Alumni
PhD Students
Seth Cordts
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, admitted Autumn 2017
EMAIL: scordts@stanford.edu
Graduate Research and Rotation Projects
Danahe Zeyna Mohammed
Graduate, Mechanical Engineering
EMAIL: dana0017@stanford.edu
Lab Alumni: Former PhD Students
Kristina Lamers
PhD: Components of an Improved Design Process for Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
Defended June 13, 2008
signatures August'08
Current Affiliation: Akustika (Bosch) Inc.
A. Alvin Barlian
PhD: Microfabricated Piezoresistive Shear Stress Sensors for Underwater Applications
Defended June 12, 2008
signatures December 2008
Current Affiliation: Apple
Vikram Mukundan
PhD: Electrostatic Actuators in Aqueous Ionic Media for Applications in Cell Mechanics
Defended Feb 17, 2009
signatures April 2009
Current Affiliation: FormFactor
Sung-Jin Park
PhD: Development of Piezoresistive Microcantilever Based Force Feedback System for Analysis of Mechanosensation in Caenorhabditis elegans Nematodes
Defended Mar 16, 2009
signatures June 2009
Current Affiliation: Disease Biophysics Lab, Harvard
Nahid Harjee
PhD: Coaxial-Tip Piezoresistive Cantilever Probes for High-Resolution Scanning Gate Microscopy
Defended May 23, 2011
signatures Aug 2011
Current Affiliation: Kateeva, Inc
Joey Doll
PhD: Advances in high bandwidth nanomechanical force sensors with integrated actuation
Defended March 7, 2012
signatures Jul 2012
Current Affiliation: Apple, Inc
Bryan Petzold
The Role of Body Mechanics in Touch Sensation in the Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans
Defended November 7, 2012
signatures Jan 2013
Current Affiliation: McKinsey & Co.
Rebecca Taylor
Microfabricated Tools for Functional Assessment of Developing Cardiomyocytes
Defended November 8, 2012
signatures Mar 2013Stanford Biochemistry postdoc, Assistant Prof CMU 9/16
Chelsey SimmonsDynamic Cell Culture for Stimulation and Assessment of Cardiovascular Cells
Defended January 25, 2013
signatures May 2013
Current Affiliation: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
Gadryn Higgs
Microsystems for Studying Single Heart Cell Mecahnobiology
Defended May, 28, 2013
signatures August 2013
Current Affiliation: CAN Mobilities
Joseph Rastegar
Nanomechanical actuation using molecular forces of amino azo benzene dye
Defended May 14, 2013
signatures March 2014
Current Affiliation: PowerGlide
Joo Yong Sim
Microsystems to Study the Mechanobiology of Cell Adhesion
Defended October 30, 2014
signatures December 2014
Current Affiliation: South Korea National Lab
Clifton Roozeboom
Multifunctional Integrated Sensors for Wireless Sensor Network Applications
Defended April 30, 2015
signatures August 2015
Current Affiliation: Myriad Sensors, Inc. Founder
Ehsan Sadeghipour
A MEMS Actuator and Sensor for the Study of Cell Mechanics and Adhesion
Defended September 17, 2015
signatures March 2016
Current Affiliation: Stanford University Post-doc
Eileen Mazzochette
An Integrated and Automated System for Assaying Touch Sensation in Freely Moving C. elegans
Defended March 21, 2016
signatures May 2016
Current Affiliation: Haptic Hardware Engineer, Apple Inc.
Lab Alumni: Postdoc
James Norman
Mechanical measurements of primary heart cells in health and disease
joint with Prof. Dan Bernstein in Pediatrics
Jan 2007-Feb 2009
Current Affiliation: Warner Babcock Institute
Keekyoung Kim
Biomechanical Characterization of Cardiomyocytes
joint with Prof. Dan Bernstein in Pediatrics
Jan 2009- July 2010
Current Affiliation: UBC Okanagan
Moe Badi
ME342 project development
Current Affiliation: BCG
Ginel Hill
Ultrasmall Cantilevers for Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy
Ginel's Work
Jan 2009-Dec 2010
Current Affiliation: SITime, Sunnyvale, CA
Sung-Jin Park
Understanding the Sense of Touch
Sung-Jin's work
July 2009-Dec 2010
Current Affiliation: Disease Biophysics Group
Harvard University
Yingning Gao
Chemical Functionalization of Sensors
Yingning's work
Aug 2010-Aug 2011
Current Affiliation: CalState Los Angeles
Nicolas Borghi
Mechanics of cell adhesion
Current Affiliation: Institut Jacques Monod
Paris, France
Cindy Chung
3D Culture of Cells under Strain in Custom Biomaterials
Current Affiliation: Theranos, Inc
Wendy Altman
Microsystems and Methodologies for the Study of Cardiomyocyte Mechanotransduction
Current Affiliation: Self
Jens Moeller
Platform Development to Study the Cellular Mechanics of Leukocyte Transmigration
Current Affiliation: group head, ETH Zurich
Tom Larsen
High Bandwidth Nanomechanical Force Sensors for Studying the Sense of Hearing
Current Affiliation: postdoc, EPFL
Frederic Loizeau
Piezoresistive Micro Probes for Fluorescence-Based Mechanobiology Studies
Current Affiliation: Key Account Manager, Senserion
Mahdokht Masaeli
Microfluidics for Size-based Sorting of Cardiomyocytes
Current Affiliation: Co Founder, DeepCell, Inc.
