JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

R.N. Dean and C.G. Wilson, “Nonlinear circuit analysis for time-variant MEMS capacitor systems,” IET Micro & Nano Letters, manuscript submitted 4/29/13.

R.N. Dean and A.K. Rane, “A digital frequency-locked loop system for capacitance measurement,” IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 62, No. 4, April 2013, pp. 777-784.

R.N. Dean, M. Hamilton and M. Baginski, “Capacitive fringing field sensors implemented in flexible printed circuit board technology,” IEEE Sensors Journal, manuscript submitted 12/14/12.

W.N. Yunker, G.T. Flowers and R.N. Dean, “Sound attenuation using microelectromechanical systems fabricated acoustic metamaterials,” J. of Applied Physics, Vol. 113, 2013, (6pp).

M. Black, S. Henning, C. Wilson, S. Hale, R.N. Dean, R.W. Johnson, R. Altstatt, M. Blair and A.-M. Dorsett, “Gamma ray testing of commercially available SiC power jFET transistors,” J. of Radiation Effects, Research and Engineering (JRERE), Vol. 31, No. 1, Feb. 2013, pp. 29-35.

R. N. Dean, D.K. Harris, A.Y. Palkar and G.D. Wonacott, “Liquid metal-filled micro heat pipes for thermal management of solid state devices,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 59, No. 12, Dec. 2012, pp. 4888-4894.

R.N. Dean, A. Rane, M. Baginski, J. Richard, Z. Hartzog and D.J. Elton, "A capacitive fringing field sensor design for moisture measurement based on printed circuit board technology,” IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 61, No. 4, April 2012, pp. 1105-1112.

T.A. Baginski, R.N. Dean and E.J. Wild, “Micromachined planar triggered spark gap switch,” IEEE Trans. on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 1, No. 9, Sept. 2011, pp. 1480-1485.

R.N. Dean, A. Anderson, S.J. Reeves, G. Flowers and A.S. Hodel, “Electrical noise in MEMS capacitive elements resulting from environmental mechanical vibrations in harsh environments,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 58, No. 7, July 2011, pp. 2697-2705.

R.N. Dean, S. Castro, G.T. Flowers, G. Roth, A. Ahmed, A.S. Hodel, B.E. Grantham, D. Bittle and J. Brunsch, “A characterization of the performance of MEMS gyroscopes in acoustically harsh environments,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 58, No. 7, July 2011, pp. 2591-2596.

R.N. Dean, S. Surgnier, J. Pack, N. Sanders, P. Reiner, C.W. Long and R. Fenner, “Porous ceramic packaging for a MEMS humidity sensor requiring environmental access,” IEEE Trans. on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing, Vol. 1, No. 3, March 2011, pp. 428-435.

S.J. Kim, R. Dean, R.L. Jackson and G.T. Flowers, “An investigation of the damping effects of various gas environments on a vibratory MEMS devices,” Tribology International, Vol. 44, 2011, pp. 125-133.

M.J. Bozack, E.R. Crandall, C.L. Rodekohr, R.N. Dean, G.T. Flowers and J.C. Suhling, “High lateral resolution auger electron spectroscopic (AES) measurements for Sn whiskers on brass,” IEEE Trans. on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing, Vol. 33, No. 3, July 2010, pp. 198-204.

D.K. Harris, A. Palkar, G. Wonacott, R. Dean and F. Simionescu, “An experimental investigation in the performance of water-filled silicon micro-heat pipe arrays,” ASME J. of Electronic Packaging, Vol. 132, Is. 2, June 2010, pp. 021005-1 – 021005-8.

S.J. Kim, R. Dean, G. Flowers and C. Chen, “Active vibration control and isolation for micromachined devices,” ASME J. of Mechanical Design, Vol. 131, Sept. 2009, pp. 091002-1 – 091002-6.

