email: tomster@touch.caltech.edu
Research
- Turbulent boundary layer control
- I initially worked on the actuator for use in control, and I am currently working on integrating the shear stress sensor, actuator and electronics all on one substrate.
Education
BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC-Berkeley, May, 1992MS, Electrical Engineering, Caltech, June, 1993
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Caltech, June, 1998
Thesis Title: Silicon Micromachined Magnetic Actuators for Aerodynamic Flow Control Applications
Honors and Awards
Outstanding TA Award, CalTech.Recent Publications
T. Tsao F. Jiang, R. Miller, Y.C. Tai, B. Gupta, R. Goodman, S.Tung, and C.M. Ho. An Integrated MEMS System for Turbulent Boundary Layer Control. 1997 International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers 97), June 1997.
C. Liu, T. Tsao, and Y.C. Tai. A High-Yield Drying Process for Surface Microstructures using Active Levitation. 1997 International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers 97) , June 1997.
F. Jiang, Y. C. Tai, K. Walsh, T. Tsao, G. B. Lee, and C.M. Ho. A Flexible MEMS Technology and Its First Application to Shear Stress Sensor Skin. MEMS-97, Nagoya Castle, Japan, pp. 465-470, 1997.
C. Liu, T. Tsao, Y.C. Tai, T.S. Leu, C.M. Ho, W. Tang, and D. Miu. Micromachined Permalloy Magnetic Actuator for Delta-Wing Control. MEMS-95, Germany, pp. 332-335, 1995.
C. Liu,
T. Tsao, Y.C. Tai,
W. Liu,
P. Will,
and
C.M. Ho.
A Micromachined Permalloy Magnetic Actuator Array for Micro Robotics Assembly Systems.
1995 International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers 95), pp. 328-331, 1995.
T. Tsao,
C. Liu,
T. Tsao,
and Y.C. Tai.
Surface Micromachined Magnetic Actuators.
MEMS-94, Japan, pp. 57-62, 1994.