• Design, optimize, fabricate and calibrate a floating element piezoresistive shear stress sensor capable of measuring stresses up to 500 Pa with a resolution of <0.1% and dynamic range of 5k-300kHz.

Li, Y., Chandrasekharan, V., Bertolucci, B., Nishida, T., Cattafesta, L., and Sheplak, M., "A MEMS Shear Stress Sensor for Turbulence Measurements," AIAA-2008-269, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 2008.

Li, Y., Nishida, T., Arnold, D.P., and Sheplak, M., "Microfabrication of a wall shear stress sensor using side-implanted piezoresistive tethers," Proceeding of SPIE 14th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Paper No.6529-13, San Diego, CA, May 2007.

Li, Y., Papila, M., Nishida, T., Cattafesta, L., and Sheplak, M., "Modeling and optimization of a side-implanted piezoresistive shear stress sensor," Paper No. 6174-7, Proceeding of SPIE 13th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, February 2006.