Research Interests

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microsensors, microactuators, microsystems and micromachining; magnetism and magnetic materials; neuroengineering and neuro-silicon interfaces; distributed sensors, actuators and information.

Selected Publications

• Jack W. Judy, Henry H. Yang, Nosang Myung, Pedro Irazoqui-Pastor, Morton Schwartz, Ken Nobe and Ken Yang, ÒFerromagnetic Micromechanical Magnetometers,Ó Tech. Dig. Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop (Hilton Head `00), Hilton Head Island, SC (June 4-8, 2000), Late News Update.
• N.V. Myung, D.Y. Park, M. Schwartz, H. Yang, J. W. Judy, C.-K. Yang and K. Nobe, ÒElectrodeposited Hard Magnetic Thin Films for MEMS Applications,Ó Electrochemical Proceeding, Volume 2000, pp. 29, October 2000.
• Henry H. Yang, N. V. Myung, Jeffrey Yee, D.-Y. Park, B.-Y. Yoo, Morton Schwartz, Ken Nobe, and Jack W. Judy, "Ferromagnetic Micromechanical Magnetometers," Tech. Dig. Transducers 2001 (Munich, Germany), Munich, Germany (June 10-14, 2001).
• Zee, F.; Judy, J.W. Micromachined polymer-based chemical gas sensor array. Sensors and Actuators B (Chemical), vol.B72, (no.2), Elsevier, 25 Jan. 2001. p.120-8. 9 references.

Biography

Prof. Judy received the B.S.E.E. degree with summa cum laude honors from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, in 1989, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, in 1994 and 1996 respectively. His doctoral research concentrated on the merger of thin-film magnetic-recording head fabrication techniques and technologies with those used in the IC industry, to produce novel MEMS devices.

Dr. Judy worked for Silicon Light Machines, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, a startup company commercializing a MEMS-based optical-projection system for digital-display applications, from 1996 to 1997. He joined the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1997, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. He serves as Chair of the MEMS ad hoc major field in the EE Department, and as Chair of the Neuro-Engineering major field in the Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program. He is also co-director of the NeuroEngineering Program.

Prof. Judy's research interests are in micromachining and MEMS technologies, including microsensors, microactuators, microsystems, and their biomedical applications. For more information about Prof. Judy and his research, please see his MEMS Laboratory website.