Physics Department

M. Paranjape Assistant Professor, Department of Physics 526 Reiss Science Building Telephone: (202) 687-6231 Fax: (202) 687-2087 Office Hours: presently, by appointment e-mail: paran@physics.georgetown.edu

 Teaching

    Principles of Physics Lab (Phys 041) - Fall '98
    Fundamentals of Physics Lab (Phys 056) - Spring '99

• Lab Information

    Methods in Experimental Physics (Phys 215) - Fall '99

Research

Most of the following research activity is conducted at the newly opened
(1999) Georgetown Advanced Electronics Laboratory (GAEL).  For
a virtual tour of the facility, click here.  GAEL's specialization is in Health
Microsystems, and its mission is to improve health care and quality of life
through the design, fabrication and testing of integrated micro-monitoring
systems and drug delivery micro-systems, using state-of-the-art physical
science, pharmacology, and bio-engineering technologies.
 

    Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)

• microtransducers (sensors and actuators)
• anisotropic etch characterization (TMAH)
• CMOS-compatible micromachining

    Silicon-Based Microstructures
    Gas Sensors for Biomedical and Environmental Monitoring
    Silicon Fabrication Technologies
    Microdevices for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics

• breast cancer (oncoMEMS) - immunoguided MRI contrast agent markers
• prostate cancer - personal in-home monitoring of bladder voiding function

   ITC-Irst (Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica), Trento, ITALY
    Biomedical Engineering Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
    Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, RUSSIA
    ECE Dept.,Concordia University, Montreal, CANADA

    S. Brida, L. Ferrario, V. Guarnieri, F. Giacomozzi, B. Margesin, M. Paranjape,
         G. Verzellesi, M. Zen, "Optimization of TMAH Etching for MEMS", Symposium on
         Design, Test and Microfabrication of MEMS/MOEMS, Paris, France, March 1999.
    M. Paranjape, S. Brida, V. Guarnieri, F. Giacomozzi, M. Zen, "Characterization of
         TMAHW Silicon Etchant Using Ammonium Persulfate as an Oxidizing Agent", Canadian
         Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Edmonton, Canada, May 1999.
    M. Paranjape, S. Brida, L. Landsberger, A. Pandy, V. Guarnieri, M. Kahrizi,
         F. Giacomozzi, M. Zen, "An Improved TMAH Silicon Etchant for MEMS
         Applications Using an Oxidizing Agent Additive", Canadian Semiconductor Technology
         Conference, August 1999.
    Publication List

    Georgetown University, Summer Academic Grant - 1999
    Georgetown University, International Travel Grant - 1999
    Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (Oak Ridge Associated Universities) - 1999

Service

    Referee, Electron Devices Society of the IEEE
    Referee, Magnetics Society of the IEEE
    Editorial Board, Journal for Biomedical Microdevices
    Program Committee, BIOS ’99 SPIE Conference
    Session Chair, BIOS ’99 SPIE Conference
    Program Committee, International Symposium on Microelectronics and MEMS '99
    Session Chair, 1999 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Barry Goldwater Scholarship Award (Georgetown Selection Committee) '98-'99
    Department of Physics Colloquia Committee '98-'99
    Undergraduate Curriculum Committee '99-'00
    Faculty Search Committee '99-'00

Biography

   Curriculum Vitae

Travel Schedule

   July 12-15         Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
    August 10-13    Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA (Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference)
    August 13-17    Trento, Italy (ITC-Irst)
    August 17-24    Moscow, Russia (Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute)

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