FORMER STUDENTS

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 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

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