Research Expertise

•	Science and technology of MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)
•	Microscale fluid mechanics and heat transfer
•	Bio-MEMS: microscale manipulation of DNA, proteins and cells
•	Microsensors and microactuators
•	Integrated microfabrication technologies
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Education

•	Ph.D.	:	Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California, 1990
•	M.Sc.	:	Aeronautical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1984
•	B.Sc.	:	Aeronautical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1981
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Courses Taught  (since Fall 2003)

•	AME 331	:	Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
•	AME 400	:	Senior Mechanical Laboratory
•	AME 538	:	Nature of Turbulent Shear Flow
•	AME 586	:	Microfluidics
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Employment

•	2003-date	:	Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona: Professor
•	2006-date	:	Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona: Member
•	2005-date	:	BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona: Professor
•	2000-03	:	Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Associate Professor
•	1992-00	:	Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Assistant Professor
•	1991-92	:	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California Los Angeles: Research Associate
•	1990-91	:	Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California: Research Associate
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Honors and Awards

•	Senior Member AIAA
•	Fellow ASME
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Professional Societies

•	AIAA	:	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
•	APS	:	American Physical Society
•	ASME	:	Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Publications (since 2003; not including conference papers)

•	Lee, Y. K., Lee, L. M., Hau, W. L. W., and Zohar, Y., Two-Dimensional Analysis of Electrokinetically-Driven Out-of-Plane Vortices in a Microchannel Liquid Flow using Patterned Surface Charge. J. Microelectromech. Syst. 16:58-67, 2007.
•	Ma, W., Zhu, R., Rufer, L., and Yitshak, Z., An Integrated Floating-Electrode Electric Microgenerator, J. Microelectromech. Syst. 16:29-37, 2007.
•	Yu, T. F., Lee, Y. K., Wong, M., and Zohar, Y., Fluid Flows in Microchannels with Cavities, J. Microelectromech. Syst. 14:1386-1398, 2006.
•	Lee, L. M., Heimark, R. L., Guzman, R., Baygents, J. C., and Zohar, Y., Low Melting Point Agarose as a Protection Layer in Photolithographic Patterning of Aligned Binary Proteins, Lab-on-a-Chip 6:1080-1085, 2006.
•	Cha, Y. C., Lee, Y. K., and Zohar, Y., High-Throughput Design and Fabrication of an Integrated Microsystem with High Aspect-Ratio Sub-Micron Pillar Arrays for Free-Solution Micro Capillary Electrophoresis, J. Micromech. Microeng. 16:699-707, 2006.
•	Lee, L. M., Heimark, R. L., Baugents, J. C., and Zohar, Y., Self-Aligned Immobilization of Proteins Utilizing PEG Patterns, Nanotechnology 17:S29-S33, 2006.
•	Lee, L. M., Hau, W. L. W., Lee, Y. K., and Zohar, Y., In-Plane Vortex Flow in Microchannels Generated by Electroosmosis with Patterned Surface Charge, J. Micromich. Microeng. 16:17-26, 2006.
•	Lee, M., Cheung, L. S. L., Lee, Y. K., and Zohar, Y., Height Effect on Nucleation-Site Activity and Size-Dependent Bubble Dynamics in Microchannel Convective Boiling, J. Micromech. Microeng. 15:2121-2129, 2005.
•	Li, G., Zohar, Y. and Wong, M., Piezoresistive Microphone with Integrated Amplifier Realized Using Metal-Induced Laterally Crystallized Polycrystalline Silicon, J. Micromech. Microeng. 14:1352-1358, 2004.
•	Ng, A.S.W., Hau, W.L.W., Lee, Y.K., and Zohar, Y., Electrokinetic Generation of Micro Vortex Patterns in a Microchannel Liquid Flow, J. Micromech. Microeng. 14:247-255, 2004.
•	Ma, W., Li, G., Zohar, Y., and Wong, M., Fabrication and Packaging of Inertia Micro-Switch Using Low Temperature Photo-Resist Molded Metal-Electroplating Technology, Sens. Actuators A 111:63-70, 2004.
•	Chan, Y.C., Carles, M., Sucher, N.J., Wong, M., and Zohar, Y., Design and Fabrication of an Integrated Microsystem for Micro Capillary Electrophoresis, J. Micromech. Microeng. 13:914-921, 2003.
•	Ma, W., Zohar, Y., and Wong, M., Design and Characterization of Inertia Activated Electrical Micro-Switches Fabricated and Packaged Using Low Temperature Photo-Resist Molded Metal-Electroplating Technology, J. Micromech. Microeng. 13:892-899, 2003.
•	Lee, M., Wong, M., and Zohar, Y., Integrated Micro-Heat-Pipe Fabrication Technology, J. Microelectromech. Syst. 12:139-146, 2003.
•	Hau, W.L.W., Trau, D.W., Sucher, N.J., Wong, M., and Zohar, Y., Surface-Chemistry Technology For Microfluidics. J. Micromech. Microeng. 13:272-278, 2003.
•	Lee, M., Wong, Y.Y., Wong, M., and Zohar, Y., Size and Shape Effects on Two-Phase Flow Patterns in Microchannel Forced Convection Boiling, J. Micromech. Microeng. 13:155-164, 2003.
•	Lee, M., Wong, M., and Zohar, Y., Characterization of an Integrated Micro Heat Pipe System, J. Micromech. Microeng. 13:58-64, 2003.
•	Zohar, Y., Heat Convection in Micro Ducts, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
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Research Grants  (since Fall 2003)

•	Innovative Microsystems: Novel Nanostructures to Capture Circulating Breast Cancer Cells, US ARMY Medical Research—BCRP, 4/23/07-5/22/10 (with J. Baygents, R. Heimark, R. Guzman, J. Schroeder).
•	Novel Applications of Nanotechnology: Microdevices for Capture and Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells, Arizona Biomedical Research Commission—RCSP, 7/1/06-6/30/09 (with J. Baygents, R. Heimark).
•	Novel Applications of Nanotechnology: Microdevices to Capture Circulating Tumor Cells, BIO5, The UA Institute for Collaborative Bioresearch, Multidisciplinary Projects in Life Sciences Initiative, 7/1/06-6/30/07 (with J. Baygents, R. Heimark, R. Guzman).
•	Nano/Microtechnology for the Capture of Circulating Cancer Cells, BIO5, The UA Institute for Collaborative Bioresearch, Multidisciplinary Projects in Life Sciences Initiative, 8/16/04-10/31/05.
•	MRI: Acquisition of Thin Film LPCVD and Patterning Equipment, NSF-Major Research Instrumentation Program 7/15/04-6/30/06 (with C. Aspinwall, H. Barnaby, J. Cuello, E. Enikov, P. Deymier, J. McGrath, A. Muscat, F. Shadman).
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Patents

•	M. Wong and Y. Zohar, Method of Manufacturing an Integrated Electronic Microphone Having a Floating Gate Electrode, U.S. Patent No. 6,677,176, 2004.
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