Masters Students

Brent Weight
Constant Force Mechanisms
Publications

Kimberly Jensen
MEMS for fiber optic applications

Daniel Wilcox
Autonomous Systems in MEMS

Daniel Carroll
Ortho-Planar Metamorphic Mechanisms

Tim Allred
Compliant Mechanism Suspension Systems

Brandon Woolley
Definition of Structures vs. Mechanisms in Compliant Mechanisms

John Kennedy
Design of Compliant MEMS in LIGA

Scott Brooks
Compliant Mechanisms

Andy Nelson
Compliant Mechanisms

Alex Guerinot
Compliant Mechanisms

Ben Cannon
Compliant Mechanisms

Undergraduate Students

Sydney Wait
MEMS

Jordan Brough
MEMS

Michael Cherry
MEMS

Scott Robertson
Compliant Mechanisms

David Pugh
Compliant Mechanisms

Bryan Dunford
Compliant Mechanisms

Secretary

Megan McCallister
megan@et.byu.edu

Graduates

Clint Mortensen 
Compliant CVT 
Publications
Currently at Raytheon, Tuscon, Arizona

Mike Baker 
Bistable MEMS 
Publications
Currently at Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Nathan Crane 
Compliant Centrifugal Clutches 
Publications
Currently at Pratt and Whitney, Connecticut

Cameron Boyle 
Dynamics of Constant-Force Mechanisms 
Currently at Raytheon, Tuscon, Arizona

Deanne Clements 
MEMS Pin Joints 
Publications
Currently a Ph.D Student at Purdue University

Troy Gomm
Compliant MEMS 
Currently at Ford, Michigan

Aaron Herring
Manufacturing Compliant Members

Chris Lott 
MEMS Modeling and Control
Currently at L3, Salt Lake City, Utah

Nathan Masters 
Micro- Bistable Mechanisms 
Publications
Currently a Ph.D student at Georgia Institute of Technology

Chris Mattson
Compliant Mechanisms
 
John Parise 
Ortho-Planar  Mechanisms 
Currently at Motorolla, Plantation, Florida
Publications

Rebecca Cragun 
Thermal Actuators 
Publications 
Currently a Ph.D student at University of Arkansas

Alisa Millar Henrie 
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, December 1997 
M.S. Thesis: Variable Compliance via Magneto-Rheological Materials 
Publications 
Currently a Ph.D student at Brigham Young University

Brian Jensen 
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, August 1998 
Thesis: Identification of Macro- and Micro-Compliant Mechanism Configurations Resulting in Bistable Behavior 
Publications 
Currently a Ph.D. student at University of Michigan
 
Andrew Nielson 
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, April 1998 
Thesis: Demonstration of the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model for Macro and Micro Compliant Pantographs 
Publications 
Currently at Moxtek in Orem, Utah
 
Brian T. Edwards 
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, December 1996  
Thesis: Functionally Binary Pinned-Pinned Segments 
Publications 
Currently at Mechanical Dynamics Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan
 
Pat Opdahl 
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, December 1996  
Thesis: Modeling and Analysis of Compliant Bistable Mechanisms Using the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model  
Publications 
Currently at the Intel Corp. in  Washington
 
Jim Derderian 
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, April 1996.  
Thesis: The Pseudo-Rigid-Body-Model Concept and its Application to Micro Compliant Mechanisms. 
Publications 
Currently at Micron, Boise, Idaho
 
Greg Roach 
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, August 1998 
M.S. Thesis: An Investigation of Compliant Overrunning Ratchet-and Pawl Clutches 
Publications 
Currently a Ph.D student at Brigham Young University

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Graduates

Matt Parkinson 
Honors Thesis: Compliant Mechanisms: An Optimization-Based Approach to their Design  
Publications 
Currently working on Ph.D. at the University of Michigan
 
Susan Bromley
Honors Thesis: Strain in Polysilicon Microbeams: The Relationship Between Beam Geometry and the Strain at Failure 
Publications 
Currently working at ADC in Minnesota.