Hi my name is Gary Palmer II and I'm a senior mechanical engineering major at the University of Maryland. My interest in flexible macroelectronics stems from its future capabilities. The fact that these components can be integrated with everyday objects is fascinating. Since this technology will be used in the future, it will be great to be on the leading edge of its development.
My name is Christi Ryon. I am a senior undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Maryland, College Park. I am taking a course in flexible macroelectronics for two reasons. First, this course fulfils a major requirement. The second reason is that the subject of flexible macroelectronics is a new emerging technology that I was not familiar with but is a topic that I wished to learn more about.
My name is Ben Marshall and I am an undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Maryland. I am currently enrolled into a flexible macroelectronics class at the University of Maryland, taught by Dr. Teng Li. I gained interest in this class through a guess lecture Dr. Li gave in one of my classes. Flexible macroelectronics seems to be a growing area in electronics and I have always been interested in plasma and flat panel screen technology. My research interest is electronic packaging.
Farbod was born on a rainy day. Long before his birth, fortunetellers predicted that a child would be born and make a significant change in the world in the future. Farbod was born on NOV 3, 1982. His dad taught him swimming at a very early age. At the age of 11, Farbod began his competitive swimming and joined different teams. He was one of the fastest state champions when he was 14. He has placed second and third in 4 x 100 meter freestyle. Farbod retired himself from swimming in high school to persue his ultimate goal as an enginner.
Stretchable zigzag interconnects have potential applications in dynamic environments and in some biological systems.
Stretchability of metal interconnects over polymer substrates (elastomer in particular) have been discussed in detail in the following papers:
My name is Michael Mutaku and I am a mechanical engineering student at the University of Maryland. I am a senior and I hope to graduate in May of 2007 with my bachelor's degree in ME. I am mostly interested in the fabrication of electronics and so flexible electronics sounded like an interesting topic to study. After the first day of class I decided to stay in this class because the professor discussed all the possibilities for flexible electronics including large displays. With more and more people buying big screen plasma screens, it seems vital for an engineer to understand how to create even larger displays in order to meet the demands of the people. With cellphones being able to carry live feeds from television stations, it only seems plausible for a person to have a personal screen comparable to a tv at the palm of your hand that can be folded to the size of a cellphone.
The New York Times Magazine this weekend featured a Harvard undergraduate student from China, and her work to shake up education in China. The article is long, but if you grew up in China, it should be a quick read, and fun. If you grew up in US or Europe, perhaps this is a helpful read, just to learn how other people live.
