IMMERSE 2012 Kick-off Meeting

1. IMMERSE 2012Kick-off Meeting April 12, 2012Brigham Young University

2. IMMERSE 2012 Students • Douglas Bailey – bumpdcb@gmail.com • Jorge Blanco – george230487@gmail.com • Meagan Bracken - mbracken90@msn.com • David Clark – daveclark88@gmail.com • Sara Ehlert - sara@ehlert.org • Ali Fredrick – alimarie205@gmail.com • David Gulbransen - dgcruiser@aol.com • Sampo Hynynen - avelak@gmail.com • Nathan Ives – nathanives10@gmail.com • Yaeji Lim – yaeji27@gmail.com • Ricky Niemi – rniemi10@gmail.com • John Stout - johnmstout@gmail.com • Raul Lopez Villalpando – ruffles91@gmail.com • Thomas Wall – derax89@gmail.com • Brad Whitaker - bradleymwhitaker@gmail.com • Stephen Wood - stephen_wood88@yahoo.com • Leeland Woodard – me@leelandwoodard.com

3. Hawkins Schultz Mazzeo Bangerter Technical SubGroups IMMERSE Schultz Coordinator: Ali Fredrick Team: Jorge Blanco David Clark Ali Fredrick Raul Lopez Villalpando Coordinator: Brad Whitaker Team: Brad Whitaker Douglas Bailey LeelandWoodard Coordinator: Stephen Wood Team: Stephen Wood Coordinator: John Stout Team: Meagan Bracken Sara Ehlert David Gulbransen SampoHynynen Nathan Ives YaejiLim Ricky Niemi John Stout Thomas Wall

4. HAWKINS - ARROWs ARROW stands for Anti-Resonant Reflective Optical Waveguide. These structures are unique because they allow for the guiding of light in waveguides with air or liquid cores. The purpose of this project is the fabrication and study of ARROW structures and the construction of photonic devices built using ARROWs. Project sponsored by NIH, NSF, and DARPA. Project relies on: Advanced Lithography Development, Metal and Dielectric Deposition, Chemical Etching of Core Materials, Research in Micro-fluidic Handling and Packaging, Scanning Electron Microscopy

5. HAWKINS – MICRO FILTERS Microfilters are made on silicon substrates and consist of microfluidic channels in which very precise pores are etched. These pores would be used to remove a variety of bioparticles from a complex fluid mixture. One application would be the removal of bacteria and viruses from blood. Project relies on: Advanced Lithography Development, Metal and Dielectric Deposition, Chemical Etching, RIE Etching, packaging

6. SCHULTZ - Optical Fiber Devices • Electric field sensing • Slab coupled optical field sensing (SCOS) • Create optical fiber based electric field sensing elements • Refine detection electronics • Fiber Grating Interrogator • Make short fiber Bragg grating for the measurement of strain • Refine the high speed FBG measurement

7. Bangerter – magnetic Resonance imaging Quantitative Sodium MRI This project seeks to improve the measurement of sodium concentrations with MRI through pulse sequence innovations, better coils, and sophisticated post-processing techniques. Applications include quantitative assessment of cartilage health and characterization of tumors. Improved MRI of Breast Cancer In this project, we are developing new sodium imaging techniques, improved accelerated proton imaging techniques, and phased-array coil designs for imaging of breast cancer tumors in vivo. Diffusion Tensor MRI with Non-Linear High-Performance Gradients This project seeks to improve diffusion tensor imaging sensitivity and SNR through the use of non-linear high-performance gradient inserts available at the University of Utah. All projects rely on advanced signal/statistical processing models, noise analysis, image acquisition modeling, image processing, and familiarity with MRI scanning techniques.