R.N. Dean and A. Luque, “Applications of microelectromechanical systems in industrial processes and services,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 56, No. 4, April 2009, pp. 913-925

Y.-C. Chen, Y. Tzeng, A.-J. Cheng, R. Dean and M. Park, “Inkjet printing of nanodiamond suspensions in ethylene glycol for CVD growth of patterned diamond structures and practical applications,” J. Diamond and Related Materials, Vol. 18, Is. 2-3, Feb.-March 2009, pp. 146-150.

M. Black, H. Boyett, N. Sanders, J. Weller, R. Dean, R.W. Johnson and M. Kranz, “Packaging MEMS die on E-glass substrates,” J. Microelectronics and Electronic Packaging, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2008, pp. 122-125.

R. Dean, J. Weller, M. Bozack, C. Rodekohr, B. Farrell, L. Jauniskis, J. Ting, D. Edell and J. Hetke, "Realization of Ultra Fine Pitch Traces on LCP Substrates," IEEE Trans. on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 31, No. 2, June 2008, pp. 315-321.

J.E. Rogers, R. Ramadoss, P.M. Ozmun, and R. N. Dean, "A microelectromechanical accelerometer fabricated using printed circuit processing techniques" Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 18, 2008 (7pp).

R. Dean, G. Flowers, R. Horvath, N. Sanders, S. Hodel, J. Hung and T. Roppel, “Characterization and Experimental Verification of the Nonlinear Distortion in a Technique for Measuring Relative Velocity between Micromachined Structures in Normal Translational Motion,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4, April 2007, pp. 496-501.

R. Dean, J. Weller, M. Bozack, B. Farrell, L. Jauniskis, J. Ting, D. Edell, and J. Hetke, "Micromachined LCP Connectors for Packaging MEMS Devices in Biological Environments,” J. Microelectronics and Electronic Packaging, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1^st Qtr. 2007, pp. 17-22.

R. Dean, G. Flowers, N. Sanders, R. Horvath, M. Kranz and M. Whitley, “Micromachined Vibration Isolation Filters to Enhance Packaging for Mechanically Harsh Environments,” J. Microelectronics and Electronic Packaging, Vol. 2, No. 4, 4^th Qtr. 2005, pp. 223-231.

R. Dean, P. Nordine and C. Christodoulou, “A Novel Method for Fabricating 3-D Helical THz Antennas Directly on Semiconductor Substrates,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, January 20, 2000, pp. 106-111.

PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS:

R. Ramadoss, R. Dean and X. Xiong, “MEMS Testing”, Chapter 13 in L. T. Wang, C. Stroud, and N. Touba (Eds.), System on Chip Test Architectures: Nanometer Design for Testability, Elsevier, Burlington, MA, First Edition, 2008, pp. 591-652.

PATENTS:

“A Micromachined Device Utilizing Electrostatic Comb Drives to Filter Mechanical Vibrations;” Robert Neal Dean, Jr. and George Timothy Flowers; U.S. patent number: 7355318, issued April 8, 2008.

“Three Dimensional Micromachined Electromagnetic Device and Associated Methods;” Rodney L. Clark and Robert N. Dean, Jr.; U.S. patent number: 6,271,802; issued August 7, 2001.

CONFERENCES WITH PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS:

R.N. Dean and G.T Flowers, “A toolbox approach to reliably integrating MEMS gyroscopes into harsh acoustic and vibration environments,” Proc. of the 2013 IEEE Conference on Reliability Science for Advanced Materials and Devices, Golden, CO, Feb. 24-25, 2013, (5pp).

A.N. Beal, J.P. Bailey, S.A. Hale, R.N. Dean, M. Hamilton, J.K. Tugnait, D.W. Hahs and N.J. Corron, “Design and simulation of a high frequency exact solvable chaotic oscillator,” Proc. of the 2012 Military Communications Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct. 29- Nov. 1, 2012, (6pp).

C.G. Wilson, J.Y. Hung and R.N. Dean, “A sliding mode controller for two-phase synchronous buck converters,” Proc. of the 2012 Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 25-28, 2012, (6pp).

