SMART Laboratory

(Smart materials and MEMS for Applied Research Technology)

Mechanical Engineering Department             Prof. Nathan Jackson
 

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Publications:

Journal Papers:

1.                           N. Jackson, O. Olszewski, C. O’Murchu, A. Mathewson, “Ultra-low Frequency PiezoMEMS Energy Harvester using thin film Silicon and Parylene Substrates,” Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, 17 (1), 015005 2018.

 

2.                           N. Jackson, O. Olszewski, C. O’Murchu, A. Mathewson, “Shock-Induced Aluminum Nitride based MEMS Energy Harvester to Power a Leadless Pacemaker,” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 264, 212-218 2017.

 

3.                           O. Olszewski, R. Houlihan, A. Blake, A. Mathewson, N. Jackson, “Evaluation of vibrational PiezoMEMS harvester that scavenges energy from magnetic field surrounding an AC current-carrying wire,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 2017.

 

4.                           N. Jackson, and A. Mathewson, “Enhancing the Piezoelectric Properties of Flexible Hybrid AlN materials using Semi-crystalline Parylene,” Smart Materials and Structures, 26 (4), 045005, 2017.

 

5.                           M. Khraiche, W. Phillips, N. Jackson, J. Muthuswamy, “Sustained Elevation of Activity of Developing Neurons Grown on Polyimide Microelectrode Arrays (MEA) in Response to Ultrasound Exposure,” Microsystem Technologies 1-13.

 

6.                           N. Jackson, “Influence of Silicon Crystal Orientation on Textured Piezoelectric Aluminium Nitride Deposited on Metal Electrodes,” Vacuum 132, 47-52, 2016.

 

7.                           N.Jackson, J. Pedrosa, A. Bollero, A. Mathewson, O. Olszewski, “Integration of thick permanent magnets for MEMS applications,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 25 (4), 716-724, 2016 .

 

8.                           N. Jackson, F. Stam, O. Olszewski, H. Doyle, A. Quinn, A. Mathewson, “Widening the bandwidth of vibration energy harvesters using a liquid-based non-uniform load distribution,” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 246, 170-179, 2016.

 

9.                           N. Jackson, F. Stam, J. O’Brien, L. Kailas, A. Mathewson, C. O’Murchu, “Crystallinity and Mechanical effects from Annealing Parylene Thin Films,” Thin Solid Films, 603, 371-376. 2016.

 

10.                       A. Rivadeneyra, J. Soto, R. O’Keeffe, N. Jackson, A. Mathewson, J. Lopez-Vilanueva, “Tunable MEMS Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Device, Microsystems Technologies.1-8 2015.

 

11.                       N. Jackson and F. Stam, “Optimization of Electrical Stimulation Parameters for electro-responsive hydrogels for Biomedical Applications,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 41687, 2015.

 

12.                       N. Jackson, P. Verbrugghe, D. Cuypers, K. Adesanya, L. Engel, P. Glazer, P. Dubruel, Y. Shacham-Diamand, E. Mendes, P. Herijigers, F. Stam “A cardiovascular occlusion method based on the use of a smart hydrogel,” IEEE transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 62 (2), 399-406, 2015.

 

13.                       N. Jackson, A. Sheehan, M. Hasan, F. Stam, K. Razeeb “Electro-Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes infused hydrogel,” Advances in Polymer Technology. 34 (2), 21484, 2015.

 

14.                       K. Grygoryev, G. Herzog, N. Jackson, D. Arrigan, K. McDermott, P. Galvin, “Reversible integration of microfluidic devices with microelectrode arrays for neurobiological applications,” Journal of BioNanoScience, 4 (3), 263-275, 2014.

 

15.                       P. Cahill, N. Nuallain, N. Jackson, A. Mathewson, R. Karoumi, V. Pakrashi, “Energy Harvesting from Train Induced Response in Bridges,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering,” (2014) 04014034.

 

16.                       N. Jackson, R. O’Keeffe, F. Waldron, M. O’Neill, and A. Mathewson “Evaluation of low-acceleration MEMS Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Devices,” Microsystem Technologies, 20 (4-5), 671-680, 2014.

 

17.                       N. Jackson, L. Keeney, A. Mathewson, “Flexible-CMOS and Biocompatible Piezoelectric AlN material for MEMS Applications,” Smart Materials and Structures, 22 (2013) 115033-115041.

 

18.                       N. Jackson, N. Cordero, F. Stam, “3-D Interdigitated electrodes for uniform stimulation of electro-responsive hydrogels for biomedical applications,” Journal of Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics, 2013.

 

19.                       P. Cahill, N. Jackson, A. Mathewson, V. Pakrashi, “PolyVinyliDene Fluoride (PVDF) Material based Energy Harvesting from Train and Damaged Bridge Interaction,” Key Engineering Materials, 569-570, 335-341, 2013.

 

20.                       E. Chan, N. Jackson, A. Mathewson, P. Galvin, A. Dow, P. Kherani, C. Blaszykowski, M. Thompson, “Surface modification of aluminum nitride with functionalizable organosilane adlayers,” Applied Surface Science, 282. 709-713, 2013.

