David Arnold's Research Group | Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group

IMG Seminar Series: Sub-mm Magnetic Undulators for Photon Generation

Submitted by Shashank Sawant on Wed, 07/17/2013 - 12:48am

Event date:

Fri, 07/19/2013 - 3:15pm to 4:00pm

This Friday at 11:15 AM, Alexandra Garraud will give a practice talk in preparation for a presentation at the 1st Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) Users' Meeting at Fermilab, IL . During this talk, the fabrication, operation and applications of the magnetic undulator with an electron beam will be discussed. All are encouraged to attend. The venue is LAR 234.

The seminar will be followed by the IMG BBQ at 12 PM.

Dissertation Defense - Justin Zito

Submitted by Justin Zito on Sat, 07/13/2013 - 5:31pm

Event date:

Wed, 07/17/2013 - 6:00pm

Justin Zito will defend his dissertation, entitled "Investigation of Microscale Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Devices" on Wednesday July 17th at 2:00 pm, in Larsen 234. Refreshments will be provided.

IMG Seminar Series: Magnetic patterning of hard magnetic films for biomagnetic applications

Submitted by Shashank Sawant on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 10:45am

Event date:

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 3:30pm to 4:00pm

This Friday at 11:30 am, we will have a presentation by Ololade Oniku on "Magnetic patterning of hard magnetic films for biomagnetic applications." This will be a practice talk for Ololade's upcoming conference and fellow IMGers are invited to provide constructive inputs for the presentation. The talk will be followed by the IMG BBQ at noon.

Dissertation Defense - Yuan Rao

Submitted by Yuan Rao on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 9:05am

Event date:

Wed, 04/24/2013 - 1:30pm

Yuan Rao will defend her dissertation, entitled "Input-powered Interface Circuits for Electrodynamic Vibrational Energy Harvesting Systems" at 9:30AM, on Wednesday, April 24th, in NRF 115. All are invited to attend. Breakfast snacks will be provided.

Two IMG Students Awarded NSF Fellowships

Submitted by David Arnold on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 10:45am

Kelly McEachern (first-year PhD student) and Zachary Kaufman (graduating undergraduate student) were each awarded the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Please join me in congratulating both!

Dr. Arnold wins Doctoral Mentoring Award

Submitted by David Arnold on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 11:39am

Dr. David Arnold was selected as one of four recipients of the 2012-13 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award by the College of Engineering. This award encourages and rewards excellence, innovation and effectiveness in mentoring doctoral students through their final dissertation.

David Arnold joins JMM editorial board

Submitted by David Arnold on Mon, 01/07/2013 - 10:19am

Dr. David Arnold has joined the editorial board of the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, a leading journal in the field of MEMS/microsystem technology. More information about this journal can be found here.

Proposal Defense - Shashank Sawant

Submitted by David Ololade Oniku on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 7:41am

Event date:

Mon, 12/10/2012 - 2:00pm

Shashank Sawant will defend his dissertation proposal, titled "Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Micro-Electrodynamic Zero-Net-Mass-Flux Actuators" at 9:00am on Monday, December 10, in LAR 234. Refreshment will be provided.

IMG @ Hilton Head

Submitted by David Arnold on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 3:03pm

IMG will be well-represented at the upcoming Hilton Head Workshop in June. This workshop is the preeminent microsystems meeting in North America, with an acceptance rate of only 46%. Congratulations to the following authors:

J. Meloy, J. Sells, V. Chandrasekharan, J. Griffin, L.N. Cattafesta, D.P. Arnold, and M. Sheplak, “Experimental Verification of a Capacitive Shear Stress Sensor for Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Applications” (Poster)
C.D. Meyer, S.S. Bedair, B.C. Morgan, D.P. Arnold "Ultra-miniaturized power converter modules using micromachined copper scaffolds" (Oral)
S. R. Samuelson, and H. Xie, “A Large Piston Displacement MEMS Mirror With Electrothermal Ladder Actuator Arrays for Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Applications” (Poster)
V. Tseng, and H. Xie, “A Novel High-Density Capacitor Design and Its Fabrication Technique Based On Selective Etching" (Poster)
J.C. Zito, R.J. Durscher, J. Soni, S. Roy, and D. P. Arnold "Mechano-fluidic characterization of microscale dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators" (Oral)

Zachary Kaufman Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Submitted by David Arnold on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 3:15pm

Congratulations to Zak Kaufman for being selected as a Goldwater Scholar! The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is awarded to approximately 300 college sophomores and juniors across the nation. Universities are only allowed to nominate four undergraduate students to compete for the final scholarship. This makes it the most prestigious award for undergraduate students in the fields of science and engineering. The scholarship is awarded based on the nominee's field of study, career objectives, and the potential for the student to make a significant contribution to his or her field.