April 21, 2021
P. Tsivis, “Wedge Cut Design for Tendon Driven Soft Foam Arm”, Master of Science Thesis, Tufts University, May 2021.
A US patent application was filed on our sonic anemometer invention.
January 7, 2021.
Robert White, Ian Neeson and Don Banfield, “Systems and Methods of Operation of a Sonic Anemometer”, US application number 17/144,097, filed January 7, 2021. Claims the benefit of US Provisional Patent Application 62/958,030 filed January 7, 2020.
Three papers were presented at the Acoustical Society of America Virtual Conference 2020, “Acoustics Virtually Everywhere”
December 7, 2020
Robert D. White, E. Spencer Schmid, Ian Neeson, Jonathan P. Merrison, Jens Jacob Iversen, and Don Banfield, “Ultrasonic Anemometry on Mars” at the 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, “Acoustics Virtually Everywhere”, December 7-11, 2020.
Robert D. White, Zijia Zhao, Casey Owen, Mischael Anilus, Steve Chau, Amish Desai, Michael Emerling, Luisa Chiesa, and Makoto Takayasu, “Cryogenic Testing of MEMS Microphones towards their Utilization as a Quench Detection Method in Superconducting Magnets” at the 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, “Acoustics Virtually Everywhere”, December 7-11, 2020.
Ethan Saff and Robert D. White “Spectral Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layer Pressure Fluctuations Collected by a MEMS Microphone Array” at the 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, “Acoustics Virtually Everywhere”, December 7-11, 2020, undergraduate research symposium poster session.
NASA recommended our MATISSE proposal on a Martian Sonic Anemometer for funding.
December 3, 2020.
This project is with Cornell, VN instruments, and NASA Ames.
Two papers were presented at the Applied Superconductivity Virtual Conference 2020.
October 24, 2020
Zijia Zhao, Casey Owen, Mischael Anilus, Peter Moore, Steve Chau, Amish Desai, Michael Emerling, Robert White, Luisa Chiesa, and Makoto Takayasu, “Characterization of various MEMS sensors in cryogenic fluids for quench detection applications in HTS Cable-In-Conduit Conductors”, at the Applied Superconductivity Virtual Conference, ASC2020, Oct 24- Nov 7, 2020.
Makoto Takayasu , Zijia Zhao , Luisa Chiesa , Robert White, “Coolant pressure evaluations for a MEMS sensor array quench detection in REBCO CICC superconducting cables” at the Applied Superconductivity Virtual Conference, ASC2020, Oct 24- Nov 7, 2020
Cryogenic MEMS pressure sensor arrays for superconducting magnet quench detection was recommended for Phase II STTR funding by the Department of Energy.
September 18, 2020
This work is with Prof. Luisa Chiesa at Tufts, the MIT Plasma Fusion Science Center, and Tanner Research.
Yucheng Sha successfully defended his Master’s thesis.
April 17, 2020
Y. Sha, “A Low Turbulence Recirculating Wind Tunnel for MEMS Sensor Characterization”, Master of Science Thesis, Tufts University, May 2020. LINK
Students Spencer Schmid and Yucheng Sha travel to AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando with Prof. White.
January 5-8, 2020
R. D. White, I. Neeson, E. S. Schmid, J. Merrison, J. J. Iversen, and D. Banfield, “Flow Testing of a Sonic Anemometer for the Martian Environment,” in AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, Orlando, Jan 6-10 2020. AIAA2020-0712 https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-0712