
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
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Todd Nelson
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated May 2018
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Art to Engineering: Curved Folding and Developable Surfaces in Mechanism and Deployable Structure DesignShannon Zirbel
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2014Regis David
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2010
Modeling and Testing of DNA Motion for NanoinjectionPeter Halverson
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated October 2012
Modeling, Design, and Testing of Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms in Spinal ArthroplastyAlisa Millar Henrie
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 1997
Variable Compliance Via Magneto-Rheological MaterialsCraig Lusk
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2005
Ortho-planar Mechanisms for Microelectromechanical SystemsScott Lyon
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2003
The Pseudo-rigid-body Model for Dynamic Predictions of Macro and Micro Compliant MechanismsEzekiel Merriam
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2016
Stiffness Reduction Strategies for Additively Manufactured Compliant MechanismsKimberly Jensen Nielson
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 2003
Analysis and Design of Surface Micromachined Micromanipulators for Out-of-plane MicropositioningGregory Roach
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated August 1998
An Investigation of Compliant Over-running Ratchet and Pawl ClutchesSean Tolman
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated June 2014Jonathan Wittwer
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated April 2012
Simulation-based Design Under Uncertainty for Compliant Microelectromechanical SystemsRob Messenger
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated December 2007
Integrated Piezoresistive Sensing for Feedback Control of Compliant MEMSQuentin Aten
M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Graduated October 2012
Devices and Methods for Electro-Physical Transport of DNA Across Cell Membranes