Beverley Eyre

Ph.D. Candidate
Electrical Engineering Department
University of California, Los Angeles
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Bev is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering with a focus on micro-systems. His research interests include, but are not limited to, micro-fabrication theory and practice, magnetic sensors, process development (LiGA and SU-8), and robotics. He has worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Micro-Devices Section for the past 9 years. After he has completed his degree, he plans to persue a career in academia. In his free time, Bev likes to run, think, read, and mostly be a father to his daughter.

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, UCLA, August 2008 (estimated)
  • “MEMS Resonant Magnetic Sensor”
• M.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering, UCLA, 1997
  • “MEMS Magneitc Field Sensors In Standard CMOS using Micro-coils”
• B.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering, UCLA, 1994

• MEMS based magnetic probes for mapping plasma distributions inside the Large Area Plasma Device (LAPD) at UCLA.
• Surface micro-machined adaptive optics system by developing a unique 7 layer process at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Early process development of Epon Su-8 resist using a Taguchi Optimization experiment.
• High frequency MEMS based magnetic sensing coils with integrated electronics using the Orbit 2 micron CMOS process.
• High frequency relays using the MUMPS surface micro-machining process.
• DC and low frequency resonant magnetic field sensors using the Orbit 2 micron CMOS process.
• DC and low frequency resonant magnetic field sensors using a hybrid process consisting of bulk micromachined SOI wafers with metal coils and polysilicon piezoresistors fabricated using standard VLSI processes and bonded to CMOS chips using a bump bonding technique.
• LiGA fabricated mass filters for miniaturized Gas Chromatagraph-Mass Spectrometers.
• LiGA fabricated miniature scroll pump for the GC-Mass Spec.
• LiGA fabricated wave guides for NASA’s HESSI project.
• Bulk micro-machined large-area, ultra-smooth pixel array for a new generation of particle sensors for a joint NASA-Cal Tech project.

• Miniature turbine engine to be used for a power supply for DARPA’s Exoskeleton project, a part of the DOD’s ‘Future Soldier’ effort.

• TA for EE 115[a and b]. These are circuit classes focusing on op-amp circuits.
• TA for the circuits lab.

• Worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 9 years in the Micro Devices Section.
• Headed JPL’s LiGA project.
• Co-PI on joint NASA-Cal Tech project to devolop a new generation of particle sensors for Solar research.
• PI on DARPA funded Miniature Turbine Power Pack for DOD’s Exoskeleton for ‘Future Soldiers’.

• MEMS curriculum
• Dynamic Systems
• Computer Modelling

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