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Research Statement

Kovacs' research areas include instruments for biomedical and biological applications including space flight, solid-state sensors and actuators, cell-based sensors for toxin detection and pharmaceutical screening, microfluidics, electronic interfaces to tissue, and biotechnology, all with an emphasis on solving practical problems. He teaches a hands-on undergraduate course in analog circuit design and a graduate course in micromachined transducers. He is currently in charge of developing the Bioengineering graduate core curriculum sequence. Kovacs has extensive industry experience, including the co-founding of several companies. He has a long history of government service for DARPA, NASA and other agencies. In 2003 he was the Investigation Scientist for the debris team investigating the loss of the space shuttle Columbia.

Degree	Discipline	Year	School
PhD		1990	Stanford

Course Number	Course Title	Link
EE122	Analog Circuit Design Laboratory
EE312	Micromachined Sensors and Actuators
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Academic Honors & Awards

NASA Group Achievement Award, Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Thomas V. Jones Faculty Development Scholar
Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Fellow National of the Explorer's Club
formerly Terman and University Fellow
NSF NYI Award