Prof. Bright's research activities include nano- and micro-electro-mechanical systems (N/MEMS), silicon micromachining, microsensors/microactuators, optical, magnetic and RF microsystems, atomic-layer deposited materials, N/MEMS reliability, and N/MEMS packaging. Dr. Bright was the General Co-Chair of the IEEE MEMS 2005 International Conference, Miami, FL. He also served on the Technical Program Committees for the Transducers’03, Transducers’07, Transducers’13, IEEE/LEOS Optical MEMS 2003-2005, and Hilton Head 2008 Solid-State Sensors and Actuators Workshop. He has taught a Short Course on MEMS Packaging at Transducers’03 and Transducers’05. Prof. Bright was the General Technical Chair for the Transducers 2015 International Conference, Anchorage, AK, and he is an elected member of the International Steering Committee for the IEEE Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers) Biannual Conference. From 2005-2018 he was an Editor for the Micromechanics Section of the Journal of Sensors and Actuators A-Physical, Elsevier. Prof. Bright is a Fellow of ASME and a Fellow of IEEE. He is the recipient of the 2010-2011 Boulder Faculty Assembly Award for Excellence in Service and of the 2007-2008 Boulder Faculty Assembly Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work, University of Colorado, Boulder. Prof. Bright has over 300 publications in the field of sensors, microactuators and microsystems and has advised over 50 PhD and MS graduate students during his career.