T.A Baginski, E.C. Ewing, T.A. Roppel and R. Dean, “Sustainable on-site bleach generation using salt and sunlight, Proc. of the 2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, Seattle, WA, Oct. 21-24, 2012, (6pp).

W. Zhang, Y. Long, Z. Zhang, F. Wang, L.M. Tolbert, B.J. Blalock, S. Henning, C. Wilson and R. Dean, “Evaluation and comparison of silicon and gallium nitride power transistors in LLC resonant converter,” Proc. of the 2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Raleigh, NC, Sept. 16-20, 2012, (5pp).

S.W. Henning, L. Jenkins, S. Hale, C.G. Wilson, J. Tennant, J. Moses, M. Palmer and R.N. Dean, “Manual assembly of 400µm bumped-die GaN power semiconductor devices,” Proc. of the IMAPS 2012 Symposium, San Diego, CA, Sept. 9-13, 2012, (10pp).

P. Soobramaney, G.T. Flowers and R.N. Dean Jr., “Characterization of damping in microfibrous material,” Proc. of the 2012 SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, SPIE Vol. 8345, San Diego, CA, March 11-15 2012, (8pp).

E. Adanur, C. Ellis, R.N. Dean, E. Tuck and D. Strembicke, “A novel plating technique for realizing copper filled TSVs in silicon wafers,” Proc. of the ASME 2011 Int. Mechanical Engineering Congress & Expo., Denver, CO, Nov. 11-17, 2011, (6pp).

R.N. Dean, C. Wilson, J.P Brunsch and J.Y. Hung, “A synthetic voltage division controller to extend the stable operating range of parallel plate actuators,” Proc. of the 2011 IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, Denver, CO, Sept. 28-30, 2011,

W.N. Yunker, P. Soobramaney, M. Black, R.N. Dean, G.T. Flowers and A. Ahmed, “The underwater effects of high power, high frequency acoustic noise on MEMS gyroscopes,” Proc. of the 2011 ASME Biennial Conference on Mechanical Noise and Vibration, Washington, DC, Aug. 28-31, 2011 (6pp).

R.N. Dean Jr., N.H. Burch, M.N. Black, A. Beal and G.T. Flowers, “Microfibrous metallic cloth for acoustic isolation of a MEMS gyroscope,” Proc. of the SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, SPIE Vol. 7979, San Diego, CA, March 6-10, 2011, (10pp).

C. Stevens, R. Dean, S. Lawrence, L. Levine, “The use of metallographic and SEM analysis for characterization of sidewall surfaces in MEMS devices with DRIE processing,” Proc. of the 43^rd Int. Symposium on Microelectronics (IMAPS 2010), Raleigh, NC, Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, 2010, pp. 703-706.

C.G. Wilson, R. Dean, G.T. Flowers and J.Y. Hung, “A technique for embedding SPICE in a Simulink environment for MEMS Simulation,” Proc. of the 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2010), Vancouver, BC, Canada, Nov 12-18, 2010, (6pp).

E.R. Crandall, G.T. Flowers, R.N. Dean and M.J. Bozack, “Oxidation-induced growth of Sn whiskers in a pure oxygen gas environment,” Proc. of the 56^th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts, Charleston, SC, Oct. 4-7, 2010, (5pp).

E.R. Crandall, G.T. Flowers, R.N. Dean and M.J. Bozack, “Growth of Sn whiskers on semiconductor and insulator surfaces,” Proc. of the 56^th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts, Charleston, SC, Oct. 4-7, 2010, (6pp).

R.N. Dean, A. Rane, M. Baginski, Z. Hartzog and D.J. Elton, "Capacitive fringing field sensors in printed circuit board technology,” Proc. of the 2010 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Austin, TX, May 3-6, 2010, pp. 970-974.

R.N. Dean and A. Rane, "An improved capacitance measurement technique based of RC phase delay," Proc. of the 2010 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Austin, TX, May 3-6, 2010, pp. 367-370.

