prof.dr. P.J. French
Electronic Instrumentation (EI), Department of Microelectronics
Expertise: Biomedical devices
Themes: Health and WellbeingBiography
Paddy French received his B.Sc. in mathematics and M.Sc. in electronics from Southampton University, UK, in 1981 and 1982, respectively. In 1986 he obtained his Ph.D., also from Southampton University, which was a study of the piezoresistive effect in polysilicon. After 18 months as a post doc at Delft University, The Netherlands, he moved to Japan in 1988. For 3 years he worked on sensors for automotives at the Central Engineering Laboratories of Nissan Motor Company. He returned to Delft University in May 1991 and is now a staff member of the Laboratory for Electronic Instrumentation In 1999 he was awarded the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek chair and in June 2002 he became head of the Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory. He is Editor-in-chief of Sensors and Actuators A and General Editor of Sensors and Actuators A&B. His research interests are integrated sensor systems, micromachining, in particular for medical applications.
Courses
EE1L21 EPO-2: Smart Robot Challenge
Build, program and operate a functional autonomous mobile robot.
EE4C02 System Engineering
ET4127 Themes in Biomedical Electronics
BioMEMS, biosensors, bioelectronics, ultrasound, microfluidics, wavefield imaging in monitoring, diagnosis and treatment
ET4257 Sensors and actuators
Overview of the most important principles of sensors and actuators realized in integrated silicon technology
TM12001 Advanced Signal Acquisition
Instrumentation for technical medicine
Last updated: 11 Aug 2017

Paddy French
PhD students
Alumni
- Yu Xin (2018)
- Nishant Lawand (2015)
- Marijn van Dongen (2015)
- Agung Purniawan (2014)
- Eric ten Have (2014)
- Krishnan Seetharaman (2014)
- Angelo Gaitas (2013)
- Berenice Palacios Aguilera (2013)
- Chung-Kai Yang (2012)
- Sharma Mokkapati (2011)
- Christos Strydis (2011)
- Eduardo Margallo (2010)
- Fredrik Creemer (2002)
MSc students
- Thomas Bakker
- Eda Demirci
- Bas Bosma
Alumni
- Miguel Thomas (2019)
- Tim de Rijk (2018)
- Jiahan Lu (2018)
- Gerard Hogenhout (2018)
- Anirundh Bisht (2018)
- Gijs Wassenaar (2017)
- Daniel Kuratomi (2017)
- David Bao (2017)
- Micha Disselkoen (2017)
- Desiree Kartika de Vreede (2016)
- Geronimo Dos Santos Otero (2016)
- A. Selvan (2014)
- Ludovic Rousselot (2014)
- Stephen Van 't Hof (2014)
- Sophinese Iskander (2013)
- Joost van Driel (2013)
- Juan Gomez Fino (2012)
- Femke Gelderblom (2012)
- Bou Sing Hau (2011)
- Alejandra Jiminez (2011)
- Kar Fee Tang (2011)
- M. Geljon (2010)
- A.D.H. Tierolf (2009)
- P.J. Ngana (2009)
MSc project proposals
- Real-time embedded hardware & software to read-out incubator’s sensors
- Ammonia & humidity sensors
- Reducing environmental stress for the premature babies using smart foil
- Camera & voice-based feeding time, sleep and wake up state detection of a neonatal
- Camera-based heart and respiratory rate measurement in a dynamic light environment
- Smart Sensor Shorts for Soccer and Hockey
- Unobtrusive monitoring of internal bleeding
- Predicting possible infections of a patient with mobile thermal imaging technology
- Detecting pain and stress including sleep and wake up state of a neonatal with EEG signals
- Surgical contraceptive clip
- Active Acoustic Channel for Dynamic Hearing Protection