Edward S. Kolesar

Edward KolesarTexas Christian University

Department of Engineering

TCU Box 298640

Fort Worth, TX  76129

PH:  (817) 257-6226
FAX: (817) 257-7704
E.Kolesar@tcu.edu

 

Edward Kolesar has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Engineering at Texas Christian University since August 1993.  He received his B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Akron in 1973, a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1978, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1985.  Prior to joining the TCU faculty, Ed was a Professor and Deputy Department Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH,  from which he retired as a Lt. Col.  Since 1995, Ed has teamed with Technispan, Inc., Pikesville, MD  and SRI International, Menlo Park, CA on a DARPA/SBIR research program whose thrust is to produce a MEMS-based gas chromatography + ion mobility spectroscopy system capable of detecting toxic compounds of national interest.  During the summer of 1996, Ed and one of his undergraduate research assistants, Peter Allen, initiated a co-operative Internal Research and Development (IR&D) program with the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation, Tactical Aircraft Systems Division, Fort Worth, TX, to apply microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology in the aerospace environment.  In 1998, Ed teamed with the Presby Corporation of Dallas, TX, and they are presently developing an artificial polymeric lens for the human eye that will be focused with a MEMS-based artifical muscle network.  Over the past five years, Ed and his students have consulted with the American Research Corporation of Virginia, Radford, VA, the Perry Equipment Corporation, Mineral Wells, TX, the Mission Research Corporation, Albuquerque, NM, RockBit International, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, the Pragmatic Corporation, San Diego, CA, and Agilent Technologies, San Diego, CA.

 

Research Interests

  • Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
  • Silicon Micromachining and Anodic Bonding
  • Microelectronics and Electronic Materials
  • Gas Sensors and Organic Semiconductors

Teaching Interests

  • Analog Electronics
  • Microelectronics (Physics, Technology and Fabrication)
  • Electromagnetics
  • Materials Science

Student Research Assistants

  • Shelby Nelms - Piezoelectric Polymers Applied to Robotic Tactile Sensing
  • Josh Wilken - MEMS-Based Electrical Inductors and Electrostatically-Activated Cantilever Beams
  • Peter Allen - Design, Finite-Element Analysis, Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of MEMS-Based Micromirrors for Aerospace Applications
  • Jeffery Howard and Noah Boydston - Development of a MEMS-Based Thermally-Activated Microactuator as an Artificial Muscle
  • Richard Wilks - Design of MEMS-Based, In-Plane Electrostatic Actuators to Achieve Large Deflections and Forces
  • Alfred Jayachandran, Simon Ko, William Odom and Matthew Ruff - MEMS-Based Linear Motor for Focusing a Polymeric Lens
  • Jorge Bosch - Magnetostatic Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of a MEMS Electrothermal Actuator
  • Tracy Haverty and Kristopher Shuman - Development of an Ethyl Alcohol Vapor Microsensor with Wireless Communication for Use in the Driver Compartment of an Automobile.
  • Lee Anne Cox, Thiri Htun and Joseph Yetto – Development of an Electrothermal MEMS Bi-Directional Microengine.
  • Christopher Edwards - Development of a Parameterized Method for MEMS Mechanical Gear Design
  • Jeffery Tippey and Brandon Least - MEMS Energy Harvesting Technology Development for Wireless Communication-Based Structural Health Monitoring Applications
  • John Michalik - In Situ Heaters and Anti-Icing Coatings for Fighter Aircraft Flight Control Sensors

Patents

System and Method for Focusing an Elastically Deformable Lens, Schachar, R.A. and E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 6,721,104, April 13, 2004.

 

System and Method for Providing an Improved Electrothermal Actuator for a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Device, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 6,691,513, February 17, 2004.

 

Piezoelectric Tactile Sensor, Kolesar, E.S., Jr., U.S. Patent 5,760,530, June 2, 1998.

 

Method for Gaseous Component Identification with a Polymeric Film, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 5,071,770, December 10, 1991.

 

Back-Contact, Vertical-Junction Solar Cell and Method, M.W. Carver and E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 5,067,985, November 26, 1991.

 

Gaseous Component Identification with a Polymeric Film Sensor, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 5,045,285, September 3, 1991.

