Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Mazzeo was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He saw his first snowfall as a freshman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then spent two years in Santa Cruz, Bolivia as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has worked at Motorola, the MIT Media Laboratory, and Milliken Research Corporation. At MIT, his undergraduate research with Professor Akintunde Akinwande focused on the modelling of amorphous silicon thin-film transistors. He graduated from MIT with a BS in electrical engineering. After MIT, Mazzeo headed to Cambridge University in the United Kingdom on a Marshall Scholarship. Mazzeo worked with Andrew Flewitt on thin-film transistor device modeling before focusing on real-time electrical measurements of biological species in solution, the area of research for which he received his PhD. He joined the faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University in September, 2008.

ECEn 670, Fall 2009, Stochastic Processes

ECEn 370, Winter 2009, Probability Theory

ECEn 301, Fall 2008, Elements of Electrical Engineering

Dr. Mazzeo's research focuses on the electromagnetic measurement of liquids containing biological species. Current projects in the group include time-resolved dielectric spectroscopy of protein solutions, RF measurement of protein solutions in capillary tubes, and the use of liquid electrodes for microfluidic electrical measurement. Collaborative projects include protein and salt separation methods and electrical detection.

Journal Articles

4. Mazzeo, B. A. Analytic solutions for capacitance of cylinders near a dielectric interface. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Insulation, Under Review.

3. Mazzeo, B. A. Parasitic capacitance influence of potential-sensing electrodes on four-electrode liquid impedance measurements. Journal of Applied Physics 105, 094106 (2009).

2. Mazzeo, B. A. and Flewitt, A. J. Two- and four-electrode, wide-bandwidth, dielectric spectrometer for conductive liquids: Theory, limitations, and experiment. Journal of Applied Physics 102, 104106 (2007).

1. Mazzeo, B. A. and Flewitt, A. J. Observation of protein-protein interaction by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy of protein solutions for biosensor application. Applied Physics Letters 90, 123901 (2007).
-also linked in Virtual Journal of Biological Research, 1 April 2007.

Presentations

10. Kellis, N., Mazzeo, A. D., Mazzeo, B. A. Liquid "Wires" for Microfluidics. Four Corners Section Meeting of the American Physical Society, Golden, CO. 24 October 2009.

9. Poudyal, B., Mazzeo, B. A., Warnick, K. F. RF Liquid Measurement of Capillary Tubes. Four Corners Section Meeting of the American Physical Society, Golden, CO. 24 October 2009.

8. Mellor, B. and Mazzeo, B. A. A Method to Calculate Protein Dipole Moments. Four Corners Section Meeting of the American Physical Society, Golden, CO. 24 October 2009.

7. Chandra, S., Arellano, J., and Mazzeo, B. A. Broadband Liquid Dielectric Spectrometer. Four Corners Section Meeting of the American Physical Society, Golden, CO. 23 October 2009.

6. Mazzeo, B. A. and Flewitt, A. J. Time-resolved dielectric spectroscopy of protein aggregation performed on model system of hen lysozyme and beta-lactoglobulin. March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA. 20 March 2009.

5. Mazzeo, B. A. Time-Resolved Dielectric Spectroscopy of Protein Solutions. CAPE Advanced Technology Lecture. Cambridge, UK. 18 April 2008.

4. Mazzeo, B. A. and Flewitt, A. J. Electrical aspects of protein-protein interactions: Dielectric spectroscopy reveals interaction betwen beta-lactoglobulin and lysozyme (Poster). Sanger-Cambridge PhD Symposium. Hinxton, UK. 15 April 2008.

3. Mazzeo, B. A. Electrical Measurements of Proteins in Solution. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA. 10 April 2008.

2. Mazzeo, B. A. and Flewitt, A. J. Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy of Protein Solutions. Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics Biosensor Colloquium. Cambridge, UK. 20 June 2007.

1. Mazzeo, B. A. and Flewitt, A. J. Differential Dielectric Spectroscopy of Protein Solutions: Observation of Protein Interactions. March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Denver, CO. 6 March 2007.

Patents

5. Deangelis, A. R., Wilson, D. B., and Mazzeo, B. A. Flexible capacitive sensor. U.S. Patent #7,395,717; 8 July 2008.

4. Deangelis, A. R., Wilson, D. B., and Mazzeo, B. A. Printed capacitive sensor. U.S. Patent #7,368,921; 6 May 2008.

3. Deangelis, A. R., Wilson, D. B., and Mazzeo, B. A. Printed capacitive sensor. U.S. Patent #7,301,351; 27 November 2007.

2. Deangelis, A. R., Wilson, D. B., and Mazzeo, B. A. Printed capacitive sensor. U.S. Patent #7,276,917; 2 October 2007.

1. Deangelis, A. R., Wilson, D. B., and Mazzeo, B. A. Printed capacitive sensor. U.S. Patent #7,208,960; 24 April 2007.

Brett Mellor

Bashudev Poudyal

Undergraduate Students

Jesus Arellano

Satyan Chandra

Patrick Getz

Nathan Kellis