Brandon Bertolucci will defend his dissertation entitled "An Experimental Investigation of the Grazing Flow Impedance Duct at the University of Florida for Acoustic Liner Applications" in Larsen 234 at 2:30 p.m.
Tai-An Chen will defend his dissertation entitled "A Micromachined Floating Element Shear Stress Sensor Using Moiré Transduction for Harsh Environments" in NRF 115 at 12 p.m.
Jess Meloy will defend her dissertation entitled "An Instrumentation-Grade Differential Capacitive MEMS Shear Stress Sensor System for Wind Tunnel Applications" in LAR 234 at 10am. Light refreshments will be provided.
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:
David Mills will defend his dissertation proposal, entitled "Sapphire MEMS-Based Optical Shear Stress Sensors for High-Temperature Applications" at 2:30pm on Friday, December 9th in Larsen 234. Refreshments will be provided.
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.
Dr. Matt Williams, a recent graduate of IMG, has been selected by the UF College of Engineering as the 2011-2012 recipient of the Attribute of Gator Engineering Graduate Student Award for Integrity. As a recipient of this award, Matt is recognized for being "honest, ethical, willing to work for achievements (persistent, hard-working, determined), and impelled toward right action." Congratulations, Matt!
Despite the slow economic recovery, IMG graduate students and post-graduate associates have continued to land top industry and government jobs. Since the spring semester, several IMG graduates have departed or will depart for full-time positions across the United States. These members are:
Congratulations to all of these former students!
Lou Cattafesta and Fei Liu attended the 161st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Seattle, Washington on May 23-27.
Fei presented a talk on Thursday, May 26th, titled Analyzing acoustic response of orifices using transfer matrix method, co-authored by Matias Oyarzun and Lou Cattafesta.
Lou presented a talk on Friday, May 27th, titled An aeroacoustic microelectromechanical systems microphone phased array, co-authored by Adam Edstrand, Chris Bahr, Matt Williams, Jessica Meloy, Tiffany Reagan, Drew Wetzel and Mark Sheplak. In it, Lou described ongoing work at IMG to transition recently-developed MEMS piezoelectric microphones into phased arrays in the UF Aeroacoustic Flow Facility.
IMG undergraduates Ann Dietrich (Cattafesta), Carlos Pulido (Cattafesta), and Kevin Rosenberg (Sheplak) were recognized at tonight's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 2011 Awards Dinner for participation in the University Scholars Program. Ann Dietrich was also awarded a Boeing Scholarship and was recognized for presenting a top-3 research poster at a contest today. Congratulations to all of these students!