8. Websites/ Tutorials Outreach Documentation Projects IMMERSE New Classes Team David Gulbransen Nathan Ives Ricky Niemi Ali Fredrick David Clark Douglas Bailey Team Meagan Bracken Sara Ehlert Thomas Wall Brad Whitaker Raul Lopez Villalpando LeelandWoodard Team SampoHynynen John Stout YaejiLim Stephen Wood Jorge Blanco

9. OUTREACH • Specific Topics • Update IMMERSE website – pictures, new students, more bios, project descriptions • Conduct lab interactions with SOAR students. These can include lab tours, displays, use of microscopes, posters • Improve existing demo displays. We want maximum interaction and potentially giving something away (food).

10. NEW CLASSES • Devise interesting questions for ECEn191 • Make questions and answers available to students online for ECEn191 • Assist with implementing new lab exercises for ECEn452 – capacitance measurement, resistance measurement • Help with the development of new junior level projects • Assist with development of new lab and course material for ECEn 380

11. WEBSITES / TUTORIALS cleanroom.byu.edu • Cleanroom Website • Clean up bad links and navigation • The ultimate implantation calculator • Fully document a procedure for wafer polishing and using the CMP • Fully document the steps needed for wafer bonding – including etching of trenches • Dielectric table – refractive index, dielectric constant, deposition method • Add instructions for using new ellipsometer • Complete PN Junctions Properties Calculator • Create a Bandgap vs. temperature calculator • Learn to use the new pattern generator – provide complete documentation of use and standardize a process for getting a mask written – layout, file transfer, payment, etc. • Scale (http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/scale_of_the_universe_2012) • Hawkins Websitewww.et.byu.edu/faculty/ahawkins • Update present and past student bios • Update publications and “news” items • Schultz Website • Bangerter Website – Update laboratory information and current research projects

12. Meeting Structure • Weekly MME Meeting – Entire Group • Bring Up Common Problems and Concerns • Student Presentations on Projects • Led by Faculty Members • Weekly Project Meetings – Sub Groups • Correlate Weekly Goals and Strategy • Report Results • Coordinator Gathers Reports and Tracks Results • Faculty Member Present • Weekly Documentation Meetings – Sub Groups • Correlate Weekly Goals and Strategy • Report Results • Faculty Member Present

13. Technical Presentations Week ofTopicPresenter April 25 How to Give a PresentationHawkins Research Process Mazzeo May 2 Web Programming Schultz Student Presentation May 9 Google Rankings Hawkins Student Presentation May 16 Ethics Bangerter Student Presentation

14. Meagan Bracken • Research Responsibility: Assist with the production and evaluation of tapers and nanosieving chips • Standardize method for creating tapered photoresist slabs (30 to 150 nm thick over 8 mm width – multiple patterns on same wafer) • Create tapered chips • Verify performance of chips and write paper • Mentor Nathan Ives Documentation Assignment:New Classes (New Labs) Assist with implementing new lab exercises for ECEn452 – capacitance measurement, resistance measurement Student Collaborators: Sara, John, Jie Goals for First 2 Weeks: Ideal tapered chip, particle sorting

15. Sara ehlert • Research Responsibility: Microfilters on silicon • Develop consistent process for creating a tall photoresistmicrochannel • Develop photolithography recipe to etch holes in tall channels • Develop consistent reservoir for filter channels • Measure filtration efficiency using fluorescent beads • Mentor Nathan Ives • Documentation Assignment: Websites • Update Hawkins Group Websitewww.et.byu.edu/faculty/ahawkins • Update present and past student bios • Update publications and “news” items • Format to look beautiful – any way you like it • Classes • Assist with implementing new lab exercises for ECEn452 – capacitance measurement. Get the resistance measurements right Student Collaborators: John, Meagan Goals for First 2 Weeks: First filtrations on new generation of chips

16. David gulbransen • Research Responsibility: Hollow Core Waveguides for guiding in liquids • Assist with fabrication of ARROW chips for liquid core sensors • Test optical characteristics of waveguides using scattering waveguide method • Etch micropores in waveguide chips • Create chips containing an electrode under micropores • Help to mentor Yaeji Documentation Assignment:Outreach Conduct lab interactions with SOAR students. These can include lab tours, displays, use of microscopes, posters Improve existing demo displays. We want maximum interaction and potentially giving something away. Collaborators: Lynnell Wright and Yaeji Lim Goals for First 2 Weeks: Scattering loss tests, working electrodes under micropore structures

