Franklin C. Chiang

Ph.D. Candidate
Electrical Engineering Department
University of California, Los Angeles
Personal Journal

Franklin was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1982 and received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2004, 2006, and 2009 respectively.

Franklin’s hobbies include backpacking, rock climbing, kayaking, surfing, scuba diving, and anything else that will get him as far away from his desk as possible on the weekends.

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, March 2009
  • “Microfabricated Probes for Laboratory Plasmas”
  • Committee members: Prof. Jack W. Judy (Chair), Prof. Walter Gekelman, Prof. Christoph Niemann, Prof. Chandrashekar Joshi
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, June 2006
  • “Voltage and Electric-Field Probes for Laboratory Plasmas” PDF
  • Committee members: Prof. Jack W. Judy (Chair), Prof. Walter Gekelman, Prof. Christoph Niemann
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, June 2004
  • summa cum laude

• Implementation of MEMS plasma probes. Involves the design, on-site fabrication, and testing of micrometer-scale probes in UCLA’s nanoelectronics laboratory. Probes are used to explore fundamental physics behind plasmas using the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) at UCLA’s Basic Plasma Science Facility, with applications for characterizing semiconductor plasma processing steps.
• Development of flexible electrode array used in the recording of stepping in spinal cord L1-L2.

• Eta Kappa Nu - Iota Gamma Chapter, President, May 2002 - May 2003
• UCLA Outdoor Adventures, Guide, September 2005 - 2007

• EE CM150L - Introduction to MEMS Laboratory (Head Teaching Fellow)
• Engineering 185 - Art of Engineering Endeavors (Teaching Fellow)
• Engineering 183 - Engineering and Society (Teaching Fellow)

• EE 115AB - Analog Electronic Circuits I & II
• EE 115C - Digital Electronic Circuits
• EE 115D - Design Studies in Electronic Circuits
• EE M150 - Introduction to MEMS
• EE M150L - Introduction to MEMS Laboratory
• EE 162A - Wireless Communication Links and Antennas
• EE M185 - Introduction to Plasma Electronics
• EE 215A - Analog Integrated Circuit Design
• EE 215C - Analysis and Design of RF Circuits and Systems
• EE M216A - Design of VLSI Circuits and Systems
• EE 250A - MEMS Fabrication
• EE 250B - MEMS Device Physics and Design
• MAE 281 - Microscience

• P. Pribyl, W. Gekelman, M. Nakamoto, E. Lawrence, F. Chiang, J. Stillman, J.W. Judy, N. Katz, P. Niknejadi, “Debye-size Microprobes for Electric-Field Measurements in Laboratory Plasmas”, Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 77, no. 073504, July 2006.
• J.A. Stillman, F. C. Chiang, P. Pribyl, M. Nakamoto, W. Gekelman, J.W. Judy, “Microfabricated Probes for Laboratory Plasmas”, Dig. Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, 5-8 June, 2006, Hilton Head Island, SC, Transducers Res. Found., pp. 308-311.
• Janet A. Stillman, Franklin C. Chiang, Patrick Pribyl, Walter Gekelman, Mio Nakamoto, and Jack W. Judy. ”MEMS Voltage and Electric Field Probes for Laboratory Plasmas.” J. Microelectromech. Syst., (submitted 2008)
• Calvin Yang, Jaehoon Choe, Janet Cruz, Franklin Chiang, Carlos Garcia, Diogenes Chavez, Ismael Jimenez, Pablo Rudomin, Jack Judy, ”Flexible Polyimide Multielectrode Arrays for Recording Small-Field Cord- Dorsum Potentials” IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. Submitted 2009.
• Franklin C. Chiang, Patrick Pribyl, Walter Gekelman, Jack W. Judy, “Micromachining Debye-scale Electric-Field Probes for High-Density Plasma Diagnostics” IEEE Trans Plasma Science. In progress.
• Franklin C. Chiang, Patrick Pribyl, Walter Gekelman, Jack W. Judy, “Microscale Retarding Field Analyzer for Laboratory Plasmas, IEEE Trans Plasma Science. In progress.
• Franklin C. Chiang, Patrick Pribyl, Walter Gekelman, Jack W. Judy, “Debye-size 3-axis B-dot Probe for Laboratory Plasma Diagnostics,” IEEE Trans Plasma Science. In progress.

• UCLA EE Department Outstanding M.S. Student Award, 2006
• UCLA EE Departmental Fellowship, 2004
• UCLA Engineering Achievement Award, 2003, 2004
• Litton Foundation Scholarship, 2002
• LMK Boelter Scholarship, 2001
• Dean’s honor List (multiple quarters)
• Member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Golden Key International Honour Society

• Ironman China finisher (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run), 2008
• Long Beach Marathon finisher (placed 274/2346), 2007
• Successful summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro (19,341 ft), 2006
• NAUI scuba certification (open water)