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Education

University of California, Berkeley, CA
PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, 2006
Dissertation on Printed, On-Chip Electrochemical Storage

University of California, Berkeley, CA
MS in Materials Science and Engineering, 2002
Thesis on Zinc-Air Fuel Cells

Brown University, Providence, RI
ScB with Honors in Engineering, 2000

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Specialist, University of California Berkeley, CA - 2008
Ran a laboratory specializing in printing standard and novel materials for energy production, including batteries, capacitors, thermoelectrics and piezoelectrics

Lecturer, University of California Berkeley, CA - 2007
Taught an upper division materials production course

Co-founder and CTO, Wireless Industrial Technologies Berkeley, CA 2006-2008 Began a company using wireless mesh networks to optimize electricity use and minimize emissions in large-scale, distributed primary metals production plants

Consultant, Bokler Berkeley, CA 2006
Developed a system for relaying messages between paramedics for front line triage

Consultant, LV Sensors Emeryville, CA 2006
Advised on power systems for automotive sensor networks

Researcher, Nanotechnology Research Institute AIST Tsukuba, Japan 2005
Worked on a purely additive process to printed nano-structured and micron-structured conductive and dielectric elements, as well as electrochemical structures

Graduate Student Researcher, University of California Berkeley, CA 2000 - 2006
Worked in laboratories exploring electrochemical processing of materials, battery fabrication, alternative fuel cell design, and application spaces of wireless sensor networks

Awards Received

ISSCC Design Award for â??Picocubeâ? â?? 2008
NSF SBIR Phase 1 Awardee - 2007
Noyce Student Fellow - Intel Corporation - 2003 - 2006
Summer Fellow - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - 2005
EAPSI Summer Grant Recipient - National Science Foundation - 2005
Cubiciotti Student Award - Electrochemical Society - 2005
Management of Technology Fellowship - University of California, Berkeley - 2002
Jane Lewis Fellowship - University of California, Berkeley - 2000 - 2002