 

Hybrid Wafer Scale Microcircuit Integration (Method), E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 5,008,213, April 16, 1991.

 

Hybrid Wafer Scale Microcircuit Integration (Apparatus), E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 4,989,063, January 29, 1991.

 

Sensor for Detecting Chemicals, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 4,906,440, March 6, 1990.

 

Halogen Detection with a Solid State Sensor, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 4,893,108, January 9,1990.

 

Ion Detection Using a Differential Resistance Measurement of an Ion Exchange Membrane, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 4,871,427, October 3, 1989.

 

Electronic Nerve Agent Detector, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 4,549,427, October 29, 1985.

 

Gas Contamination Detection Device, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., U.S. Patent 4,472,356, September 18, 1984.

Selected Publications since 1995

BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS:

 

“Precision Bi-directional Motion of a Linear Mechanical Shuttle with an Electrothermal Microengine,” E.S. Kolesar, A.J. Jayachandran, W.E. Odom, M.D. Ruff, L.A. Cox, T. Htun, T.E. Stacy and J.M. Yetto, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 2004, El­sevier Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, NY, February 2005, pp. 450-454.

 

“Design and Performance of an Electrothermal MEMS Microengine Capable of Bi-directional Motion,” E.S. Kolesar, W.E. Odom, A.J. Jayachandran, M.D. Ruff, S.Y. Ko, J.T. Howard, P.B. Allen, J.M. Wilken, N.C. Boydston, J.E. Bosch, R.J. Wilks and J.B. McAllister, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 2003, El­sevier Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, NY, February 2004, pp. 481-488.

 

“Bi-Directional Motion Achieved with a Surface Micromachined Electrothermal MEMS Microengine,” E.S. Kolesar, M.D. Ruff, W.E. Odom, A.J. Jayachandran, J.B. McAllister, S.Y. Ko, J.T. Howard, P.B. Allen, J.M. Wilken, N.C. Boydston, J.E. Bosch and R.J. Wilks, in Materials and Devices for Smart Systems, Volume 785, Y. Furuya, E. Quandt, Q. Shang, K. Inoue and M. Shahinpoor (editors), Materials Research Society Press, Warrendale, PA, March 2004, pp. 401-406.

 

“De­sign and Performance of a Microengine Realized with Arrays of Asymmetrical Electro­thermal Polysili­con Surface Micromachined Microactuators,” E.S. Kolesar, M.D. Ruff, W.E. Odom, A.J. Jayachandran, J.B. McAllister, S.Y. Ko, J.T. Howard, P.B. Allen, J.M. Wilken, N.C. Boydston, J.E. Bosch and R.J. Wilks, in Materials Science of Microelec­tromechanical Systems (MEMS) Devices V, Volume 741, D.A. LaVan, A.A. Ayon, T.E. Buchheit and M.J. Madou (editors), Materials Research Society Press, Warrendale, PA, June  2003, pp. 93-98.

 

“Single— and Double—Hot Arm Asymmetrical Polysilicon Surface Micromachined Electrothermal Microactuators Applied to Realize a Microengine,” E.S. Kolesar, M.D. Ruff, W.E. Odom, A.J. Jayachandran, J.B. McAllister, S.Y. Ko, J.T. Howard, P.B. Allen, J.M. Wilken, N.C. Boydston, J.E. Bosch and R.J. Wilks, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 2002, Vol­ume II of II, B.D. Sartwell, S. Rohde, W. Ensinger, H.J. Wahl and K. Marchev (editors), El­sevier Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, February 2003, pp. 530-538. Best Paper Award

 

“Use of Continuous Hinges and Microrivets to Facilitate the Assembly of Three-Dimensional Polysilicon Microelectro-mechanical Systems (MEMS) Structures,” E.S. Kolesar, M.D. Ruff, W.E. Odom, S.Y. Ko, J.T. Howard, P.B. Allen, R.J. Wilks, J.M. Wilken, J.E. Bosch, A.J. Jayachandran and N.C. Boydston, in Microfabricated Systems and MEMS VI, P.J. Hesketh, S.S. Ang, J.L. Davidson, H.G. Hughes and D. Misra (editors), Vol­ume PV 2002-6, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ (ISBN 1-56677-372-5), July 2002, pp. 84-89.

