Miguel Palaviccini took some time off from flow control research this weekend to join his UF Club Ultimate (Frisbee) teammates at the USA Ultimate College Championship in Madison, WI. As a starter, he helped his team to a national championship by beating defending national champ Carleton College, 15-12. Congratulations, Miguel!
Alex Phipps will defend his dissertation, entitled "Modeling and Characterization of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems with the Pulse Resonant Converter." All are welcome to attend.
Within IMG, MATLAB codes are used extensively to predict device performance, usually via lumped element models (LEMs). As these models increase in complexity, it becomes harder to keep track of the many workspace variables, function input/output syntax, data formats, etc. It can also be extremely difficult to save simulation results or post-process in organized ways.
Dr. Sheplak and Dr. Nishida will be giving a talk on the state of IMG in Larsen 234. All IMG members are encouraged to participate.
Sagnik Pal will be presenting his dissertation proposal entitled "Modeling and Reliability of Electrothermal Micromirrors" on Tuesday, February 23rd at 11:30 am in NEB 589. Refreshments will be served starting at 11:00am.
NASA has posted an article, entitled "The Sheer Delight of Tackling Shear Stress" in recognition of Vijay Chandrasekharan's ongoing work on shear stress sensor design. The article highlights the impressive performance of Vijay's sensor and its potential commercial viability. Congratulations, Vijay!
Israel Boniche will be defending his dissertation, entitled "Silicon Micromachined Thermoelectric Generators for Power Generation Using Hot Gas Streams" on Monday, February 22, from 9am-noon in NRF 115.
Alex Phipps will present his paper entitled "Development of MEMS-based Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesters" at the International Modal Analysis Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics XXVIII (sponsored by the Society of Experimental Mechanics) in Jacksonville, Florida at 9:30am on Tuesday this week.