Neil Chen

Job title: 
Postdoctoral Researcher
Affiliation: 
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Clark T.-C. Nguyen (Advisor)
PostDoc 2024 to present
Bio/CV: 

Postdoctoral Researcher, EECS UC Berkeley & BSAC

  • Ph.D., Nano-Engineering & Micro-Systems, National Tsing Hua University (2024)

  • Specializes in capacitive MEMS resonators and CMUTs

  • Expertise in device modeling, FEM simulation, MEMS fabrication, CMOS-MEMS integration, and analog front-end design

  • Current focus: high-Q diamond resonators, nonlinear dynamics, and thermally compensated resonant sensors

  • Awarded Best Paper, IEEE Transducers 2023; Highlighted Paper, IEDM 2024

  • Reviewer, IEEE Sensors Journal 

Research interests: 
  • High-Q MEMS resonators (diamond, polysilicon, CMOS-MEMS)

  • Temperature compensation and long-term stability of resonant sensors

  • Nonlinear dynamics of capacitive MEMS devices

  • CMOS-MEMS co-design and post-CMOS micromachining

  • CMUT-on-CMOS ultrasonic transducers

  • Analog/RF front-end design for capacitive transducers

  • Integrated resonant sensing platforms with embedded control

  • Automated characterization and real-time monitoring systems

  • Multiphysics modeling (electromechanical, thermal, acoustic coupling)

Projects & Publications

Shiwoo Lee; Neil Chen
BSAC Project Materials (Current), 2026
Neil Chen; Kevin H. Zheng; Xintian Liu; Qiutong Jin
BSAC Project Materials (Current), 2026
Xintian Liu; Kevin H. Zheng; Neil Chen
BSAC Project Materials (Current), 2026
Kevin H. Zheng; Neil Chen; William Dong
BSAC Project Materials (Current), 2026
Neil Chen; Xintian Liu; Kevin H. Zheng
BSAC Project Materials (Final/Archive), 2025

Contact

(213) 681-4669