a ziaei

A. Ziaei (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Paris XI, Orsay, in 1997, the M.S. degree in electronic and microwave engineering from the University of Paris VI, Jussieu, in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree in microwaves from the Department of Electronic Engineering, Institut d’Electronique et de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (CNRS-IEMN), in 2005. In 2000, he joined Thales Research and Technology, France, as a Research Engineer. He was involved or in charge of many French or European projects, such as ARHMS, SATURNE, NANOPACK, NANOTEG, NANOTHERM, NANOCOM, NANOTEC, SMARTPOWER, SMARTEC, SMARTHERM, NANOSMART (project coordinator), and NANOPOLY (project coordinator). His research interests include the development, design, fabrication, and characterization of RF MEMS components, such as mechanical switches and transmission lines.