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Leo C. McAfee received the BS in electrical engineering from Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, in 1966, and the MSE and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, in 1967 and 1970, respectively. He joined the University of Michigan in 1971 and is currently an associate professor. He has had summer and leave positions at General Motors Research Laboratories, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Telecom Analysis Systems. He has held leadership positions for curriculum and degree program development, as well as chief undergraduate and graduate program advisor. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE.

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Kensall D. Wise received the BSEE degree from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, in 1963 and the MSEE and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 1964 and 1969, respectively. From 1963 to 1965, and from 1972 to 1974, he was a member of technical staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories. In 1974, he joined the University of Michigan, where he is now the William Gould Dow Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engin-eering and Computer Science, the J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing Technology, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the AIMBE and a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.

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Michel M. Maharbiz is an assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Departments at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; he is a member of the Wireless Integrated Microsystems NSF ERC and the National Nanotechnology Initiative Network. His expertise lies at the interface of micro/nanotechnologies, tissue and cell culture, with specific emphasis on systems for controlling the microenvironment of developing cells.

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Dean M. Aslam received the MS and PhD degrees from Aachen Technical University (RWTH), Germany, in physics (1979) and electrical engineering (1983), respectively. From 1983 to 1984, he was a research associate at Aachen. During 1984 to 1988, he held faculty positions at PAF College of Aeronautical Engineering (Karachi) and Wayne State University (Detroit) before joining Michigan State University in 1988 as associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is currently an associate director of the Engineering Research Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems. His research focuses on the use of carbon-based micro and nanotechnologies in sensors, packaging, RFMEMS, and BioMEMS. He was a recipient of a German DAAD Fellowship during 1975 to 1983. Dr. Aslam is a senior member of IEEE.

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Paul L. Bergstrom received the BSEE degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, in 1989, and the MSEE and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, in 1993 and 1996, respectively. From 1996 through 2000, he was a member of technical staff at Motorola Inc., Semiconductor Products Sector in Mesa, AZ. In 2000, he joined the faculty at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, where he conducts research on microsystem materials and devices and nanoscaled device technologies for single electron transistors. He serves as the faculty director of the Microfabrication Facility at Michigan Tech. He is a member of the IEEE and the ASEE.

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Craig R. Friedrich received the BSME and MSME degrees from Louisiana Tech University in 1978 and 1981, respectively. He received the PhD in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1987. His industrial experience includes senior product engineer with the Pangborn Corporation, nuclear engineer with the U.S. Navy, and vice president of Young & Friedrich Consulting Engineers. In 1987, he joined the faculty of Louisiana Tech University and later became associate director and group leader of Micromechanical Processes at the Institute for Micromanufacturing. He joined the faculty of Michigan Technological University in 1997. He has served on the board of directors of the Laser Institute of America.

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