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ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Multiferroic Resonators for Wireless Power Transfer and Magnetic Field Sensing in Biomedical Systems”
May 6 at 10:00 AM
Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) composed of magnetostrictive and piezoelectric materials can translate information between the electrical and magnetic domains while exploiting mechanical resonance enhancement. Multiferroic MEMS devices such as these can be designed to perform magnetic field sensing and wireless power transfer (WPT) while maintaining device sizes on the order of 0.125 mm 2 . This thesis will focus on the theory, design, and characterization of these MEMS magnetometers and WPT devices.
Sydney Acosta
ESE Ph.D. Candidate
Sydney Acosta is a Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical and Systems Engineering Department at the University of Pennsylvania advised by Dr. Troy Olsson. Currently, Sydney’s research focuses on the design of MEMS devices for magnetic field sensing and WPT for applications in healthcare. She received her B.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Purdue University in 2020. In 2022, she was awarded the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow sponsored by the USA Office of Naval Research.