Tomás Palacios Named New Director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL)

Meghan Melvin | Microsystems Technology Laboratories
Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
December 14, 2022

The Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) will now be helmed by a new director. Maria Zuber, Vice President of Research and E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the School of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, recently announced that Tomás Palacios assumed the role of Director of MTL on December 1, 2022. Palacios has served as Director of the 6-A MEng Thesis Program; Industry Officer; and Professor of Electrical Engineering within the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). He succeeds Advanced Television and Signal Processing (ATSP) Professor Hae-Seung (Harry) Lee, who has been the Director of MTL since 2019.

“MTL is a very unique place,” said Prof. Palacios in his email to the lab’s community. “The research being done here is second to none, and MTL’s commitment to developing innovative technologies at all levels of the stack, from materials to devices, circuits and systems is an example to all. We just need to browse the internet, make a phone call, or recharge our electric vehicle to see how technologies that came out of MTL have found their place in applications all around us.”

Complete article from MIT News.