Sam Zhang is an Analog Devices Fellow and Director of MEMS System, Module and Application Engineering. He has been a principal designer and innovator of ADI's high-performance inertial MEMS products, including the company’s first three-axis accelerometer and first MEMS microphone. To date, Sam has been awarded over 35 U.S. patents and over 40 international patents. His latest ground-breaking contributions have been in the areas of ultralow noise accelerometers and ultrahigh stability gyroscopes, reshaping the way condition-based monitoring and inertial navigation are being addressed today. His efforts are modernizing the inertial sensing industry from single-point monitoring to diagnostic networks and are being applied across such areas as general machinery, healthcare, and autonomous vehicles. Sam holds a BS and a BA degree from Tsinghua University and a MS degree from the George Washington University, in the fields of electrical and mechanical engineering.