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Michael Mutaku
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.
Education in China and in America
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.
Mechanics of Precisely Controlled Thin Film Buckling on Elastomeric Substrate
Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 133119 (2007)
Mechanics of Precisely Controlled Thin Film Buckling on Elastomeric Substrate
The Industry First Compact Reverse Pulse Plating Controller for R&D Applications in MEMS and Nanotechnology
Laguna Beach, CA March 31, 2007 -- Kebaili Corporation a leading California based high-tech company announced today the release of the CPG-500 Series, the industry first compact current pulse generator, specifically designed for electrodeposition applications, such as (direct current) DC plating, pulse plating, and periodic reverse pulse plating for a variety of applications in MEMS and nanotechnology.
Matthias Irmscher
My name is Matthias Irmscher and I am a graduate student currently visiting the University of Maryland for a year. I will finish my equivalent of a Master's degree at the Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany by the end of 2008. I am a current Fulbright grantee.
Ravikumar Sanapala
Dear All,
My name is Ravikumar Sanapala. I am doing Master of Science (M.S) in Mechanical Engineering at University of Maryland. I recieved a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India.
Journal Club Theme of April 2007: Analytical Modeling of Biomolecules
The molecular building blocks of a cell include:
Mohamed Nefatni
My name is Mohamed Nefatni. I'm a senior in Mechanical Engineering, expecting to graduate in December 2007. I was born in Tunisia (North Africa) and came to the U.S 4 years ago. I'm a transfer student from Montgomery College. I'm actually planning to apply for graduate school and my research interests are Electronic packaging and Reliability.
Is it possible to obtain (without modeling) the fracture strength of defect-free nanotubes or nanowires by tensile loading?
What boundary conditions would allow failure to occur in the gauge length and not at or near the clamps? One is not allowed (in suggesting ways of overcoming stress concentation at the clamps) to create defects in the nanotube or nanowire, to configure the region where failure will occur. Thus, it is not possible (or is it?) to create an analog of dog-bone specimens by, e.g., milling away part of the nanowire with a focused ion beam, etc., because this creates defects in the nanowire.