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Frequency Tunable MEMS-Based Timing Oscillators and Narrowband Filters

Henry Barrow; Clark T.-C. Nguyen; Kristofer S.J. Pister; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

High-Q AlN Contour Mode Resonators with Unattached, Voltage-Actuated Electrodes

Robert Schneider; Clark T.-C. Nguyen; Kristofer S.J. Pister; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

CMOS Magnetic Particle Flow Cytometer

Pramod Murali; Bernhard E. Boser; Ali M. Niknejad; Luke P. Lee
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Wireless Power Monitoring at Plugs and Panels

Michael Lorek; Kristofer S.J. Pister; Michel M. Maharbiz; Paul Wright
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Nonlinear Effects in High-Q Disk Resonator Gyroscopes

Sarah Nitzan; David A. Horsley; Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn; Sanjay Joshi
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

System Design of a Lorentz Force MEMS Magnetic Sensor

Vashwar Rouf; David A. Horsley; Xiaoguang Liu; Rajeevan Amirtharajah
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Capacitive-Gap MEMS Resonator-Based Oscillator Systems for Low-Power Signal Processing

Thura Lin Naing; Clark T.-C. Nguyen; Ali Javey; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Assays and Tools for Biomolecular Analysis in Remote and Low-Resource Settings

Richard Henrikson; Luke P. Lee
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers for Fingerprint Sensing

Yipeng Lu; David A. Horsley; Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn; Tingrui Pan
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Metal Optics Based nanoLEDS: In Search of a Fast, Efficient, Nanoscale Light Emitter

Michael Eggleston; Ming C. Wu; Eli Yablonovitch; Xiang Zhang
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Integrated Microfluidic Molecular Diagnostics for Point-of-Care

Charlie (Erh-Chia) Yeh; Luke P. Lee; Ming C. Wu
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

A Micromechanical Frequency-Selective Power Amplifier

Wei-Chang Li; Clark T.-C. Nguyen; Elad Alon; Roya Maboudian
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Optofluidic Devices for Droplet and Cell Manipulation

Shao Ning Pei; Ming C. Wu; Michel M. Maharbiz; Amy Herr
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Non-Epitaxial Thin-Film Indium Phosphide Photovoltaics: Growth, Devices, and Cost Analysis

Maxwell Zheng; Ali Javey; Ming C. Wu; Roya Maboudian
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Ultra-Low Energy Photoreceivers for Optical Interconnects

Ryan Going; Ming C. Wu; Eli Yablonovich; Constance Chang-Hasnain; Junqiao Wu
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Templated Dry Printing of Conductive Metal Nanoparticles

David Rolfe; Albert P. Pisano; Liwei Lin; Amy Herr
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Finite Element Analysis of the Effects of Package Induced Stress on Micromechanical Resonator Temperature Stability

Divya Kashyap; Clark T.-C. Nguyen; Liwei Lin
Master's Thesis, 2015

A Micromechanical RF Channelizer

Mehmet Akgul
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Lorentz Force Magnetic Sensors

Mo Li; David A. Horsley; Stephen O’Driscoll; Rajeevan Amirtharajah
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015

Low Noise, Low Power Cavity Optomechanical Oscillators

Alejandro Griñe; Ming C. Wu; Liwei Lin; Constance Chang-Hasnain
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Micromechanical Resonant Switches ("Resoswitches") and Resonant Power Converters

Yang Lin; Clark T.-C. Nguyen; Tsu-Jae King Liu; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Wireless Sensing Applications for Critical Industrial Environments

Fabien Chraim; Kristofer S.J. Pister
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Carbon Nanotube Films for Energy Storage Applications

Alina Kozinda; Liwei Lin; Roya Maboudian; Dorian Liepmann
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Thermal Ground Plane for Chip-Level Electronics Cooling

Hongyun So; Albert P. Pisano; Liwei Lin; Tsu-Jae King Liu
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Design and Analysis of High Quality Factor Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Diamond Micromechanical Resonators

Mohammad Hadi Motieian Najar; David A. Horsley; M. Saif Islam; Rajeevan Amirtharajah
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

A Study of Mass Transport Towards the Design and Characterization of an Artificial Kidney