 

21.                       N. Jackson, R. O’Keeffe, F. Waldron, M. O’Neill, and A. Mathewson “Influence of Aluminum Nitride Crystal Orientation on MEMS Energy Harvesting Device Performance,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 23 (7), 2013.

 

22.                       N. Jackson, A. Sridharan, S. Anand, M. Baker, M. Okandan, and J. Muthuswamy, “Long-term Neural Recordings using MEMS based Movable Microelectrodes in the brain,” Frontiers in Neuroengineering 2010.

 

23.                       R. Saha, N. Jackson, C. Patel, and J. Muthuswamy, “Doped polycrystalline silicon thin films for low noise interfaces with single neurons,” IEEE Transactions on Neural and Rehabilitation Systems Engineering, 2010.

 

24.                    N. Jackson, S. Anand, M. Okandan, and J. Muthuswamy, “Non-hermetic encapsulation materials for MEMS based moveable microelectrodes for long-term implantation in the brain,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2009. 18 (6): 1234-1245.

 

25.                       N. Jackson and J. Muthuswamy, “Flexible Chip Scale Package and Interconnect for implantable MEMS Movable Microelectrode for the Brain,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2009. 18 (2): 396-404.

 

26.                       N. Jackson and J. Muthuswamy, “Artificial dural sealant that allows multiple penetrations of long-term implantable brain probes,” Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2008. 171(1): 147-152.

 

27.                       J. Muthuswamy, M. Okandan, and N. Jackson, “Single neuronal recordings using surface micromachined polysilicon microelectrodes,”Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2005. 142(1): p. 45-54.

 

Conference Papers:

1.                        N. Jackson, O. Olszewski, A. Mathewson, C. O’Murchu, “Ultra-low Frequency PiezoMEMS Energy Harvester for a Leadless Pacemaker,” IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) 2018 (pp. 642-645).

 

2.                        A. Alejandre, O. Olszewski, N. Jackson, “Actuation Control of a PiezoMEMS biomimetic robotic jellyfish,” SPIE Microtechnologies, pp 1024617-10246172017.

 

3.                        N. Jackson, C. O’Murchu, A. Mathewson, O. Olszewski, “Powering a leadless pacemaker using a PiezoMEMS energy harvester,” SPIE Microtechnologies, 102460V-102460V, 2017.

 

4.                        O. Olszewski, A. Blake, M. O’Neill, R. MacLoughlin, A. Mathewson, N.Jackson, “A silicon-based MEMS vibrating mesh nebulizer for inhaled drug delivery,” Eurosensors 2016.

                   

5.                        N. Jackson, F. Stam, O. Olszewski, R. Houlihan, A. Mathewson, “Broadening the Bandwidth of Piezoelectric Energy Harvester using Liquid filled Mass,” Eurosensors 2015.

 

6.                        O. Olszewski, N. Jackson, A. Blake, A. Mathewson, “Design and Measurements of a MEMS Lamb Wave Resonator for GHz Applications, “26th Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop, 2015.

 

7.                        R. Houlihan, O. Olszewski, A, Sharma, N. Jackson, A. Blake, A. Mathewson, “Analysis of thin film stress in energy harvester,” 26th Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop, 2015.

 

8.                        N.Jackson, Z. Olszewski, L, Keeney, A. Blake, A. Mathewson,, “A capacitive based Piezoelectric AlN Film Quality Test Structure” 28th IEEE Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures, 2015.

 

9.                           L. Floyd, J. Pike, J. Tao, N. Jackson, “Observations on Substrate Characterisation through Coplanar Trasmission Line Impedance Measurements,” 28th IEEE Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures, 2015

 

10.                       P. Cahill, R. O’Keeffe, N.Jackson, A. Mathewson, V. Pakrashi, “Structural Health Monitoring of Reinforced Concrete Beam using Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting System,” 7th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2014.

 

11.                       P.Cahill, N. Jackson, A. Mathewson, V. Pakrashi, “The full Potential of Energy Harvesting from Train Induced Responses in Bridges,” Civil Engineering Research in Ireland Conference, 2014.          

 

12.                       O. Olszewski, R. Houlihan, R. O’Keeffe, M. O’Neill, F. Waldron, A. Mathewson, N. Jackson, “A MEMS silicon-based piezoelectric AC current Sensor,” Eurosensors 2014.

 

13.                       R. O’Keeffe, N. Jackson, K. McCarthy, A. Mathewson, “Test Set-Up for Analysis of Fluid Based Energy Harvesting,” IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS), 2014 (Submitted).

 

14.                       P. Cahill, A. Mathewson, N. Jackson, N. Nuallain, R. Karoumi, V. Pakrashi, “Comparison of Piezoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting from Civil Infrastructural Elements for use in Health Monitoring,” 4th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, 2014.

 

15.                       S. Damle, M. Khraiche, P. Nguyen, S. Reiss, N. Jackson, G. Silva, G. Cauwenberghs, “Optimization of Surface Roughness of Flexible Neural Implants,” in 35th annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2013. Osaka, Japan.