Master Project Students
Edwin Adhiprakasha
MS Thesis Materials Science, MSMSE'04
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocomposite Consisting of Gold
Nanoparticles in SU-8 Polymer Matrix
Tenure: Aut'03 - Spr'04
Frederic Declercq
EPFL MS Project
SU-8 optical MEMS blood pressure sensor
Tenure: Aut'04 - Win'05
Alexandre Haemmerli
EPFL MS Project
Piezoresistive cantilever noise in media
Tenure: Summer-Fall 2008
Philipp Bachtold
ETH Zurich MS Project
Improved continuous perfusion microfluidic cell culture array
Tenure: Winter-Spring 2009
Jonas Schoendube
ETH Zurich MS Project
Microfluidic Cell Delivery System
Tenure: 2009-2010
Andrea Cabral
EPFL MS Project
Fabrication & Characterization of a stretchable chip for the study of cells
Tenure: 2010
In loving memory: Rune Nielsen
DTU MS Project
Tenure: March 2010 - Dec 18, 2010
Matthias Rudt
ETH Zurich MS Project
Cardiomyocyte Cell Mechanics
Tenure: 2012
Olivier Schwab
ETH Zurich MS Project
High-Throughput Multi-Method Analysis of Cardiomyocyte Mechanics for Disease Studies
Tenure: 2014
Florian Bienefelt
EPFL MS Project
Microfabricated confinement system for improving touch assays on C. elegans
Tenure: 2016
Joan Teixidor
EPFL MS Project
Design and optimization of stretchable live cell platform for in vitro gut model
Tenure: 2016
Lynn Lin
National Cheng Kung University MS Project
Design and fabrication of microfluidic inertial cell separation technologies
Tenure: 2016
Lab Alumni: Affiliated for Graduate, Undergraduate, RET, REU, or HS Research Projects
Graduate Research and Rotation Projects
Paritosh Ambekar
ME
Tenure: Win'03-Spring04
Sara Shaughnessy
MS rotation, MSME'04
silicon MEMS blood pressure sensors
Tenure: Win'04 - Sum'04
Vanessa "B" Chial
MS rotation, MSME'05
sensors for neonatal mice monitoring
Tenure: Sum'04 - Spr'05
Andrew Davenport
MS Research, MSME'05
Noise in Piezoresistors
Tenure: Aut'03 - Spr'05
Sara (Yanan) Zhao
MEMS for CHO cell characterization
Tenure: Win'04 - Fall'05
Matt Beasley
MS Research, MSEE'06 -
Characteristics of Parylene Coatings for CMUTs in a Harsh, Aqueous Environment
and Instrumentation for NeoNatal Mice
Tenure: Aut'04 - Spr'06
Jessica Straalsund
MS Research, MSME'06
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocomposite Consisting of Gold Nanoparticles in SU-8
Polymer Matrix
Tenure: Win'05-Spr'06
Amy Lee
ME342 TA
Tenure: Win'05 - Sum'05
Jennifer Blundo
graduate research
Electromechanical Studies of Differentiation in Cardiac Stem Cells
Tenure: 2005-2008
Heather Chiamori
MSME
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocomposite Consisting of Gold Nanoparticles in SU-8 Polymer Matrix
Tenure: Sum'05-Win'06
Paul Lim
EE PhD student w/ Prof. Jim Harris
Noise in Piezoresistors
Tenure: Sum'05 - Sum'06
Asha-Dee Celestine
MS Rotation, MS AeroAstro'07
modeling TRN mechanics
Tenure: Aut'06
Sujay Ramachandra
MS Rotation, MSME'07
Nanocomposites
Tenure: Sum'06
Holly Butterfield
MS Rotation
electrostatic aqueous transducers
Tenure: summer 2007- spring 2008
Anthony Pettes
MS, ME 2007
Thermotaxis of Caenorhabditis elegans AFD Thermosensory Neurons
Tenure: Spring'07-Summer'07
Sarah Coulthard
MS Research, MSME'06
Microfabricated Force Posts for Characterizing C. Elegans
Tenure: Sum'05-Sum'06
Gretchen Chua
MS Rotation, MSME 2007
Electromechanical conditioning of stem cells
