The 5 papers have been accepted for presentation at Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2019) to be held in Berlin, Germany on June 23-27, 2019.
- Y. Yu and M. Rinaldi, “Chip Scale Micro-acoustic Radio Frequency Gyrator”
- B. Herrera, F. Pop, C. Cassella and M. Rinaldi, “AlN PMUT-Based Ultrasonic Power Transfer Links for Implantable Electronics”
- F. Pop, B. Herrera, W. Zhu, M. Assylbekova, C. Cassella, N. McGruer, and M. Rinaldi, “Zero-Power Acoustic Wake-up Receiver Based on DMUT Transmitter, PMUT Arrays Receivers and MEMS Switches for Intrabody Links”
- S. D. Calisgan, S. Kang, V. Rajaram, Z. Qian, M. Rinaldi, “Threshold-triggered MEMS-CMOS Infrared Resonant Detector with Near-Zero Standby Power Consumption”
- G. Chen and M. Rinaldi, “Super High Frequency Lateral-Field Excited Aluminum Nitride Cross-sectional Lame Mode Resonators”.
Outstanding Paper Award at MEMS 2019
The paper S. Kang, Z. Qian, V. Rajaram, S D Calisgan and M. Rinaldi “Chip-scale MEMS-CMOS Multispectral Infrared Chemical Sensor”, has been honored as a winner of the Outstanding Paper Award at the 32nd IEEE Internatioanl Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2019) held on January 27 – 31 in Seoul, Korea.
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3 Paper Accepted for IFCS-EFTF 2019
The 3 papers have been accepted for presentation at IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and European Frequency and Time Forum (IFCS-EFTF) to be held in Orlando, Florida on April 14-18, 2019.
- G. Chen, F. Pop and M. Rinaldi, “High-Q X-Band Aluminum Nitride Combined Overtone Resonators”
(Finalist in the Best Student Paper Competition) - F. Pop, B. Herrera, C. Cassella and M. Rinaldi, “pMUT-based Real-Time (RT) Acoustic Discovery Architecture (ADA) for Intrabody Networks (IN)” (Finalist in the Best Student Paper Competition)
- M. Pirro, C. Cassella, G. Michetti and M. Rinaldi “Low loss non reciprocal filter for miniaturized RF-front-end platforms” (Finalist in the Best Student Paper Competition)
Our Project Awarded the Resilience Solutions Grant
Our project “Battery-less Infrared Sensor Tags for Reliable Occupancy Sensing (BISTROS)” has been selected for the Resilience Solutions Grant Award
in Northeastern’s GapFund360 program sponsored by the Global Resilience Institute. GapFund360 is a new funding program at Northeastern University (NU) overseen by the Center for Research Innovation (CRI) will help faculty researchers bridge the gap between promising lab results and commercially viable prototypes.
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Zhenyun Qian is promoted to Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Zhenyun Qian has been recently promoted to a Research Assistant Professor, Congratulations!!
Paper Accepted for Publication in Advanced Optical Materials
Our paper S. Kang, Z. Qian, V. Rajaram, S. Calisgan, A. Alu’, and M. Rinaldi, “Ultra-narrowband Metamaterial Absorbers for High Spectral Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy” has been accepted for publication in Advanced Optical Materials.
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6 Papers Accepted for MEMS 2019
The 6 papers have been accepted for presentation at International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2019) to be held in Seoul, Korea on January 27-31, 2019.
1. Y. Yao, M. Rinaldi, “Wi-Fi-band Micro Acoustic Resonant Circulator”
2. P. Kulik, Y. Yu, G. Chen, M. Rinaldi, “Highly Linear Magnetic-free Isolator Based on a Time-Modulated Differential RF MEMS Lattice Filter”
3. S. Kang, Z. Qian, V. Rajaram, S. Calisgan, M. Rinaldi, “Chip-scale MEMS-CMOS Multispectral Infrared Chemical Sensor”
4. B. Herrera, F. V. Pop, C. Cassella, M. Rinaldi, “Frequency Agile PMUT-based Ultrasonic Communication Links”
5. F. V. Pop, B. Herrera, C. Cassella, M. Rinaldi, “Direct Modulation Piezoelectric Micro-machined Ultrasonic Transducer System (DMUT)”
6. V. Rajaram, Z. Qian, S. Kang, S. Calisgan, N. McGruer and M. Rinaldi, “MEMS-Based Battery-less RFID Infrared Sensor Tag With Memory Function”
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2 Papers Accepted for Sensors 2018
The 2 papers have been accepted for lecture presentation at IEEE Sensors (SENSORS 2018) to be held in New Delhi, India on October 28-31, 2018.
1. V. Rajaram, Z. Qian, S. Kang, S. Calisgan, N. McGruer and M. Rinaldi, “A False Alarm-Free Zero-Power Micromechanical Photoswitch”
2. S. Calisgan, V. Villanueva-Lopez, V. Rajaram, Z. Qian, S. Kang, S. Hernandez-Rivera, and M. Rinaldi, “Spectroscopic Chemical Sensing Based on Narrowband MEMS Resonant Infrared Detectors”
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Gwendolyn passes her dissertation defense
Gwendolyn Hummel successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation “Integrated Microsystems for Reconfigurable RF Front Ends”
Congratulations and best of luck for her new career at Sandia National Laboratories!!
3 Papers Accepted for Oral Presentation to IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) 2018 – Kobe, Japan
Three papers have been accepted for oral presentation at IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2018). The conference will be held in Kobe, Japan, on 22-25 October 2018 at the Protopia Hotel.
- Flavius Pop, Bernard Herrera, Guofeng Chen, Emrecan Demirors, Raffaele Guida, Cristian Cassella, Tommaso Melodia, Matteo Rinaldi, “Novel pMUT-Based Acoustic Duplexer for Underwater and Intra-Body Communication” (nominated for best student paper award in the Microacoustics section)
- Giuseppe Michetti, Cristian Cassella, Flavius Pop, Kord Ahmed, Sounas Dimitrios, Andrea Alù, Matteo Rinaldi, “A Quasi-LTI Frequency-Selective SAW Circulator” (nominated for best student paper award in the Physical Acoustic section)
- Michele Pirro, Cristian Cassella, Piotr Kulik, Giuseppe Michetti, Yao Yu, Guofeng Chen, Matteo Rinaldi, “Novel topology for a non-reciprocal MEMS filter“
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Paper Accepted for Publication in IEEE Sensors Journal
The paper V. Rajaram, Z. Qian, S. Kang, S. D. Calisgan, N.E. McGruer, and M. Rinaldi , “Zero-Power Electrically Tunable Micromechanical Photoswitches”, has been accepted for publication in IEEE Sensors Journal.
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Zhenyun Wins 2017 Chinese Government Award
Dr. Zhenyun Qian received the 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad. This award was established by China Scholarship Council in 2003. No more than 500 recipients are selected worldwide each year for their outstanding accomplishments during PhD studies in any discipline. This award is considered as the highest award given by Chinese government to the graduate students studying overseas who do not receive financial support from Chinese government.
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3 Papers Accepted for IFCS 2018
The 3 papers have been accepted for presentation at IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS 2018) to be held in Olympic Valley, CA on May 21-24, 2018.
- C. Cassella, and M. Rinaldi, “On the Origin of High Coupling Two-Dimensional Modes of Vibration in Aluminum Nitride Plates”
- Z. Qian, and M. Rinaldi, “Effects of Bottom Electrode Topography in AlN Nano Plate Resonators on Quality Factor”
- Y. Yu, F. Pop, G. Michetti, P. Kulik, M. Pirro, A. Kord, D. Sounas, A. Alu and M. Rinaldi, “2.5 GHz Highly-Linear Magnetic-Free Microelectromechanical Resonant Circulator”
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New Lab in Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Complex (ISEC) Featured in Northeastern Media
Piotr Kulik (left) and Giuseppe Michetti (right) in the newly relocated lab in Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Complex (ISEC).
Source: Northeastern University Instagram @Northeastern
2 Papers Accepted for Hilton Head 2018
The 3 papers have been accepted for presentation at Hilton Head Workshop 2018 to be held in Hilton Head Island on June 3-7, 2018.
- S. Kang, S. Calisgan, Z. Qian, V. Rajaram, N. Mcgruer, and M. Rinaldi, “Broadband Long-Wavelength Infrared Micromechanical Photoswitch For Zero-Power Human Detection”
- B. Herrera, E. Demirors, G. Chen, R. Guida, F. Pop, N. Dave, C. Casella, T. Melodia, and M. Rinaldi, “PMUT-Based High Data Rate Ultrasonic Wireless Communication Link for Intra-Body Networks”
- C. Cassella, M. Assylbekova, W. Z. Zhu, G. Chen, P. Kulik, G. Michetti, N. McGruer and M. Rinaldi, “750 Mhz Zero-Power Mems-Based Wake-Up Receiver With -60 Dbm Sensitivity”
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3 Papers Accepted for Presentation at MEMS 2018
The 3 papers have been accepted for presentation at IEEE MEMS 2018 Conference to be held in Belfest, Northern Ireland on 21-25 January 2018.
- V. Rajaram, Z. Qian, S. Kang, and M. Rinaldi, “MEMS-Based Near-Zero Power Infrared Wireless Sensor node”
- Y. Yu, A. Kord, D. Sounas, Z. Qian, G. Michetti, A. Alu and M. Rinaldi, “Magnetic-Free Radio Frequency Circulator based on Spatiotemporal Commutation of MEMS Resonators”
- G. Chen, C. Cassella, T. Wu, and M. Rinaldi, “Single-Chip Multi-Frequency Wideband Filters Based on Aluminum Nitride Cross-Sectional Lame Mode Resonators with Thick and Apodized Electrodes”
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Paper featured in the cover of Nature Nanotechnology
Our recent work Z. Qian, S. Kang, V. Rajaram, C. Cassella, N. E. McGruer, and M. Rinaldi, “Zero-power infrared digitizers based on plasmonically enhanced micromechanical photoswitches” is featured in the cover of Nature Nanotechnology (October 2017 Issue)
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Papers accepted for presentation at IEEE Sensors 2017
The paper V. Rajaram, Z. Qian, S. Kang, N. McGruer and M. Rinaldi, “Threshold Scaling of Near-Zero Power Micromechanical Photoswitches Using Bias Voltage”, and the paper T. Wu, G. Chen, C. Cassella, W. Zhu, M. Assylbekova, M. Rinaldi, N. McGruer, “Design and Fabrication of AlN RF MEMS Switch for Near-Zero Power RF Wake-Up Receivers”, have been accepted for lecture presentation at IEEE Sensors 2017, to be held in in Glasgow, Scotland UK from October 29 – November 1, 2017.
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