N.H. Burch, M.N. Black, R.N. Dean, G.T. Flowers, “Microfibrous metallic cloth for damping enhancement in printed circuit boards,” Proc. of the SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, SPIE Vol. 7643, San Diego, CA, March 7-11, 2010, (6pp).

L. Del Castillo, A. Moussessian, R. McPherson, T. Zhang, Z. Hou, R. Dean and R.W. Johnson, “Flexible electronic assemblies for space applications,” Proc of the 2010 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MO, March 6-13, 2010, (6pp).

C. Stevens, R. Dean and L. Levine, “Analysis of MEMS structure sidewalls for carbon and fluorinated residue with SEM, EDS and TSA,” Proc. of the 42^nd Int. Symposium on Microelectronics (IMAPS 2009), San Jose, CA, Nov. 1-5, 2009, pp. 181-184.

N. Hyatt, M. Black, R. Dean, G. Flowers, B. Grantham and R. Garner, “Damping enhancement in printed circuit boards with potting materials or microfibrous metallic cloth,” Proc. of IDETC2009, San Diego, CA, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2009, (6pp).

R. Dean, A. Rane and N. Hyatt, “A capacitive sensor interface circuit based on relative phase delay,” Proc. of the ISA 55^th International Instrumentation Symposium, League City, TX, June 1-5, 2009, (12pp).

A. Anderson, D. Bittle, R. Dean, G. Flowers, J. Hester and A. Hodel, “EKF and UKF state estimation comparison for rotating rockets,” Proc. of IEEE SoutheastCon 2009, Atlanta, GA, March 5-8, 2009, pp. 373-378.

S.J. Kim, C. Chen, G. Flowers and R. Dean, “Active damping control of micro-machined devices in a low atmospheric pressure environment,” ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Elliott City, MD, Oct. 28-30, 2008.

B. Holland, R. McPherson, T. Zhang, Z. Hou, R. Dean, R.W. Johnson, L.D. Castillo and A. Moussessian, "Ultra-thin, flexible electronics," 2008 Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC 2008), Lake Buena Vista, FL, May 27-28, 2008.

Y.-C. Chen, Y. Tzeng, A.-J. Cheng, R. Dean and M. Park, “Inkjet printing of surfactant assisted nanodiamond suspensions and practical applications,” Proc. of the 2^nd Int. Conf. on New Diamond and Nano Carbons (NDNC2008), Taipei, Taiwan, May 26-29, 2008.

S.J. Kim, C. Chen, G. Flowers and R. Dean, "Active damping control of micromachined devices in a low atmospheric pressure environment," Proc. of SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring 2008, Vol. 6928, San Diego, CA, March 9-13, 2008 (11pp).

S. Castro, G. Roth, R. Dean, G. Flowers and B. Grantham, “Influence of acoustic noise on the dynamic performance of MEMS gyroscopes,” Proc of IMECE2007: the 2007 ASME Int. Mech. Eng. Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA, Nov. 11-15, 2007, (7pp).

R.N. Dean, G.T. Flowers, A.S. Hodel, G. Roth, S. Castro, R. Zhou, A. Moreira, A. Ahmed, R. Rifki, B.E. Grantham, D. Bittle and J. Brunsch, "On the Degradation of MEMS Gyroscope Performance in the Presence of High Power Acoustic Noise," Proc. of the 2007 IEEE Int. Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2007), Vigo, Spain, June 4-7, 2007, pp. 1435-1440.

J. E. Rogers, R. Ramadoss, P. M. Ozmun, and R. N. Dean, "MEMS Accelerometer Fabricated Using Printed Circuit Processing Techniques," Proc. of the 2007 IEEE Int. Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Vigo, Spain, June 4-7, 2007, pp. 3250 - 3254.

A. Anderson, D. Bittle, R. Dean, G. Flowers, J. Hester and A. Hodel, “Investigation of mal-launch correction in spin-stabilized rockets,” Proc. of IEEE SoutheastCon 2007, Richmond, VA, March 22-25, 2007, pp. 267-272.

