Current Research Students
PhD Students
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Minchul Shin, "MEMS Ultrasound Doppler Velocity and Distance Measurement", candidate joined the Tufts PhD program in Sept. 2008.
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Zhengxin Zhao, "Closed Loop Control of MEMS Floating Element Shear Stress Sensors", ongoing, joined the Tufts PhD program in Sept 2010.
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Masters Students |
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Mikkel Reske-Nielsen, "Continuously Variable Structures for Vibration Energy Harvesting", ongoing, expected completion July 2012.
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John Burns, "Low Profile Packaging of MEMS Sensors", ongoing, expected completion July 2012.
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Rameen Aryanpur, "Multi-link Piezoelectric Structure for Vibration Energy Harvesting", ongoing, expected completion July 2012.
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Peter Lewis, "Nanotechnology Based Skin Friction Sensor", Summer Scholar 2012.
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All Research Students (Past & Present)
PhD Dissertations
Currently underway:
(2 underway)
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Minchul Shin, "MEMS Ultrasound Doppler Velocity and Distance Measurement", candidate joined the Tufts PhD program in Sept. 2008.
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Zhengxin Zhao, "Closed Loop Control of MEMS Floating Element Shear Stress Sensors", ongoing, joined the Tufts PhD program in Sept 2010.
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Complete:
(2 complete)
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Joshua Krause, "MEMS Microphone Array-on-a-Chip for Aeroacoustic Measurement", candidate completed the PhD program in August 2011. Currently at Raytheon Corp .
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Shuangqin Liu, "Cochlear Properties and Micromachined Hair-Like Shear Sensors", January 2012. Currently at Coventor.
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Masters of Science Theses
Currently underway:
(3 underway)
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Mikkel Reske-Nielsen, "Continuously Variable Structures for Vibration Energy Harvesting", ongoing, expected completion July 2012.
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John Burns, "Low Profile Packaging of MEMS Sensors", ongoing, expected completion July 2012.
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Rameen Aryanpur, "Multi-link Piezoelectric Structure for Vibration Energy Harvesting", ongoing, expected completion July 2012.
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Complete:
(8 complete)
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Zhengxin Zhao, "Closed Loop Control of MEMS Floating Element Shear Stress Sensors", August 2010. (Current PhD student)
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Christopher Doody, "Modeling and Characterization of Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer Arrays", May 2009. (Working at STD MED)
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Brian Kierstead, "Modeling and Fabrication of MEMS Actuators, Utilizing Shape Memory Alloy & Bimetallic Materials", February 2009. (Working at Parker Aerospace)
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Douglas Gauthier, "Micromachined Floating Element Shear Stress Sensors for Characterization of Surface Forces During Chemical Mechanical Polishing", February, 2009. (Working at Draper Labs) |
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Joshua Krause, "Micromachined pressure and shear-stress sensor arrays for turbulent boundary layer characterization", May 2008. (Moved on to a Tufts PhD and currently at Raytheon Corporation)
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- Ricardo Jordan, "Adaptive Cancellation Of Tonal Vibrations", August 2007.
- Andrew Mueller, "Micromachined Post-in-well Shear Stress Sensors for Characterization of Surface Forces During Chemical Mechanical Polishing August 2007. (Working at Draper Labs)
- Nicholas Stone, "Vibration Suppression for Essential Tremor Patients", August 2006.
Masters of Engineering Projects:
(3 complete)
- Samuel Spiegel, "Alternative Approach to Inertial North Finding", Spring 2010. (Working at Textron)
- Lei Zheng, "Mechanical Analysis for Liquid Natural Gas Thick-walled Spool Piece", Spring/Summer 2008.
- Liam Kelly, "Design of a MEMS Microphone Utilizing a Permanent External Magnetic Field", Fall 2005.
Undergraduate Theses:
(2 complete)
- Aaron Gerratt, "Shape Memory Alloy and Elastomer Composite MEMS Actuators", Spring 2008. (At Univ of Maryland PhD program)
- Tyler Groff, "Acoustic Damping of Micromachined Diaphragms with Static Pressure Equalization", Spring 2007. (At Princeton PhD program)
Undergraduate Independent Research Projects:
(11 complete)
- Peter Lewis, "Nanotechnology Based Skin Friction Sensor", Summer Scholar 2012.
- Michael Bernstein, "Adhesion of SU-8 Microbricks Towards 3-Dimensional Microfluidics", Fall 2011.
- Rameen Aryanpur, "Development of Design Methodology for Vibration Energy Harvesting", Spring 2011. (Rameen stayed at Tufts for an MS)
- Raymond Leung, "Physical Model of the Reptilian Middle Ear", Summer Scholar 2010.
- Arielle Fakharaee, "Macro-Cochlear Models: Linear vs. Coiled", Spring 2010.(Arielle went to ETH Zurich for graduate work)
- Michael Dawson-Haggerty, "Capacitive Sensor Design for Flute Finishing", Spring 2010.
- Alex Brindle, "SMA Driven Soft Robotic Platform", Summer 2009.
- Peter Fallon, "Thermal System for Training of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators", Spring 2008.
- Victoria Clark, "Modeling of Mitochondrial Movement and Dye Diffusion", Fall 2007.
- Justin Henneman, "Pulmonary Edema Monitoring System", BREEM Summer Project, 2006. (Justin went to Univ of Hawaii for graduate work)
- Ethan Mandelup, "Coiling in Cochlear Models", BREEM Summer Project, 2006. (Ethan went to Columbia for an MS and then worked in biomedical device field)
Undergraduate Design Project Teams Advised (ME43 - Senior Design):
(6 complete)
- Lloyd Olson and John Work, "Anechoic Chamber". Fall 2011.
- Jackson Dolan and Rameen Aryanpur, "Wireless Vibration Detection System and Energy Harvester". Fall 2010. (Jackson and Rameen both stayed at Tufts for MS degrees)
- Mike Manno, Matt Thoms, Peggy Tautz, and Arielle Fakharaee, "MEMS Bonder and Nanoimprint system". Fall 2009. (Mike went to Univ of Maryland for PhD, Matt went to MIT for PhD, Arielle went to ETH Zurich for graduate work.
- Peter Fallon and Aaron Gerratt, "SMA/Elastomer Composite Actuators", Fall 2007. (Aaron went to Univ of Maryland for PhD)
- Alex Rospos, Charlotte McFarland, Nicholas Wong, and Christopher Bohl, "Reverberation Chamber for Aeroacoustic MEMS Devices", Fall 2006.
- Stephen Nichols and Rajit Kapur, "Design of a Micro-scale Vibration Analysis Station", Fall 2005.
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