SmallTech Team Profile

Neha Choksi, MSEE

Ms. Choksi earned an MS in Electrical Engineering with a MEMS specialization from Stanford University and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University. Ms. Choksi teaches a course on Nanofabrication* at Foothill College. She has worked for startups and premier firms as an Engineering Manager and a Director of Business Development, and as a Strategic Management Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. Neha is active in multiple IEEE chapters including serving as treasurer of Women in Engineering and a committee member of the San Francisco Bay Area Nanotechnology Council. She has published technically, and enjoys working to balance market/business and technical perspectives.

*Introduction to Nanotechnology
(available online in Spring 2006; email for details)

Specialties:

MEMS fabrication
Process design and simulation
Vendor sourcing and qualification
Prototyping
Project management

Specific areas:

Sensors
Piezoresistive devices
Next generation lithography techniques

Education:

MS, EE: Stanford University
BE, EECS: Vanderbilt University
BS, Mathematics: Vanderbilt University