August is Dissertation Proposal Month at IMG
Submitted by IMG System Admin on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 12:00amSeveral IMG members are proposing their dissertation topics in the month of August.
News
New Graduate: Dr. Yawei Li
Submitted by IMG System Admin on Sat, 08/09/2008 - 12:00amCongratulations to Yawei Li on her graduation this Saturday with her PhD. Dr. Li's thesis is entitled "Side-implanted Piezoresistive Shear Stress Sensor for Turbulent Boundary Layer Measurement." Currently, she and her husband reside in Los Angeles, California. Congratulations! IMG is very proud.
New Graduates: Drew Wetzel and Matias Oyarzun
Submitted by IMG System Admin on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 12:00amCongratulations to Drew Wetzel and Matias Oyarzun on the completion of their Masters Degrees' in Mechanical Engineering.
New IMG Doctoral Student Awarded NSF Fellowship
Submitted by IMG System Admin on Sat, 08/02/2008 - 12:00amCongratulations to Mr. Daniel Vilceus who has been awarded a Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship by the National Science Foundation. As a winner of this prestigious award, he will receive a stipend of $30,000 per year of graduate study, plus graduate tuition and fees for up to five years of study. Mr. Vilceus completed his M.S. degree at USF and will begin graduate study at IMG in the fall under Dr. Mark Sheplak.
Alumni News: Steve Horowitz
Submitted by IMG System Admin on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 12:00amSteve Horowitz (Ph.D. 2005) has recently accepted a position as Senior Sensors Engineer at Miltec, Inc. in Huntsville, AL. He will be leaving IMG to begin work at Miltec by the end of August.
Zheng Xia's Dissertation Defense
Submitted by IMG System Admin on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 12:00amZheng Xia will be defending his dissertation, "Microfluidic Mixing and Its Use in Lab-On-Chip Devices" on Friday, July 18th at 2:00pm in 221 MAE-A. All are welcome to attend.
Sivam Masilamani's Master's Defense
Submitted by IMG System Admin on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 12:00amCongratulations to Sivam Masilamani for successfully defending his Master's thesis, "Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a Micromachined Heat Exchanger Platform for Thermoelectric Power Generation." He will graduate this summer and will be taking a job at Intel.
Lei Wu's Proposal Defense
Submitted by IMG System Admin on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 12:00amLei Wu will be defending his dissertation proposal, entitled "MEMS-based Micromirror/lens Scanners with Low Voltage, Large Scanning Range and Their Applications", in Larsen 234 at 3:00 pm Friday, June 20th. All are welcome and refreshments will be served.
IMG Faculty Promotion and Tenure News
Submitted by IMG System Admin on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 12:00amCongratulations to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professors Mark Sheplak, Lou Cattafesta, and Hugh Fan. Professors Sheplak and Cattafesta were recently promoted to the rank of Full Professor while Dr. Fan was awarded tenure. Promotion and tenure are critically important milestones in faculty careers. IMG extends its warmest congratulations to our colleagues/advisors!
Recent Dissertation Proposals Completed
Submitted by IMG System Admin on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 12:00amCongratulations are in order for both Brian Homeijer and Naigang Wang, who both recently passed their dissertation proposal defenses. Brian presented his topic, "Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a MEMS piezoresistive Microphone for use in Aeroacoustic Measurements." Naigang's topic was "Fabrication and Integration of Microscale Permanent Magnets in Magnetic MEMS."