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Former Students

The following is a list CMR research staff who graduated with PhD or Master's Degrees from BYU.

Collin Ynchausti

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated June 2023
Methods for Designing Compact and Deployable Origami-Inspired Flat-Foldable Spacecraft Antennas and Other Systems

Brandon Sargent

M.S & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated June 2022
Variable Stiffness Compliant Mechanisms for Pectus Excavatum Repair

Jared Butler

M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2020
On Creases and Curved Links: Design Approaches for Predicting and Customizing Behaviors in Origami-Based and Developable Mechanisms

Nathan Pehrson

M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2019
Developing Origami-Based Approaches to Realize Novel Architectures and Behaviors for Deployable Space Arrays

Alden Yellowhorse

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2018
Methods for Creating Rigid Foldability in Origami-Inspired Deployable Mechanisms

Todd Nelson

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated June 2018
Art to Engineering: Curved Folding and Developable Surfaces in Mechanism and Deployable Structure Design

Ezekiel Merriam

M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2016
Stiffness Reduction Strategies for Additively Manufactured Compliant Mechanisms

Shannon Zirbel

M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2014
Compliant Mechanisms for Deployable Space Systems

Sean Tolman

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2014
Elastic Energy Absorption via Compliant Corrugations

Quentin Aten

M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2011
Devices and Methods for Electro-Physical Transport of DNA Across Cell Membranes

Peter Halverson

M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2010
Modeling, Design, and Testing of Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms in Spinal Arthroplasty

Regis David

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2010
Modeling and Testing of DNA Motion for Nanoinjection

Rob Messenger

M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2007
Integrated Piezoresistive Sensing for Feedback Control of Compliant MEMS

Craig Lusk

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2005
Ortho-planar Mechanisms for Microelectromechanical Systems

Jonathan Wittwer

M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2005
Simulation-based Design Under Uncertainty for Compliant 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

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

Alisa Millar Henrie

M.S. & Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 1997
Variable Compliance Via Magneto-Rheological Materials
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Former Master's Degree Students

Diana Bolanos

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2022
Selecting and Optimizing Origami-Based Patterns for Deployable Space Systems

Daniel Ames

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2021
Laser Forming of Compliant Mechanisms and Flat-Foldable Furniture

Nathan Brown

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2021
Characterizing Behaviors and Functions of Joints for Design of Origami-Based Mechanical Systems

Samuel Smith

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2021
Development of an Origami Inspired Composite Deployable Structure Utilizing Compliant Joints as Surrogate Folds

David Andrews

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2020
Incorporating Stability in Deployable Origami-Based Engineering Applications

Lance Hyatt

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated June 2020
Designing Developable Mechanisms on Conical and Cylindrical Developable Surfaces

Jacob R. Greenwood

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2019
Enabling Compact Devices Through Origami and Developable Mechanisms

Kendall Seymour

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2019
Joint Analysis of and Applications for Devices with Expanding Motions

Mary Wilson

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2019
Techniques for Using Internal Strain-Energy Storage and Release in Origami-Based Mechanical Systems

Jared Bruton

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2019
Packing Sheet Materials into Cylinders and Prisms Using Origami-Based Approaches

Alex Avila

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2018
Origami-Based Design of Fold States and Stability

Janette Fernelius Herron

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated June 2018
Augmented Design Capabilities for Origami Tessellations

Trent Zimmerman

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2018
A Definition and Demonstration of Developable Mechanisms

Bryce DeFigueiredo

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2017
Developing New Classes of Origami-Based Mechanisms: Conceal-and-Reveal Motion and Folding Printed Circuit Boards

Erica Crampton

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2017
Considering Manufacturing in the Design of Thick Panel Origami Mechanisms

Kyler Tolman

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated June 2017
Developing Hybrid Thickness-Accommodation Techniques for new Origami-Inspired Engineered Systems

Jason Allen

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2017
Selecting Surrogate Folds for Use in Origami-Based Mechanisms and Products

Jason Dearden

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2016
Design and Analysis of Two Compliant Mechanism Designs for Use in Minimally Invasive Surgical Instruments

Bryce Edmondson

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2016
Development of a Thickness Accommodation Technique for Origami-Inspired Design

Clayton Grames

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2015
Design and Manufacture of Meso-Scale, Robotic Surgical Instruments

Jessica Morgan

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2015
Design Process for Origami-Adapted Design with Aerospace Mechanisms Case Studies

Michael Morgan

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2015
Using the Offset Panel Technique to Develop Innovative Origami-Based Applications

Kevin Francis

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2015
Origami-Based Design for Engineering Applications

Thomas Evans

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2015
Deployable and Foldable Arrays of Spatial Mechanisms

Brandon Hanna

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2014
Modeling and Testing of Bistable Waterbomb Base Configurations

Eric Wilcox

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2014
Design Considerations in the Development and Actuation of Origami-Based Mechanisms

Isaac Delimont

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2014
Compliant Joints Suitable for Use as Surrogate Folds

Landen Bowen

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2013
A Study of Action Origami as Systems of Spherical Mechanisms

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 Rotational Hinge

Justin Black

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated June 2012
Evaluation and Development of Actuators for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms with Emphasis on Flat Solenoids

Holly Greenberg

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated June 2012
The Application of Origami to the Design of Lamina Emergent Emergent Mechanisms (LEMs) with Extensions to Collapsible, Compliant, and Flat-Folding Mechanisms

