Ben Griffin will be defending his dissertation, entitled "MEMS-Based Parametric Acoustic Array," on Thursday, April 2nd at 12:00 PM in Larsen 234. All are welcome to attend.

Vijay Chandrasekharan will be defending his dissertation, "A Microscale Differential Capacitive Direct Wall Shear Stress Sensor," on Monday, April 6th at 10:40am in Larsen 334. All are welcome to attend.

Congratulations to ECE doctoral student Jess Meloy on being selected to receive a 2009 NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) Award.

Chris Bahr will be proposing his dissertation topic, "An Assessment of Trailing Edge Noise Measurement Techniques" on Friday, February 27th at 11:30am in Larsen 234. All are welcome to attend.

Janhavi Agashe will be defending her dissertation, "Modeling, Characterization, and Optimization of Electrodynamic ZNMF Actuators" on Thursday, February 12 at 1pm in Larsen 234. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided.

A world class grazing flow impedance tube (GFIT) facility has been brought to UF and now a part of IMG. The tunnel, once used at the NASA LaRC in Hampton, VA will allow for cutting edge research to be done in the areas of acoustic liner technology and testing, shear stress measurements and synthetic jet research. Currently being installed, the tunnel should be operational by Summer 2009.

Mingliang Wang will be proposing his dissertation topic, "Integrated Power Inductors in Silicon for Portable Electronics" on Tuesday, December 9th at 10am in Larsen 229. All are welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided.

Kemiao Jia will be proposing his dissertation topic, "Study on High Fill-Factor, Small Form-Factor Micromirror and Micromirror Array" on Thursday, November 20th at 10am in Larsen 229. All are welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided.