Caltech Micromachining Laboratory

	Ellis Meng Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering University of Southern California Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems Engineering Research Center

		Office: Olin Hall 530F Address: University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Los Angeles, CA 90089-1451 e-mail: ellis.meng@usc.edu phone: (213) 740-6952 fax: (213) 740-0343
	Current Research Projects Micromachined Neural Prosthetics Micromachined Implantable Sensors for the Eye Integrated Microfluidic Sensor and Actuator Systems Research Interests Micro Sensors and Actuators Microfluidics BioMEMS Previous Research Projects MEMS Silicone Diaphragm Pump MEMS Silicon Fluidic Couplers MEMS Thermal Flow Sensor Integrated MEMS Fluidic Systems Education 1997 B.S. Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology 1998 M.S. Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology 2003 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Thesis: MEMS Technology and Devices for a Micro Fluid Dosing System Honors and Awards Intel Women In Science & Engineering Scholar Donald S. Clark Caltech Alumni Association Scholar Activities Caltech Y Excomm & Board Member Caltech 2001 Freshman Summer Institute Research Mentor Caltech 2001 Young Engineering and Science Scholars Staff Caltech Womens' Center Director Search Committee Caltech 1999 Young Engineering and Science Scholars Engineering Instructor APh 9ab Solid State Electronics for Integrated Circuits Teaching Assistant EE 40 Introduction to Solid-State Sensors and Actuators Lecturer Lloyd House Resident Associate Off-Campus Housing Resident Associate Assistant Coach of the Caltech Women’s Basketball Team Patents A Check-Valved Silicone Diaphragm Pump Micromachined Fluidic Couplers Implantable Optical Sensor for Passive Measurement of Intraocular Pressure and Method of Manufacturing the Same (Provisional) Implantable Intraocular Pressure Drain (Provisional) Recent Publications Ellis Meng and Yu-Chong Tai. High Aspect Ratio Parylene Etching for Microfluidics and BioMEMS. µTAS 2004, Malmö, Sweden, September 2004. Angela Tooker, Ellis Meng, John Erickson, Yu-Chong Tai, and Jerome Pine. Development of Biocompatible Parylene Neurocages. IEEE EMBC 2004, San Francisco, California, USA, September 2004. Chi-Yuan Shih, Siyang Zheng, Ellis Meng, Yu-Chong Tai, Yi Liu, and J. Frazier Stoddart. Molecular Assembly Using Shear Flow Devices. MEMS 2004, Maastricht, The Netherlands, USA, January 2004. Ellis Meng and Yu-Chong Tai. Polymer MEMS for Micro Fluid Delivery Systems. ACS Polymer MEMS Symposia, New York, New York, USA, September 2003. Ellis Meng, Yu-Chong Tai, Jon Erickson, and Jerome Pine. Parylene Technology for Mechanically Robust Neuro-Cages. µTAS 2003, Squaw Valley, California, USA, October 2003. Qing He, Ellis Meng, Yu-Chong Tai, Christopher M. Rutherglen, Jon Erickson, and Jerome Pine. Parylene Neuro-Cages for Live Neural Networks Study. Transducers 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 2003. Ellis Meng and Yu-Chong Tai. A Parylene MEMS Flow Sensing Array. Transducers 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 2003. Ellis Meng, Sascha Gassmann, and Yu-Chong Tai. A MEMS Body Fluid Flow Sensor. µTAS 2001, Monterey, California, USA, October 2001. Ellis Meng, Shuyun Wu, and Yu-Chong Tai. Silicon Couplers for Microfluidic Applications. Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 371, Issue 2, 2001, pp.270-275. Ellis Meng, Shuyun Wu, and Yu-Chong Tai. Micromachined Fluidic Couplers. µTAS 2000, Enschede, The Netherlands, May 2000. Ellis Meng, Xuan-Qi Wang, Howen Mak, and Yu-Chong Tai. A Check-Valved Silicone Diaphragm Pump MEMS 2000, Miyazaki, Japan, January 2000. Xing Yang, Joon Mo Yang, Xuan-Qi Wang, Ellis Meng, Yu-Chong Tai, and Chih-Ming Ho. Micromachined Membrane Particle Filters. MEMS 1998, Heidelberg, Germany, January 1997.