Textile-based Printed Bioelectronic Sensors

Joshua Ray Windmiller received the B.Sc. (Provost's Honors) and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 2007 and 2009, respectively, with a specialization in photonics, semiconductor devices/materials, biomedical imaging/sensing, and wireless communication systems from the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. His B.Sc. and M.Sc. research focused on parametric signal processing, distant wavelength conversion, tunable optical delay lines, and optical amplification in nonlinear fiber optic waveguides. He was awarded with the Charles Lee Powell Foundation fellowship, the Powell bonus award, the SPIE educational scholarship, CP Kelco scholarship, and is a Bernard and Sophia Gordon Scholar in engineering leadership. Joshua has industrial experience as a wireless systems engineer for Entropic Communications and RF Micro Devices and has completed the CONNECT Springboard Program in entrepreneurship for his winning of the 2007-2008 UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the UCSD Jacobs School where his research focuses on the development of advanced sensor and actuator devices for the detection and treatment of trauma. He has published over 20 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and international conference proceedings and has four US patents pending. He is a member of the SPIE, IEEE, OSA, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and Eta Kappa Nu and has been recognized by the Governor of the State of California and the United States Senate for his academic achievements.

Seeking to capitalize on the potential of a new generation of multi-functional nanoscale devices and special materials built on the scale of individual molecules, the UC San Diego Department of NanoEngineering covers a broad range of topics, but focus particularly on biomedical nanotechnology, nanotechnologies for energy conversion, computational nanotechnology, and molecular and nanomaterials. The department capitalizes on a growing trend throughout public and private research-funding organizations to focus on nanoscience and nanotechnology approaches that have the potential to make valuable contributions to biology and medicine.

Within the UCSD Department of NanoEngineering, the Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics, headed by Prof. Joseph Wang, specializes in the research and development of advanced functional nano- and bio-materials and sensor devices for a wide range of practical medical, industrial, security, and environmental applications.