Education

08/2005 - present (Expected 05/2009)
Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Major: MEMS & NANO
Minors: Electrical Engineering & Bioengineering
Research advisor: Professor Liwei Lin
Research Lab: Lin Lab
09/2001 - 07/2003
M.S. in Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Major field: Control Systems
Research advisor: Professor Cheng-Hsien Liu
Research Lab: Micro-Systems and Control Lab
09/1997 - 07/2001
B.S. in Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Coursework focused on Control Systems and MEMS

Working Experience

08/2005 - present
Graduate Student Researcher, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, UC Berkeley, CA
Project: Near-Field Electrospinning
05/2008 - present
Graduate Student Researcher, Micro/Nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus (MF3) Center, UC Irvine, CA
Project: IgG and glucose detection in a serum/plasma blood separation microfluidic platform with electrospun integrated interconnects and reference electrodes
Summer 2008
Graduate Mentor for Undergraduate Interns, UC Berkeley, CA
COINS Project
Fall 2007
Graduate Student Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley, CA
Course: ME 119 Introduction to MEMS
Summer 2006
Graduate Mentor for Undergraduate Interns, UC Berkeley, CA
Summer Undergraduate Program in Engineering Research at Berkeley (SUPERB)
10/2005 - 01/2007
Graduate Student Researcher, Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute, UC Berkeley, CA
Project: COINS Project
10/2003 - 05/2005
Liaison Officer, Second Lieutenant, Army, Taiwan
Compulsory Military Service
01/2003 - 06/2003
Research Assistant, Nano-Technology Program in University System of Taiwan, Taiwan
Project: The Development of Lobster Antennules-like Trapping Actuators Microarray and Optical Tweezers for the Studies of Tissue Engineering and Structure Biology
Spring 2003
Teaching Assistant, Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Course: PME3304 Experimental Measurements of Systems
10/2001 - 06/2002
Research Assistant, National Nano Device Laboratories, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Project: Dry Etching of High Aspect Ratio Microstructures
Fall 2001
Teaching Assistant, Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Course: PME3207 Feedback Control System
07/2001 - 09/2001
Summer Intern, Institute of BioAgricultural Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Molecular Biology Technology Training