Liwei Lin (Advisor)

Research Advised by Professor Liwei Lin

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Jong Ha Park

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2026
BSAC Fall 2025 Research Review Presenter

Huicong Deng

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Ming C. Wu (Advisor)
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2029 (Anticipated)

Huicong Deng received his B.E. in Electrical Engineering from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2024. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, co-advised by Prof. Ming C. Wu and Prof. Liwei Lin. His research interest includes integrated photonics, MEMS and PMUTs.

Yuan Gao

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2028 (Anticipated)

Yuan Gao received his B.Eng. degree in Robotics Engineering from Peking University, Beijing, China, in 2023. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Nikita Lukhanin

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2028 (Anticipated)

Nikita Lukhanin is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in MEMS at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to this, he obtained a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois as well as an A.S. in Engineering Science from College of DuPage.

BSAC Spring 2026 Research Review Presenter

BPN743: Highly Responsive PMUTs for Volumetric Environmental Monitoring and Multimodal Tactile Sensing

Megan Teng
Peggy Tsao
Hanxiao Liu
Yande Peng
2026

This work presents a unified MEMS platform utilizing Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (PMUTs) for dual-mode sensing: continuous volumetric indoor temperature monitoring and multimodal tactile force sensing. By leveraging ultrasonic Time-of-Flight (ToF) and profile scanning, we demonstrate two critical advancements for autonomous systems. First, at the macro-scale, a networked PMUT grid enables "volumetric" temperature monitoring across a 5m range, outperforming traditional pointwise sensors by detecting global and local thermal events for energy-efficient HVAC control....

Umut Can Yener

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2029 (Anticipated)

Umut Can Yener received his B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Middle East Technical University in Turkey. For this M.Sc. degree, he joined Bio-integrated Microdevices Laboratory (BMDL) at Koc University, where he worked on a wearable bladder volume monitoring ultrasonic device and a passive ultrasonic backscatter communication method. Currently, Umut is a Ph.D. student at the University of California Berkeley as a Fulbright scholar. He is interested in wearable and implanatable medical devices and MEMS sensors.

BSAC Researchers Win Top Honors in Piezo MEMS Design Challenge

February 14, 2026
Megan Teng presents at IEEE MEMS 2026 Researchers from BSAC received top honors in the Piezo MEMS Design Challenge, with the results announced during the IEEE MEMS 2026 Conference in Salzburg, Austria

Launched in 2025 as a collaboration between STMicroelectronics and the...

3D Imaging using PMUTs via Compressed Sensing

Nikita Lukhanin
2026
Spring 2026 BSAC Research Review Presentation View Presentation View Slides Winner: Best Oral Presentation Spring 2026...

BSAC's Best: Spring 2026 Awards Announced

April 8, 2026

BSAC is pleased to announce the recipients of the Outstanding Presentation Awards from the Spring 2026 Research Review & IAB Meeting

A huge thank you to all our researchers for showcasing their work for our research community at Jarvis Auditorium on April 8. After a round of voting by BSAC's Industrial Members, we are proud to announce this season’s Best of BSAC honorees:

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BSAC's Best: Spring 2025 Awards Announced

April 10, 2025

BSAC proudly recognizes the recipients of the Spring 2025 Best of BSAC Awards!

On April 10, BSAC researchers presented an impressive range of innovative work during the Spring 2025 Research Review. The Industrial Advisory Board commended the creativity, technical excellence, and real-world impact demonstrated across all presentations.

Following a vote by BSAC Industrial Members, we congratulate this semester’s honorees Megan Teng and Xintian Liu!...