MTL Annual Report

Collaborators

• A.I. Akinwande, EECS, MIT
• V. Hruby, Busek Co.
• C. Livermore, MechE, MIT
• M.A. Schmidt, EECS, MIT
• A. Seisha, University of Cambridge (UK)
• S. Taylor, University of Liverpool (UK)

Graduate Students

• E. Field, Research Assistant, MechE (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)
• E.V. Heubel, Research Assistant, MechE (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)
• S. Guerrera, Research Assistant, EECS (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)
• V. Jayanti, Research Assistant, EECS (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)
• D. Jeng, Research Assistant, Research Assistant, EECS (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)

postdoctoral associates

• K. Cheung (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)
• X. Wang (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)

Support Staff

• C. Collins, Administrative Assistant II

Publications

K. Cheung, L. F. Velásquez-García, and A. I. Akinwande, “High-Performance Square Electrode Quadrupole Mass Filters”, Technical Digest 23^rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems MEMS 2010, Hong Kong, SAR, China, pp. 867 – 870, Jan. 24 – 28 2010.

F. Eid, L. F. Velásquez-García, and C. Livermore, “Design, Fabrication, and Demonstration of a MEMS Steam Generator for Ejector Pump Applications”, Technical Digest 9^th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, Washington DC, USA, pp. 41 – 44, December 1-4, 2009. (Article won best student oral presentation award).

L. F. Velásquez-García, B. Gassend, and A. I. Akinwande, “CNT-Based Gas Ionizers with Integrated MEMS Gate for Portable Mass Spectrometry Applications”, Technical Digest of 15^th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Denver CO, USA, pp. 1646-1649, June 21 – 25, 2009.

B. Gassend, L. F. Velásquez-García, A. I. Akinwande and M. Martinez-Sanchez,“ A Microfabricated Planar Electrospray Array Ionic Liquid Ion Source with Integrated Extractor”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 679 – 694, 2009.

B. Gassend, L. F. Velásquez-García, and A. I. Akinwande, “Precision In-Plane Hand Assembly of Bulk-Microfabricated Components for High Voltage MEMS Arrays Applications”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 332 – 326, 2009.

L. F. Velásquez-García, K. Cheung, and A. I. Akinwande, “An Application of 3D MEMS Packaging: Out-Of-Plane Quadrupole Mass Filters”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 1430–1438, 2008.

L. F. Velásquez-García and A. I. Akinwande, “Fabrication of Large Arrays of High-Aspect-Ratio, Single Crystal Silicon Columns with Isolated vertically Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Tips”, Nanotechnology 19, (2008) 405305. (Article was the cover page and featured article of the issue 40 of the IOP Journal Nanotechnology).

L. F. Velásquez-García, 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”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 1482 – 1491, 2007.

T. F. Hill, L. F. Velásquez-García, B. A. Wilhite, W. T. Rawlins, S. Lee, K. F. Jensen, A. H. Epstein, and C. Livermore, “A MEMS Singlet Oxygen Generator – Part II: Experimental Exploration of the Performance Space”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 1492 – 1505, 2007.

L. F. Velásquez-García, A. I. Akinwande and M. Martínez-Sánchez, “Precision Hand Assembly of MEMS subsystems using DRIE-patterned deflection Spring Structures: An Example of an Out-of-plane Substrate Assembly”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 598–612, 2007.

L. F. Velásquez-García, A. I. Akinwande, and M. Martínez–Sánchez, “A Micro-fabricated Linear Array of Electrospray Emitters for Thruster Applications”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 1260–1271, 2006.

L. F. Velásquez-García, A. I. Akinwande, and M. Martínez–Sánchez, “A Planar Array of Micro-fabricated Electrospray Emitters for Thruster Applications”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 1272–1280, 2006.