IMG Seminar Series: "An introduction to conventional machining concepts and techniques of common engineering materials" and "A MEMS mirror submerged in liquid for wide-angle scanning"

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Event date: 
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Event location: 
Larsen 234
Rob Carroll will give a talk entitled "An introduction to conventional
machining concepts and techniques of common engineering materials." It
will cover basic tools, terminology, methods, and parameters used in
conventional machining of bulk engineering materials as they relate to
available equipment in the IMG prototyping lab.
Xiaoyang Zhang will discuss "MEMS mirror submerged in liquid for wide-angle scanning." Xiaoyang will introduce a novel, submerged electrothermal MEMS scanning mirror with applications in wide angle optics. By submerging the MEMS mirror into a mineral oil whose refractive index is 1.47, a wide-angle optical scan (>120°) can be achieved at small driving voltage (<10V) due to the angular increase of the “Snell’s window” effect and the large mechanical tilt angle (±18°) of the MEMS mirror.
 
Food will be provided for $4 to those who sign up on the IMG wiki by 5 pm Friday.