▁ ▁Biography ▁Kaiser ▁received ▁a ▁Ph D ▁in ▁Sol id ▁State ▁Physics ▁from ▁Wayne ▁State ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁From ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁through ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁Ford ▁Motor ▁Co . ▁Research ▁Staff , ▁his ▁development ▁of ▁autom ot ive ▁sensor ▁and ▁embedded ▁system ▁technology ▁resulted ▁in ▁large ▁volume ▁commercial ▁sensor ▁production . ▁At ▁Ford , ▁he ▁also ▁developed ▁the ▁first ▁spect ro scop ies ▁based ▁on ▁sc anning ▁t unn eling ▁micro sc opy . ▁From ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁through ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁at ▁the ▁Jet ▁Prop ulsion ▁Labor atory , ▁Dr . ▁Kaiser ▁developed ▁and ▁demonstrated ▁the ▁first ▁electron ▁tunnel ▁sens ors ▁for ▁acceleration ▁and ▁inf ra red ▁detection ▁and ▁initi ated ▁the ▁NASA / J PL ▁micro inst rument ▁program . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁Kaiser ▁joined ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁of ▁the ▁U CLA ▁Elect rical ▁Engineering ▁Department . ▁At ▁U CLA , ▁he ▁initi ated ▁the ▁distributed ▁network ed ▁embedded ▁sensor ▁field ▁via ▁many ▁large ▁collabor ative ▁programs ▁across ▁several ▁depart ments . ▁These ▁combined ▁U CLA ▁research ▁activities ▁have ▁now ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁many ▁new ▁programs ▁within ▁D AR PA , ▁NS F , ▁NASA , ▁and ▁in ▁commercial ▁technology ▁corpor ations . ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁Elect rical ▁Engineering ▁Department ▁Chair man ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁through ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁Dr . ▁Kaiser ▁has ▁over ▁ 1 0 0