All are welcome to attend Erin Patrick's defense of her dissertation, entitled "Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Microelectrodes for Brain-Machine Interfaces." Refreshments will be served.
Device and circuit characterization is one of the routine tasks that most IMG students will face. Some of the characterization procedures become very challenging because of equipment limitations. For example, the parameter being measured is out of the range of available equipments, or the equipment does not have the functionality to create conditions required by the measurement.
In this talk, three basic techniques are discussed to help solve some of the common problems. They are:
This weekend, a large IMG contingent will set off for Hilton Head 2010, A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop. Held every two years in Hilton Head, SC, the workshop is the premiere meeting of microsystems companies and researchers in the Americas. Professors Mark Sheplak and David Arnold are traveling to the conference, together with a number of students and post-docs. Among those presenting posters are:
The capacitive shear stress sensor recently developed by Vijay Chandrasekharan here at IMG, which can measure a wider range of shear stress than any sensor before it, was recently featured in a South African edition of Popular Mechanics magazine. Congratulations again to Vijay, now an IMG post-doctoral associate, whose work continues to receive international attention!
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!