Xin Zhang is Associate Professor of the Department of Manufacturing Engineering at Boston University (BU), where she has a joint appointment in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. She received her Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, in 1998. From 1998 to 2001, she was a postdoctoral researcher and then a research scientist with MIT, where she worked on the ARO/DARPA/NASA sponsored MicroEngine project, a $40 million dollar, 50+ person effort to develop a nickel-sized gas turbine engine to power laptops, cell-phones, and other portable electronic devices. Since joining the BU faculty in 2002, she has been leading the Laboratory for Microsystems Technology (LMST). Dr. Zhang is the author or co-author of more than 50 journal publications and 100 conference presentations. She has served in the Technical Program Committee (TPC) for both IEEE International Conference on MEMS (MEMS 'XX) and IEEE Solid State Sensors and Actuators Workshop (Hilton Head 'XX); she also serves as Vice Chair of ASME MED (Manufacturing Engineering Division) Technical Committee "Meso/Micro/Nano Manufacturing". Dr. Zhang is the recipient of Boston University SPRInG Award (2002), National Science Foundation Faculty CAREER Award (2003), and Boston University Technology Development Award (2004). She is an invitee/speaker of many inportant workshops organized by government agencies including recent NSF Biosensing & Bioactuation Workshop (2007), DARPA Materials & Microsystems Workshop (2008), NSF Bio-Nano Integrated Manufacturing Workshop (2008), and US-Korea Nanotechnology Workshop (2008), etc. In 2007, Dr. Zhang became an Invitee of National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and participated in NAE's U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in September 2007. Recently, Dr. Zhang received two prestigious gift funds from Sanyo and Schlumberger, respectively, for her excellence and leadership in MEMS/NEMS research.

Laboratory for Microsystems Technology (LMST), directed by Dr. Zhang, was founded in January 2002 as a college-wide, student-centered, interdisciplinary research and education program in the field of nano and microsystems for biomedical, energy and defense applications. The LMST Group performs research on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and NEMS. Specifically, the group is interested in applying materials science, micro/nanomechanics, and micro/nanomanufacturing technologies to solve various engineering problems that are motivated by practical applications in MEMS/NEMS and emerging nanobiotechnologies.

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