Mark Allen, the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor in the department of electrical and systems engineering and scientific director of the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology, received  the IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies in June “for contributions to research and development, clinical translation and commercialization of biomedical microsystems.”

Dr. Allen is a pioneer in the field of micro-electromechanical systems, or MEMS, and nanofabrication technology. His research allows the creation of structures, sensors and actuators that exploit the unique potential of the small scale. He received his PhD in microelectronics from MIT and his BSE (chemical engineering and electrical engineering) and BA (chemistry) from Penn.