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Lab members

Prof. David A. Horsley

Prof. David A. Horsley

    Associate Professor
    Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
    University of California, Davis
    One Shields Ave.
    Davis, CA 95616

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, 1998
    M.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

    EME 107B - Experimental Methods
    EME 172 - Automatic Control of Engineering Systems
    MAE 272 - Theory and Design of Control Systems
    MAE 298 - MEMS Sensors

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