Yogesh B. Gianchandani

Yogesh B. Gianchandani is a Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with a primary appointment in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department and a courtesy appointment in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Dr. Gianchandani also serves as the Director of the Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems (wims2.org). Created in 2000 with support from the National Science Foundation, the Center brings together research in core technologies to facilitate microsystems for environmental monitoring and healthcare. He has graduated about 35 Ph.D. students, contributed to about 45 issued or pending US patents, and published about 330 papers in journals and conferences. He was a Chief Co-Editor of Comprehensive Microsystems: Fundamentals, Technology, and Applications, published in 2008, and he serves on the editorial boards and program committees of a number of journals and conferences. From 2007 to 2009 he also served at the National Science Foundation, as the program director for Micro and Nano Systems within the Electrical, Communication, and Cyber Systems Division (ECCS). Dr. Gianchandani is a Fellow of IEEE.