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o Professor, BYU Department of Mechanical Engineering
o Phone: 801-422-8037
o Office:
435 CTB,
o Secretary: Erica Lee cmr-secretary@byu.edu,801-422-6615
o Professor
and Associate Dean of the
o Phone: 801-422-3151
o Office: 270 CB,
o Secretary:
o Assistant Professor
o Phone: 801-422-6030
o Office:
435 CTB,
o Secretary: Erica Lee cmr-secretary@byu.edu, 801-422-6615
· Peter Halverson halverson@byu.edu
o M.S. Mechanical Engineering, April 2007
· Gerrit Larsen nanites2000@yahoo.com
·
Eric Stratton strattone@yahoo.com
·
Regis David regisdavid@gmail.com
o M.S. Mechanical Engineering
· Quentin Aten quentinaten@yahoo.com
· David Smith david.gar.smith@gmail.com
· Kellen Moulton kellenmoulton@gmail.com
· Brian Olsen olsenb2@asme.org
· Paul Gollnick tallpaul@byu.edu
· Devin Ferrell devin.ferrell@gmail.com
Current Undergraduate Students
· Michael Wilcox michaelswilcox@gmail.com
· Yanal
Issac issac.yanal@gmail.com
· Shannon
Zirbel sazirbel@gmail.com
· Gregory Holst sailingmexican@hotmail.com
· Professor Guimin Chen, Visiting Scholar, Xidian University, Xi’an, P.R. China, October 2007 to September 2008.
· Jonathan Hopkins, Visiting PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summer 2008.
·
·
Professor Yue-Qing Yu,
Visiting Scholar,
·
Erica
Lee cmr-secretary@byu.edu 801-422-6615
· Kendall Teichert kbt22@byu.net
·
Ben
Todd blt5@email.byu.edu
o August 2008
o M.S. Thesis: A Compliant Threshold Acceleration Sensor Integrated with Radio Frequency Identifiable Tags.
o Weatherford International Ltd.
· Brian Cherry
o April 2008
o M.S. Thesis: Characterizing the Three-dimensional Behavior of Bistable Micromechanisms
o Raytheon
· Joseph Jacobsen
o April 2008
o M.S.
Thesis: Fundamental
Components for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms
o Blendtec
· Brian Winder
o April 2008
o M.S. Thesis: Achieving Complex Motion with Fundamental Components for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms
o NAVAIR
· Cameron Andersen
o December 2007
o M.S. Thesis: “Principles, Functions and Concepts for Compliant Mechanically Reactive Armor Elements”
o Smith Lift
· Mike Diehl
o December 2007
o M.S. Thesis: Design and Fabrication of Out-of-Plane Silicon Microneedles with Integrated Hydrophobic Microchannels
o Bechtel Corporations
· Rob Messenger
o Ph.D. December 2007
o Ph.D. Dissertation: “Integrated Piezoresistive Sensing for Feedback Control of Compliant MEMS”
o M.S. April 2004
o M.S. Thesis: “Modeling and Control of Surface Micromachined Thermal Actuators”
o Hewlett Packard Co.
· Steve Landon
o August 2007
o
M.S. Thesis: Development of
Deployable Wings for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Compliant Mechanisms
o L-3 Communications
· Allen Mackay
o August 2007
o
M.S. Thesis: Large-Displacement
Linear-Motion Compliant Mechanisms
o W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
· Jacob Montierth
o August 2007
o M.S. Thesis: Elliptical Rolling Link Toggle Mechanisms for Passive Force Closures with Self-Adjustment
o Ford
· Gary Johns
o April 2007
o M.S.
Thesis: The Piezoresistive Effect In Microflexures
o Merit Sensor Systems, Inc.
· David Mower
o April 2007
o M.S. Thesis: An Investigation of Wear-Resistant Coatings on an A390 Die-Cast Aluminum Substrate
o Raytheon
· Rob Chase
o December 2006
o M.S. Thesis: Large 3-D Deflection and Force Analysis of Lateral Torsional Buckled Beams
o Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
o April 2006
o M.S. Thesis: Development of a Strain Energy Storage Mechanism Using Tension Elements to Enhance Golf Club Performance.
· Jeffrey Anderson
o December 2005
o M.S. Thesis: “Piezoresistive Sensing of Bistable Micro Mechanism State”
· Nathan Rasmussen
o December 2005
o M.S.
Thesis: Compliant ortho-planar spring behavior under complex loads
o Caterpillar
· Craig Lusk
o August 2005
o Ph.D. Dissertation: “Ortho-planar Mechanisms for Microelectromechanical Systems”
o Professor
at the
· Neal Hubbard
o April 2005
o M.S. Thesis: “Dual-stage Thermally Actuated Surface-micromachined Nanopositioners”
o L-3 Communications, Integrated Systems
· Jonathan Wittwer
o Ph.D. April 2005
o Ph.D. Dissertation: “Simulation-based Design Under Uncertainty for Compliant Microelectromechanical Systems”
o M.S. December 2001
o M.S. Thesis: “Predicting the Effects of Dimensional and Material Property Variations in Micro Compliant Mechanisms”
o Sandia National Laboratories
· Jesse Cannon
o December 2004
o M.S. Thesis: “Compliant Mechanisms to Perform Bearing and Spring Functions in High Precision Applications”
o Lockheed Martin
· Daniel Wilcox
o December 2004
o M.S. Thesis: “Fully Compliant Tensural Bistable Mechanisms (FTBM) with On-chip Thermal Actuation”
o Sandia National Laboratories
·
Ryan Weight
o April 2004
o M.S. Thesis: “High-Torque Capacity Compliant Centrifugal Clutches”
o Schneider Logistics
· Ben Cannon
o December 2003
o M.S. Thesis: “Design and Analysis of End-Effector Systems for Scribing on Silicon”
o L-3 Communications
· John Kennedy
o December 2003
o M.S. Thesis: “Compliant, In-plane Ratchet and Pawl Micromechanisms for Safety Applications”
o Dynamic Structures and Materials
· Timothy Allred timothy.allred@hill.af.mil
o August 2003
o M.S. Thesis: “Compliant Mechanisms Suspensions”
o Hill Air Force Base
· Scott Brooks
o August 2003
o M.S. Thesis: “Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Grasping with Application to Mechanical Disc Brakes”
o Sandia National Laboratories
· Kimberly Jensen
o August 2003
o M.S. Thesis: “Analysis and Design of Surface Micromachined Micromanipulators for Out-of-plane Micropositioning”
o Ph.D.
