The article profiles Dr. Mehran Mehregany, director at Case School of Engineering San Diego and Goodrich Professor of Engineering Innovation at Case Western Reserve University. It states that he started working on silicon carbide (SiC) while working as faculty member at Case Western in 1990. It notes that he created a short course on micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) in 1991. It mentions that he founded NineSigma in 2000.