Khalil Najafi

Dr. Najafi is the world’s expert of MEMS and micro systems and the co-inventor of the BRG technology. He is a Schlumberger Professor of engineering and a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. He was formerly Evelyn Fuss Chair of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan from 2008 to 2018, as the Director of the Solid-State Electronics Laboratory from 1998 to 2005, the Deputy Director of the NSF ERC on Wireless Integrated Microsystems from 2000 to 2009, and the Director of NSF’s National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network from 2004 to 2015. Dr. Najafi has been active in the field of solid-state sensors and actuators for 35 years. He is a fellow of AIBME and IEEE.