University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Edgar J. Martinez technical activities and research interest are in the areas of semiconductor device physics, high performance RF- and mixed-signal components and microsystems inte-gration technologies. He is currently affiliated to Purdue’s Microwave Component group work-ing in integrated microsystems and high temperature electronics. From 1998-2004, Dr. Martinez was a Program Manager at DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office where he was responsi-ble for establishing and directing, multidisciplinary research initiatives in the areas of RF- and mixed-signal components including several programs related to the integration of MEMS de-vices in microsystems including, the Intelligent RF Front-ends (IRFFE), and Acoustic Microsen-sors, and managed the Microwave Analog Front-end Technology (MAFET) program, which led to the initial demonstration of RF MEMS technology. Dr. Martinez has over 100 publications and conference presentations. Dr. Martinez is currently an active member in several technical societies and has served in several advisory committees including the DoD’s Advisory Group for Electron Devices (AGED), and NASA’s Pioneering Revolutionary Technology Sub-Committee. He is currently the Assistant Dean of Engineering for Research and Entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering at Purdue University, and Chief Operating Officer for two multi-university research centers in the areas of nanotechnology.