Rashid Bashir is Bliss Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Bioengineering, and Director, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, http://www.micro.illinois.edu/ at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Previously he was Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. Before coming to Purdue, he spent 6 years at National Semiconductor in the Process Technology Development Group as Sr. Engineering Manager. He has authored or coauthored over 100 journal and conference papers and has over 25 patents. His research interests include biomedical microelectromechanical systems, applications of semiconductor fabrication to biomedical engineering, advanced semiconductor fabrication techniques, and nano-biotechnology. In 2000, he received the NSF Career Award for his work in Biosensors and BioMEMS. He also received the Joel and Spira Outstanding Teaching award from School of ECE at Purdue University. He was also selected by National Academy of Engineering to attend the Frontiers in Engineering Workshop in Fall 2003.