2061 Colorado Ave               Phone (208)321-1039

                                                                                                              Boise, ID 83706                    Cell (208)573-0386

                                                                                                              marcsulf@alumni.caltech.edu Fax (240)201-3069

Marc Sulfridge

EDUCATION              Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering  May, 2003

                                                      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; 1998–2003

                                                      Cumulative GPA:  4.0

                          M.S. in Mechanical Engineering  October, 1998

                                                      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; 1996–1998

                                                      Cumulative GPA:  4.0

                                 B.S. in Engineering and Applied Science  June 1996

                                                      California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; 1992–1996

                                                      Cumulative GPA:  3.7

                                 Graduation  May 1992

                                                      Boise High School, Boise, ID; 1988--1992

                                                      Cumulative GPA:  4.0

                                                                                                                                   

WORK                       Graduate Research Assistant  1997–2003

EXPERIENCE                   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

                                                                                 Developed a meso-scale membrane fabrication technique for DARPA IMCC project

                                                                                 Designed a novel meso-scale compressor based on electrostatic peristaltic action

                                                                                 Demonstrated the use of light in toggling a MEMS mechanical switch via photon momentum

                                 Volunteer Tutor  1999

                                                      American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Urbana, IL

                                                                                 Tutored a group of approximately twenty students on heat transfer

                                            Graduate Teaching Assistant  1996

                                                                                 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

                                                                                 Taught the lab portion (3 sections) of ME 261 Signal Processing, Instrumentation & Control.

                                                                                 Awarded for excellence in teaching by the University of Illinois as evaluated by the students.

                                            Summer Intern  1995

                                                                                 Argonne National Laboratory - West, Idaho Falls, ID

                                                                                 Designed equipment and interfacing for glovebox in Gas Generation Experiment  (GGE)

                                                                                  Worked interactively with a variety of engineers, machinists, and technicians                                                              

                                            GAMCIT GAScan Power Team Engineer  1992--1994

                                                                                 Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Pasadena, CA

                                                                                 Helped to design and construct the power system for GAMCIT, the gamma ray burst

                                                                                      detection experiment developed by Caltech SEDS.

                       

PRESENTATIONS,      Doctoral Thesis.  Optical Actuation of MEMS Devices.  University of Illinois. 2003.

 PUBLICATIONS,        Sulfridge, M., Saif, T., Miller, N., Meinhart, M. ” Nonlinear Dynamic Study of a Bistable MEMS:

 and PATENTS             Theory and Experiment”, Submitted to JMEMS, April, 2003.

                                                  Sulfridge, M., Saif, T., O’Hara, K., Miller, N. ”Optical Actuation of a Bistable MEMS”,

                                                           JMEMS, 11 (5), October, 2002.

                                                      Sulfridge, M., Saif, T., Miller, N.  “A Nonlinear Dynamic Study of a Bistable MEMS

                                                            Beam Toggled by Optical Actuation”, Proceedings of the ASME IMECE, 2002.

                                                      Sulfridge, M., Saif, T., O’Hara, K., Miller, N.  “Actuation of MEMS by Light: An Optical Actuator”.

                                                      Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. 2001.

                                                      Poster Presentation.  Sulfridge, M., Saif, T., O’Hara, K., Miller, N. “Switching of state of a bi-stable

                                                            MEMS by light pressure for optomechanical computing in harsh environments”.  Solid-State Sensor

                                                            and Actuator Workshop: Hilton Head 2000.

                                                      Master’s Thesis.  The Mesoscopic Peristaltic Compressor.  University of Illinois.  1998.       

 

SKILLS                     Experience with a variety of engineering and office applications (MATLAB, Maple, Autosketch, MS

                                                      Office Suite, etc.) on multiple computer platforms (Windows, Macintosh, Unix); Intermediate

                                                      experience with a number of programming languages (BASIC, C, Pascal, FORTRAN, LISP);

                                                      Microprocessing experience including photolithography (contact lithography and steppers), thermal

                                                      oxidation, PECVD, metal evaporation, sputtering, RIE, ICP, ion mill, various wet chemistry processes.

 

AWARDS                    Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (inducted in March 1999)

                                                      Order of the Engineer (inducted March 2002)

                                                      The incomplete List of Teachers Named as Excellent, University of Illinois (January 1997)

                                                      Emmi Foundation Scholarship (1995 – 1996)

                                                      Kingsley Foundation Scholarship (1995 – 1996)

                                                      Dean’s List (every semester)

                                                      Academic Decathlon Scholarship (1992)