Gianluca Piazza
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
Director, Nanofab
Gianluca Piazza is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research interests focus on piezoelectric Micro and Nano-ElectroMechanical Systems (M/NEMS) for RF wireless communication, chemical/biological detection, and all mechanical computing. He also has a general interest in the areas of micro/
Education
2005 Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Berkeley
2001 BS, Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
2001 MS, Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
2001 MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Austin
Research Interests
- acoustics
- advanced manufacturing
- applied physics
- computer/storage systems
- cyberphysical systems (CPS)
- device physics
- electrical engineering
- magnetics
- manufacturing technologies/processes
- microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
- microfabrication
- microsensors
- microsystems
- mobile systems
- nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)
- nanofabrication
- nanosystems
- nanotechnology
- sensors
- silicon systems
- smart infrastructure
Media mentions
CMU Engineering
A big comeback for a little switch
Maarten de Boer and Gianluca Piazza are developing reliable, mechanical switches the size of a DNA molecule, thanks to a $2M LEAP-HI grant from the National Science Foundation.
CMU Engineering
Power-full sound waves
ECE’s Gianluca Piazza is developing a piezoelectric system that powers devices with ultrasound