Dr Olav Solgaard,
Stanford University

Olav Solgaard received the BS degree in Electrical engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology and the MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University , California .  He was a post doctoral researcher at the University of California at Berkeley , before joining the University of California at Davis as an Assistant Professor in 1995.  In 1999 he joined Stanford University where he is now an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering.

His research interests are optical devices and systems for communication and measurements with an emphasis on semiconductor fabrication and MEMS technology.  He has authored more than 150 technical publications, and holds 18 patents.  He is a co-founder Silicon Light Machines, Sunnyvale , CA , and an active consultant in the MEMS industry.