MTL Annual Report

Collaborators

• G. Barbastathis, MIT
• T. Havel, MIT
• L. Velasquez-Garcia, MIT

Graduate Students

• G. Agarwal, Research Assistant, ME
• A. Dighe, Research Assistant, ME
• F. Eid, Research Assistant, ME
• F. Hill, Research Assistant, ME
• E. Newton, Research Assistant, ME
• N. Shaar, Research Assistant, ME

Support Staff

• M. Moran, Administrative Assistant

Publications

Hill, F.A., T. Havel, A. John Hart, and C. Livermore, “Characterizing the failure processes that limit the storage of energy in carbon nanotube springs under tension,” Proceedings of Power MEMS 2009, Washington, DC, December 2009, pp. 185 – 188.

Eid, F., L.F. Velasquez-Garcia, and C. Livermore, “Design, Fabrication, and Demonstration of a MEMS Steam Generator for Ejector Pump Applications,” Proceedings of Power MEMS 2009, Washington, DC, December 2009, pp. 41 – 44.

Hill, F.A., T. Havel, A. John Hart, and C. Livermore, “Storing Elastic Energy in Carbon Nanotubes,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 19, 094015, September 2009.

Hill, F.A., T. Havel, and C. Livermore, “Modeling mechanical energy storage in springs based on carbon nanotubes,” Nanotechnology 20, 255704, June 2009.

Agarwal, G., A. Servi, F. Eid, and C. Livermore, “Shape-selective Assembly of Deformable Systems using Templated Assembly by Selective Removal,” 6^th Annual Conference on the Foundations of Nanoscience, Snowbird, UT, April 2009.

Steyn, J.L., S.H. Kendig, R. Khanna, S.D. Umans, J.H. Lang, and C. Livermore, “A Self-Excited MEMS ElectroQuasiStatic Induction Turbine-Generator,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 18, 424-432, April 2009.

Shaar, N., G. Barbastathis, and C. Livermore, “Controlled latching of microplates for 3D MEMS assembly”, International Conference and Exhibition on Device Packaging, Scottsdale, AZ, March 2009.

Wilhite, B.A., T.F. Hill, L.F. Velasquez-Garcia, A.H. Epstein, K.F. Jensen, and C. Livermore, “Design of a Silicon-Based Microscale Trickle-Bed System for Singlet-Oxygen Production,” American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal 54, 2441-2455, September 2008.

Eid, F., S. Jung, and C. Livermore, “Templated assembly by selective removal  (TASR):  Simultaneous, selective assembly and model verification,” Nanotechnology 19, 285602 (8 pp.), July 2008.

Shaar, N., G. Barbastathis, and C. Livermore, “Cascaded Mechanical Alignment for Assembling 3D MEMS,” Proceedings of the 18^th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Tuscon, AZ, January 2008.

Velásquez-García, L.F., T.F. Hill, B.A. Wilhite, K.F. Jensen, A.H. Epstein, and C. Livermore, “A MEMS Singlet Oxygen Generator – Part I: Device Fabrication and Proof of Concept Demonstration”, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 16 (6), 1482-1491, December 2007.

Hill, T.F., L.F. Velásquez-García, B.A. Wilhite, W.T. Rawlins, S. Lee, S.J. Davis, K.F. Jensen, A.H. Epstein, and C. Livermore, “A MEMS Singlet Oxygen Generator – Part II:  Experimental Exploration of the Performance Space”, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 16 (6), 1492-1505, December 2007.

Hill, T.F., B.A. Wilhite, L.F. Velasquez-Garcia, A.H. Epstein, K.F. Jensen, and C. Livermore, “A MEMS Singlet Oxygen Generator,” Solid State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2006), Hilton Head Island, SC, June 2006.

Jung, S. and C. Livermore, “Achieving Selective Assembly with Template Topography and Ultrasonically Induced Fluid Forces”, Nano Letters 5 (11), 2188-2194, November 2005.

Nagle, S.F., C. Livermore, L.G. Frechette, R. Ghodssi, and J.H. Lang, “An Electric Induction Micromotor”, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 14 (5), 1127-1143, October 2005.

Wilhite, B.A., C. Livermore, Y. Gong, A.H. Epstein, and K.F. Jensen, “Design of a MEMS-Based MicroChemical Oxygen Iodine Laser System”, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 40 (8), 1041-1055, August 2004.

Livermore, C., A. Forte, T. Lyszczarz, S.D. Umans, A.A. Ayon, and J.H. Lang, “A High-Power MEMS Electric Induction Micromotor,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 13 (3), 465-471, June 2004.

Livermore, C., A. Forte, T. Lyszczarz, S.D. Umans, and J. Lang, “Microscale Electric Induction Machines for Power Applications,” Proceedings of Electrostatics 2003, Edinburgh, Scotland, 45-52, March 2003.