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From left to right: Ross Smith, Jim Summers, Wen-Teng (Victor) Chang, Dr. Christian Zorman, Allison Hess, Rocco Parro, Varun Keesara, Jiangang (John) Du

 

Current Members (Program)

High School Research Interns

  • Cassandra Miller - Summer 2007
  • Sloan Zimmerman - Summer 2006, Summer 2007

Group Alumni (Degree - Graduation Date)

  • Jiangang (John) Du (Ph.D. - August, 2007)
  • Dissertation Title: Development of polycrystalline and amorphous SiC thin films for membrane-based MEMS devices
  • Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
  • Matthew Krueger (M.S. - May, 2007)
  • Current Position: Machine R&D Engineer, The Lincoln Electric Company
  • James Summers (M.S. - January, 2007)
  • Thesis Title: Development of amorphous silicon carbide films deposited by dual-precursor PECVD in a single power supply system for use in microbridge-based electrostatic actuators
  • Current Position: Engineer, Orbital Research, Inc.
  • Ross Smith (M.S. - January, 2007)
  • Thesis Title: Development of an automated data acquisition system for investigation of fluid flow at the nanometer scale
  • Current Position: Ph. D. Candidate, Case Western Reserve University
  • Wen-Teng (Victor) Chang (Ph.D. - August, 2006)
  • Dissertation Title: Energy dissipation in MEMS-based flexural-mode lateral resonators made from single crystalline and polycrystalline 3C-SiC films
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Kaohsiung
  • Neha Singh (M.S. - August, 2006)
  • Thesis Title: Evaluation of amorphous PECVD SiC thin films for MEMS applications using trimethylsilane as the precursor
  • Current Position: Micron Technologies
  • Jacob Trevino (M.S. - May, 2006)
  • Thesis Title: Development of low-stress, heavily doped poly-SiC films for MEMS applications
  • Current Position: Process Engineer, Analog Devices, Inc.
  • Varun Keesara (M.S. - May, 2006)
  • Thesis Title: Development of multi-layered, flexible electrode structures based on neural electrode designs fabricated from biaxial liquid crystal polymer and polynorbornene
  • Current Position: Temp Research Engineer I, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Jeremy Dunning (M.S. - May, 2005)
  • Thesis Title: Development of low-stress, undoped poly-SiC films in a large-scale LPCVD furnace using gas flow as a controlling parameter
  • Current Position: Biomedical Engineer, Advanced Platform Technology Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center