J. E. Rogers, P. M. Ozmun, J. H. Hung and R. N. Dean, “Bi-Directional Gap Closing MEMS Actuator Using Timing and Control Techniques,” Proc. of the 32nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 06), Paris, France, Nov. 18, 2006, pp. 3149 -3154.

A. Anderson, R. Dean, G. Flowers and A. S. Hodel; “Low Cost Test Apparatus for MEMS Inertial Sensors;” Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications; jointly with The 4th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies; Vol. II; Orlando; Florida; July 20-23; 2006; pages 175-179.

R. Dean, G. Flowers, N. Sanders, R. Horvath, W. Johnson, M. Kranz, and M. Whitley, "Experimental Validation and Testing of Components for Active Damping Control for Micromachined Mechanical Vibration Isolation Filters using Electrostatic Actuation," Proc. of SPIE Smart Structures / NDE Conference, Vol. 6172, San Diego, CA, Feb. 26 - March 2, 2006, pp. 362-372.

R. N. Dean, J. Y. Hung, and B. M. Wilamowski, “Advanced Controllers for Microelectro-mechanical Actuators,” Proc. of the 2005 IEEE Int. Conference on Industrial Technology, Hong Kong, December 14-17, 2005, pp. 899-904.

R. Dean, J. Pack, N. Sanders, P. Reiner, “Micromachined LCP for Packaging MEMS Sensors,” Proc. of IEEE IECON 2005 Conference, Raleigh, NC, Nov. 6-10, 2005, pp. 2363-2367.

R. Dean, G. Flowers, N. Sanders, K. MacAllister, R. Horvath, A. S. Hodel, W. Johnson, M. Kranz and M. Whitley, "Damping Control of Micromachined Lowpass Mechanical Vibration Isolation Filters using Electrostatic Actuation with Electronic Signal Processing," Proceedings of the SPIE International Symposia on Smart Structures & Materials, SPIE Vol. 5760, San Diego, CA, March 6-10, 2005, pp. 11-22.

R. Dean, J. Weller, M. Bozack, B. Farrell, L. Jauniskis, J. Ting, D. Edell, and J. Hetke, "Novel Biomedical Implant Interconnects Utilizing Micromachined LCP," Proceedings of the International Symposia on Optical Science and Technology, SPIE Vol. 5515, Denver, CO, Aug. 2-6, 2004, pp. 88-99.

R. Dean, R. W. Johnson, H. Garrison, N. Schutz, M. Kranz, B. Bowers, B. Payne and R. Legowik, “Strategies for Successfully Integrating MEMS Die onto Laminate,” Proc. of IMAPS 2002, Denver, CO, Sept. 4-6, 2002, pp. 109-114.

R. Dean, G. Flowers, S. Hodel, K. MacAllister, R. Horvath, A. Matras, G. Robertson and R. Glover, “Vibration Isolation of MEMS Sensors for Aerospace Applications,” Proc. of the IMAPS International Conference and Exhibition on Advanced Packaging and Systems, Reno, NV, March 10-13, 2002, pp. 166-170.

D. M. Brown, R. Dean, J. D. Brown “LED backlight: design, fabrication, and testing,” Proc. of Light-Emitting Diodes: Research, Manufacturing, and Applications IV, SPIE Vol. 3938, San Jose, CA, January 26-27, 2000, pp. 180-187.

R. Dean, P. Nordine and C. Christodoulou, “A novel method for fabricating 3-D helical THz antennas directly on semiconductor substrates,” Proc. of the SPIE Conf. on Terahertz Spectroscopy and Applications, SPIE Vol. 3617, San Jose, CA, January 25-26, 1999, pp. 67-77.

R.A. Durrett, R. Dean, D. F. McCartney, and E. A. Viveiros, “Interface and post-processing requirements to insert an acousto-optic range-Doppler processor into an advanced radar digital signal processor,” Proc. of Transition of Optical Processors into Systems, SPIE Vol. 2489, Orlando, FL, April 18, 1995, pp. 165-176.

