Dr. Peter G. Hartwell is currently a Principle Scientist at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, California.  As a member of the Quantum Science Research team, his work focuses on design, fabrication and testing of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).  He has extensive experience in commercializing silicon MEMS products working on advanced sensors and actuators.  He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1992 with a B.S.E in Materials Science and Engineering.  He then joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California working in electronic packaging. He left JPL in 1993 to attend Cornell University. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1999 after doing extensive research on MEMS testing.  He did brief post doctoral work at HP Labs before joining the staff in 2000. His work at HP has been documented in numerous publications and patents.

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