Alberto Esteban Linares

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2023

Overview:

Alberto Esteban Linares earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2023. His research was in the Micro/Nano Scale Thermal Fluids Laboratory under the mentorship of Dr. Deyu Li. Alberto worked on developing novel microfluidic platforms for biomedical applications.

As a VINSE superuser, Alberto trained users on Mask Aligner Karl Suss MA6, used for photolithography purposes and techniques and trains users on the Trion Phantom II, used for reactive ion etching with fluorine based components He also does the mask printing for the VINSE community.

Awards:

Distinguished Service Award, 2021
Mechanical Engineering TA of the year, 2018-2019
International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition Most Innovative Poster Award, 2019