Abstracts and Conference Proceedings

Richard Baldwin, Danielle Franco, Thomas J. Roussel, Jr, Jayadeep Gullapalli, Mark M. Crain, Douglas J. Jackson, Robert S. Keynton, Kevin M. Walsh, and John F. Naber, “Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) Electrochemical Detection (EC) with a Multi-Electrode Array ”, 10th Annual EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, KY, May 13, 2004.

Mark Crain, Usha Gowrishetty, Michael Martin, Rekha Pai, Kevin Walsh, “Synthetic Gecko Tape”, 10th Annual EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, KY, May 13, 2004.

Ji-Tzuoh Lin, Douglas Jackson, Mark Crain, John F. Naber, William P. Hnat, and Kevin M. Walsh, “Bending Capacitance Strain Sensors Using MEMS Technology”, 10th Annual EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, KY, May 13, 2004.

Mike Martin, Mark Crain, E.J. Houser, R. Andrew McGill, Jennifer Stepnowski, Stanley V. Stepnowski, Kevin Walsh, Huey-Daw Wu, “Development of Chemical Preconcentrators for Portable Gas Analysis”, 10th Annual EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, KY, May 13, 2004.

Rekha S. Pai, Mark M. Crain, Thomas J. Roussel, Jr, Douglas J. Jackson, Richard P. Baldwin, Robert S. Keynton, John F. Naber, and Kevin M. Walsh, “Modification of Micro-Surface Geometry for Fabrication of Three Dimensional Microelectrodes in Lab-on-a-Chip Systems”, 10th Annual EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, KY, May 13, 2004.

Douglas Jackson, John Naber, Kevin Walsh, Robert Keynton, Henry Kaplan, and William Hnat, “Battery-Free Inductively Coupled Telemetry for Medical Sensing Applications”, 10th Annual EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, KY, May 13, 2004.

Michael Martin, Robert Keynton, Kevin Walsh, “Characterization of Suspended Parylene Coated Lipid Membranes”, 10th Annual EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, KY, May 13, 2004.

Scott Cambron, Robert Keynton, Jose Franco, Mark Crain, Doug Shire, Kevin Walsh, John Naber, Henry Kaplan, and Joseph Rizzo, “Design and Fabrication of Microtacks for Retinal Implant Applications”, 10th Annual EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, KY, May 13, 2004.

K. Walsh, R. Keynton, J. Naber, B. Alphenaar, R. Baldwin, M. Crain, M. Martin, J. Lake, R. Pai, T. Roussel, A. Isham, D. Jackson, J. Franco, S. Cambron, X. Yang, S. Proctor, D. Franco, U. Gowrishetty and G. Haberzetle, “Core Facilities for the Advancement of Micro/Nano/Bio Research in the State of Kentucky”, 10th Annual EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, KY, May 13, 2004.

R. A. McGill, S. Ross, J. L. Stepnowski, S. V. Stepnowski, E. J. Houser, D. Mott, K. Walsh, M. Martin, M. Crain, V. Nguyen, I. Voiculescu, E. Sokolovski, H-D. Wu, K. Haacks and D. J. Nagel, “A Micromachined Preconcentrator for Enhanced IMS Detection of Illicit Substances” IMECE Conference, Sweden, Aug. 2003.

Scott D. Cambron, Robert S. Keynton, Jose R. Franco-Sarabia, Mark M. Crain, Douglas Shire, Kevin M. Walsh, John Naber, Henry Kaplan, John Lowenstein, and Joseph Rizzo, "Design and Fabrication of Microtacks for Retinal Implant Applications," 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Microelectromechanical Systems Sub-Division, Washington, DC, 2003.

H. Baboo, G. Cunningham, M. Crain, K. Walsh, S. Harfenist and R. Cohn, "Design and Fabrication of Surface Micromachined Electrostatic Structures," 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Microelectromechanical Systems Sub-Division, Washington, DC, 2003.

Franco, D.B., Baldwin, R.P., Roussel, Jr., T.J., Gullapalli, J., Crain, M.M., Jackson,D.J., Keynton, R.S., Walsh, K.M., and Naber, J.F., "Microfabricated Multi-electrode Arrays for Electrochemical Detection in Lab-on-a-Chip Devices," 2003 Pittsburgh Conference (PITTCON ) on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Chicago, IL, 2003.

Cambron, S.D., Keynton, R.S., Sarabia-Franco, J.R., Crain, M.M., Walsh, K.M., Naber, J.F., Kaplan, H.J., Shire, D., Rizzo, J., "Fabrication of Retinal Microtacks using Ultra-High-Precision Micromilling and DRIE Techniques," 2003 First US National Symposium on Frontiers in Biomechanics, September 30 - October 1, 2003, Nashville, TN, 2003.

