Khalil Najafi is the Schlumberger Professor of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. He served as the Peter and Evelyn Fuss Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan from September 2008 to September 2018, as the Director of the Solid-State Electronics Laboratory from 1998-2005, the deputy director of the NSF ERC on Wireless Integrated Microsystems (WIMS) from 2000-2009, and the director of NSF’s National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) 2004-2015. He received the B.S., M.S., and the Ph.D. degrees in 1980, 1981, and 1986 respectively, all in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests include: micromachining technologies, micromachined sensors, actuators, and MEMS; analog integrated circuits; implantable biomedical microsystems; hermetic and vacuum packaging; and low-power wireless sensing/actuating systems; inertial sensing systems.
Dr. Najafi has been active in the field of solid-state sensors and actuators for thirty five years. He has been involved in several conferences and workshops dealing with micro sensors, actuators, and microsystems, including the International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (Transducers), and the Int. IEEE Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Conference. He has served as associate editor of several journals, including IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, IEEE J. Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (JMEMS), IEEE Trans. On Biomedical Engineering, IOP J. Micromechanics and Microengineering, Sensors and Materials, and Biomedical Microdevices, and served on the editorial board of the IEEE Proceedings. He received the IEEE Daniel E. Noble Technical Field Award in 2015 and the IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award in 2013 for “For leadership in microsystem technologies and seminal contributions to inertial sensors and hermetic wafer-level packaging.” He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the AIBME.
Awards and Honors | |
| 2015 | Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies |
| 2015 | Peter & Evelyn Fuss Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 2013 | Technical Field Award |
| 2011 | OVPR Distinguished University Innovator Award |
| 2010 | Ted Kennedy Family Team Excellence Award |
| 2006 | Schlumberger Professor of Engineering – University of Michigan |
| 2005 | Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award – University of Michigan For exceptional contributions in scholarship, teaching mentorship and service |
| 2005 | Fellow – American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) |
| 2003 – 2004 | Outstanding Achievement Award – University of Michigan, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department |
| 2001 | Faculty Recognition Award – University of Michigan |
| 2000 | IEEE Fellow |
| 1999 | Lewis Winner Best Paper Award – International Solid-State Circuits Conference, (with Jeffrey Von Arx) |
| 1999 – 2002 | Arthur F. Thurnau – University of Michigan Professorship for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Teaching |
| 1998 – 1999 | Research Excellence Award – University of Michigan, College of Engineering |
| 1997 | Senior Member, IEEE – Since March 1997 |
| 1994 – 1995 | Henry Russel Award for Outstanding Achievement and Scholarship – University of Michigan This award is given annually to one or two people throughout the University. |
| 1994 – 1995 | Teaching Excellence Award – University of Michigan , College of Engineering |
| 1993 – 1994 | Professor of the Year Award – University of Michigan Elected by Students in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and the Eta Kappa Nu Chapter. |
| 1993 – 1994 | Teaching Excellence Award – University of Michigan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| 1992-1997 | National Young Investigator Award – National Science Foundation |
| 1992 | Best Paper Award – Int. Electron Devices Meeting With S.T. Cho and K.D. Wise |
| 1990 | Paul Rappaport Award – with K. Suzuki and K.D. Wise Paper titled “A 1024-Elements High-Performance Silicon Tactile Imager.” |
| 1986 | Beatrice Winner Award for Editorial Excellence – Int. Solid-State Circuits Conference |
| 1985 | Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award |
| 1983 | Outstanding Graduate Student Achievement Award |
| 1978 | Edward Harvey Seeley Award for Outstanding Scholarship In the Junior Class |