IMMERSE 2009
Kick-off Meeting
April 15, 2009
Brigham Young University
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April 15, 2009
IMMERSE 2009 STUDENTS
Steven Allen beaveadore@yahoo.com
Jesus Arellano jesusmuguruza@hotmail.com
Chris Carron soma34@gmail.com
Spencer Chadderdon titomalito@hotmail.com
Satyan Chandra satyanchandra@hotmail.com
Alisha Gillis alisha.gillis@gmail.com
Doug Hulbert geniusboy21@hotmail.com
Jared Keeley jamakee@hotmail.com
Daniel Perry danieltheperry@googlemail.com
Brock Peterson brockap3@comcast.net
Mallory Phillips mallory.phillips.byu@gmail.com
Brady Quist bradyq@gmail.com
Hannah Quist bananasplit343@hotmail.com
Bryson Shreeve bshreeve@hotmail.com
Roy Shuldberg royshuldberg@hotmail.com
Andrew Sieler cheerios@q.com
Eric Teng e_teng487@yahoo.com
Lynell Wright ulaney@yahoo.com
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TECHNICAL SUBGROUPS
IMMERSE
Schultz
Bangerter/
Mazzeo
Coordinator:
Mallory Phillips
Coordinator:
Alisha Gillis
Coordinator:
Jesus Arellano
Team:
Doug Hulbert
Jared Keeley
Mallory Phillips
Hannah Quist
Roy Shuldberg
Eric Teng
Lynell Wright
Team:
Chris Carron
Spencer Chadderdon
Alisha Gillis
Daniel Perry
Bryson Shreeve
Andrew Sieler
Team:
Steven Allen
Jesus Arellano
Satyan Chandra
Brock Peterson
Brady Quist
Hawkins
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HAWKINS - ARROWs
ARROW stands for Anti-Resonant Reflective Optical Waveguide. These structures are
unique because they allow for the guiding of light in waveguides with air or liquid cores.
The purpose of this project is the fabrication and study of ARROW structures and the
construction of photonic devices built using ARROWs.
Project sponsored by NIH, NSF, and DARPA.
Project relies on:
Advanced Lithography Development, Metal and
Dielectric Deposition, Chemical Etching of Core
Materials, Research in Micro-fluidic Handling and
Packaging, Scanning Electron Microscopy
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HAWKINS – ION TRAPS
Ion traps are the heart of a new family of mass spectrometers that are portable and low
cost. We construct these ion traps using microfabrication to pattern metal electrodes on
ceramic substrates and then tailoring the electric field across these electrodes with
discrete capacitors on a matching PCB. Project sponsored by NASA.
Project relies on:
Advanced Lithography Development, Metal and Dielectric Deposition, Chemical
Etching, PCB Design, Solder attachment and packaging
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HAWKINS – SILICON DEVICES
Solid-state Impact-ionization Multipliers
This involves the production of silicon amplifiers based on impact ionization effects. These
amplifiers are three electrode devices meant to be used with arbitrary current sources,
especially photodiodes. Sponsored by NSF.
Project relies on:
Advanced Lithography, Metal and Dielectric Deposition, Silicon Processing, Electrical
Testing, Understanding of silicon properties
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SCHULTZ - OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES
Fiber Grating Interrogator
• Measure the wavelength
spectrum of a fiber sensor
• Use a tunable optical filter and a
broad wavelength source
•Make a ring laser for higher
optical power
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Fiber core replaced devices
• Deposit active material into the core
of an optical fiber
• Create in-fiber device
• In-fiber electric field sensor
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BANGERTER – MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Improved B1 Mapping in the Presence of Noise
This project seeks to improve the ability to create RF field maps for MRI in situations with
very low inherent SNR.
Partial Volume Correction for Sodium MRI
Sodium MRI suffers from low SNR, leading to large image voxel sizes and partial-volume
issues. This project seeks to improve the measurement of sodium concentrations with
MRI by co-registering 23Na images with higher-resolution 1H scans.
LAMA-SSFP: Simultaneous Fat Suppression and Band Reduction in MRI
In this project, we are developing a new MRI method to suppress unwanted lipid
signal while simultaneously reducing so-called “banding artifacts” in the images.
All projects rely on advanced signal/statistical processing models, noise analysis, image
acquisition modeling, image processing, and familiarity with MRI scanning techniques.
