) covering modern topics of transistor-level analog design

using Cadence EDA tools. Developed a full set of PowerPoint notes for this new course format.

Supported the CHE 883 Multidisciplinary Bioprocessing Lab course, supervising a research project team and

providing a graduate student mentor from my lab. 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008.

Recreated ECE 410 (VLSI Design) to cover modern topics and use modern EDA tools. Developed web-based

course material for this course, including over 600 pages of PowerPoint lecture notes, and electronic documents

for design project description, lab tutorials and guides, and homework assignments and solutions.

Orchestrated modernization of VLSI-related courses by establishing use of industry-standard EDA tools (Cadence

and Synopsis) and creating tutorials for analog and digital IC design using Cadence software. This effort has

fostered significant improvements in several undergraduate and graduate courses, including implementation of

a team-oriented design project in ECE410 that now results in microprocessor datapath chips being fabricated

through the MOSIS Service. The lab materials created ECE410 are currently used in ECE418, ECE809,

ECE813, and ECE932, and have been requested by faculty at several universities across the country.

Served as Chair of the CpE/VLSI Faculty Group (2001-2003) and led efforts to modify the curriculum to produce

CpE and EE graduates who are well versed in VLSI design flow and use of standard EDA tools. This has

significantly increased the appeal of our students to major semiconductor companies.