at
· Scott Lyon
o August 2003
o Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Pseudo-rigid-body Model for Dynamic Predictions of Macro and Micro Compliant Mechanisms”
o L-3 Communications
· Alex Guerinot
o April 2003
o M.S. Thesis: “Compliant Mechanisms Subjected to Compressive Loadings”
o Advanced Composites
· Brandon Woolley
o April 2003
o M.S. Thesis: “An Approach to Concept Development for Compliant Mechanisms Possessing High Coefficients of Restitution”
o TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company
· Daniel Carroll
o December 2002
o M.S. Thesis: “Metamorphic Process for Compliant Ortho-planar Mechanism Design”
o Raytheon
· Michael Baker
o April 2002
o M.S. Thesis: “On-Chip Actuation of Compliant Bistable Micro-Mechanisms”
o Sandia National Laboratories
· Cameron Boyle
o August 2001
o Dynamics of Constant-Force Mechanisms
o M.S. Thesis: “A Closed-Form Dynamic Model of the Compliant Constant-Force Mechanism Using the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model”
o Raytheon
o April 2001
o M.S. Thesis: “High Production Manufacturing Considerations for Metallic Compliant Mechanisms with Long Thin Beams”
o IBM
· Christian Lott
o August 2001
o M.S. Thesis: Electrothermomechanical Modeling of a Surface-micromachined Linear Displacement Microactuator
o L3 Communications
· Nathan Masters
o December 2001
o M.S. Thesis: “A Self-Retracting Fully Compliant Bistable Micromechanism”
o Ph.D. at Georgia Tech
o
· Chris Mattson
o August 2001
o M.S. Thesis: “Principles for the Design and Development of Modular Consumer-Products.”
o Ph.D.
at
o Professor
at
o December 2001
o M.S. Thesis: “Development and Design of Constant Force Mechanisms”
o Ford
· Troy Gomm
o August 2001
o M.S. Thesis: “Development of In-Plane Compliant Bistable Microrelays”
o Ford
· Deanne Clements
o December 2000
o M.S. Thesis: “Implementing Compliant Mechanisms in Micro-Electo-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)”
o Ph.D.
at
· Clint Mortensen
o August 2000
o M.S. Thesis: “Behavior Models for Compliant Continuously Variable Transmissions”
o Raytheon
· Nathan Crane
o December 1999
o M.S. Thesis: “Compliant Centrifugal Clutches Design Analysis and Testing”
o Ph.D. at M.I.T.
o Professor
at the
o Website: http://www.eng.usf.edu/~nbcrane/
· Rebecca Cragun
o August 1999
o M.S. Thesis: “Thermal Microactuators for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)”
o EaglePicher Technologies
· John Parise
o August 1999
o M.S. Thesis: “Ortho-Planar Mechanisms”
o Motorola
· Brian Jensen
o August 1998
o M.S. Thesis: “Identification of Macro- and Micro-Compliant Mechanism Configurations Resulting in Bistabe Behavior”
o
o Professor
at
· Andrew Nielson
o August 1998
o M.S.
Thesis: “Demonstration
of the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model for Macro and Micro Compliant Pantographs”
o MOXTEK
· Gregory Roach
o August 1998
o M.S. Thesis: “An Investigation of Compliant Over-running Ratchet and Pawl Clutches”
o Ph.D.
at
o Professor at BYU-Idaho
·
Alisa
Millar Henrie
o December 1997
o M.S. Thesis: “Variable Compliance Via Magneto-Rheological Materials”
o Ph.D.
at
o December 1996
o M.S. Thesis: “Functionally Binary Pinned-Pinned Segments”
o MSC Software
· Patrick Opdahl
o December 1996
o M.S.
Thesis: “Modeling and
Analysis of Compliant Bi-stable Mechanisms Using the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model”
o Intel
o April 1996
o M.S. Thesis: “The Pseudo-Rigid-Body-Model Concept and its Application to Micro Compliant Mechanisms”
o Micron
Undergraduate
Honors Thesis Graduates
· Bart Frischknecht
o Honors Thesis: New Constant-Force Compliant Mechanisms
o Currently
a PhD student at the
· Matt Parkinson
o Honors Thesis: Compliant Mechanisms: An Optimization-Based Approach to their Design
o Ph.D.
at
o Currently
a professor at
·
o M.S.
at
o Currently
a adjunct research collaborator at
· Erica Wolfe
· Niki Tengan
· Nicole Douglas