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IMG Members' NEMS Research Featured as Cover of Applied Physics Letters 1st Issue in 2022

Submitted by Wen Sui on Tue, 01/04/2022 - 10:53am

The cover of Applied Physics Letters' first issue of 2022 features the work of IMG members Dr. Jaesung Lee and Prof. Philip Feng and their collaborator. In the article, “Design of strongly nonlinear graphene nanoelectromechanical systems in quantum regime,” the authors show that atomically thin nonlinear nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) can offer sufficient anharmonicity for quantum NEMS to behave like artificial atoms, thus feasible to enable qubit devices with much smaller footprints than today’s qubit hardware.

IMG Journal Article Selected as Cover for Advanced Engineering Materials December Issue

Submitted by Troy Tharpe on Tue, 12/21/2021 - 1:07pm

The recent article titled, "Resolving Mechanical Properties and Morphology Evolution of Free-Standing Ferroelectric Hf_0.5Zr_0.5O₂" targets the accurate extraction of Young's modulus, built-in stress, and crystal morphology change upon release of hafnia-zirconia thin films. Hafnia-zirconia is uniquely positioned to revolutionize nanoscale transducers, allowing for nanomechanical sensors and actuators to be monolithically integrated within CMOS.

Proposal Defense - Sushant Rassay

Submitted by Suhas Tamvada on Mon, 12/13/2021 - 10:47am

Event date:

Mon, 12/13/2021 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Sushant Rassay will defend his PhD proposal titled "SCANDIUM-ALUMINUM-NITRIDE NANO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS FOR INTEGRATED FERROELECTRIC DEVICES" on Tuesday, December 13^th at 11:00 AM over Zoom.

Zoom link : https://ufl.zoom.us/j/7998939546

IMG Members Receive the Best Research & Best Presentation Awards at the 67th American Vacuum Society (AVS) International Symposium

Submitted by Wen Sui on Thu, 12/09/2021 - 2:13pm

Congratulations to IMG graduate students Tahmid Kaisar and Enamul Yousuf on being selected to receive the Best Research Work Award and the Best Student Presentation Award, respectively, at the 67^th American Vacuum Society (AVS) International Symposium (Oct.

Proposal Defense: Faysal Hakim

Submitted by Troy Tharpe on Tue, 12/07/2021 - 10:01am

Event date:

Tue, 12/07/2021 - 4:00pm

Faysal Hakim will defend his dissertation titled: "Ferroelectric-on-Semiconductor Nano-Acoustic Components for RF Frequency Control" on Tuesday, December 7^th at 4:00 PM.

Please use the zoom link below to join the meeting room!

https://ufl.zoom.us/j/4807723048

Thank you!

Dissertation Defense: Pablo Dopico

Submitted by Pablo Dopico on Tue, 10/12/2021 - 2:18pm

Event date:

Thu, 10/21/2021 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Pablo Dopico will defend his dissertation titled: "Isolation of Circulating Tumor Cells using Microfluidics and the Analysis of Tumor DNA during Cancer Therapy" on Thursday, October 21st at 1:00 PM.

Please use the zoom link below to join the meeting room!

https://ufl.zoom.us/j/94029436834

Meeting ID: 940 2943 6834

Thank you!

Proposal Defense: Austin Vera

Submitted by Austin Vera on Tue, 10/05/2021 - 12:09pm

Event date:

Fri, 10/08/2021 - 9:00am to 10:00am

Austin Vera will defend his proposal titled: "A Flat-Packaged MEMS-Based Optical Pressure Sensor for Harsh Environments" on Friday, October 8th at 9:00 AM.

Please use the zoom link below to join the meeting room!

https://ufl.zoom.us/j/94017770201?pwd=Z0pJcDFCZWNiak5EbVg4TjYwZXhWdz09

The meeting ID and passcode are also provided below in case there are any issues with using the link.

Meeting ID: 940 1777 0201

Passcode: 025318

Dissertation Defense: Brett Freidkes

Submitted by Brett Freidkes on Sun, 08/22/2021 - 12:02pm

Event date:

Wed, 08/25/2021 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Brett Freidkes will defend his dissertation titled: "The Design and Characterization of a MEMS-Based Dual-Axis Wall Shear Stress Sensor" on Wednesday, August 25th at 2:00 PM.

Please use the zoom link below to join the meeting room! Thank you.

https://ufl.zoom.us/s/6486863228