Electroplating Tehcnologies for Microstructure Fabrication

Speaker: Prof. A. Bruno Frazier
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Georgia Institute of Technology
Thursday, June 6th, 2017 from 12:00 AM to 1:00PM
Marcus Nanotechnology Building: Room 1116-1118

Abstract: Electroplating is a ubiquitous technology used to create a wide variety of microstructures.  The materials-of-construction range from elemental metals and metal alloys to polymers.  Furthermore, electroplating is a relatively simple technology to implement and is adaptable to many types of substrates and initial conditions.  In this seminar, we will discuss the application of electroplating technologies to microstructure fabrication.  The discussion will include the basics of electroplating as applied to microstructure fabrication, more specialized electroplating techniques, and microsystem applications of electroplating.

Biography: A. Bruno Frazier received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Auburn University in 1986 and 1987, respectively. From 1987 to 1990 he worked for Intergraph Corporation as a video graphics custom circuit designer for the unix-based computer aided graphics systems.From 1990 through 1993, he was in the graduate program at Georgia Institute of Technology with an emphasis in Microsystems and specifcally in micromachining. In December 1993 he received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.From March 1994 - July 1995, he worked as a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan. While at the University of Michigan, Dr. Frazier focused on the development of integrated hygrometers and the associated mixed signal  interface circuitry.From August 1995 - August 1999, he held a joint faculty position as a professor of Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering at the University of Utah. In September 1999, he joined the Electrical & Computer Engineering faculty at Georgia Institute of Technology.