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Current Grad Students:

* Nick Miller, dual Ph.D. in ME and Physics; co-advisor, Mark Dykman, Physics; noisy nonlinear dynamics in MEMS/NEMS

* Scott Strachan, Ph.D.; frequency converters based on nonlinear resonances in MEMS/NEMS

* Brendan Vidmar, Ph.D.; co-advisor Brian Feeny; multi-order torsional vibration absorbers

* Pavel Polunin, M.S.; noisy nonlinear dynamics in MEMS/NEMS

* Thomas Thiesen, M.S.; co-advisor Brian Feeny; gravitational effects on torsional vibration absorbers

* Michael Farmer, M.S.; co-advisor Brian Feeny; nonsynchronous motions of torsional vibration absorbers

Current Undergrad Students:

* Kyle Justus, support for the MEMS group & experimental vibration testing

* J. T. Whitman, support for the vibration absorber group & experimental vibration testing

Current Projects:

* 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 2014, $350K

* DEFYS: Dynamics Enabled NEMS Oscillators, subcontract from Caltech, DARPA prime, MSU PIs: M. I. Dykman and S. W. Shaw; Caltech PI: M. Roukes; July 2010-June 2013, $3.9M total (MSU portion $740K)

* Collaborative Research: Noisy Nonlinear Microscale Oscillators for Novel Applications, NSF, PIs: S. W. Shaw, M. I. Dykman (MSU), and H. B. Chan (Hong Kong U. of Sci. & Tech.), July 2009-June 2012, $424K total (MSU portion $295K)

* Collaborative Research: Novel Microscale Resonant Sensors for Chemical and Biological Detection, NSF, PIs: S. W. Shaw and K. L. Turner (UCSB), Aug. 2008-Aug. 2011, $436K total, (MSU portion $180K, plus a $6K RUE supplement)

* GOALI: Transient Dynamics of Torsional Vibration Absorbers, NSF, PIs: S. W. Shaw, A. G. Haddow (MSU, on leave), B. F. Feeny (MSU), and B. Geist, (Chrysler Group,LLC), Sept. 2007-Aug. 2011, $350K, plus a $6K RUE supplement and a $3K travel supplement