17. SAMPO HYNYNEN Research Responsibility: Silicon Wafer Bonding for Gas Chromotograph Bond silicon wafers for GC analyzers Assist with packaging of silicon chips with capillaries Assist with placement of heating elements on chips Documentation Assignment:Website/Tutorials Fully document a procedure for wafer polishing and using the CMP Fully document the steps needed for wafer bonding – including etching of trenches Graduate Collaborator: Anzi Wang Goal for First 2 Weeks: Working silicon GC

18. Nathan ives • Research Responsibility: Assist with the production and evaluation of nanofluidic chips. Study flow characteristics for different geometries. • Fabricate 50 nm chips with photoresist and aluminum cores and compare filling characteristics • Build a capacitively induced electroosmotic pump • Build nanofluidic channels with geometries down to 10 nm and study flow characteristics Documentation Assignment:Outreach Update IMMERSE website – pictures, new students, more bios, project descriptions Conduct lab interactions with SOAR students. These can include lab tours, displays, use of microscopes, posters Mentors: John Stout, Meagan Bracken, Sara Ehlert Goals for First 2 Weeks: Gain access to the cleanroom and get initial training; Fabricate first nanochannels with photoresist and aluminum cores; begin laying out pump mask in Cadence

19. YAEJI LIM • Research Responsibility: Hollow Core Waveguides for guiding in liquids • Assist with fabrication of ARROW chips for liquid core sensors • Test optical characteristics of waveguides using scattering waveguide method • Automate scattering testing setup using LabView Documentation Assignment:Website/Tutorials Dielectric table – refractive index, dielectric constant, deposition method Add instructions for using new ellipsometer Complete PN Junctions Properties Calculator Create a Bandgap vs. temperature calculator Mentors: Lynnell Wright and David Gulbranson Goals for First 2 Weeks: Complete basic cleanroom training; Learn how to do thin film deposition and fabricate ARROWs; Complete first scattering loss tests; complete dielectric table

20. RICKY NIEMI Research Responsibilities: Assist with the fabrication of a variety of new solid-state and microfabricated devices Assist with soldering capacitors to PCB boards for use in planar Mass Spectrometry system Do proof-of-concept testing of powder/fluidic solar cells Wire bond electrodes to electronic mock-ups in support of the Solid-State Ion Detector project Documentation Assignment:Outreach Conduct lab interactions with SOAR students. These can include lab tours, displays, use of microscopes, posters Improve existing demo displays. We are especially interested in building a demo involving food. Perhaps something with cooking. Mentors: Brett Hansen, SadekSabbah Goals for First 2 Weeks: Gain access to the cleanroom and get initial training on wire bonding; Solder first capacitors on mass-spec PCBs, try solar cell concept on simple copper boards

21. JOHN STOUT • Research Responsibility: Construct a dual pore, electrically measured nanopore chip • Create 2nd generation chip with metal sandwiched between nitride • Create 3rd generation chip with electrodes under membranes • 3) Mentor Nathan Ives on fabrication and mask layout Documentation Assignment:Websites/Tutorials Complete the ultimate implantation calculator Learn to use the new pattern generator – provide complete documentation of use and standardize a process for getting a mask written – layout, file transfer, payment, etc. Student Collaborators: Nathan, Sara, Meagan Goals for First 2 Weeks: Have 2nd generation chip with metal sandwich completed

22. ThomAS WALL • Research Responsibility: Hollow Core Waveguides for air cores • Assist with fabrication of minicell test platforms (polishing and electroplating) • Assist with minicell soldering • Assist with soldering of reservoirs to ARROW chips • Assist with ARROW chip production Documentation Assignment:New Classes Devise interesting questions for ECEn191 Make questions and answers available to students online Mentors: John Hulbert and Matthieu Girard-Carrier Goals for First 2 Weeks: Complete basic cleanroom training and gain cleanroom access, Learn how to do thin film deposition and fabricate ARROWs, Complete first packaging attempts

