Micro Structures & Sensors Lab
Kenny Group @ Stanford

Nicholas Bousse


PhD Candidate

nbousse :at: mems.stanford.edu
440 Escondido Mall, Bldg 530 Rm 224, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Advisor: Thomas W. Kenny

Research



Education

University of California, Santa Barbara
(2012 - 2018) Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Stanford University
(2012 - present) PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering

Experience



Publications

Journal
Nicholas E. Bousse, Stephen E. Kuenstner, James M.L. Miller, Hyun-Keun Kwon, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, John D. Teufel, Thomas W. Kenny, "Dispersive readout of a high-Q encapsulated micromechanical resonator," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 121, pp. 73503, Jul 2022.
Conference
James M.L. Miller, Jianing Zhao, Chae Hyuck Ahn, Eldwin J. Ng, Vu Hong, Yushi Yang, Nicholas E. Bousse, Thomas W. Kenny, Gaurav Bahl, "Giant non-reciprocity through frequency modulation of a two degree-of-freedom micromechanical resonator," Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head 2022, pp. 108-109, Jun 2022.
Conference
Nicholas E. Bousse, James M.L. Miller, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, Hyun-Keun Kwon, Steven W. Shaw, Thomas W. Kenny, "Tuning frequency stability in micromechanical resonators with parametric pumping," 2022 IEEE 35th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 987-990, Jan 2022.
Conference
James M.L. Miller, Anne L. Alter, Nicholas E. Bousse, Yunhan Chen, Ian B. Flader, Dongsuk D. Shin, Thomas W. Kenny, Steven W. Shaw, "Influence of clamping loss and electrical damping on nonlinear dissipation in micromechanical resonators," 2022 IEEE 35th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 507-510, Jan 2022.
Journal
Gabrielle D. Vukasin, Nicholas E. Bousse, Anne L. Alter, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Etch-Hole Free, Large Gap Wafer Scale Encapsulation Process For Microelectromechanical Resonators," Hilton Head 2022 ,Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop, 2022.
Journal
Nicholas E. Bousse, James Marion Lehto Miller, Anne Louise Alter, Christopher Patrick Cameron, Hyun-Keun Kwon, Gabrielle Davis Vukasin, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Negative Nonlinear Dissipation in Microelectromechanical Beams," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 954-959, Oct 2020.
Conference
James M. L. Miller, Ze Zhang, Nicholas E. Bousse, Dusan Coso, Seid Sadat, Hyun-Keun Kwon, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, Arun Majumdar, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Temperature hysteresis in piezoresistive microcantilevers," 2020 IEEE 33rd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 1203-1206, Apr 2020.
Journal
Nicholas E. Bousse, James M. L. Miller, Hyun-Keun Kwon, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Quality factor tuning of micromechanical resonators via electrical dissipation," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 116, No. 2, pp. 23506, Jan 2020.
Journal
Hyun-Keun Kwon, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, Nicholas E. Bousse, and Thomas W. Kenny, "JMEMS Letters Crystal Orientation Dependent Dual Frequency Ovenized MEMS Resonator With Temperature Stability and Shock Robustness," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, pp. 1-2, 2020.
Journal
Gabrielle D. Vukasin, Veronica K. Sanchez, Janna Glaze, Nicholas E. Bousse, Nathan Bissel, Dongsuk D. Shin, Hyun-Keun Kwon, David Heinz, Ernest T.-T. Yen, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Anchor Design Affects Dominant Energy Loss Mechanism in a Lamé Mode MEM Resonator," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, pp. 1-7, 2020.
Journal
James M. L. Miller, Nicholas E. Bousse, David B. Heinz, Hyo Jin K. Kim, Hyun-Keun Kwon, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, and Thomas W. Kenny, "Thermomechanical-Noise-Limited Capacitive Transduction of Encapsulated MEM Resonators," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 28, No. 6, pp. 965-976, Dec 2019.
Conference
James M. L. Miller, Nicholas E. Bousse, Dongsuk D. Shin, Hyun-Keun Kwon, and Thomas W. Kenny, "SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT IN MEM RESONANT SENSORS USING PARAMETRIC SUPPRESSION," Transducers 2019 - EUROSENSORS XXXIII, pp. 881-884, Jun 2019.