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Ainissa G. Ramirez
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Phone
- (203) 432-2156
- Fax
- (203) 432-6775
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 208284
New Haven, CT 06520
- Office Address
- 15 Prospect Street
BCT 209
New Haven, CT 06511
Ph.D., Stanford University
RESPONSIBILITIES
Director, Science Saturdays
INTERESTS
Shape memory alloys; phase transformations; structure-property relationships of thin films; mechanical behavior of materials; electron microscopy.
AWARDS & HONORS
- MIT's MLK Visiting Professor (2006, 2009)
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2006)
- Yale University's Elm-Ivy Award (2005)
- NAE Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (2004)
- NSF Career Award: Faculty Early Career Development (2004)
- TR100-MIT's Technology Review's list of Top 100 Innovators under age 35 (2003)
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- Structural relaxation and crystallization of NiTi thin film metallic glasses, X. Huang, A. Ramirez, Applied Physics Letters, 95: 121911 (2009).
- Effects of film dimension on the phase transformation behavior of NiTi thin films, X. Huang, A. Ramirez, Applied Physics Letters (2009).
- Effects of Crystallization Temperature on the Stress of NiTi Thin Films, H. -J. Lee, X. Huang, K.P. Mohanchandra, G. Carman, A. G. Ramirez, Scripta Materialia (2009).
- Crystallization of amorphous NiTiCu thin Films, Y. Xu, X. Huang, and A. G. Ramirez Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2009)
- Incomplete martensitic transformations in NiTi thin films, Xu Huang, Hoo-Jeong Lee, A.G. Ramirez, 2008, Scripta Materialia, 59: 1067-1070.
- Nanoindentation of Ni-Ti Thin Films, P.D. Tall, S. Ndiaye, A.C. Beye, Z.Zong, W.O. Soboyejo, H.-J. Lee, A.G. Ramirez, K. Rajan, 2007, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 22: 175-179.
- Grain Size Estimations from the Direct Measurement of Nucleation and Growth, Hoo-Jeong Lee, Hai Ni, David, David T Wu, Ainissa G Ramirez, 2005, Appl. Phys. Lett., 12, 124102-4.
- Compositional Effects on the Crystallization Kinetics of Nickel Titanium Thin Films, Hai Ni, Hoo-Jeong Lee, Ainissa G Ramirez, 2005, Journal of Materials Research, 20, 1728-1734.
- A Robust Two-Step Etching Process for Large-Scale Microfabricated SiO2 and Si3N4 MEMS Membranes, Hai Ni, Hoo-Jeong Lee, Ainissa G Ramirez, 2005, Sensors and Actuators A, 119, 553-558.
- Crystallization and Phase Transformations in Amorphous NiTi thin Film for Microelectromechanical Systems, Hoo-Jeong Lee, Ainissa G Ramirez, 2004, Applied Physics Letters, 85(7), 1146-1148.
- Bonding Nature of Rare-Earth Containing Lead-Free Solders, Ainissa G Ramirez, Hareesh Mavoori, Sungho Jin, 2002, Applied Physics Letters, 80(3), 398-400.
- Universal Solders for Direct and Powerful Bonding on Semiconductors, Diamond, and Optical Materials, Hareesh Mavoori, Ainissa G Ramirez, Sungho Jin, 2001, Appl. Phys. Lett., 78, 2976.
PATENTS
- "Oxidation-resistant Reactive Solders and Brazes", 6,869,007, 2005: With S. Jin and H. Mavoori
- "Device Having A Barrier Layer Located Therein and a Method of Manufacture Therefor", 6,639,724, 2003: With J. E. Bower, M. E. Gross, S. Jin, and H. Mavoori
- "Micro-electro-optical Mechanical Device having an Implanted Dopant Included Therein and a Method of Manufacture Therefor", 6,522,80, 2003: With V. A. Aksyuk, S. Jin, J. Kim, H. Mavoori, and F. Pardo
- "Articles Comprising Oxide Bondable Solders", 6,306,516, 2001: With S. Jin and H. Mavoori
- "Oxide Bondable Solder", 6,319,617, 2001: With S. Jin, G. W. Kammlott and H. Mavoori
- "Non-Volatile MEMS Micro-Relay Using Magnetic Actuators", 6,124,650, 2000: With D. J. Bishop, S. Jin, J. Kim
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