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MAZZEO - DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY
Dielectric spectroscopy of liquid solutions probes the electrical properties of dispersed
particles such as proteins. This approach is unique because it reveals the electrical
structure of molecules and can track intermolecular interactions over time. Specifically,
this research will be looking at electrical interactions in the formation of amyloid fibrils,
which are implicated in disease.
Project relies on:
Thermal Stabilization, Electromagnetic Modeling, Instrument Control and
Communication, Signal Processing, Liquid Handling and Measurement
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DOCUMENTATION PROJECTS
IMMERSE
Outreach
Team
Lynell Wright
Mallory Phillips
Eric Teng
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New
Classes
Team
Hannah Quist
Chris Carron
Alisha Gillis
Roy Shuldberg
Spencer Chadderdon
Bryson Shreeve
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Websites/
Tutorials
Team
Doug Hulbert
Daniel Perry
Andrew Sieler
Jared Keeley
Jesus Arellano
Satyan Chandra
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OUTREACH
Specific Topics
1) Update IMMERSE website – pictures, new students, more bios, project
descriptions
2) Assist with faculty webpages
3) Email IMMERSE newsletter
4) Devise activities for lab interactions with SOAR students. These can
include lab tours, displays, use of microscopes, posters
5) Construct other hands on hall displays
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NEW CLASSES
New Student Seminar
1) Redo Communications and Computer Systems Labs
Free Space Optics Senior Project
1) Determine set of components for senior project
2) Determine packaging
3) Determine specifications
4) Website for FSO Senior Project
Free Space Optics ECE313 Labs
1) Make new set of labs for ECE313 centered around a free-space optics
link
Portable Free Space Optics Demonstration
1) Make a portable FSO demonstration unit
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WEBSITES / TUTORIALS
Cleanroom Website www.ee.byu/cleanroom
Equipment Operating Instructions
1) Wire bonder
2) 4 point probe
3) NI Parameter Analyzer
Cleanroom Operation Pages
1) Authorized User Page
2) Videos of common procedures (clean up spinners, gowning, startup and shut down
– add to test)
3) Add pictures to contact info
Reference Information
1) RIE etch rates for SiN – Anelva
2) Survey of available photoresists
3) Deionized water – how it’s produced, commercial system providers, measurement
4) Ellipsometer calculator – convert to web based
Photonics Website
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MEETING STRUCTURE
Weekly MME Meeting – Entire Group
• Bring Up Common Problems and Concerns
• Student Presentations on Projects
• Led by Faculty Members
Weekly Project Meetings – Sub Groups
• Correlate Weekly Goals and Strategy
• Report Results
• Coordinator Gathers Reports and Tracks Results
• Faculty Member Present
Weekly Documentation Meetings – Sub Groups
• Correlate Weekly Goals and Strategy
• Report Results
• Faculty Member Present
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TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
Week of
Topic
Presenter
April 23
How to Give a Presentation
Dr. Hawkins
April 30
Tubes without walls
Alisha Gillis
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28
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CHRIS CARRON
Research Responsibility: Using newly developed microfluidic tube process, create
“Tubes Without Walls” structures
1. Make new masks suitable for Tubes without walls
2. Fabricated Tubes without walls
3. Develop processes for selectively coating layers either hydrophobically or
hydrophilically
Secondary Project Description: Perform SEMs for various projects
Documentation Assignment:
New Class Development Group
1) Get Free Space Optical Display working in hallway
2) Make new portable FSO displays
3) Work on FSO senior project
** Make a portable FSO demonstration unit
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SPENCER CHADDERDON
Research Responsibility: Build a high speed (100kHz) optical spectrum analyzer
1. Build a high speed tunable ring laser
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The optical ring includes an optical amplifier and a tunable optical filter
2. Integrate the tunable ring laser with a high speed data acquisition card.
Documentation Assignment:
New class development group
1. Work on new labs for ECE313 centering on building a free space optical
communication link with an LED and a detector
Mentor: Joshua Kvavle
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ALISHA GILLIS
Research Responsibility: Tubes without walls project
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Work with C. Carron on selectively coating layers. Devise tests to determine
hydrophobicity. Find coatings that will remain after lithography steps.
