Professor Liwei Lin, professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, has been elected to the grade of Fellow Grade the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

The Fellow grade recognizes significant engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession.

Professor Lin's areas of interest include MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems); NEMS (Nanoelectromechanical Systems); Nanotechnology; design and manufacturing of microsensors and microactuators; development of micromachining processes by silicon surface/bulk micromachining; micro moulding process; mechanical issues in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) including heat transfer, solid/fluid mechanics and dynamics.

He is also co-Director of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center.

Professor Lin joined the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Berkeley in 1999. He received his PhD from Berkeley in 1993.