Dustin D. Gerrard
PhD Candidate
dgerrard :at: mems.stanford.edu440 Escondido Mall, Bldg 530, Rm 224, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Advisor: Thomas W. Kenny
Research
Inertial Navigation,
DRG Topology Optimization,
Anchor Loss Modeling.
DRG Topology Optimization,
Anchor Loss Modeling.
Education
Stanford University
(2012-present) Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University
(Aug 2013) M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Brigham Young University
(Apr 2012) B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Brigham Young University
(Apr 2012) B.S. Mathematics
(2012-present) Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University
(Aug 2013) M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Brigham Young University
(Apr 2012) B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Brigham Young University
(Apr 2012) B.S. Mathematics
Experience
Weitzlab
Harvard University
Summer 2010 and 2011
Materials Lab
Drexel University
Summer 2009
Harvard University
Summer 2010 and 2011
Materials Lab
Drexel University
Summer 2009
Fellowships / Awards
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) (2012-2015)
Barry M. Goldwater Fellowship (2011)
Tau Beta Pi Fellowship (2010)
Gatorade Will To Win Student Athlete (2005)
Samsung Fellow (2004)
Barry M. Goldwater Fellowship (2011)
Tau Beta Pi Fellowship (2010)
Gatorade Will To Win Student Athlete (2005)
Samsung Fellow (2004)
Publications
Anne L. Alter, Dustin D. Gerrard, Hyun-Keun Kwon, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Quality Factor Extraction and Enhancement Across Temperature in Ring Resonators," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, pp. 1-3, 2020.
10.1109/JMEMS.2020.3004748
Xin Zhou, Chun Zhao, Dingbang Xiao, Jiangkun Sun, Guillermo Sobreviela, Dustin D. Gerrard, Yunhan Chen, Ian Flader, Thomas W. Kenny, Xuezhong Wu, and Ashwin Seshia, "Dynamic modulation of modal coupling inmicroelectromechanical gyroscopic ring resonators," Nature Communications, Vol. 10, No. 4980, pp. 1-9, Oct 2019.
Yusheng Wang, Yu-Wei Lin, Janna Rodriguez, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, Dongsuk D. Shin, Hyun-Keun Kwon, David B. Heinz, Yunhan Chen, Dustin D. Gerrard, Thomas W. Kenny, and Andrei M. Shkel, "ON DECOUPLED QUANTIFICATION OF ENERGY DISSIPATION MECHANISMS IN TOROIDAL RING GYROSCOPES," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head 2018, pp. 318-321, Jun 2018.
290_Wang_2018.pdf
Lizmarie Comenencia Ortiz, Dustin D. Gerrard, Ian B. Flader, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, David B. Heinz, Janna Rodriguez, Saisneha Koppaka, Dongsuk D. Shin, Hyun-Keun Kwon, Saurabh Chandorkar, and Thomas W. Kenny, "ENHANCING MICRO-OVEN POWER AND STIFFNESS IN ENCAPSULATED DEVICES FOR TIMING REFERENCE APPLICATIONS," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head 2018, pp. 214-217, Jun 2018.
Lizmarie Comenencia Ortiz, Ian B. Flader, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, Dustin D. Gerrard, Saurabh A. Chandorkar, Janna Rodriguez, Dongsuk D. Shin, Ryan Kwon, David B. Heinz, Yunhan Chen, Woosung Park, Kenneth E. Goodson, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Thermal effects of ovenized clocks on episeal encapsulated inertial measurement units," 2018 IEEE 31st International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 980-983, Jan 2018.
Janna Rodriguez, Dustin D. Gerrard, Grant M. Glaze, Saurabh Chandorkar, Yunhan Chen, Ian B. Flader, Dongsuk D. Shin, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Unanticipated results in the first direct measurements of anchor damping in MEMS resonators," 2018 IEEE 31st International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 543-546, Jan 2018.
J. Rodriguez, D. D. Gerrard, S. Chandorkar, Y. Chen, G. M. Glaze, I. B. Flader, C. H. Ahn, E. J. Ng, and T. W. Kenny, "Wide-range temperature dependence studies for devices limited by thermoelastic dissipation and anchor damping," 2017 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), pp. 1100-1103, Jun 2017.
