Robert F. Richards - Professor

The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Robert F. Richards - Professor

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Contact Information:

office EE/ME 149
telephone 509 335 8157
e-mail richards@mme.wsu.edu
Postal mail Robert F. Richards
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
PO BOX 642920
Pullman, WA 99164-2920
Robert F. Richards

Joined MME in 1992
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at Irvine in 1990

Research Interests:

  • Heat transfer
  • Thermodynamics
  • Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)

Recent Publications:

  • S.A. Whalen, C. Richards, D. F. Bahr, and R. Richards, Characterization and Modeling of a Microcapillary Driven Liquid-Vapor Phase-Change Membrane Actuator Wick, Sensors and Actuators: A. hysical, vol. 134, pp. 201-212, 2007.
  • S. Dj. Mesarovic, C.M. McCarter, D.F. Bahr, H. Radhakrishnan, R.F.Richards, C.D.Richards, D. McClain, J. Jiao, Mechanical behavior of a carbon nanotube turf,” Scripta Materialia, vol. 56, pp. 157-160, 2007.
  • J. Cho, T. Wiser, C. Richards, D. Bahr and R. Richards, Fabrication and Characterization of a Thermal Switch, Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, vol. 133, pp. 55-63, 2007.
  • L.W. Weiss, J. Cho, K.E. McNeil, D.F. Bahr, C.D. Richards, and R.F. Richards, Characterization of an Dynamic Micro Heat Engine with Integrated Thermal Switch, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 16 pp. 1-8, 2006.
  • J.H. Cho, M.J. Anderson, R. F. Richards, D.F. Bahr, C.D. Richards, Efficiency of Energy Conversion by Piezoelectrics, Applied Physics Letters, In Press 2006.

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