David A. Horsley
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
University of California, Davis
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616
email: dahorsley at ucdavis dot edu
Background:
David
Horsley received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC
Berkeley in 1998 for his work on the design and control of a
microfabricated actuator for magnetic hard disk drives. Upon
graduation, Dr. Horsley joined Dicon Fiberoptics, where he initiated
the development of passive fiber-optics components based on MEMS
technology. From 1999-2000, Dr. Horsley was a member of Hewlett Packard
Laboratories, where he and his colleagues developed a MEMS-based
storage device based on scanning probe technology. In 2000, Dr. Horsley
joined start-up Onix Microsystems, where he was one of the core team
that conceived and designed a large fiber-optic cross-connect switch
based on optical beamsteering. Since July 2003, Dr. Horsley has been a
member of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at
UCD where he is continuing to work on precision-controlled
micromechanical devices.
Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1998M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1994
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1992
Research Interests:
Micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)Optical MEMS
Sensors
Mechatronics and automatic control
Courses:
MAE 172 - Automatic Control of Engineering SystemsMAE 298 - MEMS Sensors