OTHER CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS:

J. Aggas, R.N. Dean, C.G. Wilson, A. Beal and L. Jenkins, “Development of substrate embedded magnetics for DC-DC buck converters,” 2013 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 11-14, 2013.

C.B Stevens and R.N. Dean, “A technique for detecting and mitigating snap-in in MEMS parallel plate actuators,” 2013 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 11-14, 2013.

A.N. Beal, C.B. Stevens, T.A. Baginski, M.C. Hamilton and R.N. Dean, “Design, simulation and testing of high density, high current micro-machined embedded capacitors,” 2013 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 11-14, 2013.

R. Altstatt, M. Black, S. Hale, R. Dean, W. Johnson, C. Wilson, S. Henning, A.-M. Dorsett and M. Blair, “Gamma Irradiation Effects on SiC High Power Semiconductors,” 2012 Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference, Monterey, CA, March 13-16, 2012, poster only.

T.A. Baginski and R.N. Dean, “The reactive bridge: a novel micro-machined low energy initiator,” 2012 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 5-8, 2012.

A. Beal, T. Baginski, R. Dean and M. Hamilton, “Micromachined high density embedded capacitor technologies for silicon interposers,” 2012 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 5-8, 2012.

R. Dean, J. Richard and M. Hamilton, “Testing of flexible metamaterial RF filters implemented through micromachining LCP substrates,” 2012 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 5-8, 2012.

C. Stevens, R. Dean and C. Wilson, “Micromachined snap-in resonators,” 2012 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 5-8, 2012.

D. Harris, R. Dean, A. Palkar, M. Palmer, C. Ellis and G. Wonacott, “Low-temperature indium bonding for MEMS devices,” 2012 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 5-8, 2012.

E. Adanur, C. Ellis, R.N. Dean, E. Tuck and D. Strembicke, “Copper plated TSVs in silicon wafers using a novel process,” 2011 IMAPS Mid-Atlantic Microelectronics Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, June 23-24, 2011.

T.A. Baginski, R.N. Dean and S.P. Surgnier, “A new robust one-shot switch for high-power pulse applications,” 2011 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 7-10, 2011.

C. Ellis, A. Beal and R. Dean, “Cu MEMS,” 2011 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 7-10, 2011.

J. Richard and R. Dean, “Flexible metamaterials RF filters implemented through micromachining LCP substrates,” 2011 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 7-10, 2011.

R. Dean, A. Rane, C. Stevens, M. Baginski, Z. Hartzong and D. Elton, “Implementing fringing field sensors in PCB technology,” 2010 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 9-11, 2010.

C. Stevens, R. Dean, S. Lawrence, L. Levine, “The use of metallographic and SEM analysis for characterization of sidewall surfaces in MEMS devices with DRIE processing,” 2010 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 9-11, 2010.

D.K. Harris, R. Dean, A. Palkar and G. Wonacott, “High flux value micro heat pipe arrays,” 2010 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 9-11, 2010.

T.A. Baginksi, R.N. Dean and E.J. Wild, “A micromachined robust planar triggered sparkgap switch for high power pulse applications,” 2010 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 9-11, 2010.

S.J. Kim, R. Ibrahim, M. Black, M. Palmer, R. Dean and G. Flowers, “A system for the early evaluation of newly developed MEMS devices,” 2009 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ, March 10-12, 2009.

Y.-C. Chen, Y. Tzeng, A.-J. Cheng, R. Dean and M. Park, “Inkjet printing of surfactant assisted nanodiamond suspensions and practical applications,” Proc. of the 2^nd Int. Conf. on New Diamond and Nano Carbons (NDNC2008), Taipei, Taiwan, May 26-29, 2008, poster presentation.

B. Holland, R. McPherson, R. Dean, R.W. Johnson and L. Del Castillo, “Handling and processing of die for use in ultra-thin flexible electronics,” IMAPS ATW and Tabletop Exhibition on Military, Aerospace, Space and Homeland Security, Linthicum Heights, MD, April 30 – May 1, 2008.

