Albert Pisano

Professor

Research Areas

• Design of Electronic Systems (DES), Micromechanical systems (MEMS); Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)
• Energy (ENE)

Research Centers

• Microfabrication Lab (Microlab)

Biography

He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, 1976, 1977 and 1981 respectively, and a M. Phil. (Mechanical Engineering) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, 1980.

Currently he is Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, FANUC Professor of Mechanical Systems, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Selected Publications

• R. G. Azevedo, D. G. Jones, A. V. Jog, B. Jamshidi, D. R. Meyers, L. Chen, X. Fu, M. Mehregany, M. B. J. Wijesundara, and A. Pisano, "A SiC MEMS resonant strain sensor for harsh environment applications," IEEE J. Sensors, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 568-576, April 2007.
• I. Park, Z. Li, X. Li, A. Pisano, and R. S. Williams, "Towards the silicon nanowire-based sensor for intracellular biochemical detection," Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 22, no. 9-10, pp. 2065-2070, April 2007.
• M. C. Y. Huang, K. B. Cheng, Y. Zhou, A. Pisano, and C. Chang-Hasnain, "Monolithic integrated piezoelectric MEMS-tunable VCSEL," IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 374-380, March 2007.
• J. M. Lippmann, E. J. Geiger, and A. Pisano, "Polymer invest molding: Method for fabricating hollow, microscale parts," Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 134, no. 1, pp. 2-10, Feb. 2007.
• D. A. Mair, E. Geiger, A. Pisano, J. M. J. Frechet, and F. Svec, "Injection molded microfluidic chips featuring integrated interconnects," Lab on a Chip, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 1346-1354, Oct. 2006.
• P. J. Stephanou, G. Piazza, C. D. White, M. B. J. Wijesundara, and A. Pisano, "Design of novel mechanical coupling for contour mode piezoelectric RF MEMS filters," J. Physics: Conference Series, vol. 34, pp. 342-349, May 2006.
• S. Payen, D. C. Walther, and A. Pisano, "A MEMS RF-interrogated biosensor," in Proc. 2005 3rd Annual Intl. IEEE/EMBS Special Topic Conf. on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 2005, pp. 76-79.
• G. Piazza, K. Castelino, A. Pisano, and C. Chang-Hasnain, "Design of a monolithic piezoelectrically actuated microelectromechanical tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser," Optics Letters, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 896-898, April 2005.
• J. D. Zahn, A. Deshmukh, A. Pisano, and D. Liepmann, "Continuous on-chip micropumping for microneedle enhanced drug delivery," Biomedical Microdevices, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 183-190, Sep. 2004.
• A. C. Fernandez-Pello, A. Pisano, K. Fu, D. C. Walther, A. Knobloch, F. Martinez, M. Senesky, C. Stoldt, R. Maboudian, S. R. Sanders, and D. Liepmann, "MEMS rotary engine power system," Trans. IEE Japan, vol. 123-E, no. 9, pp. 326-330, Sep. 2003.
• L. Lin and A. Pisano, "Silicon-processed microneedles," J. Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 78-84, March 1999.
• L. Lin and A. Pisano, "IC-processed microneedles," U.S. Patent 5,855,801. Jan. 1999.
• L. Lin, R. T. Howe, and A. Pisano, "Microelectromechanical filters for signal processing," J. Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 286-294, Sep. 1998.
• D. L. DeVoe and A. Pisano, "Modeling and optimal design of piezoelectric cantilever microactuators," J. Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 266-270, Sep. 1997.
• T. A. Roessig, R. T. Howe, A. Pisano, and J. H. Smith, "Surface-micromachined resonant accelerometer," in 1997 Intl. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers '97). Digest of Technical Papers, Vol. 2, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 1997, pp. 859-862.
• J. Evans, D. Liepmann, and A. Pisano, "Planar laminar mixer [MEMS fluid processing system]," in Proc. 10th Annual Intl. Workshop on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems: An Investigation of Micro Structures, Sensors, Actuators, Machines and Robots, New York, NY: IEEE Press, 1997, pp. 96-101.
• M. J. Daneman, N. Tien, O. Solgaard, A. Pisano, K. Y. Lau, and R. S. Muller, "Linear microvibromotor for positioning optical components," J. Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 159-165, Sep. 1996.
• L. Lin, C. T. Nguyen, R. T. Howe, and A. Pisano, "Microelectromechanical signal processors," U.S. Patent 5,455,547. Oct. 1995.
• Y. Cho, A. Pisano, and R. T. Howe, "Viscous damping model for laterally oscillating microstructures," J. Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 81-87, June 1994.
• C. Kim, A. Pisano, R. S. Muller, and M. G. Lim, "Polysilicon microgripper," in 1990 IEEE Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop. Technical Digest., New York, NY: IEEE Press, 1990, pp. 48-51.