Co-Chair: Dr. Alex Gu

Dr. Alex Gu

  • Dean of The School of Microelectronics Industry
  • Chairman of MEMS World Summit Advisory Board
  • Biography

Dr. Alex Gu is Dean of the School of Microelectronics Industry,also the founding Dean of the School of Microelectronics at Shanghai University, with concurrent appointment as the CTO of Shanghai Industrial uTechnology Research Institute (SITRI). Dr. Gu’s research interest lies in piezoelectric MEMS sensors and MEMS/ASIC monolithic integration.

Before SITRI, Dr. Gu was the Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Microelectronics (IME), Singapore, overseeing all of the Institute’s strategic R&D programs, including Advanced Optics, Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, and Miniaturized Medical Devices.

Dr. Gu is the author/co author of 50 peer reviewed journal papers; 90 top conference proceedings; and 20 granted patents. Dr. Gu is the recipient of the 2014 Presstigious Engineering Achievement Award by Institution of Engineers Singapore; and the 2016 TALENT award by A-Star. Dr. Gu received his M.E.E (2001) in Electrical Engineering and PhD in Pharmaceutics (2003), both from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

  • Presentation

MWS China 2022 – Opening Address

Shanghai School of Microelectronics logo
  • Company Profile

Dean of The School of Microelectronics Industry

Shanghai University shoulders the major task assigned by the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. According to the “one-body, two-wings” approach of Shanghai integrated circuit industry, Shanghai University joins hands with Shanghai Branches of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiading District and Shanghai Industrial of micro-Technology Research Institute to establish the School of Microelectronics (SME) in November 2019. Focusing on the “More than Moore” technology development, SME aims to become an international and industrializing first-class microelectronics school through the interdisciplinary integration of scientific research, education, and industrial practice.

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