Exploiting emergent collective behaviours in complex large MEMS systems
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: Electronic, Electrical and Computer Eng
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Michael Ward (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Wei X
(2010)
Analysis of manufacturing variation in a coupled microresonators array based on its designed values and measured eigenfrequencies
in Micro & Nano Letters
Wei X
(2011)
Nonlinear Dynamics of a Periodically Driven Duffing Resonator Coupled to a Van der Pol Oscillator
in Mathematical Problems in Engineering
| Description | This project was challenging as it required not just the fabrication of a single micro-mechanical resonantor but rather an array of resonators. Due to the fidelity of the manufacturing processes we wre unable to fabricate any large arrays, which was the origional intention of the project. So we were not able to demonstrate the large array coolective behaviours that we were expecting. However we were able to fabricate small arrays of resonators and through mathematically analysis, published in "Characterisation of coupled micro resonators using inverse eigenvalue analysis", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 97, pp 133114 (2010) with C. Anthony, M. Ward, R. Turnbull and S. Collins show that coupled mechnical resonators have the potential to be utilised in gas detection system. |
| Exploitation Route | This work is continuing with Prof S Collins at Oxford University and I see that they are still publishing in this area. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Education,Electronics,Healthcare |
| Description | Dr Carl Anthony was a Post doc on this project an has moved on to a permanaent academic appointment at Birmingham University. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |