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OXIDEMEMS LAB

David N. Hutchison

Lester B. Knight Fellow, 2008
Cornell Nanofabrication Facility Fellow, 2009
Ph.D Candidate, 2013 (expected)
Applied and Engineering Physics
Cornell University

B.S. Physics, Magna Cum Laude, 2008
Brigham Young University, Utah

research

Optomechanical resonators
Phase noise control of spin torque oscillator RF sources
Carbon nanotube composites for high aspect ratio MEMS fabrication (as undergraduate)

PUBLICATIONS*

D. N. Hutchison, N. Morrill, Q. Aten, B. Turner, L. L. Howell, B. D. Jensen, R. R. Vanfleet, and R. C. Davis, "Carbon nanotubes as a framework for high aspect ratio MEMS fabrication," accepted for publication at JMEMS.
D. N. Hutchison, Q. Aten, B. Turner, N. Morrill, L. L. Howell, B. D. Jensen, R. C. Davis, and R. R. Vanfleet, "High aspect ratio microelectromechanical systems: a versatile approach using carbon nanotubes as a framework," Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (2009).

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS*

D. N. Hutchison, B. W. Turner, R. C. Davis, and R. R. Vanfleet, "Vertical Carbon Nanotube Scaffolding as an Alternative to Deep Reactive Ion Etching, Applicable to a Wide Variety of Materials," Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (2008).
D. N. Hutchison, B. W. Turner, R. R. Vanfleet, and R. C. Davis, "Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Scaffolding for High Aspect Ratio Microelectromechanical Systems," International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (2008).
D. N. Hutchison, B. W. Turner, R. R. Vanfleet, and R. C. Davis, "Synthesis and characterization of dense, vertically-aligned carbon nanotube forests from 10 nm colloidal iron oxide nanoparticles," American Physical Society March Meeting (2007).

THESES AND BOOK CHAPTERS*

"Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as a Framework for Microfabrication of High Aspect Ratio MEMS,"
Undergraduate thesis, published by Brigham Young University Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aug 2008.

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PATENTS

"X-ray Radiation Window with Carbon Nanotube Frame,"
US Pat. 20090086923, Apr 2009
Int'l Pat. #PCT/US2008/077933, Sept 7, 2009
Inventors: Robert C. Davis, Richard R. Vanfleet, David N. Hutchison
"Carbon Nanotube Assembly,"
Int'l Pat. #PCT/US2008/077922, Sept 4, 2009
Inventors: Robert C. Davis, Richard R. Vanfleet, David N. Hutchison
"Carbon Nanotube MEMS Assembly,"
US Pat. #20090085426, Apr 2008
Inventors: Robert C. Davis, Richard R. Vanfleet, David N. Hutchison

other interests

Acoustic guitar
Kiteboarding

CONTACT

dnh37 (at) cornell.edu
tel: 607.351.1852

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