New Student Representatives for 2018
Meet the new UFFC-S Student Representatives who will be serving in 2018 and 2019!
Each year, up to three Ph.D. students are appointed by the UFFC-S President as Student Representatives. During their 2-year term, they actively participate in AdCom meetings and bring their fresh perspectives to student outreach and student event-planning as coordinated by the AdCom Student Advisor, Joel B. Harley.
Cécile Floer, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France for Ultrasonics.
My research interest is the development of SAW devices for biomedical applications. The final goal of my PhD is to make a “ready-to-tattoo” temperature sensor that will be passive, battery-less, wireless and packageless.
Being a UFFC-S Student Representative is not only an opportunity for me to take responsibilities within UFFC-S and to become a more active member, but also a chance to meet students in different fields of study.
Stuart-Burns, University of New South Wales, UNSW, Sydney, Australia for Ferroelectrics.
My research is focused on functional behaviours of ferroelectrics at the nanoscale. Through neutron diffraction experiments I investigate the multiferroicity of thin films fabricated by pulsed laser deposition. Combining this with focused ion beam nanostructuring and advanced scanning probe microscopy techniques, I aim to further define the prerequisites for multiferroic device integration into common industrial nanoelectronics.
The need for strong networks within the ferroelectrics community is becoming increasingly more important as the field develops and branches out into related disciplines. For progress to continue within each of the research environments in UFFC, our student members must play an active role. I hope to encourage more people to take part in our student-led events, interact with our experts and visit our symposia over the next two years.
Ruochen Lu, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA for Frequency Control.
My research interests include radio frequency microsystems and the exploitation of their nonlinearities for timing and signal processing applications.
I got to know UFFC-S student activities during the student paper competition in IFCS 2017. That competition was very nice and I want to volunteer my time to the UFFC-S to learn and help to make UFFC-S even better.