Spyridon Pavlidis

Graduate Research Assistant

Contact Information

Mailing address:
Technology Square Research Building
85 Fifth Street NW, Suite 547
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone No.: (404) 385-6408
Email: spavlidis@gatech.edu

Background

Spyros received his M.Eng degree (First Class with Honors) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London in June 2010. Upon graduation, he was awarded the Nick Battersby Prize for "Excellence in Analog Electronics."  His M.Eng thesis, sponsored by the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), was on the topic of "Wireless Laser Energy Storage and Information Transfer for Autonomous Sensor Nodes in Aircraft."

Spyros has been a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology since August 2010 and is currently working towards a Ph.D degree. As of January 2011, he is jointly advised by Prof. John Papapolymerou (MiRCTECH) and Prof. Oliver Brand (Silicon Microsystems, SiMS).

Research Interests

• MEMS-based sensors for Biochemical and Smart Grid applications
• Energy Harvesting

Work Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant (01/2011 - Present) - Georgia Institute of Technology
  • GE Smart Grid Challenge, Biochemical Sensors
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (08/2010 - 12/2010) - Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Microelectronic Circuits (ECE3040)
• Research Intern (07/2009 - 09/2009) - EADS N.V., Innovation Works
• Undergraduate Research Assistant (06/2008 - 08/2008) - Georgia Institute of Technology/Imperial College London
  • Supported by EU-US program on "Electronic Devices and MEMS for Biological/Biomedical Applications" (FIPSE: USP116J040049)
  • Worked under Prof. Papapolymerou (MiRCTECH) and Prof. Tentzeris (ATHENA) to design and fabricate a bow-tie antenna on Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) and paper via inkjet printing.

Publications

1. L.A. Beardslee, S. Truax, J.H. Lee, S. Pavlidis, P. Hesketh, K.M. Hansen, R. Kramer, O. Brand. "Selectivity Enhancement Strategy for Cantilever-Based Gas-Phase VOC Sensors Through Use of Peptide-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes" To be presented at and published in the proceedings of the 24th IEEE Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems. (Jan 2011)

Last modified February 9, 2012.