Carol Livermore

Associate Professor

Room 3-449C
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-6761
Fax: 617-258-6427
Email: livermor@mit.edu
Web: http://web.mit.edu/micropower/www/

Administrative Contact:
Natalie Illsley
Room 3-449
Phone: 617-324-6108
Email: ndweaver@mit.edu

Research Interests

Power MEMS, including microgenerators and MEMS components for high power lasers; elastic energy storage in carbon nanotubes; assembly technologies for MEMS devices; technology and applications for micro- and nano-scale self-assembly

Teaching Interests

2.372J (Design and Fabrication of Microelectromechanical Systems)

2.674 (Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory)
2.001 (Mechanics and Materials)

Education

B.S. University of Massachusetts, Physics 1993
A.M. Harvard University 1995
Ph.D.Harvard University 1998

Scientific and Professional Societies

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
American Physical Society (APS)

Honors and Awards

Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching (2007)

NSF Career Award (2007)

SMA Career Development Chair (2004)

Principal Publications (last 5 years)

1. J.L. Steyn, S.H. Kendig, R. Khanna, S.D. Umans, J.H. Lang, and C. Livermore, "A Self-Excited MEMS ElectroQuasiStatic Induction Turbine Generator," submitted.

2. F. Eid, S. Jung, and C. Livermore, "Templated Assembly by Selective Removal (TASR): Simultaneous, Selective Assembly and Model Verification," submitted.

3. B.A. Wilhite, T.F. Hill, L.F. Velasquez-Garcia, A.H. Epstein, K.F. Jensen, and C. Livermore, "Design of a Silicon-Based Microscale Trickle-Bed System for Singlet-Oxygen Production," submitted.

4. N. Shaar, G. Barbastathis, and C. Livermore, "Cascaded Mechanical Alignment for Assembling 3D MEMS," Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems, Tucson, AZ, January 2008.

5. F.A. Hill, T.F. Havel, and C. Livermore, "A Portable Power Source Based on MEMS and Carbon Nanotubes," Proceedings of IMECE 2007, Seattle, WA, November 2007.

6. L.F. Velasquez-Garcia, T.F. Hill, B.A. Wilhite, K.F. Jensen, A.H. Epstein, and C. Livermore, "A MEMS Singlet Oxygen Generator - Part I: Device Fabrication and Proof of Concept Demonstration," IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, 1482-1491, December 2007.

7. T.F. Hill, L.F. Velasquez-Garcia, B.A. Wilhite, W.T. Rawlins, S. Lee, S.J. Davis, K.F. Jensen, A.H. Epstein, and C. Livermore, "A MEMS Singlet Oxygen Generator - Part II: Experimental Exploration of the Performance Space," IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, 1492-1505, December 2007.

8. S. Jung and C. Livermore, "Achieving Selective Assembly with Template Topography and Ultrasonically Induced Fluid Forces", Nano Letters 5, 2188-94 (2005).
9. J.L. Steyn, S.H. Kendig, R. Khanna, T.M. Lyszczarz, S.D. Umans, J.U. Yoon, C. Livermore, and J.H. Lang, "Generating Electric Power with a MEMS Electroquasistatic Induction Turbine-Generator," Proceedings of the18th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, pp. 614-617 (2005).
10. S.F. Nagle, C. Livermore, L.G. Frechette, R. Ghodssi, and J.H. Lang, "An Electric Induction Micromotor", IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 14, pp. 1127-1143, (2005).
11. B.A. Wilhite, C. Livermore, Y. Gong, A. Epstein, and K.F. Jensen, "Design of a MEMS-Based Micro-Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser (microCOIL) System", IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 40, 1041-1055 (2004).
12. C. Livermore, A. Forte, T. Lyszczarz, S.D. Umans, A.A. Ayon, and J.H. Lang, "A High-Power MEMS Electric Induction Micromotor," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 13, 465-471 (2004).