Tenure: Sum'06-Win'07
Jeff Li
Coterm Research, MSME 2007
Shear sensor calibration and AFM of cells
Tenure: Sum'05-Win'07
Niveditha Arumugam
MS ME 2008
Electrical Stimulation of Cardiac Stem Cells
Tenure: 2007-2008
Tracy Fung
MS EE 2008
Piezoresistive Cantilever Chemical Sensors
Tenure: 2007-2008
Yun Seog Lee
MS, ME 2007
PZT cantilever intergrated with piezoresistor sensor]
Tenure: Fall'06-Summer'07
Shivonne Haniff
Masters Rotation
MEMS Testing of Cardiomyocytes
Tenure: Spring-Summer 2009
Holly Butterfield
MSME 2010
Electrostatic Actuators in Aqueous Media
Tenure: Summer 2007-Spring 2008
Jian Fung
Biophysics Rotation
Tenure: Spring10
Yatian Qu
Research Rotation
Tenure: Fall10-Spring11
Kevin Dalton
Biophysics Rotation
Tenure: Win 2011
Elizabeth Martin
MSME 2012
Mechanotransduction through ECM
Tenure: Fall 2010-Spring 2012
Mirjam Bächler
Exchange project ETH
Mechanostimulation and Characterization of Cardiomyocyte Cells
Tenure: Spr 2013
Pierre Ponce
Graduate Research:
Underwater Electrostatic Actuation and Sensing
Tenure: 2005-2010
Joe Mallon
Graduate Research:
Piezoresistor Design and Sensing
Tenure: 2006-2011
Ki Wook Jung
Graduate Research:
Understanding the Sense of Touch - Control Design
Tenure: 2011-2014
Bridget Hill
Graduate Research:
Micro chemical sensors for multi-functional sensing nodes
Tenure: 2013-2014
Ohiremen Dibua
Graduate Research:
Ultrafast PID controller for high bandwidth force probes
Tenure: 2013-2014
Joy Franco
Graduate Research:
Engineering a platform to test the role of RGD mediated ECM-cell mechanical bindings on the contractility of iPS-CMs
Tenure: Win-Spr 2015
Undergraduate, RET, REU, and HS Research Projects
Malcolm Murdock
Undergrad Research
Tenure: Spring04
Cha Edmonds
Undergrad Research - Labview Data Acquisition
Tenure: Sum'04
Caitlin Quance Donhowe
Undergrad Research
Characterization of Shear Stress Sensors
Tenure: Sum'04
Eerik Hantsoo
Undergrad Research
Conductor modified polymers
Tenure: Win'04 - Sum'05
Wagahta Semere
Undergrad Research
transfection of ion channel proteins in CHO cells
Tenure: Spr'04 - Spr'05
Mela Johnson
UMD REU
Labview Data AcquistionSum'04
Ratul NarainUndergrad Research
uPIV Characterization of Shear Stress Sensors
Tenure: Spr'05 - Aut'05
Jared Brown
Undergrad Research
Polymer Nanocomposites
Tenure: Spr'05 - Aut'05
Jenna Perez
Undergrad Research
Tenure: Sum'05
Ambert Ho
Undergrad Research
Signal Conditioning for Shear Stress Sensors
Tenure: Sum'05
Jeff Li
Undergrad Research
Tenure: 2005-2007
Mariana Meyer
Undergraduate Research 2006-2007
Characterization of Piezoresistor Noise and Sensitivity
Tenure: Winter'06-Spring'07
Josh Stark
Undergrad Research
piezoresistor noise and sensitivity
Tenure: Spr'06-Fall'06
Jennifer Walz
City College REU
Cell Patterning
Ucp_paper_for_CPIMA_SURE_program.pdf
Tenure: Sum'06
Jessica Schlichting
Undergrad Research (off campus)
Tenure: Sum'07
Natasha Prats
Stanford Product Design, Class of 2009
Cardiomyocyte mechanics
Tenure: 2007
Nandita Sriram
Stanford Biomechanical Engineering Class of 2009
Tenure: 2007
Maria Suggs
Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) (SPSU) summer 2007 and 2008
Characterization of Through-Wafer Etching in STS2
AFM of cardiac myocytes
Tenure: Summer'07
Summer'08
Erin Dizon
Undergrad Research
Tenure: Summer'07
