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Works by Ronald A. Coutu Jr. in Engineering

2017

PVDF-TrFE Electroactive Polymer Mechanical-To-Electrical Energy Harvesting Experimental Bimorph Structure, William G. Kaval, Robert A. Lake, Ronald A. Coutu Jr.
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Improving Gold/Gold Microcontact Performance and Reliability under Low-Frequency AC through Circuit Loading, Tod V. Laurvick, Ronald A. Coutu Jr.
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2016

Mass Reduction Patterning of Silicon-on-oxide-based Micromirrors, Harris J. Hall, Andrew Green, Sarah Dooley, Jason D. Schmidt, LaVerne A. Starman, Derrick Langley, Ronald A. Coutu Jr.
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Thermal Management Using MEMS Bimorph Cantilever Beams, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., Robert S. LaFleur, John P. Walton, LaVerne A. Starman
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Variable Response of a Thermally Tuned MEMS Pressure Sensor, Robert A. Lake, Ronald A. Coutu Jr.
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Surface Feature Engineering through Nanosphere Lithography, Tod V. Laurvick, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., James M. Sattler, Robert A. Lake
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Benefits of Considering More Than Temperature Acceleration for GaN HEMT Life Testing, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., Robert A. Lake, Bradley D. Christiansen, Eric R. Heller, Christopher A. Bozada, Brian S. Poling, Glen D. Via, James P. Theimer, Stephen E. Tetlak, Ramakrishna Vetury, Jeffrey B. Shealy
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Improved Sensitivity MEMS Cantilever Sensor for Terahertz Photoacoustic Spectroscopy, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., Ivan R. Medvedev, Douglas T. Petkie
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2014

Thermal Tuning of MEMS Buckled Membrane Actuator Stiffness, Robert A. Lake, Kyle K. Ziegler, Ronald A. Coutu Jr.
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2012

Characterizing Metal-Insulator-Transition (MIT) Phase Change Materials (PCM) for RF and DC Micro-switching Elements, Brent L. Danner, Ronald A. Coutu Jr.
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A MEMS Photoacoustic Detector of Terahertz Radiation for Chemical Sensing, Nathan E. Glauvitz, Stjepan Blazevic, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., Michael Kistler, Ivan R. Medvedev, Douglas T. Petkie
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Fabrication Process Comparison and Dynamics Evaluation of Electrothermal Actuators for a Prototype MEMS Safe and Arming Devices, Scott A. Ostrow II, Robert A. Lake, Jack P. Lombardi III, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., LaVerne A. Starman
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A Very Robust AlGaN/GaN HEMT Technology to High Forward Gate Bias and Current, Bradley D. Christiansen, Eric R. Heller, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., Ramakrishna Vetury, Jeffrey B. Shealy
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Effects of SU-8 Cross-linking on Flip-chip Bond Strength When Assembling and Packaging MEMS, Nathan E. Glauvitz, LaVerne A. Starman, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., Richard L. Johnston
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2011

IR Nonlinear Absorption Leading to Laser-induced Damage in Ge & GaSb, Torrey J. Wagner, Matthew J. Bohn, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., L. P. Gonzales, J. M. Murray, K. L. Schepler, S. Guha
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2010

Measurement and modeling of infrared nonlinear absorption coefficients and laser-induced damage thresholds in Ge and GaSb, Torrey J. Wagner, Matthew J. Bohn, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., L. P. Gonzales, J. M. Murray, K. L. Schepler, S. Guha
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Effects of Hydrogen Pretreatment on Physical-Vapor-Deposited Nickel Catalyst for Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Growth, Benjamin L. Crossley *, Mauricio Kossler, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., LaVerne A. Starman, Peter J. Collins
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2004

Electrostatic Radio Frequency (RF) Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Switches With Metal Alloy Electric Contacts, Ronald A. Coutu Jr.
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