Ryan Norris

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Phone: +1-519-888-4567 ext. 33661

PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2011
MASc, Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2006
BASc, Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2004

Fiber optic sensors for materials characterization
Integrated devices, circuits and systems for communication and sensing (phononic crystals, electrostatic transduction, acoustic wave localization, phase-locked loops) in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and CMOS
Numerical modeling and instrumentation automation and control for fundamental science

Norris R., Hamel J. and Nadeau P., "Phononic band gap crystals with periodic fractal inclusions: theoretical study using numerical analysis", Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 103, No. 10, May 2008.

MEMS = Micro-electromechanical systems

MOEMS = Micro-(opto)-electromechanical systems

SPIE = The Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers

IEEE = The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

P. Nieva, J. Godin, R. Norris, A. Sohi, T. Leung, "Effects of dry plasma releasing process parameters and induced in-plane stress on MEMS devices yield", SPIE Photonics West 2012 MEMS-MOEMS, January 2012.
Norris R., Hamel J., and Nieva P.M., "Silicon integrated phononic bandgap crystal platform for sensors and signal processing elements: theory and experiment", Proceedings of the 24 IEEE International Conference on Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems, Cancun, Mexico, January 2011.
Norris R., Nieva P.M., and Hamel J., "Analytical analysis of a discrete MEMS diatomic mass-spring phononic band gap crystal for vibration stabilization applications", Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE International Conference on Sensors, IEEE Sensors 2008, Lecce, Italy, October 2008.
Norris R., Hamel J., and Nieva P.M., "Modeling of MEMS high-order mode inter-digital waveform synthesizer for flexural plate array sensors", Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE International Conference on Sensors, IEEE Sensors 2008, Lecce, Italy, October 2008.
Norris R., Hamel J., Miron M. and Nadeau P., "Radio frequency acoustic band gap micro-electrical-mechanical filter design and simulation", 13th Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference, Montreal, Canada, August 2007.
Hamel J., and Norris R., "Acoustic Band Gap Filters: The next generation of micro-electro-mechanical filters for on-chip silicon radio frequency applications", 20th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, April 2007.

Norris R., Rochman J., Mahdi M., Nieva P., Khajepour A., "Multi-band spectroscopy of nanoparticle electrode empowered lithium-ion batteries", NanoOntario, Waterloo, Ontario, October 11-12, 2012.
Nieva P.M., Bassiachvili E., Hassanpour P.A., Shavezipur M., Denomme R., Asiaei S., Norris R., Effa D., Hanitijo D., "SimsLab at University of Waterloo", International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, November 13-19, 2009.

United States Patent 7,288,887: Devices with multiple organic-metal mixed layers, October 30, 2007