ProtoMEMS - Governance

ProtoMEMS (EigenPhase) was founded by Dr. Jay VanDelden who perceived a need in the nanotechnology industry to leverage the tremendous resources at the Cornell NanoScale Facility (and other academic NNIN foundaries) to facilitate startup opportunities for its customers without the need for building their own (very costly) clean room. Dr. VanDelden joined Cornell University in 2003 as a Visiting Scientist in the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering. During his 4 year term in this position and subsequently, Dr. VanDelden has been the principal nano-engineer/fabricator on numerous projects that include: metamaterial solar cells, silicon photonics, betavoltaic (nuclear) batteries, micro brain catheters, MOSFET-embedded cantilevers, magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) and biological nano-fluidic assays, to name a few. Prior to working at Cornell, Dr. VanDelden had completed his doctoral research in Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. Before starting his doctoral studies, Mr. VanDelden held the post of Vice President at Optics for Research, a small photonics manufacturing company that built off-the-shelf and custom prototype optical systems. During his 10 year term as head of R&D, Mr. VanDelden was responsible for new product development in the areas of: fiber-optics, magneto-optics, physical-optics, polarization-optics, geometrical-optics and optical design. Dr. VanDelden holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University, a BA in Physics also from Bucknell, an MS in Physics from Stevens Institute of Technology, an MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona and a PhD in Optical Sciences also from the UofA. Dr. VanDelden has held several different positions in both academia and industry with numerous papers, patents and awards throughout his career.