TUCSON, AZ (March 19, 2024) – Chirag Lilabhai Patel died Tuesday morning in a motorcycle crash on Aviation Parkway and 22nd Street. The incident occurred just before 8:00 a.m., on March 5th.

For his work on RF MEMS metal-contact switches, electrical engineering Ph.D. student Chirag Patel won the top prize at Research Expo 2011 at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.