Darrin J Young portrait
801-581-6512

Professional Service

  • IEEE . Role: Editor. Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 01/01/2023 - present
  • IEEE . Role: Editor. Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 01/2022 - present
  • IEEE. Role: Editor. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. Role: Editor. Editor. 01/2021 - present
  • NSF. Serving on NSF Program Review Panel. 06/2020 - 06/2020
  • IEEE Sesnors Council. Member of IEEE Sensors Conference Venue Selection Committee. 01/2018 - 05/2019
  • IEEE. Role: Editor. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. Role: Editor. Editor. 06/2017 - present
  • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. Role: Editor. Editor. 01/2016 - 12/2021
  • IEEE Sensors Conference, 2015. Special Sessions Co-Chair. 02/2015 - 10/2015
  • IEEE Sensors Council. Chair of IEEE Sensors Council Meritorious Award Committee, 2015. 01/2015 - 10/2015
  • IEEE 58th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Technical Program Committee and Track Chair for Circuits and Systems for Biomedical Applications of the IEEE 58th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2015. 01/2015 - 07/2015
  • IEEE Meritorious Award Committee . Committee Member. 01/2013 - 05/2018
  • The 8th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems . Technical Program Committee Member. 01/2013 - 01/2014
  • International Conference on BioElectronics, BioSensors, BioMedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS and Applications. Technical Program Committee Member and Session Chair . 11/2012 - 10/2013
  • The 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Transducers and Micro/Nano Technologies. Technical Session Chair. 07/2012 - 06/2013
  • ACM Journal of Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC). Guest Editor for the Special Issue on Implantable Electronics. 01/2012 - present
  • IEEE. IEEE Meritorious Award Committee Member. 01/2012 - present
  • The 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Technical Track Chair and Session Chair . 01/2012 - 12/2012
  • The 9th International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems. Technical Program Committee Member. 01/2012 - 12/2012
  • The 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Technical Track Chair. 12/2011 - 09/2012
  • The 9th International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems. Technical Program Committee Member. 09/2011 - 06/2012
  • IEEE International Conference on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems. Technical Program Committee Member and Technical Session Chair. 09/2011 - 01/2012
  • ACM Journal of Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC). Guest Editor. 01/2011 - present
  • International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems. Role: Technical Program Committee Member. Technical Program Committee. 01/2011 - 06/2011
  • 2010 IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems. Role: Technical Program Committee Member and Conference Session Chair. Technical Program Committee. 10/2010 - 01/2011
  • IEEE Electron Devices Society . Role: Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Committee Chair. Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Committee. 01/2010 - 12/2012
  • Administrative Committee of IEEE Sensors Council. Administrative Committee Member. 01/2002 - 12/2016

Honors & Awards

  • Recognition and Appreciation of Valued Services and Contributions as EDS Microelectromechanical Systems Chair. IEEE , 01/2012

Internal Service

  • Graduate Committee. 09/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Solid-State/MEMS/Circuit sub-area chair. sub-area chair, 09/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Graduate Committee. Co-Chair, 09/2020 - present. Department service.
  • ECE Department Laboratory Committee Chair. 09/2018 - 09/2019. Department service.
  • ECE Department Strategic Committee Member . 09/2018 - 09/2019. Department service.
  • ECE Department Faculty Search Committee Chair. 09/2018 - 05/2019. Department service.
  • ECE Representative on COE Curriculum Committee. ECE Representative on COE Curriculum Committee, 08/2016 - present. College service.
  • Director of Graduate Studies. Director of Graduate Studies, 08/2016 - 08/2017. Department service.
  • Associate Chair for Research and Graduate Programs in ECE Department. 03/2013 - 06/2020. Department service.
  • ECE Department Graduate Committee. 01/2012 - present. Department service.

In the Media

  • My research work in "Personal Navigation without GPS" was featured in the IEEE Spectrum Magazine, Digital Trend, and Electronics Weekly.com in February 2018. 02/2018.
  • My research work on middle ear implantable microphone for cochlear implant prosthesis was highlighted by a number of major media including Discovery News, IEEE Spectrum, EE Times, CNET, Wired Magazine, CNET, Investors Business Daily, Hearing News Watch, The Engineer - London, The Salt Lake Tribune, and FOX13 News. 05/2012.