Nathan Ng
Undergrad Research
Tenure: Sum'07
Subhanu Samarajiva
Undergrad Rotation : Cardiomyocyte Mechanics
Tenure: 2009-2010
Purnima Ghale
Undergrad Rotation: Noise and thermal modeling of silicon piezoresistors
Tenure: 2008-2009
Indu Premakumar
Undergrad Rotation
Modeling the heart using electrical circuits
Tenure: Summer 2008-2009
Rudy Joly
REU summer (JHU)
parylene passivation patterning and electrical models with Pierre Ponce
Tenure: summer 2008
Sanna Ali
REU Summer 09
AFM Studies of Dissociated Touch Receptor Neurons
Tenure: Summer 2009
Balaji Chandrasekhar
REU Summer 09
Hydrophilic Properties of Plasma-Treated PDMS
Tenure: Summer 2009
Alex Gonzalez
Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
Image Processing and Analysis of Cardiomyocytes: A Matlab Tool for Measuring Sarcomere Length and Calculating Cell Alignment and Orientation.
Tenure: Summer 2009
Chloe Powell
Undergrad Research - Understanding the Sense of Touch
Tenure: Sum'10
Ranjeetha Bharath
Undergrad Research - Understanding the Sense of Touch
Tenure: Sum'11
Gabriel Guimte
Undergrad Research - Understanding the Sense of Touch
Tenure: Sum'11
Sanjay Saraf
Undergrad Research - Strain Array Pressure Controller
Tenure: 2010-2012
Emily Sataua
Lab Assistant - Undergrad Research, Stanford University Student
Tenure: Sum'11-Autumn'11
Daniel Hsu
Undergrad Research - Calibration Code
Tenure: Sum'11
Sarah Chang
Undergrad Research - Mechanobiology of CMs
Tenure: Sum'11 & Sum'12
Lian Wong
From UC Merced BioEUndergrad Research- Integration of a micro post array with a microfludic chamber
Tenure: Sum'12
Rachel Hatano
From UC Merced BiosciencesUndergrad Research - Cell-Cell Junction's Tension Modulated by Different Substrate Stiffness
Tenure: Sum'12
Fidel Salgado
From Canada Community CollegeUndergrad Research - Temperature compensation Testing
Tenure: Sum'12
Maxwell Taylor
HS researchTFM code analysis
Tenure: Sum'12
Samir Hossainy
HS research - Modified Inkjet Printer for Protein patterns
Tenure: Sum'13
Brian Huynh
ME SURI - Worm Tracking Behavior Rig Hardward Design
Tenure: Sum'13
David Ayala-Lindeman
BioX Undergrad research program - Micromolding of Polystyrene Force Sensing Pillars
Tenure: Sum'13
Camilla Sloan
Microsystems ethnography
Tenure: Fall '13
Priyanka Sekhar
Micropatterning of Touch Receptor Neurons from C.elegans on Electron Microscopy Grids
Tenure: Summer '14
Callie Jerman
Analysis of protein transfer during hydrogel patterning for culture of induced pluripotent stem cell cardiomyocytes
Tenure: Summer '14
John Whitworth
Realtime Worm Tracking Package to Output Data from Precisely Applied Force/Displacement Profiles
Tenure: Summer '14
Veronica Sanchez
Visualization of C. elegans cuticle under strain
Tenure: Summer '15
Roberto Bolli
Microscope Position Control and User Interface for Automated Image Acquisition
Tenure: Summer '15
Research Experience for Teachers
Aaron Keller
RET
Evaluating the sense of touch
Tenure: Sum'04
Laura Robeck
Research Experience for Teachers (RET) 2007
Characterization of Through-Wafer Etching in STS2
Tenure: Summer'07
Wei Li
RET summer 08
cell patterning studies with Chelsey Simmons
Tenure: summer 2008
Joann Knecht
RET summer 09
Poly Acrylic Acid Patterning on PDMS with Chelsey Simmons
Tenure: summer 2009
Michael Patterson
RET
Tenure: Summer'10 and '11