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Education
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B.S. Electrical
Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University (Sept 1998 - May 2002
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M.S. Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Sept 2002 - June 2003)
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Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (sooner rather than
later...hopefully)
Research
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Modular Microfluidics
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Microgaskets and MEMS O-rings
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Photodefinable Silicone
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Nano High Performance Liquid Chromatography
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On-chip Electrochemical Detectors
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Parylene-embedded Vertical Carbon Nanotube
Nanoarrays
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Conformal Thin-Film Carbon
Publications
- S. Miserendino, Y. C. Tai, “Photodefinable Silicone MEMS Gaskets and O-rings for
Modular Microfluidic Systems”, Proceedings of
MEMS 2007, Kobe, Japan, Jan 2007.
- T. Bendikov,
S. Miserendino, Y. C. Tai, T. Harmon,
“A Parylene-Protected Nitrate Selective Microsensor
on a Carbon Fiber Cross Section”, Sensors
and Actuators B. (Accepted
August 2006)
- S. Miserendino, J. Yoo,
A. Cassell, Y. C. Tai, “Electrochemical
Characterization of Parylene-embedded Carbon Nanotube
Nanoelectrode Arrays”, Nanotechnology, 16
(2006) S1–S6, Feb 2006.
- S. Miserendino, S. Boland, Y. C. Tai,
“Material and Electrochemical Properties of Pyrolyzed
Parylene-C”, Poster presentation at 206th Meeting of The Electrochemical
Society, Honolulu, HI, Oct 2004.
- Lewis D, Imam MA, Kurihara LK, Fliflet AW, Kinkead A, Miserendino S,
Egorov S, Bruce RW, Gold S, Jung AM, “Material
processing with a high frequency millimeter-wave source”, Materials and Manufacturing Processes,
18 (2), 151-167, Mar 2003.
Patents
US Patent Application 20060007983
- Pyrolyzed thin film carbon
US Patent Application 20060018360
- Pyrolyzed-parylene based sensors and
method of manufacture
US Patent Application 20060078475
- Modular microfluidic
packaging system
Work Experiences
Syracuse
Research Corporation, Chantilly, VA
2002 – 2004
Electrical Engineer
- Developed and analyzed sensitive
communication systems and techniques for the US government
- Made extensive use of
numerical simulation techniques and communication system models
- Participated in custom
hardware design, development, and testing
- Performed system-level
design, procurement, and integration of COTS components with custom
hardware
Icarus Research, Bethesda, MD 2000-2001
Center
For Remote Sensing, Fairfax, VA 1998-1999
Independent Contractor, Naval Research Laboratory
- Automated the 83 GHz Gyrotron Beam Material Processing Facility’s control
and data acquisition system using LabView
- Studied effects of
high-energy microwaves on ceramic materials focusing on sintering and
joining processes
- Worked primarily on a gyrotron-based microwave source but also worked on a
novel magnicon-based source for high power
X-band experiments
Teaching Experiences
- EE 40: Introduction to
Sensors and Actuators
- APh 77: Laboratory in Applied
Physics (Blackbody Radiation Lab)
- EE 187: VLSI and ULSI
Technology
Others
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