ABOUT ME
Zhixin Alice Ye
King Research Group @ Habitat for Humanity
I am a Ph.D Student in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department at UC Berkeley. My research interests are in making low-power electronics. Specifically, I am working on designing and testing energy efficient micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) switches as part of the Energy Efficient Electronics (E3S) NSF Center. I am advised by Prof. Tsu-Jae King Liu, and I also collaborate with Prof. Vladimir Stojanovic. My research is supported in part by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
I was the co-president of Women in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, a student organization focused on the support of graduate women in EECS. I also was the Student Committee Chair for the EECS Faculty Search Committee.
I graduated in 2015 from the University of Toronto, where I studied Engineering Science. During my undergrad studies, I worked with Prof. Sorin Voinigescu to investigate the design of tunneling field effect transistors (TFETs). I also worked with Prof. Jason Zhang at the University of Ottawa on a method to purify water using a special light-activated coating.
Contact
Email: alice dot ye at berkeley dot edu
Office: 373 Cory Hall, Berkeley, CA
RESEARCH
My research focuses broadly on improving computer performance from a transistor-level perspective. For the Internet-of-Things, micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) relays are a promising option due to their zero OFF-state leakage current.
Our research in MEM relays has been featured in IEEE Spectrum and Nature Electronics, amongst others.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Body-Biased Multi-Input Microelectromechanical Relays
Zhixin Alice Ye, Sergio Almeida, Urmita Sikder, Xiaoer Hu, Jaeseok Jeon, and Tsu-Jae King Liu. In Preparation. - Ultra-Low-Voltage Operation of MEM Relays for Cryogenic Logic Applications
Xiaoer Hu, Sergio Almeida, Zhixin Alice Ye, and Tsu-Jae King Liu. IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Dec 2019. Featured in IEEE Spectrum. - Reducing Adhesion Energy of Nanoelectromechanical Relay Contacts by Self-Assembled Perfluoro (2,3-Dimethylbutan-2-ol) Coating
Sara Fathipour, Sergio Almeida, Zhixin Alice Ye, Bivas Saha, Farnaz Niroui, and Tsu-Jae King Liu. AIP Advances, 2019. - Demonstration of 50-mV Digital Integrated Circuits with Microelectromechanical Relays
Zhixin Alice Ye, Sergio Almeida, Miles Rusch, Angelica Perlas, Wenyi Zhang, Urmita Sikder, Jaeseok Jeon, Vladimir Stojanovic, and Tsu-Jae King Liu. IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Dec 2018. - Negative Stiffness Structures for Energy Efficient MEM Switches
Zhixin Alice Ye, Hei Kam, and Tsu-Jae King Liu. Energy Efficient Electronics Symposium, Nov 2017. - Sub-100 mV Computing with Nano-electromechanical Relays
Chuang Qian, Alexis Peschot, Benjamin Osoba, Zhixin Alice Ye, and Tsu-Jae King Liu. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, March 2017. - Rotating Corrugated Photoreactor Design: Experimental and Computational Analysis of TiO2-based Photocatalysis
Adam Donaldson, Alice Ye, Joanne Gamage McEvoy, and Jason Zhang. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, May 2012.
TEACHING AND MENTORING
To be updated soon!
EXTRACURRICULARS
I like traveling and also drawing/painting/ceramics! Here are some travel pictures and some of my creations.