Scott D. Cambron, Robert S. Keynton, Douglas Shire, Kevin M. Walsh, John Naber, Henry Kaplan, John Lowenstein, and Joseph Rizzo, "Fabrication of Ti Retinal Microtacks using Ultra- High-Precision Micromilling," Accepted to the 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Bioengineering Division Bachelor's Level Student Competition, Washington, DC, 2003.

Richard P. Baldwin, Thomas J. Roussel, Jr., Mark M. Crain, Danielle Franco, Jayadeep Gullapalli, Douglas J. Jackson, Robert S. Keynton, John F. Naber, and Kevin M. Walsh, "Integrated On-Chip Electrochemical Detection on Microfabricated Capillary Electrophoresis Platforms," Proceedings of the 2002 American Institute for Chemical Engineers Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2002.

T. J. Roussel, Jr., M. M. Crain, V. Bathlagundu, D. J. Jackson, J. A. Conklin, R. Pai, J. F. Naber, K. M. Walsh, J. Gullapalli, R. P. Baldwin, and R. S. Keynton, "Integration of 'On-Chip' Electrochemical Detection in a Microfabricated Capillary Electrophoresis Device," Proceedings of the 2002 Joint IEEE-EMBS/BMES Conference, Houston, TX, 2002.

Rekha S. Pai, Thomas J. Roussel, Jr., Mark M. Crain, Douglas J. Jackson, Richard P. Baldwin, Robert S. Keynton, John F. Naber, and Kevin M. Walsh, "Electroplating for Three Dimensional Lab-on-a-Chip Electrodes and Microstructures," Proceedings of the 2002 Joint Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers – Engineering in Medicine and Biology/Biomedical Engineering Society Conference, Houston, TX, 2002.

Yang, X., Roussel, Jr., T.J., Crain, M.M., Morley, A., Conklin, J.A., Price, L., Barnett, E., McGuyer, J.C., Walsh, K.M. and Keynton, R.S., "Fabrication of a High Frequency In Vivo Ultrasonic Doppler Wall Shear Rate Measuring Device Using Micromolding Techniques," Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, pp. 84-87, 2002.

Roussel, T.J., Crain, M.M., Bathlagunda, V., Jackson, D.J., Gullapalli, J., Conklin, J.A., Pai, R., Baldwin, R.P., Naber, J.F., Walsh, K.M., and Keynton, R.S., "Integration of "On-Chip" Electrochemical Detection in a Microfabricated Capillary Electrophoresis Device,"2002 Solid-State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Technical Digest, pp. 309-312, Hilton Head, SC, June 2-6, 2002 (38% acceptance rate).
Roussel, Jr., T.J., Crain, M.M., Jackson, D.J., Pai, R.S., Bathlagundu, V., Conklin, J.A., Walsh, K.M., Baldwin, R.P., Naber, J.F., and Keynton, R.S., "A Fully-Integrated Capillary Electrophoresis System with On-Chip Electrochemical Detection," Book of Abstr.: 2001 Research Louisville! Conf., Louisville, KY, 2001.

Roussel, T., Jackson, D., Crain, M., Baldwin, R., Naber, J., Walsh, K., Keynton, R., “Accuracy of Computational Models for Predicting Flows in Microfabricated Capillary Electrophoresis Devices”, Proceedings of the 19h Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, TX, Houston Society for Engineering and Medicine, p. 137, Feb. 8-9, 2001.

Roussel, T., Keynton, R., Walsh, K., Crain, M., Jackson, D., Naber, J., and Baldwin, R., “Computer Simulation of Separation and Flow within Microfabricated Capillaries”, Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON 2001), New Orleans, LA, March 4-9, 2001.

Baldwin, R., Crain, M., Walsh, K., Keynton, R., Naber, J., Roussel, T., and Jackson, D., “Integrated Electrochemical Detection for Lab-on-a-Chip Analysis Systems”,Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON 2001), New Orleans, LA, March 4-9, 2001.

Jackson, D., Naber, J., Baldwin, R., Walsh, K., Keynton, R., Crain, M., Roussel, T. and Diaconu, M., “A Compact Battery Powered High Voltage Power Supply for Capillary Electrophoresis Using Microchip Capillaries” Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON 2001), New Orleans, LA, March 4-9, 2001.

Jackson, D., Naber, J., Baldwin, R., Walsh, K., Keynton, R., Crain, M., Roussel, T. and Diaconu, M., “A Portable Battery Powered Electrochemical Detection Circuit” Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON 2001), New Orleans, LA, March 4-9, 2001.

