The Editors
Dr. Madhu Bhaskaran received her PhD from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia in 2009, following B.E. and M.Eng. degrees in 2004 and 2005, respectively. She is currently a senior research fellow and joint leader of the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT University. She is an expert on silicon-based fabrication techniques and thin film patterning for the development of microdevices. This is in addition to her expertise in thin film characterization using a variety of spectroscopy, microscopy, and diffraction techniques. This combination of microfabrication and materials science expertise has enabled her to demonstrate novel applications of functional materials.
She has published 90 peer-reviewed publications, including about 55 journal articles in the last 5 years. She is a recipient of the highly competitive Australian Research Council post-doctoral fellowship 2010–2013 for research on energy harvesting from piezoelectric thin films. In 2011, she received worldwide media coverage, including national television and international radio, for her use of in situ nanoindentation in characterizing the nanoscale piezoelectric energy generation properties of thin films. She can be reached at [email protected].
Dr. Sharath Sriram is a senior research fellow and joint leader of the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT University. His expertise includes the synthesis and characterization of functional thin films, underpinned by skills in microelectronic fabrication techniques. He received his PhD from RMIT University in 2009 for work on synthesis and characterization of high-performance and CMOS-compatible piezoelectric thin films. This included the development of the first techniques for quantitative determination of piezoelectric response coefficients of thin films utilizing in situ nanoindentation and atomic force microscopy. These research outcomes were recognized by the 2010 gold medal for excellence in research by the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the 2012 NMI prize from the National Measurement Institute. He is also a recipient of a 2012 Victoria fellowship.
Dr. Sriram has published over 90 peer-reviewed publications, including articles in leading nanoscience journals, including Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, and Nanoscale, and has received over A$1.4 million in research and infrastructure funding over the last 3 years. He is a current recipient of the Australian Research Council post-doctoral fellowship for the period 2011–2014, with a research focus on microdevices for chemical sensing and dynamic manipulation of surface nanostructures utilizing in situ techniques with electrical stimuli. He can be reached at [email protected].
Dr. Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski is managing R&D at Redlen Technologies Inc., a start-up company in Vancouver, Canada. Redlen’s revolutionary production process for advanced semiconductor materials enables a new generation of more accurate, all-digital, radiation-based imaging solutions. Kris is also a president of CMOS Emerging Technologies Research (www.cmosetr.com), an organization of high-tech events covering communications, microsystems, optoelectronics, and sensors.
In his career, Dr. Iniewski held numerous faculty and management positions at the University of Toronto, University of Alberta, SFU, and PMC-Sierra Inc. He has published over 100 research papers in international journals and conferences. He holds 18 international patents granted in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and Japan. He is frequently an invited speaker and has consulted for multiple organizations internationally. He has written and edited several books for IEEE Press, Wiley, CRC Press, McGraw–Hill, Artech House, and Springer. His personal goal is to contribute to healthy living and sustainability through innovative engineering solutions. In his leisure time, Kris can be found hiking, sailing, skiing, or biking in beautiful British Columbia. He can be reached at [email protected].