R. Dean, G.T. Flower and S. Castro, "Developments in foreign MEMS gyroscopic sensors," Tennessee Valley Emerging Technology Conference, Huntsville, AL, March 26-28, 2008.

S.J. Kim, C. Chen, R. Dean, G. Flowers, A.S. Hodel, S.J. Reeves, "A packaging solution to Reduce Electrical Noise in MEMS Capacitive Elements Resulting from Environmental mechanical vibrations," 2008 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, March 17-20, 2008.

A Rane and R. Dean, “Polymer MEMS accelerometer integrated with organic electronics,” 2008 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, March 17-20, 2008.

D. Harris, G. Wonacoot, R. Dean and A. Palkar, “High heat flux micro-channel devices using liquid metals for laser diode applications,” 2008 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, March 17-20, 2008.

R. Dean, G. Flowers, A. Ahmed, A. Hodel, G. Roth, S. Castro, R. Zhou, R. Rifki, A. Moreira, J. Brunsch, D. Bittle and B. Grantham, "An Investigation of the Deleterious Effects of High Power, High Frequency Acoustic Noise on MEMS Gyroscopes," 2007 International Conference and Exhibition on Device Packaging, Optoelectronics – Photonics Advances in Optoelectronic Packaging, Scottsdale, AZ, March 18-22, 2007.

D. K. Harris, A. Palkar and R. Dean, “High Heat Value Micro-Heat-Pipe Arrays Using a Liquid Metal as the Working Fluid,” 2007 International Conference and Exhibition on Device Packaging, MEMS – MEMS and Related Microsystems, AZ, March 18-22, 2007.

R. Dean, G. Flowers and D. Harris, “Microsystems Technologies to Augment Liquid Bio-Fuels Production,” Alternative Energy Solutions from Alabama’s Natural Resources Conference, Auburn, AL, October 23-24, 2006, Poster Presentation.

R. Dean, N. Sanders, J. Pack and P. Reiner, “Porous Ceramic Packaging for MEMS Sensors Requiring Environmental Access,” IMAPS International Conference and Exhibition on Device Packaging, MEMS – Assembly and Packaging Technical Workshop, Scottsdale, AZ, March 20-23, 2006.

D. Harris, R. Dean, O. Nadgauda, N. Sanders, C. Ellis and M. Palmer, “A Package Sealing Technique for Mercury Filled Microfluidic Devices,” IMAPS International Conference and Exhibition on Device Packaging, MEMS – Wafer Bonding Technical Workshop, Scottsdale, AZ, March 20-23, 2006.

R. Dean, G. Flowers, N. Sanders, K. MacAllister, R. Horvath, A. S. Hodel, W. Johnson, M. Kranz and M. Whitley, "Active Micromachined Vibration Isolation Filters using Electrostatic Actuation to Enhance Packaging for Mechanically Harsh Environments," IMAPS International Conference and Exhibition on Device Packaging, Proc. CD-only, Scottsdale, AZ, March 13-16, 2005.

R. Dean, G. Flowers, K. MacAllister, N. Sanders, and M. Kranz, "Micromachined Packaging Structures for Isolating Sensitive Devices from High Frequency Mechanical Vibrations," IMAPS Workshop on Packaging of MEMS and Related Micro-Nano-Bio Integrated Systems, Long Beach, CA, Nov. 18-19, 2004.

R. Dean, J. Weller, M. Bozack, K. MacAllister, N. Sanders, B. Farrell, L. Jauniskis, J. Ting, D. Edell and J. Hetke, "Surface Micromachining of Thin Films on LCP Substrates for Biomedical Applications," IMAPS Workshop on Packaging of MEMS and Related Micro-Nano-Bio Integrated Systems, Long Beach, CA, Nov. 18-19, 2004.

B. Farrell, P. Jaynes, W. Johnson and R. Dean, "The Liquid Crystal Polymer Packaging Solution," IMAPS 2003, The 36^th International Symposium on Microelectronics, Boston, MA, Nov. 16-20, 2003.