K. Walsh, “Microfabrication Techniques for MEMS and Lab-on-a-Chip Technology”, Microfluidics for Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) Technology Seminar Notes, sponsored by ASME Continuing Education Institute, Arlington, VA, , invited speaker, seminar notes, Sept. 9, 2001,

Conklin, J.A., Crain, M.M., Pai, R.S., Martin, M., Pitts, K., Roussel, T.J., Jackson, D.J., Baldwin, R.P., Keynton, R.S., Naber, J.F., and Walsh, K.M., "Alternative Fabrication Methods for Capillary Electrophoretic Device Manufacturing," Proceedings of the 14th Biennial IEEE 2001 University/Government/ Industry Microelectronics Symposium, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, June 17-20, p. 83-85, 2001.

Bathlagundu, V., Jackson, D., Naber, J., Baldwin, R., Walsh, K., Keynton, R., Crain, M., Roussel, T., and Diaconu, M., "A Portable Battery Powered Electrochemical Detection Circuit with a 1000 Volt CE Power Supply for Microchip Capillaries,” Proceedings of the 14th Biennial IEEE University/Government/Industry Microelectronics Symposium, pp. 197-200, 2001.
Pai, R.S., Roussel, T.J., Crain, M.M, Jackson, D.J., Conklin, J.A., Baldwin, R.P., Keynton, R.S., Walsh, K.M. and Naber, J.F., "Integrated Electrochemical Detection for Lab-on-a-Chip Analytical Microsystems," Proceedings of the 14th Biennial IEEE University/Government/ Industry Microelectronics Symposium, pp. 167-170, 2001.

Walsh, K.M. and Crain, M., “An Ultra-miniature MEMS-based Pressure Sensor for Biomedical Applications”, Proceedings of the 18th Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, TX, Houston Society for Engineering and Medicine, p. 139, Feb. 10-11, 2000.

Walsh, K.M., “MEMS: An Enabling Technology”, Proceedings of the 18th Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, Houston, TX, Houston Society for Engineering and Medicine, p. 138, Feb. 10-11, 2000.

Walsh, K.M., Keynton, R., Baldwin, R., Naber J., and Crain M., “Microtechnology and MEMS Research at the University of Louisville”, Research Louisville 2000 Conference, poster presentation, Louisville, KY, Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2000.

Walsh, K.M., Keynton, R., Baldwin, R., Naber J., Crain M., Shinde, H., and Cole, J “MEMS Research at the University of Louisville for DOE Applications”, 6th Annual Kentucky EPSCoR Conference, poster presentation, Frankfort, KY, May 15, 2000.

K. M. Walsh, T. R. Hanley, W. K. Pitts, M. Crain, J. Cole, D. Hensel, J. Hernandez, and C. Foreman, "Development of a New Microfabrication/MEMS Course at the University of Louisville", Proceedings of the 13th Biennial IEEE University Government Industry Microelectronics Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, pgs. 26-32, June 20 23, 1999.

W. K. Pitts, M. D. Martin, S. Belolipetsky, M. Crain, J. B. Hutchins, S. Matos, J. H. Simrall and K. M. Walsh, “Development of Laser Micromachined MicroWell Detectors”, Proceedings of the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Vol. 2, pgs. 611-615, Seattle, WA, Oct., 1999.

K. Walsh, M. Crain and J. Cole, “MicroTechnology Activities at the University of Louisville”, DOE EPSCoR Conference, Oak Ridge, TN, Aug. 18-19, 1999 (poster presentation).

K. Walsh, M. Crain and J. Cole, “Microfabrication and MEMS Activities at the University of Louisville”, NSF EPSCoR Conference on Materials Research and Engineering, Louisville, KY, Dec., 16, 1999 (poster presentation).

H. L. Cox, K. M. Walsh and W. K. Pitts, “Laser Microfabrication of a Multielement Array in Polyimide for X-ray Imaging”, Proceedings of the OSA Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA., Oct. 12-17, 1997.

S. Hunter, K. Pitts, K. Walsh, et al, “Development of Gas Micro-Structure Detectors for Gamma-Ray Astronomy”, Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium, American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conference Proceedings 410, pp. 1606-1610, Williamsburg VA, April 1997.

K. Pitts, S. Belolipetsky, K. Walsh, H. Cox, et al, “Development of Large Area Gas MicroStructure Detectors for High Resolution Gamma-Ray Telescopes”, 1997 Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) High Energy Astrophysics Division, Estes Park, CO, p. 97, Nov. 4-7, 1997.

S. Hunter, K. Pitts, S. Belolipetsky, K. Walsh, H. Cox, et al, “Realizing and Achieving the Science Goals of the GLAST Mission”, 1997 Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) High Energy Astrophysics Division, Estes Park, CO, p. 15, Nov. 4-7, 1997.

