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2021
Dec 3, 2021Four students (Freidlay Steve, Reid Baris, Mischael Anilus, and Lillian Fullford) traveled to Seattle for the 181st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, and presented three papers (presentations by Freidlay, Reid, and Lillian), with collaborating authors from Tanner Research, Draper, Cornell, and MIT PSFC:
Freidlay Steve, Robert Littrell, Craig Core, Don Banfield, and Robert D. White, "Aluminum Nitride Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers with Applications in Sonic Anemometry" in the 181st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA, Nov 29 - Dec 3 2021.
Lillian J. Fullford, Robert D. White, Jonathan J. Bernstein, "Vibro-Tactile Display for the Visually Impaired using Miniature Electrostatic Transducers", in the 181st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA, Nov 29 - Dec 3, 2021.
Reid Baris, Mischael Anilus, Zijia Zhao, Steve Chau, Wayne Liu, Amish Desai, Michael Emerling, Robert Littrell, Craig Core, Stacey Tang, Luisa Chiesa, Makoto Takayasu, and Robert D. White, "Cryogenic Testing of Microphones and Preamplifiers for MEMS Quench Detection in Superconducting Magnets" in the 181st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA, Nov 29 - Dec 3, 2021.
Sept 17, 2021Lots of new faces in the research group this fall! Excited to be working with Tim Cheng, Olive Rappoli, Mischael Anilus, Lily Fullford, Julia Huckaby
, Eduardo Vargas, Reid Baris, and Freidlay Steve.
Aug 30, 2021Tufts/Cornell high altitude sonic anemometer flew to 106,000 feet on a NASA Wallops balloon over New Mexico.
The system is a demonstration of a high resolution, high speed, three dimensional relative wind measurement system which can operate at
low pressures and temperatures such as Earth's stratosphere or the surface of Mars. Funding from the NASA PICASSO program. Glad to be working
with Don Banfield at Cornell and Chris Yoder at NASA Wallops.
More info.
August 1, 2021Our paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity:
Zijia Zhao, Peter Moore, Casey Owen, Mischael Anilus, Steve Chau, Amish Desai, Michael Emerling, Luisa Chiesa, Makoto Takayasu, and Robert White "Characterization of MEMS Acoustic Sensors and Amplifiers in Cryogenic Fluids for Quench Detection Applications in HTS CICC", in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 1-5, Aug. 2021. DOI 10.1109/TASC.2021.3062784
May 3, 2021Spencer Schmid successfully defended his Senior Honors Thesis "Design of Sonic Anemometer for the Martian Environment". Congrats!
E. S. Schmid, "Designing of Sonic Anemometer for Martian Environment", Bachelor of Science Honors Thesis, Tufts University, May 2021.
April 22, 2021Martin Majkut successfully defended his Master's thesis "Two-Dimensional Locomotion in a Soft Foam Robot Using Weight Redistribution". Congrats!
M. Majkut, "Two-Dimensional Locomotion in a Soft Foam Robot Using Weight Redistribution", Master of Science Thesis, Tufts University, May 2021.
April 21, 2021Peter Tsivis successfully defended his Master's thesis "Wedge Cut Design for Tendon Driven Soft Foam Arm". Congrats!
P. Tsivis, "Wedge Cut Design for Tendon Driven Soft Foam Arm", Master of Science Thesis, Tufts University, May 2021.
January 7, 2021.A US patent application was filed on our sonic anemometer invention.
Robert White, Ian Neeson and Don Banfield, "Systems and Methods of Operation of a Sonic Anemometer", US application number 17/144,097, filed January 7, 2021. Claims the benefit of US Provisional Patent Application 62/958,030 filed January 7, 2020.
2020
December 7, 2020Three papers were presented at the Acoustical Society of America Virtual Conference 2020, "Acoustics Virtually Everywhere"
Robert D. White, E. Spencer Schmid, Ian Neeson, Jonathan P. Merrison, Jens Jacob Iversen, and Don Banfield, "Ultrasonic Anemometry on Mars" at the 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, "Acoustics Virtually Everywhere", December 7-11, 2020.
Robert D. White, Zijia Zhao, Casey Owen, Mischael Anilus, Steve Chau, Amish Desai, Michael Emerling, Luisa Chiesa, and Makoto Takayasu, "Cryogenic Testing of MEMS Microphones towards their Utilization as a Quench Detection Method in Superconducting Magnets" at the 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, "Acoustics Virtually Everywhere", December 7-11, 2020.
Ethan Saff and Robert D. White "Spectral Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layer Pressure Fluctuations Collected by a MEMS Microphone Array" at the 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, "Acoustics Virtually Everywhere", December 7-11, 2020, undergraduate research symposium poster session.
December 3, 2020.NASA recommended our MATISSE proposal on a Martian Sonic Anemometer for funding.
This project is with Cornell, VN instruments, and NASA Ames.
