Cyrus Shafai, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Associate Head Electrical Engineering

Director Nano-Systems Fabrication Laboratory

Position:  Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Education:  B.Sc. (EE, Manitoba), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Alberta)

Office:  E2 - 390 Engineering and Information Technology Complex (EITC)

Phone:  (204) 474 - 6302

Fax:  (204) 261 - 4639

E-Mail:  cshafai@ee.umanitoba.ca

My Research:  Our laboratory is a highly interdisciplinary and dynamic environment, and we interact with many research groups from across campus.  My research includes RF MEMS, micro-sensors (electric, magnetic, gas), micro-actuators, applied micromachining, microfluidics for thermal management, biomedical microdevices, and process simulation.

Laboratory Facilities:

Our Nano-Systems Fabrication Laboratory possesses a comprehensive suite of state of the art equipment and software for MEMS fabrication, analysis, and testing.

Selected Publications:

Highlights of my publications can be found here.

Research Group and Opportunities:

Occasionally I have positions available for outstanding and motivated graduate or undergraduate students who are interested in MEMS and microfabrication, or who are interested in working in our cleanroom.

Current and past group members are listed here.

Teaching:

ENG 1450 Introduction to Electric Circuits

ECE 4100 Introduction to Microelectronic Fabrication

ECE 7440 Microelectronic Fabrication and High Vacuum Technology

ECE 7190 Micromachining and MEMS

ECE 4600 Group Design Project

Some Pictures:

Picture of me next to a California Redwood tree.

Redwood Tree.jpg

Winnipeg’s great summers and beaches are a little known secret.

Grand_Beach.jpg

Animals aren’t so different.

Japanese_Macaque.jpg  (National Geographic, Dec. '94)

A humbling picture of the Earth.

Earth_Rise.jpg

What are MEMS?

MEMS, or micro-electro-mechanical systems, are miniature devices that are fabricated using many technologies that are common with computer chip fabrication.

MEMS are already being used in many existing commercial products.  Application areas include medicine, chemical and biological analysis, telecommunication, transportation, environment, food processing, consumer electronics, and even clothing.

An example is this chip, which was designed by our research group.  It contains 11 tiny electric field sensors.