Dustin D. Gerrard, Yunhan Chen, Saurabh A. Chandorkar, Guo Yu, Janna Rodriguez, Ian B. Flader, Dongsuk D. Shin, Carl D. Meinhart, Ole Sigmund, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Topology optimization for reduction of thermo-elastic dissipation in MEMS resonators," 2017 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), pp. 794-797, Jun 2017.
Ian B. Flader, Yunhan Chen, Dustin D. Gerrard, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Wafer-scale encapsulation of fully differential electrodes for mutli-axis inertial sensing," 2017 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), pp. 591-594, Jun 2017.
Dustin D. Gerrard, Janna Rodriguez, Lizmarie Comenencia Ortiz, Saurabh A. Chandorkar, Ian B. Flader, Yunhan Chen, Dongsuk D. Shin, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Manipulation of heat flux paths in thermo-elastically damped resonators for Q optimization," 2017 IEEE 30th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 1130-1133, Jan 2017.
Ian B. Flader, Chae H. Ahn, Dustin D. Gerrard, Eldwin J. Ng, Yushi Yang, Vu A. Hong, Marco Pavone, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Autonomous calibration of MEMS disk resonating gyroscope for improved sensor performance," 2016 American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 5803-5810, Jul 2016.
Ian B. Flader, Chae H. Ahn, Dustin D. Gerrard, Eldwin J. Ng, Yushi Yang, Vu A. Hong, Marco Pavone, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Autonomous calibration of MEMS disk resonating gyroscope for improved sensor performance," 2016 American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 5803-5810, Jul 2016.
Dustin D. Gerrard, Chae H. Ahn, Ian B. Flader, Yunhan Chen, Eldwin J. Ng, Yushi Yang, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Q-factor optimization in disk resonator gyroscopes via geometric parameterization," 2016 IEEE 29th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 994-997, Jan 2016.
Dustin D. Gerrard, Eldwin J. Ng, Chae H. Ahn, Vu A. Hong, Yushi Yang, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Modeling the effect of anchor geometry on the quality factor of bulk mode resonators," 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), pp. 1997-2000, Jun 2015.
Gerrard, D.D., D.T. Fullwood, D.M. Halverson. "Correlating structure topological metrics with bulk composite properties via neural network analysis." Computational Materials Science, Volume 91, August 2014, Pages 20-27, ISSN 0927-0256.
Fetroe, Brandon, S. Weiss, D.D. Gerrard, T. Kenny. “Sensor Fusion to Track Platform Movement via Kalman Filtering,” Semiconductor Research Coroporation Techcon 2012, Austin, TX, Jun 2012.
Datta, S.S., D.D. Gerrard, T.S. Rhodes,T.G. Mason, and Weitz D.A., "Rheology of Attractive Emulsions," Phys. Rev. E 84, 041404 (2011).
Gerrard, D.D., Fullwood D.T., Halverson D.M., and Niezgoda S.R.(2010): “Computational Homology, Connectedness, and Structure-Property Relations,” CMC, 15, 2, 129-152.
Gerrard, D.D., D.T. Fullwood, D.M. Halverson, "Quality Control of Heterogeneous Materials Through Topological Homology and Entropy." Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering [SAMPE] Conference. Salt Lake City, UT. Oct 14, 2010.
Gerrard, D.D., D.T. Fullwood, D.M. Halverson, "Linkages Between Homological Connectivity and Material Properties." International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences [ICCES ]. Mar 31, 2010. Las Vegas, NV.
Fullwood, David T.,D.D. Gerrard, D.M. Halverson, M.Adams, B.L. Adams, "Homology, Percolation and Correlation Functions as Descriptors of Material Structure" [MS&T]. Pittsburgh. Nov 20, 2009.
Gerrard, D.D., "Numerical solutions in a convolution model for phase transitions." Mathematical Association of America [MAA] Regional Math Conference, Grand Junction, CO. Apr. 8, 2006.