Ph.D. Student: University of Texas at Austin
Nonlinear Collapse CMUT
- 06/2021 – present
- Xiaoyu Niu
- PI: Neal A. Hall
- I mainly work on the SOI silicon wafers to fabricate membrane structure.
- After microfabrication, I will use LDV to measure the vibration of the membrane.
Fly-Inspired Directional Microphone [Processing Sheet][MEMS Processing Notebook]
- 01/2021 – present
- Funded by Harman International, Samsung
- Xiaoyu Niu, Anna J Buckthorpe
- PI: Neal A. Hall
- I study and work on the microfabrication of the MEMS microphone.
Measurement of the Capacitive Machined Ultrasonic Transducers (CMUT)
- 08/2020 – 12/2020
- Xiaoyu Niu, Anna J Buckthorpe
- Anna J Buckthorpe and I learned how to use Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometers (LDV) assisted by Yoonho Seo, Randy Williams, and Dr. Hall.
- Paper: Xiaoyu Niu, Anna J. Buckthorpe, Randall P. Williams, Member, IEEE, Yoonho Seo, and Neal A. Hall, An Air-Coupled CMUT Using Pull-In and Snap-Back for Ultrasound Generation, Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, submitted, TUFFC-10963-2021
Ph.D. student: Chinese Academy of Sciences
01/2020 – 06/2020
CAS Key Laboratory of Noise and Vibration Research, Ph.D. student
Undergraduate: Ocean University of China
08/2016 – 09/2017
Ocean Acoustic Laboratory, Experiment Assistant
- Participated in National Science Foundation, Reduce Back Reflection of Underwater Objective with Destructive Interference, No.11674293
- Optimized experiment methods and analyzed data
Paper: Broadband and Wide-angle Blazed Acoustic Gratings Using Multiple Coupled Helmholtz Resonators, Applied Physics Express
Patent: Sound Wave Reflection Conduit Phase Calibration System and Method,
CN106949921B, the first inventor
Patent: Programmable Device to Control Wave Front, CN106898344A, the first inventor
12/2016 – 05/2018
National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Project, Leader
- Research on Wide Band Back Negative Reflection, No.201710423036
- Got the EXCELLENCE result
- Invited to take part in National Annual Meeting of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for College Students. (Only the top 1% of projects in our university can get the invitation.)
08/2017 – 12/2017
Sound and Vibration Measurement Laboratory, Experiment Assistant
- Responsible for maintaining 3D Printing Machine and optimized construction
- Created the World First Authentic Acoustic 3D Printing Ukulele
01/2018 – 06/2018
Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Data Processing Assistant
- Analyzed experiment data using probabilistic methods
Paper: Effects of different uncertainty settings in Monaco treatment system on computation efficiency and diametric accuracy, Chinese Journal of Medical Physics
08/2016 – 12/2016
- Use wave-guide tube to measure the acoustic impedance at the end of the tube.
- We design almost items of the experiment by our own: acoustic source, wave guide, measurement circuit, and the impedance.
- Group: Kai Wu, Xiaoyu Niu