Student Awards
Adam Mednick’s work was published in LLNL Science & Technology Review Journal, April, 2006, “Optimization of Electrical & Mechanical Performance of Flexible Contact Stress Sensor Arrays”
Nic Vickers (MATE), William Porter (EE) & Mukul Jain (EE) were finalists in iNNOVATION QUEST contest for their honors research project: Chalcogenide Glasses for Memory Devices
Nic Vickers won a scholarship from the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation based on Chalcogenide thin-film research work
Nic Vickers won best student poster award at the 2008 Society of Vacuum Coaters Technical Conference in Chicago, Ill, April 2008
Brian Wright won award for the best student poster at the 2006 39th Annual International Microelectronics and Packaging Society Conference, San Diego, CA
Brian Stahl received 1st Bonderson Fellowship at Cal Poly, which supports completion of a MS degree at Cal Poly and PhD degree at UCSB
Brent Huigens was featured in Mustang Daily, “Grad Student Works to Transform Internet,” Wednesday, February 14, 2007, Volume LXX, Number 87, p.1-2
Publications & Presentations
R. N. Savage, “The Transition of XPS, SIMS and Auger based Materials Analysis Techniques from Lab-to-Fab”, Solid State Technology, August, 2003
R. N. Savage, “The Role of Design in Materials Science & Engineering,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 917-924, 2006
R. N. Savage, Katherine C. Chen, Linda Vanasupa, “Equipping Undergraduate Engineers for Success in the 21st Century,” Journal of STEM Education Innovations and Research, Volume 8, Issues 3 or 4, July-December, 2007
Vanasupa, L., Stolk, J., Harding, T. and R. Savage, “A Systems Model of Learning: Opportunities to Design Educational Experiences for Retention and Sophistication,” submitted to J. Engineering Education, February, 2007
F. Wang, W. P. Dunn, M Jain, C. DeLeo, N. Vickers, R. Savage, X. Jin, S. Mamedov, P. Boolchand, “Thermal Annealing Effect of Obliquely Deposited Ag-Ge-S Thin Films,” Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, submitted August 2008
Presentations at Technical Conferences
R. N. Savage & L. Vanasupa, “How Are Universities Preparing Undergraduates for a Nanotechnology World: A Perspective from Cal Poly,” Invited talk at Northrop Grumman Technology Symposium, February, 2004
D. Getchel & R.N. Savage, “Characterization of Structural and Mechanical Properties of NiTi Shape Memory Thin-films for Micro Actuators,” Materials Research Society Spring 2005 Conference, April, 2005
R.N. Savage, “Micro Systems for Exploring the Nanotechnology World,” ASEE-PSW Conference 2005, Vision of Engineering in Year 2020, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, April, 2005
R.N. Savage, “Integrating Project Based Learning throughout the Undergraduate Curriculum,” ASEE-PSW Conference 2006 － Engineering for the Future: What is needed Now, Cal Poly State University, Pomona, CA, April, 2006
B. Wright, R.N. Savage, J. Pan, “Assembly and Characterization of Surface Mount Components on Silicon Substrates,” 39th International Microelectronics and Packaging Society 2006 Conference, San Diego, CA, October, 2006
R.N. Savage, L. Vanasupa, J. Stolk, “Collaborative Design of Project-based Learning Courses: How to Implement a Mode of Learning that Effectively Builds Skills for the Global Engineer,” ASEE Annual Conference 2007, Honolulu, HI, June 2007
R.N. Savage, “A Design Methodology for Empowering Project Based Learning,” ASEE Annual Conference 2007, Honolulu, HI, June 2007
B. Wright, R.N. Savage, J. Pan, “Designing and Manufacturing Microelectronics Packages for High-Power Light-Emitting Diodes,” 40th International Microelectronics and Packaging Society 2007 Conference, San Jose, CA, November, 2007
F. Wang, W. Dunn, M. Jain, C. DeLeo, X. Jin, N. Vickers, R. Savage, S. Mamedov, P. Boolchand, “Thermal Annealing Effects of Obliguely Evaporated Silver Doped Chalcogenide Glass Thin Films,“ 2008 Spring MRS Procedings, March 2008
R. Savage, D. Dequine and D. Getchel, “Process Development and Characterization of MEMS Cantilever Structures Based on NiTi Shape Memory Thin Films”, 2008 Society of Vacuum Coaters Technical Conference Proceedings, Chicago, IL April 21-24, 2008
N. Vickers, W. Dunn, M. Jain, C. DeLeo, R. Savage, F. Wang, “Design and Fabrication of a Resistance-Switching Memory Device,” 2008 Society of Vacuum Coaters Technical Conference, Chicago, IL, April 21-24 2008
R. Savage, D. Helms, J. Felts, “Characterization of Nanoscale Vapor Barrier Glass Coatings on Polymer Substrates by Ellipsometry,” invited presentation at symposium honoring Gary Hieftje, 2008 Federation of Analytical Chemists and Spectroscopy Societies, Reno, NV, Sept. 28 － Oct. 2, 2008
R. Savage, H. Mayer, M. Lewis, D. Marrujo, “Utilizing Quantum Dots to Enhance Solar Spectrum Conversion Efficiencies for Photovoltaics, accepted for 2008 MRS Fall Technical Conference, Boston, MA, December, 2008
S. Meredith, R. Savage, “Characterization and Finite Element Analysis of a Viscoelastic Response Observed in Experimental Data Collected on Micro Actuators Constructed with Thin Metal Films on Silicon for MEMS Applications,” accepted for 2008 MRS Fall Technical Conference, Boston, MA, December, 2008