 

“Surface Micromachined Polysilicon Components Containing Continuous Hinges and Microrivets Used to Realize Three-Dimensional MEMS Structures,” E.S. Kolesar, M.D. Ruff, W.E. Odom, S.Y. Ko, J.T. Howard, P.B. Allen, R.J. Wilks, J.M. Wilken, J.E. Bosch and N.C. Boydston, in Materials Science of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Devices IV, A.A. Ayon, T.E. Buchheit, H. Kahn and S.M. Spearing (editors), Vol­ume 687, Materials Research Society Press, Warrendale, PA (ISBN 1-55899-623-0), June 2002, pp. 83-87.

 

“Three-Dimensional Structures Assembled from Polysilicon Surface Micromachined Components Containing Continuous Hinges and Microrivets,” E.S. Kolesar, M.D. Ruff, W.E. Odom, J.T. Howard, S.Y. Ko, P.B. Allen, J.M. Wilken, R.J. Wilks, J.E. Bosch and N.C. Boydston, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 2001, Vol­ume II of II, C. Mitterer, A. Pique, K. Marchev, J.M. Schneider and A.A. Voevodin (editors), El­sevier Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, NY (ISBN 0-444-01119-8), February 2002, pp. 566-571.

 

“Asymmetrical Polysilicon Electrothermal Actuators for Achiev­ing Large In-Plane Mechanical Forces and Deflections,” E.S. Kolesar, S.Y. Ko, J.T. Howard, P.B. Allen, J.M. Wilken, N.C. Boydston, M.D. Ruff and R.J. Wilks, in Materials Science of Microelectro-mechanical Systems (MEMS) Devices III, H. Kahn, M. de Boer, M. Judy and S.M. Spearing (editors), Volume 657, Materials Research Society Press, Warrendale, PA (ISBN 1-55899-567-6), November 2001, pp. EE5.34.1 – EE5.34.6.

 

"In-Plane Tip Deflection and Force Achieved with Asymmetrical Polysilicon Electrothermal Microactuators”, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., S.Y. Ko, J.T. Howard, P.B. Allen, J.M. Wilken, N.C. Boydston, M.D. Ruff and R.J. Wilks, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 2000, Volume II of II, B.D. Sartwell, C. Mitterer, K.J. Wahl and A. Pique (editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, NY (ISBN 0-444-01119-1) February 2001, pp. 719-726.

 

"Thermally-Actuated Cantilever Beam for Achieving Large In-Plane Mechanical Deflections”, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., P.B. Allen, J.T. Howard, J.M. Wilken and N.C. Boydston, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1999, Volume II of II, A. Matthews, J.H. Givens, W. Ensinger and S. Rhode (editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, NY (ISBN 0-444-50399-0) March 2000, pp. 295–302. 

 

"Dielectric Measurements for Monitoring the Cure of Epoxies and Composite Materials”, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., in Comprehensive Composite Materials, a Six Volume Series, A. Kelly and C. Sweden, editors-in-chief, appearing as Chapter 16 in Volume 5:  Test Methods, Nondestructive Evaluation, and Smart Materials, L. Carlsson, R.L. Crane and R. Davidson (volume editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd., Oxford, England (ISBN 0-08-042993-9) July 2000, pp. 393–412.  This project has been rendered in a standard print format, a CD-ROM, and complete Internet access by subscription is available: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/compcompmat

 

"Torsional Micromirror Array Design for Optical Binary Switching and Amplitude Modulation Applications”, E.S. Kolesar, Jr., P.B. Allen, N.C. Boydston, J.T. Howard, S.Y. Ko and J.M. Wilken, in Materials Science of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Devices II, M.P. de Boer, A.H. Heuer, S.J. Jacobs and E. Peters (editors), Volume 605, Materials Research Society Press, Warrendale, PA (ISBN 1-55899-513-7) October 2000, pp. 205-210.

 

"Implementation of Micromirror Arrays as Optical Binary Switches and Amplitude Modulators," E.S. Kolesar, Jr., P.B. Allen, J.M. Wilken and J.T. Howard, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1998, Volume II of II, B.D. Sartwell, J.H. Givens, C. Mitterer and S.L. Rohde (editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd, New York, NY (ISBN 0-44-50051-0) March 1999, pp.1-9.