B. Farrell P. Jaynes, W. Johnson and R. Dean," The Liquid Crystal Polymer Packaging Solution," MICRO SYSTEM Technologies 2003, Munich, Germany, Oct. 6-8, 2003.

R. Dean, T. Baginski, M. Bozack, C. Ellis, G. Flowers, R. W. Johnson, N. Schutz, Y. Tzeng, and S. Wentworth, "Microsystems Research at Auburn University," Workshop on Nano and Microsystems Technology and Metrology, Huntsville, AL, Dec 4-5, 2002.

C. Ellis, R. Dean, L. Almeida and I. Anderson, "Quad Electrostatic Inchworm Drive Optical Actuator," Workshop on Nano and Microsystems Technology and Metrology, Huntsville, AL, Dec 4-5, 2002.

R. Dean, N. Schutz and L. Thomas, "Microsystems and Packaging Applications," Liquid Crystal Polymer Material Processing & Applications Symposium, Huntsville, AL, Oct 29, 2002.

R. Dean, N. Schutz, L. Thomas and S. Tully, “MEMS Devices in Printed Circuit Board Technology,” IMAPS Advanced Technology Workshop on Packaging of MEMS & Related Micro Integrated Nano Systems, Denver, CO, Sept 6-8, 2002.

B. Farrell, P. Jaynes, D. Kubiak, and R. Dean, “Microfabrication Techniques for Liquid Crystal Polymer Substrates,” IMAPS Advanced Technology Workshop on Packaging of MEMS & Related Micro Integrated Nano Systems, Denver, CO, Sept 6-8, 2002.

R. Dean, H. Garrison, C. Ellis, G. Robertson and N. Schutz, “Micro Machining of LCP for MEMS Applications,” LCP Materials Symposium, sponsored by PMTEC and AMCOM, Huntsville, AL, January 17, 2002.

M. Kranz, R. Legowik, W. Bowers, R. Dean, H. Garrison and N. Shultz, "Micro-Packaging of COTS MEMS for Remote Monitoring Systems," 3rd Advanced Technology Workshop on Packaging of MEMS and Related Micro Integrated Nano Systems, IMAPS, Scotts Valley, CA, Nov. 8-10, 2001.

R. Dean, C. Ellis, G. Robertson, L. Thomas, N. Schutz, S. Tully and H. Garrison, “MEMS Vacuum Tooling for Handling Micro-Optics,” 3rd Advanced Technology Workshop on Packaging of MEMS and Related Micro Integrated Nano Systems, IMAPS, Scotts Valley, CA, Nov. 8-10, 2001.

R. Dean, A. Matras, L. Thomas, H. Garrison, N. Schutz, K. MacAllister and S. Tully, “A Laminate Based MEMS Accelerometer,” 3rd Advanced Technology Workshop on Packaging of MEMS and Related Micro Integrated Nano Systems, IMAPS, Scotts Valley, CA, Nov. 8-10, 2001.

R. Dean, C. Ellis and H. Garrison, “A Novel Method for Handling MEMS Die,” Workshop on Microsystems Technology and Applications, Huntsville, AL, July 2001.

D. Strembicke, A Werkheiser, R. Dean, R. W. Johnson, “A Novel Flip-Chip Packaging Method for 3-Axis MEMS Accelerometers,” IMAPS Advanced Technology Workshop, Packaging and Integration of MEMS & Related Microsystems, Orlando, FL, Nov. 10-12, 2000.

M. Kranz, B. Bowers, R. Dean, R. Legowik, “Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for Integration of COTS MEMS into Missile Health Monitoring Systems,” poster presentation, The Knowledge Foundation, Inc. COTS MEMS Conference, Berkeley, CA, Aug. 3-4, 2000.

S. Pan, H. Garrison, R. W. Johnson, M. Palmer, R. Dean, R. Thompson, and J. Evans, “Conductive Adhesives for Under-the-Hood Automotive Applications,” Fifth International High Temperature Electronics Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2000.