Nadim Maluf is vice president of New Focus, Inc. and a consulting professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University. Prior to joining New Focus, he was head of research and development at NovaSenor. A best-selling author in the area of MEMS technology, Dr. Maluf earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Stanford University and his M.S. in electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology. Kirt Williams is a MEMS consultant based in California's Silicon Valley. Formerly, he was a member of the technical staff at Agilent Technologies. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of numerous papers on MEM devices and fabrication processes.