FORMER STUDENTS
The following is a list CMR research staff who graduated with PhD or Master's Degrees from BYU.
Alden Yellowhorse
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2018
Todd Nelson
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated May 2018
Art to Engineering: Curved Folding and Developable Surfaces in Mechanism and Deployable Structure Design
Shannon Zirbel
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2014
Regis David
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2010
Modeling and Testing of DNA Motion for Nanoinjection
Peter Halverson
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated October 2012
Modeling, Design, and Testing of Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms in Spinal Arthroplasty
Alisa Millar Henrie
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 1997
Variable Compliance Via Magneto-Rheological Materials
Craig Lusk
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2005
Ortho-planar Mechanisms for Microelectromechanical Systems
Scott Lyon
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2003
The Pseudo-rigid-body Model for Dynamic Predictions of Macro and Micro Compliant Mechanisms
Ezekiel Merriam
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2016
Stiffness Reduction Strategies for Additively Manufactured Compliant Mechanisms
Kimberly Jensen Nielson
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2003
Analysis and Design of Surface Micromachined Micromanipulators for Out-of-plane Micropositioning
Gregory Roach
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 1998
An Investigation of Compliant Over-running Ratchet and Pawl Clutches
Sean Tolman
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated June 2014
Jonathan Wittwer
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2012
Simulation-based Design Under Uncertainty for Compliant Microelectromechanical Systems
Rob Messenger
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2007
Integrated Piezoresistive Sensing for Feedback Control of Compliant MEMS
Quentin Aten
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated October 2012
Devices and Methods for Electro-Physical Transport of DNA Across Cell Membranes
Former Master's Degree Students
Nathan Albrechtsen
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2010
Identifying Potential Applications for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms and Evaluating Their Suitability for Credit-Card-Sized Product
Jason Allen
M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2017
Selecting Surrogate Folds for Use in Origami-Based Mechanisms and Products
Timothy Allred
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2003
Compliant Mechanisms Suspensions
Cameron Andersen
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2007
Principles, Functions and Concepts for Compliant Mechanically Reactive Armor Elements
Jeffrey Anderson
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2005
Piezoresistive Sensing of Bistable Micro Mechanism State
Michael Baker
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2002
On-Chip Actuation of Compliant Bistable Micro-Mechanisms
Weston Baxter
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2013
Justin Black
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated June 2012
Evaluation and Development of Actuators for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms with Emphasis on Flat Solenoids
Cameron Boyle
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2001
A Closed-Form Dynamic Model of the Compliant Constant-Force Mechanism Using the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model
Scott Brooks
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2003
Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Grasping with Application to Mechanical Disc Brakes
Jared Bruton
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2019
Ben Cannon
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2003
Design and Analysis of End-Effector Systems for Scribing on Silicon
Jesse Cannon
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2004
Compliant Mechanisms to Perform Bearing and Spring Functions in High Precision Applications
Daniel Carroll
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2002
Metamorphic Process for Compliant Ortho-planar Mechanism Design
Rob Chase
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2006
Large 3-D Deflection and Force Analysis of Lateral Torsional Buckled Beams
Brian Cherry
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2008
Characterizing the Three-dimensional Behavior of Bistable Micromechanisms
Rebecca Cragun
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 1999
Thermal Microactuators for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
Erica Crampton
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated October 2017
Nathan Crane
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 1999
Compliant Centrifugal Clutches Design Analysis and Testing
Bryce DeFigueiredo
M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated November 2017
Jason Dearden
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2016
Design and Analysis of Two Compliant Mechanism Designs for Use in Minimally Invasive Surgical Instruments
Isaac Delimont
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2014
Compliant Joints Suitable for Use as Surrogate Folds
James Derderian
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 1996
The Pseudo-Rigid-Body-Model Concept and its Application to Micro Compliant Mechanisms
Mike Diehl
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2007
Design and Fabrication of Out-of-Plane Silicon Microneedles with Integrated Hydrophobic Microchannels
Eric Dodgen
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated October 2012
Spinal Implant with Customized and Non-Linear Stiffness
Bryce Edmondson
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2014
Brian Edwards
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 1996
Functionally Binary Pinned-Pinned Segments
Thomas Evans
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2015
Deployable and Foldable Arrays of Spatial Mechanisms
Walter Fazio
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated June 2012
Mechanical Properties and MEMS Applications of Carbon-Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Forests
Janette Fernelius
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated June 2018
Augmented Design Capabilities for Origami Tessellations
Devin Ferrell
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2009
Development of Criteria for Lamina Emergent Mechanism Flexures with Specific Application to Metals
Robert Fowler
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2012
Investigation of Compliant Space Mechanisms with Applications to the Design of a Large-Displacement Monolithic Compliant Rotat.
Paul Gollnick
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2010
Design Principles and Preliminary Actuation Approaches for Novel Multiple-Layer Lamina Emergent Mechanisms
Troy Gomm
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated October 2012
Spinal Implant with Customized and Non-Linear Stiffness