Documentation Assignment:
New Class Development Group
1) Get Free Space Optical Display working in hallway
2) Make new portable FSO displays
3) Work on FSO senior project
** Make a portable FSO demonstration unit
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DOUG HULBERT
Research Responsibility: Slow Light in hollow core waveguides
1. Assist with fabrication of ARROW chips for slow light project
2. Characterize stress in silicon dioxide and silicon nitride films as a function of
pressure, gas flow, gas percentage, etch rate in HF, index
3. Try to improve cleaving yield by pre-nicking with dicing saw
Documentation Assignment: Cleanroom Webstie
Cleanroom Operation Pages
1) Authorized User Page
2) Videos of common procedures (clean up spinners, gowning, startup and shut down
– add to test)
3) Add pictures to contact info
Reference Information
1) RIE etch rates for SiN – Anelva
2) Survey of available photoresists
Mentor: John Hulbert
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JARED KEELEY
Research Responsibility: ARROWs for liquid core biosensors
1. Assist with building ARROW based chips using previously developed designs – thin
film deposition, SU8 lithography, RIE etching
2. Measure etch rates with alternative sacrificial cores – photoresist and PMGI
Documentation Assignment: Cleanroom Website
Equipment Operating Instructions
1) Wire bonder
2) 4 point probe
3) NI Parameter Analyzer
Reference Information
1) Deionized water – how it’s produced, commercial system providers, measurement
2) Ellipsometer calculator – convert to web based
Mentors: Yue Zhao, Brian Phillips
Goals for First 2 Weeks: Get authorized for cleanroom use, learn basic lithography,
learn use of PECVD machines, sputtering machine, learn SU8 lithography, learn thin
film measurement tools - ellipsometer
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DANIEL PERRY
Research Responsibility: Slab coupled optical sensors
1. Fabricate electric field sensors using resonant coupling between a crystal and the
core of a D-shaped optical fiber
Documentation Assignment:
Webpage Development Group
1. Develop online resources for the Photonics website
Mentor: Rich Gibson
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MALLORY PHILLIPS
Research Responsibility: Tapered sacrificial layer, PDMS packaging
1) Develop method for creating tapered photoresist slabs (0 to 200 nm thick over 1
cm width – multiple patterns on same wafer)
2) Develop method for laser cutting PDMS for versatile reservoirs attached to
microfluidic chips
Documentation Assignment: Outreach group
1) Update IMMERSE website – pictures, new students, more bios, project descriptions
2) Assist with faculty webpages
3) Email IMMERSE newsletter
4) Devise activities for lab interactions with SOAR students. These can include lab
tours, displays, use of microscopes, posters
5) Construct other hands on hall displays
Graduate Student Mentor: Mark Hamblin for tapering
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HANNAH QUIST
Research Responsibility: Microfabricated Ion Traps
1. Fabricate ceramic plates with patterned electrodes for ion trapping
2. Design and fabricate PCBs with on chip capacitors for electric field shaping
3. Perfect soldering process for capacitors so there is as little change in capacitance as
possible before and after soldering
Documentation Assignment: New Classes Group
Main Emphasis - New Student Seminar
1) Devise new web-based exercise for Communications Lab
2) Create new web-based exercise for Computer Systems Lab
Mentor: Brett Hansen
Goals for First 2 Weeks: Get authorized for cleanroom use, learn basic lithography,
learn use of PECVD machines, sputtering machine, learn SU8 lithography, learn thin
film measurement tools - ellipsometer
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ROY SHULDBERG
Research Responsibility: Silicon devices
1. Assist in the fabrication of SIM devices in the cleanroom
2. Test current vs. voltage characterisitics for SIMs
3. Analyze I V data to classify devices
4. Test solar cells modified by external affiliates
Documentation Assignment: New Classes Group
1)
Make new set of labs for ECE313 centered around a free-space optics link
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Assist with making new web-based labs for New Student Seminar
Mentors: Josh Beutler and Michael Johnson
Goals for First 2 Weeks: Get authorized for cleanroom use, learn basic lithography,
learn basic fabrication process from Josh Beutler, learn how to measure SIMs using
4156, develop database for storing device data
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BRYSON SHREEVE
Research Responsibility: Project with the Department of Neurosciences
1. Build a prototype wireless head gear that incorporates EEG electrodes and LEDS
with different light levels
Documentation Assignment:
New Class Development Group
1. Work on new labs for ECE313 centering on building a free space optical
communication link with an LED and a detector
Mentor: No student Mentor
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ANDREW SIELER
Research Responsibility: Core replaced D-fiber optical devices
1. Develop devices based on chemical etching of D-fibers to selectively remove part
of the optical fiber core and place electro-optic materials into the core region
2. Help with packaging and testing of fabricated devices
Documentation Assignment:
Webpage Development Group
1. Develop online resources for the Photonics website
Mentor: Joshua Kvavle
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ERIC TENG
Research Responsibility: Microfluidic Analysis Chips
1. Assist with fabrication of sacrificially etched channels on glass substrates using
a) photoresist and low temperature oxide
b) PMGI and high temperature oxide
2. Prepare and attach PDMS reservoirs to chips
3. Package chips on copper boards
Documentation Assignment: Outreach Group
1) Update IMMERSE website – pictures, new students, more bios, project descriptions
2) Assist with faculty webpages
3) Email IMMERSE newsletter
4) Devise activities for lab interactions with SOAR students. These can include lab
tours, displays, use of microscopes, posters
5) Construct other hands on hall displays
Mentor: Tao Shang
Goals for First 2 Weeks: Get authorized for cleanroom use, learn basic lithography,
learn chip fabrication from Tao, learn how to make PDMS reservoirs from Tao,
produce first set of chip devices
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LYNELL WRIGHT
Research Responsibility: Assist with the production and evaluation of nanosieve chips
including the development of a tapered metal deposition process
1) Create nanosieving chips using aluminum sacrificial layers and glass overcoats.
