Additive Manufacturing of Energy Harvesting Material System for Active Wireless Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Sensors

This project will design, fabricate, and evaluate an energy harvesting material system capable of operating at up to 1200º C to harvest both vibrational and thermal energy for powering high-temperature wireless MEMS sensors. This project will establish theoretical models to predict the effective material property, fabricate ceramic-graphene composites using the binder jetting 3D printing technique, and determine mechanical, thermal, and simultaneous energy harvesting properties at high temperatures.

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Additive Manufacturing of Energy Harvesting Material System for Active Wireless Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Sensors (March 2017)
Poster by Ryan Wicker, University of Texas at El Paso, Project Review Meeting for Crosscutting Research, Gasification Systems, and Rare Earth Elements Research Portfolios, Pittsburgh, PA.

Principal Investigator

Ryan Wicker

rwicker@utep.edu

Project Benefits

This project will provide full knowledge set of graphene/Lithium Niobate Crystal (LiNbO3) modeling, 3D printing fabrication, characterization, and energy harvesting potential. The findings could lead to the discovery of a new energy harvesting material design paradigm for powering wireless harsh environment MEMS sensors.

Project ID

FE0027502

Website

University of Texas at El Paso

http://www.utep.edu/