Peter Soler; Dorian Liepmann; Susan Miller; David B. Graves; Mohammad Mofrad
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Readout Circuits for Frequency-Modulated Gyroscopes

Igor I. Izyumin; Bernhard E. Boser
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Materials Science and Device Physics of 2-Dimensional Semiconductors

Hui Fang; Ali Javey; Ramamoorthy Ramesh; Junqiao Wu; Eli Yablonovitch
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Applied Estimation of Mobile Environments

Kevin Weekly; Alexandre M. Bayen; Kristofer S.J. Pister; Costas J. Spanos; Steven D. Glaser
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Low Dimensional Materials for Next Generation Electronics

Steven Chuang; Ali Javey
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Silicon Carbide Bipolar Junction Transistors for High Temperature Sensing Applications

Nuo Zhang; Albert P. Pisano; Tsu-Jae King Liu; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Fabrication and Characterization of Gecko-inspired Fibrillar Adhesive

Yongkwan Kim; Roya Maboudian; David B. Graves; Ali Javey
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Droplet-Based Microfluidic Systems: Finger-Powered Pumps, Reactors and Magnetic Capsules

Kosuke Iwai; Liwei Lin; Albert P. Pisano; Luke P. Lee
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Silicon and Silicon Carbide Nanowires: Synthesis, Characterization, Modification, and Application as Micro-Supercapacitor Electrodes

John Paul Alper; Roya Maboudian; David B. Graves; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014

Aluminum Nitride Sensors for Harsh Environments

Fabian Goericke; Albert P. Pisano; Tsu-Jae King Liu; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

High-Resolution μECoG: Design, Fabrication, and Applications

Peter Ledochowitsch; Michel M. Maharbiz; Jose M. Carmena; Robert T. Knight; Christoph E. Schreiner
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Harsh Environment Silicon Carbide UV Sensor and Junction Field-Effect Transistor

Wei-Cheng Lien; Albert P. Pisano; Tsu-Jae King Liu; Elad Alon
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Copper Oxide by Thermal Oxidation for Electrochemical Cells and Gas Sensors

Kevin Limkrailassiri; Liwei Lin; Costas Grigoropoulos; Roya Maboudian
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Nanomaterials Processing Toward Large-scale Flexible/Stretchable Electronics

Toshitake Takahashi; Ali Javey; Tsu-Jae King Liu; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Solid-Liquid Interdiffusion Bonding of Silicon Carbide to Steel for High Temperature MEMS Sensor Packaging and Bonding

Matthew Chan; Albert P. Pisano; Liwei Lin; Junqiao Wu
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Material Synthesis and Characterization for Micro-supercapacitor Applications

Benjamin Hsia; Roya Maboudian; David B. Graves; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Frequency Modulated Gyroscopes

Mitchell H. Kline; Bernhard E. Boser
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Engineering Collective Behaviors

Daniel Cohen; Michel M. Maharbiz; Tejal Desai; Evan Variano
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Microfluidic Modules for Enabling Point-of-Care Biopsy-based Cancer Diagnostics

Debkishore Mitra; Luke P. Lee; Shuvo Roy; Lee W. Riley
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

MEMS Materials and Temperature Sensors for Down Hole Geothermal System Monitoring

Sarah Wodin-Schwartz; Albert P. Pisano; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Optical Whispering-Gallery Mode Resonators for Applications in Optical Communication and Frequency Control

Karen Grutter; Ming C. Wu; Clark T.-C. Nguyen; Liwei Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Material Science and Device Physics of Semiconductors on Arbitrary Substrates

Rehan Kapadia; Ali Javey; Sayeef Salahuddin; Daryl Chrzan
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Ultrasonic 3D Rangefinder on a Chip

Richard J. Przybyla; Bernhard E. Boser
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Microfluidic Reactors for the Controlled Synthesis of Nanoparticles

E. Yegan Erdem; Albert P. Pisano; Fiona M. Doyle; Liwei Lin; Tsu-Jae King Liu
Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013

Transparent Micro-electrocorticography (μECoG) Arrays for Optogenetic Mapping of Surface Potentials

Brian Pepin; Michel M. Maharbiz
Master's Thesis, 2013