Walter Fazio

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated June 2012
Mechanical Properties and MEMS Applications of Carbon-Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Forests

Eric Dodgen

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2011
Spinal Implant with Customized and Nonlinear Stiffness

Samuel Wilding

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2011
Expanding Lamina Emergent Mechanisms (LEM) Capabilities: Spherical LEMs, LEM Joints, and LEM Applications

Brian Olsen

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2010
A Design Framework that Employs a Classification Scheme and Library for Compliant Mechanism Design

Eric Stratton

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2010
Design and Analysis of a Compliant Mechanism Spinal Implant

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

Paul Gollnick

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2010
Design Principles and Preliminary Actuation Approaches for Novel Multiple-Layer Lamina Emergent Mechanisms

Devin Ferrell

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2009
Development of Criteria for Lamina Emergent Mechanism Flexures with Specific Application to Metals

David G. Smith

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2009
Off-axis Stiffness and Piezoresistive Sensing in Large-displacement Linear-motion Microelectromechanical Systems

Gerrit T. Larsen

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2009
Piezoresistive Models for Polysilicon with Bending and Torsional Loads

Brian Cherry

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2008
Characterizing the Three-dimensional Behavior of Bistable Micromechanisms

Joseph O. Jacobsen

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2008
Fundamental Components for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms

Brian Winder

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2008
Achieving Complex Motion with Fundamental Components for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms

Cameron Andersen

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2007
Principles, Functions and Concepts for Compliant Mechanically Reactive Armor Elements

Mike Diehl

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2007
Design and Fabrication of Out-of-Plane Silicon Microneedles with Integrated Hydrophobic Microchannels

Steven Landon

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2007
Development of Deployable Wings for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Compliant Mechanisms

Allen Mackay

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduate August 2007
Large-Displacement Linear-Motion Compliant Mechanisms

Gary Johns

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2007
The Piezoresistive Effect in Microflexures

Rob Chase

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2006
Large 3-D Deflection and Force Analysis of Lateral Torsional Buckled Beams

Aaron Robison

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2006
Modeling and Validation of Tension-Element Based Mechanisms for Golf Ball-Club Impact

Jason Wiersdorf

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2005
Preliminary Design Approach for Prosthetic Ankle Joints Using Compliant Mechanisms

Jeffrey Anderson

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2005
Piezoresistive Sensing of Bistable Micro Mechanism State

Neal Hubbard

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2005
Dual-stage Thermally Actuated Surface-micromachined Nanopositioners

Jesse Cannon

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2004
Compliant Mechanisms to Perform Bearing and Spring Functions in High Precision Applications

Daniel Wilcox

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2004
Fully Compliant Tensural Bistable Mechanisms (FTBM) with On-chip Thermal Actuation

Gregory Bishop

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2004
A Comprehensive Model for Technology Push Product Development

Danielle Johnson

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2004
Selecting Appropriate Design Concepts for Manufacture in Developing Countries

Ryan Weight

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2004
High-Torque Capacity Compliant Centrifugal Clutches

Ben Cannon

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2003
Design and Analysis of End-Effector Systems for Scribing on Silicon

John Kennedy

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2003
Compliant, In-plane Ratchet and Pawl Micromechanisms for Safety Applications

Timothy Allred

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2003
Compliant Mechanisms Suspensions

Scott Brooks

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2003
Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Grasping with Application to Mechanical Disc Brakes

Alexandre Guerinot

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2003
Compliant Mechanisms Subjected to Compressive Loads

Brandon Woolley

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2003
An Approach to Concept Development for Mechanisms Possessing High Coefficients of Restitution

Daniel Carroll

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2002
Metamorphic Process for Compliant Ortho-planar Mechanism Design

Michael Baker

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2002
On-Chip Actuation of Compliant Bistable Micro-Mechanisms

Myles Christensen

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2002
Analysis of Pivot-Arm Continuously Variable Transmissions

Nathan Masters

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2001
A Self-Retracting Fully Compliant Bistable Micromechanism

Brent Weight

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2001
Development and Design of Constant-Force Mechanisms

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

Troy Gomm

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2001
Development of In-Plane Compliant Bistable Microrelays

Christopher Mattson

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2001
Principles for the Design and Development of Modular Consumer-Products

Aaron Herring

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 2001
High Production Manufacturing Considerations for Metallic Compliant Mechanisms with Long Thin Beams

Deanne Clements

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 2000
Implementing Compliant Mechanisms in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Clint Mortensen

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 2000
Behavior Models for Compliant Continuously Variable Transmissions

Nathan Crane

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 1999
Compliant Centrifugal Clutches Design Analysis and Testing

John J. Parise

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 1999
Ortho-Planar Mechanisms

Rebecca Cragun

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 1999
Thermal Microactuators for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)

Michael Berglund

M.S./M.B.A. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 1998
A Methodology for the Evaluation and Selection of Acceptable Design Concept Alternatives for Compliant Mechanisms

Brian D. Jensen

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated August 1998
Identification of Macro- and Micro-Compliant Mechanism Configurations Resulting in Bistable Behavior

Andrew J. Nielson

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 1998
Demonstration of the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model for Macro and Micro Compliant Pantographs

Pat Opdahl

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 1996
Modeling and Analysis of Compliant Bi-stable Mechanisms Using the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model

Brian Edwards

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated December 1996
Functionally Binary Pinned-Pinned Segments

James Derderian

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated April 1996
The Pseudo-Rigid-Body-Model Concept and its Application to Micro Compliant Mechanisms
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