Ronald A. Coutu, Jr. is a Professor and the V. Clayton Lafferty Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1993, his M.S. in electrical engineering from the California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly) in San Luis Obispo in 1995, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2004. He is a California Professional Engineer and Senior Member of the IEEE and SPIE. His research interests include MEMS, advanced microsystems, biosensors, device fabrication, micro-electrical contacts, and phase-change materials.
Dushyant is a Post-Doctoral fellow in Computer and Electrical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics from University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, and he received his Masters in Technology (material science) at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. His research focuses mainly on the fabrication of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and the growth of two-dimensional materials and their use in MEMS.
Protap K. Mahanta was born in Dinajpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received BS and MS degree in Applied Physics, Electronics and Communication Engineering (APECE) from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and M.E. in Electrical Engineering from University of Idaho, Idaho, USA. As part of his master’s thesis, he conducted research on Carbon nanomaterial based VLSI interconnects at University of Dhaka. During the M.E program, he worked on signal and power integrity of high speed, ultra-low power, thin and dense microelectronic chip/package/system endowed by Micron Technology, Inc. He was also the recipient of the Sumitomo Scholarship, an outstanding academic excellence award from the Sumitomo Corporation, Japan, during his study at University of Dhaka. In Fall 2017, he has joined in Prof. Ronald Coutu’s MEMS and Advanced Microsystems research group in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Marquette University, Milwaukee, to pursue his Ph.D degree. His current research is focused on the physics, design, fabrication and testing of micro contact of RF MEMS switch.
Farhana Anwar has started to pursue her M.S. degree from the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University, Milwaukee in Fall, 2017. She has also joined as a Research Assistant in Prof. Ronald Coutu’s MEMS and Advanced Microsystems research group, and her current research is focused on the design, fabrication and testing of pressure sensitivity of MEMS membrane. Farhana came to Marquette University as an international student from Bangladesh, where she received B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) from University of Dhaka. As part of her honors thesis, she conducted research on nanowire CdS/CdTe solar cell. During her B.Sc. program, she worked on design and simulation of Core Multishell Nanowire/Quantum Dot heterojunction structure, Core Multishell Metal Nanowire, Lead Free Perovskite Solar Cell, and CZTS Solar Cell.
Wesley is a second year undergraduate studying Bioelectrical Engineering at Marquette University. His research interests include microelectronics, imaging, and cardiology.
