Stephen O'Driscoll

 Stephen O'Driscoll

Stephen O'Driscoll

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Biography

University of California Davis - Electrical & Comp. Engineering


Resume

  • 11759001

    Product Management Program

    UC Berkeley Executive Education

  • 2005

    PhD

    Electrical Engineering

    Stanford University

  • 2003

    MS

    Electrical Engineering

    Stanford University

  • 1997

    BE

    Electrical Engineering

  • Google Joining With Pharma Company to Build its Smart Contact Lens

    Pharmaceutical company Novartis announced that its eye care division

    Alcon

    will license Google's smart contact lens technology

    creating a tool to monitor diabetics' blood sugar levels through tear samples. Alcon will collaborate with Google[x]

    Google's secretive lab for major technological advances which also designed Google Glass.

    Pharmaceutical company Novartis announced Tuesday that its eye care division

    Alcon

    will license Google's smart contact lens technology

    creating a tool to monitor diabetics' blood sugar levels through tear samples. Alcon will collaborate with Google[x]

    Google's secretive lab for major technological advances which also designed Google Glass.

    Google and GSK form venture to develop bioelectronic medicines

    GlaxoSmithKline has teamed up with Google's parent company Alphabet to develop miniature electronic implants for the treatment of asthma

    diabetes and other chronic conditions. GSK

    Britain's biggest drug company

    said it would form a joint venture with Verily Life Sciences

    a division of Alphabet

    to work on research into bioelectronic medicines.

    Google and GSK form venture to develop bioelectronic medicines

    Integrated Circuit Design

    Analog Circuit Design

    Low-power Design

    Sensors

    IC

    Analog

    Simulations

    Signal Processing

    R&D

    O'Driscoll

    Stephen

    O'Driscoll

    Stanford University

    Verily (aka Google Life Sciences)

    Cypress Semiconductor

    UC Davis

    IEEE

    Farran Technology

    Mountain View

    CA

    - Glucose Sensing Contact Lens (primarily 2012-mid 2014)\n -- NY Times Coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/business/international/novartis-joins-with-google-to-develop-contact-lens-to-monitor-blood-sugar.html?_r=0 \n -- RF Lead: Antennas

    RF IC and Analog IC Design\n -- Team Lead for Reader sub-project - leading interdisciplinary team: UX

    Industrial Design

    Materials

    PCB design

    Firmware

    Wireless\n\n- New Device Initiation (primarily early 2014 to now)\n -- Identify device product opportunities which can radically improve health outcomes\n -- Explore technology edge and market opportunities\n -- Lead multi-disciplinary teams (IC

    PCB

    firmware

    antenna

    microfabrication

    sensors

    chemistry

    user-experience and industrial design) to develop prototype devices and conduct early trials using those devices\n -- Initiate and develop partnerships with key stakeholders in the field\n -- One of those projects is now public: Peripheral Nervous Stimulation (PNS) \n --- Initiated PNS project & built initial team\n --- Led R&D to devise solutions to key technological barriers\n --- Project has become a GlaxoSmithKline and Alphabet joint venture named Galvani \n --- UK Guardian Story: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/aug/01/google-gsk-bioelectronic-medicines-verily-life-sciences-alphabet \n\n- Lead RF Team completing RF design and realization for all Verily projects \n\nThis work started as part of Google[x]

    and has since spun out as Google Life Sciences which is now renamed as Verily

    an Alphabet company

    Engineering Manager

    Verily (aka Google Life Sciences)

    Sample Papers: \n- \"A mm-Sized Implantable Power Receiver with Adaptive Link Compensation\"

    S. O'Driscoll

    A. S. Y. Poon

    T. H. Meng

    IEEE ISSCC 2009\n- \"Neurons to Silicon: Implantable Prosthesis Processor\"

    S. O'Driscoll

    T. H. Meng

    K. V. Shenoy

    and C. Kemere

    IEEE ISSCC 2006.\n- \"Adaptive Resolution ADC Array for Neural Implant\"

    S. O'Driscoll

    T. H. Meng

    IEEE EMBC 2009\n- \"Optimal Operating Frequency in Wireless Power Transmission for Implantable Devices\"

    A. Poon

    S. O'Driscoll

    T. H. Meng

    IEEE EMBC 2007

    Stanford University

    Student Microwave Design Engineer

    Summer experience while studying for bachelor's degree.

    Farran Technology

    Assistant Professor

    Full-Time Aug 2009 to Mar 2012\nOn-leave

    financing and advising remaining graduate students Apr 2012 to Jun 2016 when final student graudated\n\nResearching analog integrated circuits with particular emphasis on low power techniques and biomedical interfaces.\n\nSample papers:\n- \"Fundamental sensing limit of electrochemical glucose sensors\"

    K. Louchis

    S. O'Driscoll

    IEEE EMBC 2011\n- \"Implant positioning system using mutual inductance\"

    Y. Zou

    S. O'Driscoll

    IEEE EMBC 2012\n- \"Match Enhancement in SAR ADCs by Algorithmic Unit Capacitor Assignment\"

    N. Martin

    S. O'Driscoll IEEE ISCAS 2014\n- \"Adaptive signal acquisition and wireless power transfer for an implantable prosthesis processor\"

    \nS. O'Driscoll

    T.H. Meng

    IEEE ISCAS 2010\n- \"Optimal Frequency for Wireless Power Transmission Into Dispersive Tissue\"

    A. Poon

    S. O'Driscoll

    T.H. Meng

    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 2010

    UC Davis

    Analog IC Design Engineer

    Cypress Semiconductor

    IEEE

    Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

    Associate Editor

EECA 110

3.5(2)

EECB 110

4.5(1)