Kaigham (Ken) Gabriel
| Contact Information | |
|---|---|
| kgabriel@ece.cmu.edu | |
| Website | http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~kgabriel/ |
Research Interests
As information systems increasingly leave fixed locations and appear in our pockets and palms, they are getting closer to the physical world, creating new opportunities for perceiving and controlling our machines, structures and environments. To exploit these opportunities, information systems will need to sense and act as well as compute. Investing engineered microsystems with the ability to sense and act is the central focus of Professor Gabriel's research interests.
Using the materials and processes of semiconductor fabrication, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) enable the batch fabrication of miniature and integrated electrical and mechanical components. Professor Gabriel is particularly interested in the design and fabrication of MEMS devices with hundreds to millions of electromechanical parts integrated with electronics to create arrays with a systems function greater than the sum of the individual parts.
His current application areas of interest include biomedical and analytical instruments, human-machine interfaces, data storage systems, and optical/radio-frequency switching and signal processing. In each of these areas, his research group is exploring radically new device and systems designs that exploit the miniaturization, multiplicity and microelectronics of MEMS.
In the News
- Akustica has an ear for success
- Carnegie Mellon Celebrates Success of Spin-off Akustica Inc.
- MEMS Researchers Awarded Patent
- Faculty Speak to Graduate Students about Government Careers
- Akustica Sounds Good to Local Investors, Writes Pittsburgh Business Times
- ECE Faculty Spin-off Keeps Ear to Market, Writes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Gabriel Named Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
- Gabriel Noted as Head of Office for Security Technologies in CM Magazine
- Introduction to MEMS Short Course to be Instructed by Gabriel
- Gabriel to Head New Office for Security Technologies
- Gabriel Featured as MEMS Pioneer in Forbes ASAP Magazine
- Kanade and Gabriel Leaders in Medical Robotics and Information Technology (MERIT) Center
- Gabriel Co-directs MEMS Industry Group to Advance Chip Research
Keywords
Microelectromechanical systems
Education
DSc, 1983
MIT
MS, 1979
MIT
BS, 1977
University of Pittsburgh