Nick Pornsin-Sirirak, Ph.D.
 

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e-mail: nick@mems.caltech.edu
 


I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in the area of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), with a focus on MEMS application for flapping-wing aerodynamic study. I am working on the "Microbat" project - a palm-sized battery-powered ornithopter. The current research is focused on fabricating the flexible parylene actuator skin for micro adaptive flow control. My advisor is world-renown Dr. Yu-Chong Tai!!!

Current Research Topics

· The World's first flexible parylene actuators skins
· Adaptive flow control for flapping-wing aerodynamics
· Parylene MEMS technology
· MEMS Wing technology

Education

Ph.D.: Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, expected June 2002, GPA 4.0
Cert.: Engineering Management, California Institute of Technology, 1998
M.S.: Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1995, GPA 3.85
B.S.: Physics & Electrical Engineering , California Institute of Technology, 1993, GPA 3.8

Selected Publication

T. Nick Pornsin-Sirirak, M. Liger, Y.-C. Tai, S. Ho, C.-M. Ho, " Flexible Parylene-Valved Skin for Adaptive Flow Control," ," The 15th IEEE International MEMS Conference (MEMS '02), Las Vegas, U.S.A., Jan 20-24, 2001, pp.

T. Nick Pornsin-Sirirak, Y.-C. Tai, H. Nassef, C.-M. Ho, " Titanium-Alloy MEMS Wing Technology for A Micro Aerial Vehicle Application," Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, vol. 89, Issue 1-2, Mar 20, 2001, pp. 95-103

T. Nick Pornsin-Sirirak, Y.C. Tai, H. Nassef, S. Ho, C.M. Ho, " Flexible Parylene Actuator for Micro Adaptive Flow Control," ," The 14th IEEE International MEMS Conference (MEMS '01), Interlaken, Switzerland, Jan 21-25, 2001, pp. 511-514

T. Nick Pornsin-Sirirak, Y.C. Tai, H. Nassef, C.M. Ho, " Unsteady-State Aerodynamic Performance of MEMS Wings," International Symposium on Smart Structure and Microsystems 2000 (IS3M 2000), The Jockey Club, Hong Kong, Oct 19-21, 2000

T. Nick Pornsin-Sirirak, S.W. Lee, H. Nassef, J. Grasmeyer, Y.C. Tai, C.M. Ho, M. Keennon," MEMS Wing Technology for A Battery-Powered Ornithopter," The 13th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '00), Miyazaki, Japan, Jan 23-27, 2000, pp. 799-804