New RF MEMS metal-contact switches developed at the University of California, San Diego could make their way into MRIs and other medical equipment, satellites, and electronic instrumentation such as spectrum analyzers and signal sources. For his work on RF MEMS metal-contact switches, electrical engineering Ph.D. student Chirag Patel from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering won the top prize at Research Expo 2011.

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