Contact
Kenichi Takahata, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
School of Biomedical Engineering (Associate Member)
Faculty of Applied Science
University of British Columbia
2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4, Canada
Tel: +1-604-827-4241, Fax: +1-604-822-5949
E-mail: 
Office: Room 3113, Fred Kaiser Building
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA,
2005
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 2004
B.S., Physics, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 1990
Professional Experience
Professional Engineer, APEGBC, Canada, 2011-
3M Corporate Research Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, USA, 2005-2006
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), Osaka, Japan, 1997-2001
Matsushita Research Institute Tokyo Inc. (Panasonic), Kawasaki, Japan,
1990-1997
Academic Appointments
Canada Research Chair (Advanced Micro/Nanofabrication & MEMS), 2008-2018
Visiting Scientist, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 1999-2001
Researcher, International Joint Research Program for Biotechnology and
New Materials of Japan, 1997
Editorial/Committee Memberships
Associate Editor, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
Associate Editor, Frontiers (in Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems)
Associate Editor, Electronics Letters
Editorial Board, Sensors
Guest Editor, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
Guest Editor, Micromachines
International Steering Committee, Transducers
Executive Technical Program Committee, Transducers
Paper Awards Committee, Transducers
Track Chair/Co-Chair, IEEE Sensors
Technical Program Committee, IEEE Sensors
Technical Program Committee, IEEE MEMS
Organizing Committee, Biomedical Engineering Conference and Expo
Teaching
ELEC 546, EECE 573 Micro and Nano Fabrication Technologies
ELEC 302, EECE 363 Electronic Circuits for Electromechanical Design
EECE 254 Electronic Circuits I
EECE 496 Engineering Project
EECE 400 Nanotechnology and Microsystems Project
Research Interests
Micro-electro-mechanical systems
Micro/nano fabrication & packaging
Micromachined sensors and actuators
Biomedical microdevices and smart implants
Wireless sensing and control of microenvironments
Microplasma control and application