October 24, 2020Two papers were presented at the Applied Superconductivity Virtual Conference 2020.
Zijia Zhao, Casey Owen, Mischael Anilus, Peter Moore, Steve Chau, Amish Desai, Michael Emerling, Robert White, Luisa Chiesa, and Makoto Takayasu, "Characterization of various MEMS sensors in cryogenic fluids for quench detection applications in HTS Cable-In-Conduit Conductors", at the Applied Superconductivity Virtual Conference, ASC2020, Oct 24- Nov 7, 2020.
Makoto Takayasu , Zijia Zhao , Luisa Chiesa , Robert White, "Coolant pressure evaluations for a MEMS sensor array quench detection in REBCO CICC superconducting cables" at the Applied Superconductivity Virtual Conference, ASC2020, Oct 24- Nov 7, 2020
September 18, 2020Our work on cryogenic MEMS pressure sensor arrays for superconducting magnet quench detection was recommended for Phase II STTR funding by the Department of Energy.
This work is with Prof. Luisa Chiesa at Tufts, the MIT Plasma Fusion Science Center, and Tanner Research.
April 17, 2020Yucheng Sha successfully defended his Master's thesis "A Low Turbulence Recirculating Wind Tunnel for MEMS Sensor Characterization". Congrats!
Y. Sha, "A Low Turbulence Recirculating Wind Tunnel for MEMS Sensor Characterization", Master of Science Thesis, Tufts University, May 2020. LINK
January 5-8, 2020Students Spencer Schmid and Yucheng Sha and Prof. White travel to AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando.
R. D. White, I. Neeson, E. S. Schmid, J. Merrison, J. J. Iversen, and D. Banfield, "Flow Testing of a Sonic Anemometer for the Martian Environment,"
in AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, Orlando, Jan 6-10 2020. AIAA2020-0712 https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-0712
2019
December 20, 2019Vienna Mott successfully defended her Master's thesis:
Vienna Mott, "Microplastic Detection Using Impedance Measurements in a Microfluidic Channel", Masters of Science Thesis, Tufts University, December 2019.
LINK
November 21, 2019Our paper on miniature coaxial interconnects was accepted:
Daniela A. Torres, Anthony Kopa, Robert D. White, and Caprice Gray, "Co-fabrication of Microcoaxial Interconnects
and Substrate Junctions for Multi-Chip Microelectronic Systems" in IEEE Transactions on Components,
Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, accepted article, article in press, November 21, 2019.
September 10, 2019Our paper on flow testing of the Mars sonic anemometer was accepted:
Robert D. White, E. Spencer Schmid, Ian Neeson, Jonathan P. Merrison, Jens Jacob Iversen, and Don Banfield.
"Flow Testing of a Sonic Anemometer for the Martian Environment" in the AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, 2020.
August 10, 2019Prof. White travels to Aarhus Denmark to test the Tufts sonic anemometer.
After 3 years of effort, Prof. White traveled to Denmark to test the Tufts sonic anemometer in the Mars Simulation Wind Tunnel at the University
of Aarhus. The instrument was developed with funds from the NASA PICASSO program in collaboration with Don Banfield from Cornell and Ian Neeson from
VN Instruments, Ontario. Students Henry Shi and Spencer Schmid assisted. The instrument performed well! See this story
in Tufts Engineering News
June 1, 2019Prof. White begins his sabbatical year as a visiting consultant at Draper Labs, Cambridge, MA
May 20, 2019Department of Energy STTR Phase I funded.
With Luisa Chiesa (Tufts), Michael Emerling and Amish Desai (Tanner Research) and Makoto Takayasu MIT:
"Quench Detection Method for Large Superconducting Magnets using Robust MEMS Acoustic Sensor Arrays".
Undergraduate Mischael Anilus will assist with this project.
March 3, 2019Our paper on ALD deposition of platinum electrodes for fuel cells was accepted:
Dinesh Sabarirajan, Thomas George, James Vlahakis, Robert White, and Iryna Zenyuk, "Atomic Layer Deposition of Pt Nanoelectrode Array
for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, accepted article, article in press, 2019.
February 25, 2019Our paper on soft foam robot manufacturing was accepted:
Nikolas Kastor, Ritwika Mukherjee, Eliad Cohen, Vishesh Vikas, Barry Trimmer and Robert D. White,
"Design and Manufacturing of Tendon Driven Soft Foam Robots" Robotica, accepted article, article in press, 2019.
January 30, 2019Mischael Anilus joined the group.
Mischael will do an undergraduate research project on aluminum nitride deposition, micro-scale processing, and characterization.
January 9, 2019Our paper published:
Daniela A. Torres, Anthony Kopa, Sara C. Baron, Robert McCormick, Robert D. White, and Caprice Gray,
"Characterization of Low Inductance Micro-coaxial Cables for Power Distribution",
Journal of Microelectronics and Electronic Packaging, October 2018, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 171-178.
https://doi.org/10.4071/imaps.729301.
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