 

16.                       N. Jackson, L. Keeney, A. Mathewson, “Flexible Aluminium Nitride/Polyimide Piezoelectric material for MEMS applications,” the 10th International Workshop on Piezoelectric Materials and Applications in Actuators (IWPMA) and 8th Annual Energy Harvesting Workshop (EHW), Hannover, Germany, 2013.

 

17.                       N. Jackson, R. O’Keeffe, M. O’Neill, F. Waldron, A. Mathewson, “CMOS compatible Low-Frequency Aluminium Nitride MEMS Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Device,” SPIE Microtechnolgies, Grenoble, France, 2013.

 

18.                       M. Magno, N. Jackson, A. Mathewson, L. Benini, E. Popovici, “Combination of hybrid energy harvesters MEMS piezoelectric and nanowatt radio wake up to extend lifetime of system for wireless sensor nodes,” 3rd Workshop on Ultra-Low Power Sensors Networks, Prague, Czech Repulbic, 2013.

 

19.                       R. O’Keeffe, N. Jackson, M. O’Neill, K. McCarthy, A. Mathewson, “Investigation into Modelling Power Output for MEMS Energy Harvesting Devices using COMSOL Multiphysics,” IEEE conference on thermal, mechanical, and multi-physics simulation and experiments with MEMS, Wroclaw, Poland, 2013.

 

20.                       R. O’Keeffe, N. Jackson, K. McCarthy, A. Mathewson, “Investigation of Devices for In-Vivo Energy Harvesting through Blood Flow Excitation,” in 26th Anniversary IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS) March 2013, Osaka, Japan.

 

21.                       P. Cahill, N. Jackson, A. Mathewson, V. Pakrashi, “PolyVinyliDene Fluoride (PVDF) Material based Energy Harvesting from Train and Damaged Bridge Interaction,” 10th International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures, Dublin, Ireland, 2013.

 

22.                       P. Cahill, N. Jackson, A. Mathewson, V. Pakrashi, “Experimental Studies on PolyVinyliDene Fluoride (PVDF) Sensor for Energy Harvesting,” submitted to 11th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, New York, USA, July 2013.

 

23.                       P. Cahill, N. Jackson, A. Mathewson, V. Pakrashi, “Experimental Optimization of a PolyVinyliDene Fluoride (PVDF) Sensor for Energy Harvesting from Cyclic Loading,” Association for Structural and Multidisciplinary optimization in the UK (ASMO-UK), 2012, Cork, Ireland.

 

24.                       P. Cahill, N. Jackson, A. Mathewson, V. Pakrashi, “Characterisation of a PolyVinyliDene Fluoride (PVDF) Material for Energy Harvesting from Road Infrastructure,” Bridge and Infrastructure Research in Ireland, September 2012, Dublin, Ireland.

 

25.                       A. Rivadeneyra, R. O’Keeffe, N. Jackson, J. Lopez, A. Mathewson, “Frequency response of variants of a cantilever beam,” International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Application to Circuit Design, Seville, Spain 2012.

 

27.                    N. Cordero, I. Sokolov, N. Jackson, S. Krylov, “Multiphysics Modelling of Electroactive Hydrogels (EAH)”, accepted for presentation at EuroSimE 2012, 13th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems, which will take place in Lisbon on April 14-17, 2012.

 

28.                    N. Jackson, R. O’Keeffe, R. O’Leary, M. O’Neill, F. Waldron, A. Mathewson, “A diaphragm based piezoelectric AlN film quality test structure,” in 25th Anniversary IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures March 2012, San Diego, CA, USA.

 

29.                    N. Jackson, P. Verbrugghe, A. Embrechts, P. Herigers, E. Mendes, F. Stam, “Reliability testing of implantable polyacrylamide electroactive hydrogels,” in 9th annual IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering February 2012. Innsbruck, Austria.

 

30.                       N. Jackson, R. O’Keeffe, R. O’Leary, M. O’Neill, A. Mathewson, “Wireless Accelerometers for Early Detection of Restenosis,” in 25th Annual Eurosensors Conference September 2011. Athens, Greece

 

31.                       M. Khraiche, N. Jackson, J. Muthuswamy, “Early onset of Electrical Activity in Developing Neurons Culutred on Carbon Nanotube Immobilized Microelectrodes,” in 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2009. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

32.                       N. Jackson and J. Muthuswamy, “Flexible Interconnect and Packaging for MEMS Moveable Neural Microelectrodes,” in 41st annual International Microelectronics and Packaging Society Symposium. 2008. Providence.

 

33.                       M. Khraiche, B. Phillips, N. Jackson, J. Muthuswamy “Ultrasound Induced Increase in Excitability of Single Neurons,” in 30th annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2008. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

 

34.                       N. Jackson, P. Stice, M. Okandan, J. Muthuswamy, “Long-term cortical recordings with microactuated microelectrodes,” in 3rd annual international IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering. 2007. Kohala Coast, HI.

 

35.                       J. Muthuswamy, M. Okandan, A. Gilletti, M. Baker, T. Jain, N. Jackson, “Movable Microprobes for the Brain,” 3rd annual International IEEE EMBS conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, 2005. Kahuku, Oshu, HI.