Ghodssi Honored With Gaede-Langmuir Award

Professor Reza Ghodssi (ECE/ISR/Fischell Institute), Herbert Rabin Distinguished Chair in Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD), has received the 2024 Gaede-Langmuir Award from AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing. 

The organization, formerly known as the American Vacuum Society, honored Ghodssi for "pioneering research on developing novel microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) processes, fabrication, and technologies for micro, nano, and bio-devices and systems and their momentous impact on small-scale power, optical, and biomedical applications."

Ghodssi, Executive Director of Research and Innovation of the A. James Clark School of Engineering's MATRIX Lab in Southern Maryland, a UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, and a former Institute for Systems Research (ISR) Director, has led the MEMS Sensors and Actuators Laboratory (MSAL) since its inception in 2000. The group spearheads innovative biomedical and clinical applications related to gastrointestinal diagnostics, biofilm monitoring and inhibition, and gut-brain interaction. Complementing this research, the lab also has been helping to develop novel solutions for energy storage, harvesting, and conversion.

Ghodssi is the second UMD faculty member to receive the award. Distinguished University Professor and former ISR Director Gary Rubloff (MSE/ISR) won the award in 2000 in recognition of his "inventive application of surface science and vacuum technology to the semiconductor industry, and for fostering an effective bridge between AVS research and manufacturing."

Ghodssi will receive the award at the AVS 70th International Symposium and Exhibition, to be held in Tampa, FL from Nov. 3–8.

More information can be found on UMD ECE News. (17 - July / 2024)