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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
USA
2025

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
96
Citations
34381
World Ranking
230
National Ranking
116

Materials Science

D-Index
92
Citations
32009
World Ranking
1520
National Ranking
479

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to haptic interfaces and robotic manipulation
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the development of microelectromechanical systems in processes, devices, and systems.
  • 1996 - IEEE Fellow For seminal contributions to microfabrication technologies.

Overview

Roger T. Howe is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Geophysics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics as subfields.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies, Geophysics and Sensor Technology, Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies, Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis, Seismic Waves and Analysis, and Mechanical and Optical Resonators.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Roger T. Howe include:

  • A vibrating beam MEMS accelerometer for gravity and seismic measurements, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Modeling of Droplet Generation in a Microfluidic Flow-Focusing Junction for Droplet Size Control, 2021, Micromachines
  • Optimized Deep Reactive-Ion Etching of Nanostructured Black Silicon for High-Contrast Optical Alignment Marks, 2021, ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • Electropermanent magnet-driven droplet size modulation for two-phase ferromicrofluidics, 2020, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
  • Ultrastructure and taxonomy of the family Sphenolithaceae., 2021, Journal of Nannoplankton Research

Frequent co-authors in Roger T. Howe's publications are:

  • Ali M. Ibrahim
  • Yasser H. Anis
  • Arif Mustafazade
  • Chun Zhao
  • Guillermo Sobreviela

Common venues for their research publications include:

  • Micromachines
  • Scientific Reports
  • ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
  • 2022 27th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC)

Roger T. Howe has received several professional recognitions. These include being named an IEEE Fellow twice, once in 1996 for contributions to microfabrication technologies and again in 2012 for contributions to haptic interfaces and robotic manipulation. Additionally, they were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for contributions to the development of microelectromechanical systems in processes, devices, and systems.

Best Publications

  • Laterally Driven Polysilicon Resonant Microstructures

    William C. Tang;Tu-Cuong H. Nguyen;Roger T. Howe

  • Critical Review: Adhesion in surface micromechanical structures

    Roya Maboudian;Roger T. Howe

  • Surface micromachining for microelectromechanical systems

    J.M. Bustillo;R.T. Howe;R.S. Muller

  • Three-dimensional integration of nanotechnologies for computing and data storage on a single chip

    Max M. Shulaker;Max M. Shulaker;Gage Hills;Rebecca S. Park;Roger T. Howe

  • Electrostatic-comb drive of lateral polysilicon resonators

    William C. Tang;Tu-Cuong H. Nguyen;Michael W. Judy;Roger T. Howe

  • Alkyltrichlorosilane-based self-assembled monolayer films for stiction reduction in silicon micromachines

    U. Srinivasan;M.R. Houston;R.T. Howe;R. Maboudian

  • Microstructure to substrate self-assembly using capillary forces

    U. Srinivasan;D. Liepmann;R.T. Howe

  • Photon-enhanced thermionic emission for solar concentrator systems

    Jared W. Schwede;Jared W. Schwede;Jared W. Schwede;Igor Bargatin;Daniel C. Riley;Daniel C. Riley;Daniel C. Riley;Brian E. Hardin;Brian E. Hardin

  • An integrated CMOS micromechanical resonator high-Q oscillator

    C.T.-C. Nguyen;R.T. Howe

  • Method of fabricating a sensor

    William A. Clark;Thor Juneau;Roger T. Howe

  • Surface micromachined accelerometers

    B.E. Boser;R.T. Howe

  • A vacuum packaged surface micromachined resonant accelerometer

    A.A. Seshia;M. Palaniapan;T.A. Roessig;R.T. Howe

  • Laterally driven resonant microstructures

    William C. Tang;Roger T. Howe

  • Polycrystalline silicon germanium films for forming micro-electromechanical systems

    Andrea Franke;Roger T Howe;Tsu-Jae King

  • Electrostatic Comb Drive Levitation And Control Method

    W.C. Tang;M.G. Lim;R.T. Howe

  • Microelectromechanical filters for signal processing

    L. Lin;C.T.-C. Nguyen;R.T. Howe;A.P. Pisano

  • An integrated force-balanced capacitive accelerometer for low-g applications

    K.H.-L Chau;S.R Lewis;Y Zhao;R.T Howe

  • Surface micromachining for microsensors and microactuators

    Roger T. Howe

  • Resonant-microbridge vapor sensor

    R.T. Howe;R.S. Muller

  • Surface Micromachined Z-Axis Vibratory Rate Gyroscope

    W.A. Clark;R. Horowitz;R.T. Howe

Frequent Co-Authors

Roya Maboudian
Roya Maboudian University of California, Berkeley
Albert P. Pisano
Albert P. Pisano University of California, San Diego
Nicholas A. Melosh
Nicholas A. Melosh Stanford University
Tsu-Jae King
Tsu-Jae King University of California, Berkeley
Richard S. Muller
Richard S. Muller University of California, Berkeley
Thomas W. Kenny
Thomas W. Kenny Stanford University
Zhi-Xun Shen
Zhi-Xun Shen Stanford University
Michael Thompson
Michael Thompson National Center for Atmospheric Research
Sarbani Basu
Sarbani Basu Yale University
Carlo Carraro
Carlo Carraro University of California, Berkeley

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