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Contact Information:
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Joined MME in 1992
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at Irvine in 1990
Research Interests:
- MEMS power
- Advanced energy systems
- Spray combustion
- Two-phase flows
- Air breathing engines
Recent Publications:
- S.A. Whalen, C. Richards, D. F. Bahr, and R. Richards, "Characterization of a Liquid-Vapor Phase-Change Actuator with Microcapillary Wick, Sensors and Actuators," A. Physical, 134 (2007) 201-212.
- S.Dj. Mesarovic, C. M. McCarter, D.F. Bahr, H. Radhakrishman, R.R. Richards, C.D. Richards, D. McClain, J. Jiao, "Mechanical Behavior of a carbon nanotube turf," Scripta Materialia Vol. 56 p 157 (2007).
- J. Cho, T. Wiser, C. Richards, D. Bahr and R. Richards, "Fabrication and Characterization of a Thermal Switch, Sensors and Actuators," Vol 133, p 55 - 63, 2007.
- L.W. Weiss, J. Cho, K.E. McNeil, D.F. Bahr, C.D. Richards, and R.F. Richards, "Characterization of an External Combustion Dynamic Micro Heat Engine," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 16, p 1-8, 2006.
- O. Al-Hattamleh, J. Cho, R. Richards, D. Bahr, C. Richards, "The effect of design and process parameters on electromechanical coupling for a thin-film PZT membrane," JMEMS, 15,(6), p 1715, 2006.
- B. A. Hollenberg, C. D. Richards, R.F. Richards, D.F. Bahr, and D.M. Rector, "Fabrication of a Flexible MEMS Electrode Array for Recording Surface Field Potentials," J. Neuroscience Methods (2006).
National & International Recognition:
- National Science Foundation Young Investigator (1994)
Links:
2007 AIAA team in Tucson