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PhD candidate
MIT DMSE
Senior MEMS engineer (2001-2005)
MicroCHIPS, Inc.
Engineer-in-residence (2001-2005)
MIT Microsystems Technology Labs
MS student and research assistant (1999-2001)
Maryland
MEMS Lab (MML)
University
of Maryland
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April 2010: J Phys: Cond Mat paper published, updated pictures and publications.
February 2010: Recent work uploaded to ArXiv: The mechanical creep compliance of tissue cells is gamma distributed.
January 2010: Gave Topics in Statistics talk at MIT's IAP.
October 2009: Created How deep can cells feel?, a 10-minute video describing recent research.
October 2008: Phys Rev E paper published.
February 2008: Added my experience with the oral quals.
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I'm a PhD student
in the Van Vliet Group in the Department of Materials Science
and Engineering at MIT; my advisors are Prof. Krystyn Van Vliet and Prof. Robert Langer. This video, also in slide form (pdf), gives an overview of my recent research. This poster (pdf) gives a overview of my research in 2007. |
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Pictures
and a list of publications are
here. |
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My experience with MIT's
oral qualifying exam in materials science and engineering. |
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This (pdf) is a printable, foldable thing I've been working on recently. Critical reviews are welcome. |
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One of my
images of cells can be seen up and down Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. |
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Technical notes (pdf): On true strain vs. engineering strain and Interpreting the Tresca yield criterion (as a TA for 3.032, Mechanical behavior of materials); Determining entropy (for 3.20, Materials at equilibrium); Generalized Hooke's Law (for 3.22, Mechanics of materials). |
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A controlled-exposure technology is described here in an adapted excerpt from my 2006 MEng thesis (pdf). |
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I've collected a variety of thin film patterns. |
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From 2001 to 2005 I worked for MicroCHIPS, Inc.,
a Boston-area bioMEMS company. This
extended abstract (pdf) describes the state of the technology in
2003. |
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Junior photojournalist takes on Christina and Aaron's wedding. |
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One of my areas of research at the University of Maryland was 3-D microfabrication. |
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The other was electrothermal actuation. |