David
Elata
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DK, 221
Mechanical Engineering MicroSystem (MEMS) Laboratory
Education
- 1986 – B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
- 1989 – M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel
- 1993 – D.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel
Main Research Interests
Analysis, design and characterization of MEMS transducers, including electrostatic, piezoelectric, thermoelectric, and electret transduction. Investigation of MEMS resonators, parametric resonators and MEMS gyros.
Guest Appointments
- Research Associate, Geophysics Dept., Stanford University (summer of 1996)
- Visiting Post-Doc, Geophysics Dept., Stanford University (1995-1996)
- Post-Doc staff member, Earth Sciences Div., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1993-1996)
Membership in Professional Societies
- ASME, IEEE
Honors and Awards
- Ray and Miriam Klein Research Award (2006)
- Hershel Rich Innovation Award (2004)
- Salomon Simon Mani Award for excellence in teaching (2000)
- Leah & Donald Lewis Academic Lectureship (1997, 1998)
- Wolf Foundation Scholarship (1992)
- Gutwirth Scholarship (1988, 1989)
- Dr. Abraham Eisen Award (1987)
Selected Publications
- S. Shmulevich, A. Joffe, I. (Hotzen) Grinberg and D. Elata, “On the notion of a mechanical battery”. IEEE-JMEMS, 24(4), 1085-1091, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2014.2382638
- S. Shmulevich, I. Hotzen and D. Elata, “A MEMS implementation of a classic parametric resonator”, IEEE-JMEMS, 24(5), 1285-1292, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2015.2402223
- S. Shmulevich and D. Elata, “Dynamically-balanced folded-beam suspensions for resonators”, IEEE-JMEMS, 24(6), 1965-1972, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2015.2454593
- I. (Hotzen) Grinberg, N. Maccabi, A. Kassie, D. Elata, “A piezoelectric twisting beam actuator”. IEEE-JMEMS, 26(6), 1279-1286, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2017.2731120
- S. Lustig and D. Elata, “Ambiguous definitions of the piezoelectric coupling factor”. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 31(14), 1689–1696, 2020. DOI: 10.1177/1045389X20930104
- D. A. Kassie, S. Levi and D. Elata, “A double-sided comb-drive actuator with a floating rotor: Achieving a strong response while eliminating the dc bias”. IEEE-JMEMS, 29(5), 1173–1179, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2020.3004831
- D. A. Kassie and D. Elata, “The effect of laser light on the response of electrostatic silicon resonators”. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(1), 412-420, 2021.
- D. A. Kassie and D. Elata, “Harmonic biasing in a double-sided comb-drive resonator, for resolving feed-through issues in low-power driving”. Sensors and Actuators A Physical, 332(1), 113031, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2021.113031
- D. Elata, “What is the resonance of a linear mechanical resonator, peak amplitude of displacement or peak amplitude of velocity?”. IEEE SENSORS Letters, 7(11), 1-3, Nov. 2023, Art no. 1501603. DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2023.3320566
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