• Design of piezoelectric cantilever beams to be used as transducers for vibration energy harvesting
• Characterization of meso- and MEMs-scale devices

• Increased system life
• Autonomous system operation

• Produce enough electric energy to power a hydrogen sensor and wireless transmitter

Jun, J., Chou, B., Lin, J., Phipps, A., Shengwen, X., Ngo, K., Johnson, D., Kasyap V.S., A., Nishida, T., Wang, H.T., Kang, B.S., Ren, F., Tien, L.C., Sadik, P.W., Norton, D.P., Voss, L.F., and Pearton, S.J., "A hydrogen leakage detection system using self-powered wireless hydrogen sensor nodes," Solid-State Electronics, Vol. 51, pp. 1018-1022, July 2007. (Abstract)

Nishida, T., Lin, J., Ngo, K., Ren, F., Norton, D.P., Pearton, S.J., Cattafesta, L., Sheplak, M., Jun, J., Kasyap V.S., A., Johnson, D., and Phipps, A., "Wireless Hydrogen Sensor Self-powered Using Ambient Vibration and Light," Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5-10, 2006, Paper IMECE2006-14644, November 2006.

Jun, J., Chou, B., Lin, J., Phipps, A., Shengwen, X., Ngo, K., Johnson, D., Kasyap V.S., A., Nishida, T., Wang, H.T., Kang, B.S., Ren, F., Tien, L.C., Sadik, P.W., Norton, D.P., Voss, L.F., and Pearton, S.J., "Low-Power Detection of Hydrogen Leakage Using a Self-Powered Wireless Hydrogen Sensor Node," 2006 Spring Meeting of American Inst. Chem. Engineers, Orlando, FL, April 23-27, 2006, , April 2006.