Stephen Beeby obtained his Ph. D. in micromechanical resonators from the University of Southampton, U. K., in 1998. He was awarded a prestigious EPSRC advanced research fellowship in 2001 and is currently a reader in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. His research interests include energy harvesting, MEMS, active printed materials development, and biometrics. He is the coordinator of an EU Framework Integrated Project “MICROFLEX” and is the principal or coinvestigator on a further 6 projects. Beeby is a cofounder of Perpetuum Ltd. He has coauthored one other book, MEMS Mechanical Sensors, and published over 150 publications in the field and 7 patents.
Neil White holds a personal chair in intelligent sensor systems in the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, U. K. He obtained his Ph. D. from the University of Southampton in 1988. He is the author/coauthor of over 200 peer-reviewed papers and holds 10 patents in the areas of advanced sensor technologies, instrumentation, and energy harvesting systems. He is a cofounder and former director of Perpetuum Ltd., a university spin-out company specializing in vibration energy harvesting.
Darren M. Bagnall obtained his Ph. D. in solar energy from the University of Salford in 1995. After postdoctoral work at the University of Strathclyde and Tohoku University, he joined the School of Electronics and Computer Science at Southampton University in 1999, where he now leads research into the application of nanotechnologies into photovoltaic devices. He has contributed to over 60 journal papers in optoelectronic, semiconductor, and photovoltaic technologies and 3 patents.
Stuart A. Boden received his M. Eng. degree in materials science from the University of Oxford in 2004. He obtained his Ph. D. in electronic engineering at the University of Southampton in 2009 for which he researched antireflective schemes for silicon photovoltaics. He is currently a research fellow in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, working on applications of helium ion microscopy and focused ion beam nanoengineering.
James W. Evans is the P. Malozemoff professor emeritus and professor of metallurgy emeritus in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught and conducted research since 1972. Professor Evans’ research interests include fluid flow, reaction kinetics, mass transport, and the electrochemical and electromagnetic phenomena governing processes for producing materials and storing/distributing energy. His current projects include wireless monitoring of the electrolytic cells used for producing aluminium, printing of batteries and capacitors for storing energy at scales ranging from wireless devices to wind farms, and the deterioration of cables used in electric power distribution.
Neil Grabham is a senior research fellow in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. His research interests include applications of energy harvesting, low-power sensor design and integration, thick film materials, and wireless sensor networks. He has recently worked on both research and commercial projects in the area of wireless networks powered by energy harvesting. He holds a Ph. D. and an M. Eng. from the University of Southampton and is a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Institute of Physics.
Nick R. Harris is a senior lecturer in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton with research interests in energy harvesting, wireless sensor networks, and sensors. He obtained his Ph. D. in 1997 from the University of Southampton and has over 100 publications in these and other fields, and several granted patents. He is a cofounder of the university spin-out company, Perpetuum Ltd. He is a member of the IET and a chartered engineer.
Christine C. Ho received her Ph. D. in materials science and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include printable technology, energy storage devices, and the design of micropower systems for autonomous wireless sensors.
Geoff V. Merrett received a first class honors degree in electronic engineering (2004) and a Ph. D. in energy-aware wireless sensor networks (2009) from the University of Southampton, where he is currently a lecturer in the School of Electronics and Computer Science. He has research interests in energy-aware wireless sensing and sensor networks, energy harvesting, and pervasive healthcare. He is a member of the IET and IEEE, and has authored journal and conference publications in his research areas.
Gao Min was awarded his Ph. D. in thermoelectrics from Cardiff University in 1996 and is a lecturer in electrical and electronic engineering at Cardiff University, where he leads research activities at the Cardiff Thermoelectric Laboratory. He has extensive experience in thermoelectric materials, devices, and characterisation techniques.
Paul D. Mitcheson received his M. Eng. and Ph. D. degrees from Imperial College, London, in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Since 2006 he has been a lecturer in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at Imperial. His research interests
are in the areas of energy harvesting and power electronics for energy harvesting devices.
Tzern T. Toh received his M. Eng. degree in electrical and electronic engineering (2006) and is currently pursuing his Ph. D., both at Imperial College, London. His doctoral work focuses on energy harvesting from rotational motion and the associated power management electronics.
Alex S. Weddell was awarded his M. Eng. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Southampton in 2005, where as part of his Ph. D. research he has developed a platform that uses a mix of energy sources to power an energy-aware wireless sensor node. He has experience with a range of energy harvesting devices and platforms, and is currently a research fellow working on a government-funded energy harvesting project.
Paul K. Wright is the A. Martin Berlin professor of mechanical engineering and the director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) at UC Berkeley. He also serves as the codirector for the Berkeley Manufacturing Institute (BMI) and the Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC). Professor Wright’s research interests include energy scavenging and storage, smart materials, the design and manufacturing for microintegration of intelligent objects, and the design of wireless sensor systems.
