Steven W. Shaw
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Michigan State University
428 S. Shaw Lane
East Lansing, MI 48824-1226 USA
Phone: (517) 432-3920
Fax: (517) 353-1750
shawsw@msu.edu
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Current Grad Students:
* Scott Strachan, dual PhD in ME and ECE; co-advisor, Prem Chahal, ECE; nonlinear resonances and modal
interactions in MEMS/NEMS
* Pavel Polunin, dual PhD in ME and Physics;
co-advisor, Mark Dykman, Physics; noisy nonlinear dynamics in MEMS/NEMS
* Mustafa Ali Acar, PhD; co-advisor Brian Feeny; pendulum absorbers on
flexible rotors
* Ming Mu, MS; co-advisor Brian Feeny; experiments on pendulum absorbers
with gravitational effects
Current Undergrad Students:
* Sanders Aspelund, compuational and design support for the MEMS group
* Michael Thelen, design and experimental
support for the vibration absorber group
Recent Grad Student Alumni:
* Abhisek Jain, MS, 2013; co-advisor Brian
Feeny, ME; now at Ford Motor Co.
* Pavel Polunin, MS, 2012 (thesis); now a PhD
student at MSU
* Brendan Vidmar, PhD, 2012; co-advisor Brian
Feeny, ME; now at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
* Nick Miller, dual PhD in ME and Physics, 2012; co-advisor, Mark Dykman,
Physics; now at SiTime
* Thomas
Theisen, MS, 2011 (thesis), joint with B. Feeny;
now at Johnson Controls
* Ryan Monroe, PhD, 2011, now at the Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
* Brendan Vidmar, MS, 2009 (thesis), joint with B. Feeny; completed
a PhD in our lab (see above)
* Jeffrey Rhoads, PhD, 2007, now an Associate Professor, Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
* Nicholas Miller, MS, 2007 (thesis), completed PhD in our lab in
2012 (see above)
* Mark Orlowski, MS, 2007 (thesis), joint with A. Haddow, now at the
Southwest Research Institute
* Brian Olson, PhD, 2006, now at the Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Recent Undergrad Student Alumni:
* James Miller, now a PhD student in ME at
Stanford
* Bara Aldasouqi, continuing work towards BSME at
MSU
* Cody Little, continuing work towards BSME
at MSU
* Kyle Justus, BSME, 2012, now a graduate
student at Carnegie Mellon
* J. T. Whitman, BSME, 2012, now employed at
Whirlpool Corp.
* Brian Rockwell, BSME, 2011, completed an MS
at Stanford, now at Chrysler Group LLC
* Ashley Kulczycki, BSME, 2011, now a graduate
student at Notre Dame
* Jelena Paripovic, BSME, 2011, now a graduate
student at Purdue
* Thomas
Theisen, BSME 2009, completed an MSME at MSU, now
at Johnson Controls
* Bryan Wagonknect, BSME, 2008, completed an
MS from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon, now at QinetiQ North America
Current Funded Projects:
* DEFYS: Practical Nonlinearities, subcontract from
Stanfod, DARPA prime; MSU PIs: M. I. Dykman and S. W. Shaw; Stanford PI: T.
Kenny; May 2014-Dec. 2015
* Pendulum Absorber Simulation Software
Integration, PIs: S. W. Shaw and B. Feeny, Ford Motor Company; Sept. 2014- Feb.
2015
* Collaborative
Research: MEMS Frequency Converters Based on Nonlinear Resonances, NSF; PIs: S. W. Shaw, P. Chahal,
and K. L. Turner (UCSB), Aug. 2012-Aug. 2015
* Studying electron
transport in nanowires using fluctuations of nano-mechanical vibrations, ARO; PIs: M. I. Dykman and S. W. Shaw, July
2012-July 2015,
* GOALI: Vibration Absorbers for
Multi-Frequency Excitation, NSF; PIs: S. W. Shaw, B. F. Feeny (MSU), and B. Geist, (Chrysler Group
LLC), June 2011-June 2015 (including a one-year no-cost extension)
Updated
December 16, 2014