Since the winter of 2012, I have worked with Professor McDaniel designing and testing MEMS resonators. My responsibilities include drwaing the devices on paper, designing them in the layout software for manufacturing, testing, analysis, and redesign. I received the Lutchen Distinguished Fellowship award for the summer of 2013.

 

This project is challenging because of all the design restrictions, including dimension between layers, acceptable layer misalignment, fixed layer height and order of deposition, and micro-scale caveats, like negligible mass and 'sticktion' between surfaces.