David Arnold's Research Group | Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group

Proposal Defense: Xiao Wen

Submitted by Xiao Wen on Fri, 04/01/2016 - 1:05pm

Event date:

Mon, 04/04/2016 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Xiao Wen will defend his proposal entitled "On the Exploration of Electro-Infiltrated Magnetic Nanocomposites" at 3:00 PM on Monday, April 4th, in Larsen 234. Refreshments will be provided.

Proposal Defense: Camilo Velez

Submitted by Camilo Vélez Cuervo on Wed, 12/09/2015 - 12:15pm

Event date:

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 8:00pm to 9:00pm

Camilo Velez will defend his proposal entitled "A Selective Magnetization Process For Batch-patterning Magnetic Materials" at 3:00 PM on Friday, December 11^th, in NRF 115.

Proposal Defense: Rob Carroll

Submitted by Camilo Vélez Cuervo on Mon, 12/07/2015 - 12:21pm

Event date:

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 8:00pm

Rob Carroll will defend his proposal entitled "A microfabricated magneto-mechanical oscillator array testbed device for the study of wave propagation behaviors in nonlinearly coupled periodic structures" at 3:00 PM on Monday, December 7th, in Larsen 234.

Dissertation Defense - Chip Patterson

Submitted by William Patterson on Thu, 10/22/2015 - 2:08pm

Event date:

Fri, 10/23/2015 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Chip Patterson will be defending his dissertation titled "Of Magnetic Imaging System Experiments and Micro Electro-mechanical Systems “Of MISE and MEMS”" on Friday October 23rd at 11:30AM in Larsen 234 . Sandwiches, snacks and refreshmants will be provided.

IMG Seminar Series: Tips for Effective Oral Presentations and The Ins and Outs of the IMG Website

Submitted by Justin Kiehne on Tue, 09/29/2015 - 7:13pm

Event date:

Fri, 10/02/2015 - 4:00pm

Dr. David Arnold will give a talk entitled "Tips for Effective Oral Presentation," where he will discuss best practices for delivering high-quality oral presentations, including planning, oral delivery, and graphics. "Do’s and Don’ts” will be highlighted along with a number of practical suggestions and personal experiences.

Nicolas Garraud and Jason June will give an overview of the IMG website, highlighting the different functions, various content types and how to add content to the webpage and wiki.

Dissertation Defense: Ololade Oniku

Submitted by Nicolas Garraud on Mon, 09/21/2015 - 8:29pm

Event date:

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 4:00pm

Ololade Oniku will defend his Dissertation entitled “Electroplated Thick-Film Cobalt Platinum Permanent Magnets” on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at noon in NRF 115. Lunch will be provided.

Camilo wins Best Poster at Frontiers in Biomagnetic Particles Conference

Submitted by David Arnold on Wed, 06/24/2015 - 12:44pm

Camilo Velez Cuervo was awarded "Best Poster" for "Analysis of Microscale Permanent Magnets for Capturing Magnetic Particles in Biological Fluids" at the 2015 Frontiers in Biomagnetic Particles Conference in Telluride, CO. Congratulations to Camilo, Alexandra, and other co-authors!

Midterm Defense: Chip Patterson

Submitted by William Patterson on Mon, 06/15/2015 - 2:06pm

Event date:

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Chip Patterson will present his midterm update entitled "Magnetic Imaging Systems for Micro Scale Magnetic Devices" at 1:00 pm on Thursday, June 18 in the first floor NRF conference room.

Dissertation Defense: Shashank Sawant

Submitted by David Arnold on Mon, 04/20/2015 - 1:02pm

Event date:

Tue, 04/21/2015 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Shashank Sawant will defend his dissertation entitled "Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Micro-Electrodynamic-Zero-Net-Mass-Flux Actuators" at 1:00pm on Tuesday, April 21 in NRF 115. Refreshments will be provided.

IMG @ Transducers 2015

Submitted by David Arnold on Mon, 03/30/2015 - 8:14am

IMG will present multiple papers at the Transducers 2015 conference in Anchorage, AK June 21-25, 2015. Congratulations to all authors!

V. F. Tseng, L. We, and H. Xie, "Inductive eddy current sensing as a displacement sensing mechanism for large piston/rotation micromirrors" (oral)
X. Zhang, R. Zhang, S. Koppal, L. Butler, X. Cheng, and H. Xie, "MEMS mirrors submerged in liquid for wide-angle scanning" (oral)
X. Zhang, B. Li, and H. Xie, "A robust, fast electrothermal micromirror with symmetric bimorph actuators made of copper/tungsten" (oral)
W. Wang, J. Chen, A. S. Zivkovic, C. Duan and H. Xie "A silicon based Fourier transform spectrometer based on an open-loop controlled electrothermal MEMS mirror" (oral)
D. Mills, D. Blood, and M. Sheplak, “Development of a sapphire optical wall shear stress sensor for high-temperature applications” (poster)
R.E. Carroll, N. Garraud, J.A. Little, M.J. Mazzoleni, B.P. Mann, and D.P. Arnold, "Investigation of wave propagation phenomena in microfabricated arrays of nonlinearly coupled oscillators” (poster)
D. P. Arnold, "Electroplated CoPt Permanent Magnets for MEMS" (invited talk)