
Meet the Instructor: Aleksander Franz



Instructor Background
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Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan
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M.S. and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from MIT
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B.S. in Environmental Engineering from MIT
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Expert in MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), a field that integrates aspects of electrical, mechanical, chemical, and biochemical engineering, computer science, and materials science to build microdevices



Career Highlights
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Instructor at the MIT Practice School internship program
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Post Doc and Research Scientist at MIT
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Co-founder, VP of Chip Development, and Board Member of a venture backed start-up out of MIT that raised $150 M (Lilliputian Systems)
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Principal Engineer and Manager at Pixtronix/Qualcomm in collaboration with Sharp
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Recipient of 12 patents and multiple competitive research grants


