PAPER COMPETITION: Finalists THIS IS THE 9 TH YEAR OF THE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION. 19 FINALISTS WERE SELECTED AT THE TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEETING HELD IN CHICAGO, ON JUNE 13-14 TH, 2009.
POSTERS WILL BE DISPLAYED MONDAY-WEDNESDAY IN SALA ORANGE.
GROUP 1 - Medical Ultrasonics (6 finalists)
Finalist #1.1
* Adam D. Maxwell , *Tzu-Yin Wang, *Charles A. Cain, *J. Brian Fowlkes,
**Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, **Michael R. Bailey, *Zhen Xu
“The role of compressional pressure in formation of dense bubble clouds in histotripsy”
* Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, **Applied Physics
Laboratory, University of Washington (abstract 527) adamdm@umich.edu
Finalist #1.2
* Amin Nikoozadeh , *Omer Oralkan, **Kai Thomenius, **Aaron Dentinger,
**Douglas Wildes, ***Kalyanam Shivkumar, ***Aman Mahajan, ****Douglas N. Stephens,
*****Matthew O’Donnell, ******David Sahn, *Pierre T. Khuri-Yakub
“Forward-Looking Volumetric Intracardiac Imaging Using a Fully Integrated CMUT Ring
Array” * Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA,USA, **General Electric Corporate Research &
Development, ***University of California, Los Angeles, ****University of California, Davis,
*****University of Washington, ******Oregon Health and Science University (abstract 1181)
aminn@stanford.edu
Finalist #1.3
* Nikita Reznik, ** Ross Williams, *Peter N. Burns
“Optical and Acoustic Characterization of Vapourized Perfluorocarbon Droplets as
Ultrasound Contrast Agents”
*Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada, **Sunnybrook Health
Sciences Centre (abstract 969) n.reznik@utoronto.ca
Finalist #1.4
* David Thomas, ** Marcia Emmer, **Hendrik Vos, *Vassilis Sboros, **Nico de
Jong
“ Optical observations of microbubble oscillation in small tubes” * Medical Physics,
University of Edinburgh, **Thorax Center, Biomedical Engineering, Erasmus Medical Center
(abstract 495) d.h.thomas@ed.ac.uk
Finalist #1.5
Skylar Marvel, Elizabeth Loboa, Paul A. Dayton
“ Applications of Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound for Functional Bone Tissue Engineering
using Adult Stem Cells” Joint Dept of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina-
North Carolina State University (abstract 1273) swmarvel@ncsu.edu
Finalist #1.6
Ivan Nenadic , Matthew W. Urban, James F. Greenleaf
“ Ex Vivo Measurements of Mechanical Properties of Myocardium Using Lamb and
Rayleigh Wave Dispersion Velocities”
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (abstract 1285) nenadic.ivan@mayo.edu
GROUP 2 - Sensors, NDE & Industrial Applications (3 finalists)
Finalist #2.1
* Jeanne-Louise Shih , **Makiko Kobayashi, **Cheng-Kuei Jen
“ Flexible Ultrasonic Transducers for Structural Health Monitoring of Pipes at High
Temperatures ”
*McGill University, **Industrial Materials Institute National Research Council Canada (abstract
511) Jeanne-Louise.SHIH@imi.cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
Finalist #2.2
* Venkata Chivukula , **Daumantas Ciplys, *Michael Shur, ***Jinwei Yang,
***Remis Gaska
“ Surface Acoustic Wave Interdigital Transducers Response to Deep UV Illumination in
AlGaN/Sapphire ”
*Center for Integrated Electronics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, **Department of
Radiophysics, Vilnius University, ***Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (abstract 825)
chivukula.srinivas@gmail.com
Finalist #2.3
Atsushi Miyamoto , Mami Matsukawa
“ Measurement of three-dimensional distribution of crack tips by low power pulsed laser”
Doshisha University (abstract 1256) dti0136@mail4.doshisha.ac.jp
GROUP 3 - Physical Acoustics (3 finalists)
Finalist #3.1 * Dana Gallimore , **Thomas Moonlight, *Mauricio Pereira da Cunha
“ Extraction of Pt/Rh/ZrO 2 High Temperature Elastic Constants”
*Electrical and Computer Engineering / Laboratory of Surface Science and Technology,
University of Maine, **University of Maine (abstract 513) dana.gallimore@umit.maine.edu
Finalist #3.2
* Mirza Pasovic , *Mike Danilouchkine, *Paul van Neer, *Antonius van der Steen,
**Olivier Basset, **Christian Cachard, *Nico de Jong
“ Angular spectrum method for the estimation of pressure fields in the super harmonic
band”