23. Brad whitaker • Research Responsibility: • Develop SCOS fabrication techniques to improve sensitivity • SCOS interrogation systems Documentation Assignment:New Class Work on junior project classes Work on new demos

24. Douglas Bailey • Research Responsibility: • Develop SCOS fabrication techniques to improve sensitivity • SCOS direction sensing • Characterize directionality of SCOS First two week: Get cleanroom access Complete the acid and solvent tests Take Laser safety training Learn how to etch optical fiber and make SCOS Mentor: Daniel Perry Documentation Assignment:New Class Work on Junior project class (laser tag)

25. Leeland Woodard • Research Responsibility: • Using SCOS to measure voltage potential • Applying electric field measurements to measure voltages in coaxial cables and between plates. First two week: Get cleanroom access Complete the acid and solvent tests Learn optical fiber handling procedures Mentor: Spencer Chadderdon Documentation Assignment:Outreach Work on new demos Idea: electrical arcing for marshmellow melting

26. Stephen wood • Research Responsibility: • Using dielectric spectroscopy to measure proteins in solution – in conjunction with University of Nebraska and MIT • Calibration of U-type dielectric cells and small cavity cells. First two week: 1. Use water bath temperature flowing through tempering beakers to vary water permittivity and then perform calibration on our cells. 2. Start to take over data analysis and parameter extraction from Brett – begin the dielectric spectrscopy brain dump from Brett. Mentor: Brett Mellor Documentation Assignment:Website Update current projects list on faculty website Make chart specifying what is needed to successfully perform DS experiments.

27. Ali Fredrick • Research Responsibility: • Assist in gathering sodium breast cancer data for June 2012 grant proposal • Assist in measurement and characterization of tissue parameters (T1, T2) in vivo • Characterization of sodium tissue parameters in the breast • Assist with study design, data collection, and analysis for risk/disaster fMRI project Documentation Assignment:Outreach Help improve the outreach demos (such as the BrainWave demo) Work with SOAR Other work TBD Graduate Student Mentor: Josh Kaggie Student Collaborators: James Badal, David Clark, Raul Lopez Villalpando Goal for first 4 weeks: Risk/disaster study designed and materials prepared. Assist with acquiring in vivo sodium MRI breast data.

28. Raul Lopez Villalpando • Research Responsibility: • Measurement and characterization of tissue parameters (T1, T2) in vivo • Musculoskeletal tissue parameters at high field • Characterization of sodium tissue parameters in the breast • Implementation and data gathering of DESPOT1 and DESPOT2 sequences Documentation Assignment:New Classes Help devise new materials for ECEn 380 Other work TBD Graduate Student Mentor: Josh Kaggie Student Collaborators: James Badal, Josh Kaggie Goal for first 4 weeks: DESPOT1 and DESPOT2 T1 and T2 maps in vivo (hydrogen first)!

29. David Clark Research Responsibility: Assist with study design, data collection, and analysis for risk/disaster fMRI project Documentation Assignment:Outreach Help improve the outreach demos Work with SOAR Other work TBD Graduate Student Mentor: TBD (people in Mikle South lab right now) Student Collaborators: Ali Fredrick and students in the South lab Goal for first 4 weeks: Risk/disaster study designed and materials prepared.

30. Jorge Blanco Research Responsibility: Partial Fourier reconstructions Diffusion with non-linear gradient inserts Documentation Assignment:Website/Tutorials ECEn 380 materials and MRI class tutorials Bangerter website work Other work TBD Graduate Student Mentor: Danny Park, Peter Jepsen Student Collaborators: Peter Jepsen, James Badal, Josh Kaggie Goal for first 4 weeks: Assist in analyzing diffusion weighted data gathered with insert gradients, and help write first draft of paper.