Luis Fernando Velásquez-García

  • Title: Principal Research Scientist
  • Department: Microsystems Technology Laboratories

Collaborators

  • A.I. Akinwande, EECS, MIT
  • K. Berggren, EECS, MIT
  • W. Graves, Nuclear, MIT
  • R. Gupta, CIMIT, Mass General
  • V. Hruby, Busek Co.
  • F. Kaertner, EECS, MIT
  • R. Lanza, Nuclear, MIT
  • C. Livermore, MechE, NEU
  • P. Marek, US Army NSRDEC
  • M.A. Schmidt, EECS, MIT
  • K. Senecal, US Army NSRDEC
  • S. Teller, EECS, MIT

Graduate Students

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

Visiting Student

  • Z. Liu, EECS, BU

Postdoctoral Associates

  • A. Fomani (co-supervised with A.I. Akinwande)
  • F. Hill
  • M. Swanwick

Visiting Scientist

  • E. Chimamkpam

Undergraduate Student

  • M. R. Overlin, EECS, MIT

Support Staff

  • C. Collins, Administrative Assistant II

Publications

S. Guerrera, L. F. Velásquez-García, and A. I. Akinwande, “Scaling of High-Aspect-Ratio Current Limiters for the Individual Ballasting of Large Arrays of Field Emitters,” accepted for publication, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2012.

E. V. Heubel, A. I. Akinwande, and L. F. Velásquez-García, “MEMS-Enabled Retarding Potential Analyzers for Hypersonic In-Flight Plasma Diagnostics,” Technical Digest of the 15th Solid-State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, pp. 324 – 327, Hilton Head Island SC, USA, June 3 – 7, 2012.

P. D. Keathley, W. P. Putnam, A. Sell, S. Guerrera, L. F. Velásquez-García, and F. X. Kaertner, “Laser Induced Annealing Dynamics of Photo-Electron Spectra from Silicon Field Emitter Arrays,” Technical Digest of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics – CLEO, San Jose, CA, May 6-11, 2012.

S. A. Guerrera, L. F. Velásquez-García, and A. I. Akinwande, “Scaling of High Aspect Ratio Current Limiters for the Individual Ballasting of Large Arrays of Field Emitters,” Technical Digest 24th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, Wuppertal, Germany, July 2011.

L.-Y. Chen, L. F. Velásquez-García, X. Wang, K. Cheung, K. Teo, and A. I. Akinwande, “A Micro Ionizer for Portable Mass Spectrometers using Double-Gated Isolated Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofiber Arrays,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 58, No. 7, pp. 2149 – 2158, 2011.

L. F. Velásquez-García, S. Guerrera, Y. Niu, and A. I. Akinwande, “Uniform High-Current Cathodes Using Massive Arrays of Si Field Emitters Individually Controlled by Vertical Si Ungated FETs – Part 1: Device Design and Simulation,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 1775 – 1782, 2011.

L. F. Velásquez-García, S. Guerrera, Y. Niu, and A. I. Akinwande, “Uniform High-Current Cathodes Using Massive Arrays of Si Field Emitters Individually Controlled by Vertical Si Ungated FETs – Part 2: Device Fabrication and Characterization,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 1783 – 1791, 2011.

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