RECENT PUBLICATIONS 

& PRESENTATIONS

• K. L. Wood, D. Neikirk, I. Busch-Vishniac, W. Weldon, C.-S. Chu, Y. Kim, V. Gupta, W. Maddox, and D. Masser, “MEMs hydrodynamic bearings: Applications to and implications for machine failure prevention,” TriboTest, vol. 4, pp. 275-288, 1998.

• Beom-Taek Lee, Sangwoo Kim, Emre Tuncer, and Dean P. Neikirk, “Effective Internal Impedance Method for Series Impedance Calculations of Lossy Transmission Lines: Comparison to Standard Impedance Boundary Condition,” submitted to: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, June 1997.

• S.-J. Yoo, R. Friar, and D. P. Neikirk, “Analytic modeling of monolithic inductors on semiconductor substrates,” IEEE IEEE Topical Meeting on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, , Oct 26-28, 1998, pp. 219-222. 

• S. Savoy, J. J. Lavigne, J. S.-J. Yoo, J. Wright, M. Rodriguez, A. Goodey, B. McDoniel, J. T. McDevitt, E. V. Anslyn, J. B. Shear, A. Ellington, and D. P. Neikirk, “Solution-based analysis of multiple analytes by a sensor array: toward the development of an electronic tongue,” SPIE Chemical Microsensors and Applications, Vol. 3539, Boston, MA, Nov. 4, 1998, pp. 17-26. 

• J. J. Lavigne, A. Metzger, K. Niikura, L. A. Cabell, S. M. Savoy, J. S. Yoo, J. T. McDevitt, D. P. Neikirk, J. B. Shear, and E. V. Anslyn, “Single-analyte to multianalyte fluorescence sensors,” SPIE Advances in Fluorescence Sensing Technology IV, S. A. Soper and R. B. Thompson, Vol. 3602, Boston, MA, May, 1999, pp. 220-231. 

• R. J. Friar and D. P. Neikirk, “Experimental Determination of the Importance of Inductance in Sub-Micron Microstrip Lines,” IEEE 1999 International Interconnect Technology Conference, San Francisco, May 24-26, 1999, pp. 176-177.

• "What's the big deal about little machines," First annual UT-Interactive, March 6, 1999. 

• Micromachined Array-based Multi-analyte Chemical Sensors: Towards the Fabrication of an "Electronic Tongue," South Texas Local Section of the Electrochemical Society Meeting, April 17, 1999. 

• "Micromachined Chemical Sensors," 1999 Texas Energy Science Symposium, June 4, 1999.