IMG research focuses on micro- and nanosystems for healthcare, energy, security, aerospace, transportation, consumer electronics, and other industries. Efforts include design, fabrication, characterization, and ultimately deployment of micro and nanotechnologies for a wide variety of applications. IMG is playing a leading role in the MIST Center (Multi-functional integrated system technology), an NSF I/UCRC program.
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Min Chu will defend her dissertation, entitled "Characterization and Modeling of Strained Si FET and GaN HEMT Devices", at 9:30am on Friday, October 28th, at NEB 589. Refreshments will be available from 9:15am.
DARPA Microsystems Technology Office has selected Dr. Saeed Moghaddam's proposal entitled "Thermohydraulic and Material Characterization of Nanostructured Wicks" to receive $0.8M in research funding. Congratulations, Dr. Moghaddam!
Please join us in welcoming Prof. Saeed Moghaddam to the IMG Faculty! Dr. Moghaddam is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at UF. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 2006 and completed a Postdoctoral appointment at the University of Illinois U-C from 2007-2010. Dr. Moghaddam's research interests encompass the areas of micro/nanoscale transport and nanotechnology for energy science and health applications, heat and mass transfer in micro/nanostructures, fundamental energy research and reaction engineering, and portable power.
Jess Meloy will defend her proposal "An Instrumentation-Grade Differential Capacitive MEMS Shear Stress Sensor System for Wind Tunnel Applications" at 8:30am Thursday August 25th in Larsen 234. Refreshments will be provided.
Justin Zito will propose his dissertation work, titled
"Investigation of Microscale Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Devices"
at 9:30 AM on Friday (August 26th) in Larsen 234.
Refreshments may be provided.
David Senior will defend his proposal "Micromachined Metamaterial Circuits for Microwave Applications" at 2:00 PM on Thursday August 25th in Larsen 234. Refreshments will be provided.
Yuan Rao will defend her proposal "Design of low-voltage energy harvesting interface circuits for electrodynamic vibrational energy harvesters" at 9AM on Wednesday (August 24th) in Larsen 234. Refreshments will be provided.
The Fall 2011 IMG Kickoff Meeting will be held on Friday August 19 11am-12:30pm in NEB 201. All IMG personnel are expected to attend. We will discuss IMG announcments, lab safety reminders, and a few other topics. The faculty will provide pizza and drinks.
Dr.Brent Gila will be giving a talk on the current status of NRF and the new state-of- the-art tools which offer capabilities that expand the NRF user base into new fields of micro/nano technology and research, and have enabled the traditional users to increase yield and productivity. Following the seminar there will be BBQ in the Larsen-Benton courtyard.
Dr. Henry Sodano will present the topics of active research in his group with specific attention to the development of functionally graded interfaces with responsive properties and the synthesis of nanocomposite materials which capitalize upon anisotropic fillers to achieve high dielectric permittivity and electromechanical coupling.
