Professional Summary
Milind Pandit is an R&D Engineer at IMEC in Leuven, Belgium, working on novel
micro sensor and actuator technologies with applications in health and
wearables. He is currently developing a piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound
transducer (pMUT) platform for ultrasound-based neural stimulation. He received
his PhD in Microsystems Engineering from the University of Cambridge, and
previously worked on flexible pMUTs for cardiac monitoring at Pulsify Medical
and on high-resolution MEMS gravimeters at Silicon Microgravity.
Education
PhD in Microsystems Engineering
2015 – 2019
University of Cambridge
BASc (with Distinction) in Electrical and Computer Engineering
2011 – 2015
University of British Columbia
Interests
Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers (pMUT / cMUT)
Ultrasound Neurostimulation
MEMS Inertial Sensors
Nonlinear and Coupled Resonators
Wearable Health Monitoring
📚 My Research
I am interested in advancing novel micro sensor and actuator technologies with applications in health and wearables.
I have contributed to fundamental research on micromachined ultrasound transducers (MUTs), inertial sensors, and nonlinear resonators using capacitive and piezoelectric transduction. I am currently focusing on developing a pMUT platform for ultrasound-based neural stimulation.
My expertise spans process development, transducer design, technology transfer, and product development.
Recent Journal Articles
Coherent energy transfer in coupled nonlinear microelectromechanical resonators.
Nature Communications,
2025.
Mode-localized accelerometer in the nonlinear Duffing regime with 75 ng bias instability and 95 ng/√Hz noise floor.
Microsystems & Nanoengineering,
2022.
Experimental observation of temperature and pressure induced frequency fluctuations in silicon MEMS resonators.
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems,
2021.
Practical limits to common mode rejection in mode localized weakly coupled resonators.
IEEE Sensors Journal,
2020.
A vibrating beam MEMS accelerometer for gravity and seismic measurements.
Scientific Reports,
2020.
Recent Conference Proceedings
On chip noise cancellation for piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducers.
IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS),
2026.
Developing a phased pMUT array patch for cardiac health monitoring.
2024 IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Joint Symposium (UFFC-JS), pp. 1–4,
2024.
A 10 nano-g/√Hz resonant MEMS accelerometer employing anti-aliasing control.
IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL 2021),
2021.
Seismic recording using a mode localized MEMS accelerometer.
TRANSDUCERS 2019 – EUROSENSORS XXXIII,
2019.
An ultra-high resolution resonant MEMS accelerometer.
IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS),
2019.