K. M. Walsh, T. R. Hanley, W. K. Pitts, D. Hensel, J. Hernandez, M. Crain, and J. Cole, "Microfabrication Activities at the University of Louisville", Proceedings of the 12th Biennial IEEE University Government Industry Microelectronics Symposium, pp. 26-32, Rochester, NY, July 20-23, 1997.

K. M. Walsh and S. Sayeed, "Surface Micromachined Deformable Devices Using the MUMPS Process", Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE SouthEastCon Conference, April 11-14, Tampa, Florida, 1996.

K. M. Walsh, N. W. Jenkins, K. P. Browne, M. Martin, W. K. Pitts and K. Solberg, "An Economical Technique for Fabricating Single-Layer Microstructures using Photolithography", 1996 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, pp. 126-133, April 14-16, Gatlinburg, TN, 1996.

R. W. Cohn, K. M. Walsh, M. Liang, A. A. Vasiliev, W. Y. Liu, and D. L. Hill, "Recent Advances in Pseudorandom Encoding of Full-Complex Modulation", Gordon Research Conference on Optical Processing and Holography, Plymouth, N. H., June 26-30, 1995.

R. P. Baldwin, K. M. Walsh, M. Z. Luo, P. D. Voegel, and K. S. Samons, "Dual Electrode Amperometric Detection in CE", Seventeenth International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography and Electrophoresis, Wintergreen, VA., May 7-11, 1995.

W. K. Pitts, K. M. Walsh, and K. Solberg, "Development of Radiation Detectors at the University of Louisville", International Workshop on Micro-Strip Gas Chambers Developments and Applications, Lyon, France, Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 1995.

R. W. Cohn, K. M. Walsh and A. Vasilievetc, "Technology Base in Optical and Opto-Electronic Correlators", First Annual Kentucky EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, May 8, 1995.

K. M. Walsh, "Development of a Macro-microfabrication Laboratory", 1995 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi, April 9-11, 1995.

W. K. Pitts, K. M. Walsh, K. Solberg, K. P. Browne, N. Jenkins, M. Martin, and B. P. Retenellar, "Development of MSGC and MGC Detectors", Nuclear Physics Division Meeting of the American Physical Society, Bloomington, IN., Oct. 25-28, 1995.

P. D. Voegel, R. P. Baldwin, K. M. Walsh, "Dual Electrodes for use in Capillary Electrophoresis", Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 17, 1995.

R. W. Cohn, K. M. Walsh, and A. A. Vasiliev, "Patterned Diffusers in Photoresist for Full Complex Modulation", 1995 OSA Annual Meeting/ILS-XI, Portland, Oregon, p. 91, September, 1995.

K. M. Walsh and S. Sayeed, "Design of Microelectromechanical Structures using Surface Micromachining Techniques", 1994 Multi-User MEMS Processes Conference, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 21, 1994 (poster presentation).

K. M. Walsh, J. P. Mohsen, M. Miracle, T. Gornet, "Finite Element Modelling of a Miniature Micromachined Accelerometer", Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, pp. 81-83, May 1993.

K. M. Walsh, J. P. Mohsen, M. Miracle, T. Gornet, "Using FEA in the Design and Analysis of a Miniature Micromachined Accelerometer", Proceedings of the ASEE 1993 Southeast Conference, pp. 206-217, April 1993.

K. M. Walsh, H. T. Henderson and G. N. DeBrabander, "A Fully Packaged Silicon Micromachined Piezoresistive Accelerometer", Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon '92, pp. 752-756, April 1992.

K. M. Walsh and H. T. Henderson, "Development and Characterization of an Advanced Silicon Micromachined Accelerometer/Vibration Sensor for Vehicle Condition Monitoring", Proceedings of the Third Annual Health Monitoring Conference for Space Propulsion Systems, pp. 139-150, November 1991.

K. M. Walsh, S. V. Bell, P. B. Aronhime, "Integrating PSPICE into the Undergraduate Electronics Curriculum", Proceedings of the ASEE 1991 Annual Southeast Conference, pp. 113-116, April 1991.

K. M. Walsh and H. T. Henderson, "A Silicon Micromachined Piezoresistive Accelerometer for Health and Condition Monitoring", Proceedings of the Second Annual Health Monitoring Conference for Space Propulsion Systems, pp. 381-391, November 1990.

H. T. Henderson, J. H. Nevin, J. T. Boyd, W. M. Hsieh, K. M. Walsh, J. G. Dury, N. J. Loesing, and G. Debrabander, "Silicon Microsensor Technology for Space Propulsion Health Monitoring", Proceedings of the NASA Health Monitoring Conference for Space Propulsion Systems, November 1989.

K. M. Walsh, "Z 80 CPU Bus Monitor/Analyzer", Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon ‘88, pp. 181-185, April 1988.