Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)

Research Advised by Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister

David Burnett

Alumni
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2019

Mauricio J. Bustamante

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Michel M. Maharbiz (Advisor)
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2023 (Anticipated)

Oliver Chen

Alumni
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Michel M. Maharbiz (Advisor)
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2022

Oliver graduated with the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2016. He is currently working on hydrogel actuated carbon fiber microelectrode arrays in as an EECS PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley with Prof. Michel Maharbiz. He is a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Oliver is interested in biomedical device technology related to both systems-level design and MEMS devices. This includes microfabrication and implementation of implantable devices, in particular, neural probes for brain-machine...

Wentian Mi

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Michel M. Maharbiz (Advisor)
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2023 (Anticipated)

Robust Crystal-Free Oscillators and the Invisible Keyboard

Alex Moreno
2022
Fall 2022 BSAC Research Review Presentation View Slides View Presentation at 17:08

BSAC's Best: Fall 2022 Awards Announced

September 28, 2022

BSAC would like to thank all of the researchers who presented their research during BSAC's Fall 2022 Research Review on September 21st.

BSAC Industrial Members voted for the outstanding paper and presentations and the results are in. Please join BSAC in congratulating the recipients of the Fall 2022 Best of BSAC honors, Alex Moreno, Mutasem Odeh, and Vivian Wang!

Outstanding Presenter...

Daniel Teal

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2025 (Anticipated)

Currently a PhD student under Prof. Kristofer Pister; earned a BS mechanical engineering / math from the University of Texas at Austin. Builds microfabrication tools, robots, and miscellaneous devices.

Yu-Chi Lin

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2027 (Anticipated)

BPN959: Self-Righting for Micro Robots

Alexander Alvara
2022

In developing micro-robots for exploration in non-uniform terrain, it is often the case that robots fall over. This work seeks to provide a solution in the self-righting of autonomous micro-robots to overturn a 1cc, 1 gram cube microrobot with regular octahedral symmetry that has fallen on either of its four sides and overturning said microrobot once upside down. Our design currently consists of a 3-bar linkage in conjunction with an electrostatic inchworm motor. First-generation devices are in fab as of August. Hand analysis indicates that self-righting from any face should be...

BPN857: Miniature Autonomous Rockets

Alexander Alvara
2022

Pico air vehicles (PAVs), sub-5cm aerial vehicles, are becoming more feasible due to advances in wireless mesh networks, millimeter-scale propulsion, battery technology, and MEMS control surfaces. Our goal is to develop an aerodynamic MEMS control surface that could be used in PAV applications. This device will use electrostatic inchworm motors (capable of outputting 15mN) to extend an airfoil through 10 degrees. Using information from previous work that demonstrated roll control, we expect to extend automated flight control to pitch and yaw. We predict and output torque of 2.3 uNm,...