Former BSAC Co-Director

Bernhard E. Boser

Former BSAC Co-Director
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)

Bernhard E. Boser is a professor emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, a Co-Director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, and a Co-Director of the UC Berkeley Swarm Lab.


Professor Boser’s research interests include analog and digital circuit design and micromechanical sensors and actuators.

Prior to joining BSAC, Professor Boser conducted industrial research as Member of Technical Staff for AT&T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ (1988-1991) where he worked on adaptive systems,...

Roger T. Howe

Former BSAC Co-Director
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)
Professor Richard S. Muller (Advisor)
Ph.D. 1984

Roger T. Howe is the William E. Ayer Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, as well as the Acting Faculty Director of the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility. He earned a B.S. degree in physics from Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California and an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the...

Albert P. Pisano

Former BSAC Co-Director
Mechanical Engineering
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)

Albert P. Pisano is the Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering and holds the Walter J. Zable Chair in Engineering. He is an active researcher who serves on the faculty of the departments of mechanical and aerospace engineering and electrical and computer engineering.

Prior to September 2013, Pisano served on the UC Berkeley faculty. The FANUC Endowed Chair of Mechanical Systems, he held faculty appointments in mechanical engineering and in electrical engineering and computer sciences. Pisano served as senior co-Director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center...

Norman C. Tien

Former BSAC Co-Director
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)

Professor Norman C. Tien is the Taikoo Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor of Microsystems Technology at the University of Hong Kong. He served as the Dean of Engineering from June 2012 to May 2018. During his term in HKU, the undergraduate curriculum structure of BEng underwent a major transformation to emphasize a shift towards inter-disciplinarity by building a solid contemporary core and yet retaining the flexibility of individual study plans.


He encouraged innovation and maker culture in student learning by pooling resources in building the...

Richard M. White

Professor (Former), Co-Founding Director BSAC
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)

Richard M. White was a professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and a Co-Founding Director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center.

Professor White's research interests include wireless microsensors, energy scavenging devices for use in electric power systems, and portable particulate matter monitors for measuring concentrations of airborne aerosols and diesel exhaust particulates.


Prior to joining the faculty at UC Berkeley, Professor White conducted microwave device research at General Electric. Professor...