Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. Elisabeth Smela
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

2176 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Phone: 301.405.5265
Fax: 301.314.9477
Email: smela@umd.edu
Website

Research Interests

Dr. Smela’s research is primarily in the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), particularly polymer MEMS and bioMEMS. She focuses on the use of organic materials (from polymers to cells) in microsystems to realize microactuators, cell-based sensors, and CMOS/MEMS integrated systems.

Brief Biography

Research Scientist, Linköping University, Sweden
Senior Scientist, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark
Vice President of Research and Development, Santa Fe Science and Technology, Inc. (SFST), New Mexico
University of Maryland since 2000

Publications

http://www.smela.umd.edu/publications/journals.html

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Honors and Awards

NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2004
   (converted from CAREER award, 2003)
Outstanding Invention of 2004, Office of Technology Commercialization, UMD
   cell sensor based pathogen detection
DuPont Young Professor Award, 2003
Danish Research Councils Talent Project award, 1998
NSF Fellow, Summer Institute in Japan, 1991
E. Robert Kent Teaching Award for Junior Faculty, UMD, 2004

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