Evaluate chips using fluorescing nanoparticles.
2) Develop a metal deposition process that creates a tapered layer thickness
ranging between 5 and 100 nm. This will involve making stencil masks so
multiple tapered patterns can be deposited on the same wafer
Documentation Assignment: Outreach Groups
1) Update IMMERSE website – pictures, new students, more bios, project descriptions
2) Assist with faculty webpages
3) Email IMMERSE newsletter
4) Devise activities for lab interactions with SOAR students. These can include lab
tours, displays, use of microscopes, posters
5) Construct other hands on hall displays
Graduate Student Mentor: Mark Hamblin
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STEVEN ALLEN
Research Responsibility: Assist with the development of an improved B1 mapping
technique in the presence of noise.
1) Gain an understanding of the literature and existing dual-angle mapping
techniques.
2) Assist in implementing a phase-based B1 mapping technique for sodium MRI
3) Test the technique in phantoms with our new sodium birdcage knee coil
4) Analyze the noise characteristics of the new technique, and compare with
existing dual-angle methods
5) Write up results
Documentation Assignment: MRI Group Website
1) Update MRI website – pictures, new students, more bios, project descriptions
2) Assist with faculty webpage.
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JESUS ARELLANO
Research Responsibility: Instrumentation control and parameter extraction
1. Develop LabVIEW control system to control all parameters in dielectric
spectroscopy of liquids.
2. Develop MATLAB routines for calibration and automated parameter extraction.
3. Titrations of protein solutions.
Documentation Assignment:
Webpage Development Group
1. Develop online resources for impedance analyzer control.
2. Develop online resources for MATLAB parameter extraction.
3. Develop online resources for precision liquid handling and measurement.
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SATYAN CHANDRA
Research Responsibility: Thermal stabilization of dielectric spectroscopy apparatus
1. Fabricate dielectric cell with integrated thermal fluid flow.
2. Characterize thermal stabilization for 0-50 °C.
3. Titrations of protein solutions.
Documentation Assignment:
Webpage Development Group
1. Develop online resources for thermal control.
2. Develop online resources for precision balance operation.
3. Develop online resources for precision liquid handling and measurement.
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BROCK PETERSON
Research Responsibility:
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Project: Partial volume correction for accurate Sodium concentration
quantitation in MRI
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Dual-tuned RF coil development and testing
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Image registration algorithm development (Sodium-23 with Hydrogen-1)
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Initial testing
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Organization and writing up of results for abstract or journal publication
Documentation Assignment:
1. Website creation, development and coordination
2. Wiki (Research Journal) for group
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BRADY QUIST
Research Responsibility: Assist with the development of LAMA-SSFP, a new method
for simultaneous fat suppression and banding artifact reduction in MRI
1) Implement a region-growing algorithm for approximating field map and
fat/water boundaries in MRI images
2) Acquire initial phantom data and analyze performance of new technique
3) Apply technique to in vivo angiograms obtained at the University of Utah
4) Write up results
Documentation Assignment: MRI Group Website
1) Update MRI website – pictures, new students, more bios, project descriptions
2) Assist with faculty webpage.
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