Projects

Passive Wafer Alignment

Date: 01.15.15 - Present

Affiliation: UT Nanoscale Design and Manufacturing Lab

Short Description: I designed, fabricated, and evaluated this device to passively align 100mm wafers on a metrology stage. Three pins constrain the wafer and a flexure applies a nesting force. The design focused on optimizing pin locations for optimum positioning repeatability.

AUTOMATED Z-APPROACH STAGE FOR ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE

Date: 06.15.15 - Present

Affiliation: UT Nanoscale Design and Manufacturing Lab

Short Description: A mechanical system consisting of a voice coil actuator fixed to a flexural bearing provides sub-micron positioning resolution over a 1-mm range and allows automated approach for an AFM metrology system.

ASSISTED ROPE GRIPPING MECHANISM

Date: 09.01.15 - 12.15.15

Affiliation: ME 379M Robot Mechanism Design

Short Description: The rope gripping device was designed to enable a C7 Quadriplegic para-athlete to effectively manage a solo sailboat by providing an optimal method of gripping sailing ropes. Our team has been in touch with an inspirational 'customer' for this concept, who will eventually use this device to improve his sailing.

PRECISION CONTROLLER FOR VOICE COIL ACTUATORS

Date: 01.15.15 - Present

Affiliation: UT Nanoscale Design and Manufacturing Lab

Short Description: A precision amplifier is designed and prototyped for the purpose of controlling voice coil actuators. Feedback is incorporated to enable stable and precise control of actuator current.

PRECISION CONTROLLER FOR VOICE COIL ACTUATORS

Date: 01.15.15 - Present

Affiliation: American Society for Precision Engineering

Short Description: Collaborated with my labmates Ian Ladner, Nilabh Roy, and Tsung-Fu Yao to design and construct the winning entry in the ASPE student competition. The task was to design a translational stage with one micron positioning resolution over a 2mm x 1mm area. Congratulations Team!