*Biomedical Engineering, ErasmusMC, **CREATIS-LRMN, Univeriste de Lyon, INSA Lyon
(abstract 306) m.pasovic@erasmusmc.nl
Finalist #3.3
* Hengky Chandrahalim , *Sunil Bhave, **Christian Rembe, **Sebastian
Boedecker, ***Ronald Polcawich, ***Jeff Pulskamp
“ Heterodyne laser-doppler interferometric characterization of contour-mode resonators
above 1 GHz”
*Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, **Polytec, ***US Army Research
Laboratory (abstract 1467) hc287@cornell.edu
GROUP 4 - Microacoustics – SAW, FBAR, MEMS (4 finalists)
Finalist #4.1
Florian Thalmayr , Ken-ya Hashimoto, Tatsuya Omori, Masatsune Yamaguchi
“ Fast Evaluation of Lamb Wave Scattering by Time Harmonic FEM simulation”
Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University (abstract 113)
florian.thalmayr@graduate.chiba-u.jp
Finalist #4.2
* Mohamed Abd Allah , **Jyrki Kaitila, **Robert Thalhammer, **Werner Weber,
*Doris Schmitt-Landsiedel
“ Temperature Compensated Solidly Mounted BAW Resonators with Thin SiO 2 Layers”
*Lehrstuhl für Technische Elektronik, Technische Universität München, **Infineon
Technologies (abstract 191) mohamed.abdallah@infineon.com
Finalist #4.3
*Eduard Rocas , *Carlos Collado, **Enrique Iborra, ***Robert Aigner
“ Unified model for nonlinear effects in BAW resonators”
*Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, **Grupo de
Microsistemas y Materiales Electrónicos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ***R&D Acoustic
Technologies, Triquint Semiconductor (abstract 703) eduard.rocas@tsc.upc.edu
Finalist #4.4
Bennett Meulendyk , Mauricio Pereira da Cunha
“ Suppression of transverse waveguide modes for SAW resonators with Pt and Pt/Rh/ZrO 2
electrodes”
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maine (abstract 1015)
bennett.meulendyk@umit.maine.edu
GROUP 5 - Transducers & Transducer Materials
Finalist #5.1
* Alper Sisman , **Jaime Zahorian, **Gokce Gurun, *Mustafa Karaman, **Mujdat
Balantekin, **F. Levent Degertekin, **Paul Hasler
“Evaluation of CMUT Annular Arrays for Side-looking IVUS”
*Isik University, Electronics Eng. Dep., **Georgia Institute of Technology (abstract 1218)
alpersisman@isikun.edu.tr
Finalist #5.2
Matthew Eames , John Hossack
“Selectable Frequency CMUT with Membrane Stand-Off Structures”
University of Virginia (abstract 1186) MattE@virginia.edu
Finalist #5.3
Joseph Kilroy , Linsey C. Phillips, Abhay V. Patil, John Hossack
“Ultrasound Cather for Microbubble Based Drug Delivery”
Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia (abstract 920) jpk4y@virginia.edu
PAPER COMPETITION: Winners
“ The role of compressional pressure in formation of dense bubble clouds in histotripsy ” * Adam D. Maxwell , *Tzu-Yin Wang, *Charles A. Cain, *J. Brian Fowlkes, **Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, **Michael R. Bailey, *Zhen Xu * Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, **Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington (abstract 527) “ Optical and Acoustic Characterization of Vapourized Perfluorocarbon Droplets as Ultrasound Contrast Agents ” * Nikita Reznik, ** Ross Williams, *Peter N. Burns *Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada, **Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (abstract 969) “ Flexible Ultrasonic Transducers for Structural Health Monitoring of Pipes at High Temperatures ” * Jeanne-Louise Shih , **Makiko Kobayashi, **Cheng-Kuei Jen *McGill University, **Industrial Materials Institute National Research Council Canada (abstract 511) “ Heterodyne laser-doppler interferometric characterization of contour-mode resonators above 1 GHz ” * Hengky Chandrahalim , *Sunil Bhave, **Christian Rembe, **Sebastian Boedecker, ***Ronald Polcawich, ***Jeff Pulskamp *Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, **Polytec, ***US Army Research Laboratory (abstract 1467) “ Temperature Compensated Solidly Mounted BAW Resonators with Thin SiO2 Layers ” * Mohamed Abd Allah , **Jyrki Kaitila, **Robert Thalhammer, **Werner Weber, *Doris Schmitt-Landsiedel *Lehrstuhl für Technische Elektronik, Technische Universität München, **Infineon Technologies (abstract 191) “ Selectable Frequency CMUT with Membrane Stand-Off Structures ” Matthew Eames , John Hossack University of Virginia (abstract 1186)