 

"Epoxy Cure Monitoring with an Interdigitated Gate Electrode Field-Effect Transistor (IGEFET)", E.S. Kolesar, Jr. and J.M. Wiseman, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 503, Nondestructive Characterization of Materials in Aging Systems, R.L. Crane, J.D. Achenbach, S.P. Shah, T.E. Matikas, P.T. Khuri-Yakub and R.S. Gilmore (editors), Materials Research Society Press, Warrendale, PA, (ISBN 1-55899-408-4) June 1998, pp. 93-99.

 

"Optical Scattering Enhanced by Silicon Micromachined Surfaces", E.S. Kolesar, Jr., V.M Bright and D.M. Sowders, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1997, Volume II of II, J.H. Givens, A. Matthews, C. Mitteterer and S.L. Rohde (editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, NY (ISBN 0-444-00529-4) March 1998, pp. 8-12.

 

"Silicon Micromachined Gas Chromatography System", E.S. Kolesar, Jr. and R.R. Reston, in Innovative Systems in Silicon 1997, Laurence LaForge, Hamid Bolouri, Dontatella Sciuto and Stuart Tweksbury (editors), IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ (ISBN 0-7803-4275-5) October 1997, pp. 117-125.

 

"Optical Reflectance Reduction of Textured Silicon Surfaces Coated with an Antireflective Thin Film", E.S. Kolesar, Jr., V.M. Bright and D.M. Sowders, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1996, Volume II of II, Bruce D. Sartwell, Gary E. McGuire, Hermann A. Jehn and Ivan Petrov (editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, NY (ISBN 0-444-23948-4) March 1997, pp. 23-29.

 

"Tactile Integrated Circuit Sensor Realized with a Piezoelectric Polymer", E.S. Kolesar, Jr., C.S. Dyson, R.R. Reston, R.C. Fitch, D.G. Ford and S.D. Nelms, in Innovative Systems in Silicon 1996, Stuart Tweksbury and Glenn Chapman (editors), IEEE Press, Piscataway, N.J. (ISBN 0-7803-3640-2) October 1996, pp. 372-381.

 

"Microsensors and Microactuators”, E.S. Kolesar, Jr. and V.M. Bright, Tutorial Session VI.  Short Course Notes.  Victor M. Bright (editor), National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON), Dayton Convention Center, Dayton, OH.  Joint meeting of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS).  IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, May 1996, pp. 1-137.

 

"Mid-Infrared (2.5 < λ  < 12.5µm) Optical Absorption Enhancement of Textured Silicon Surfaces Coated with an Anti-Reflective Thin Film", E.S. Kolesar, Jr., V.M. Bright and D.M. Sowders, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1995, Volume II of II, Hermann A. Jehn, Allan Matthews, Gary E. McGuire and Ivan Petrov (editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, NY (ISBN 0-444-06858-9) April 1996, pp. 10-15.

 

"Microsensors and Microactuators”, E.S. Kolesar, Jr. and V.M. Bright, Tutorial Session V. Short Course Notes.  Daniel W. Repperger (editor), National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON), Dayton Convention Center, Dayton, OH.  Joint meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).  IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, May 1995, pp. 1-110.

 

"Silicon-Hybrid Wafer-Scale Integration (SHWSI) - A Discrete Integrated Circuit (IC) Interconnect Scheme", E.S. Kolesar, Jr., G.L. Takahashi and P.C. Reamy, in Wafer-Scale Integration 1995, Stuart Tewksbury and Glenn Chapman (editors), IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ (ISBN 0-7803-2467-6) January 1995, pp. 122-123.

 

"Silicon Micromachined Gas Chromatography System with a Thin-Film Copper Phthalocyanine Stationary Phase and its Resulting Performance", E.S. Kolesar, Jr. and R.R. Reston, in Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1994, Bruce D. Sartwell, Gary E. McGuire and Hermann A. Jehn (editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, NY (ISBN 0-444-89720-8) January 1995, pp. 679-685.

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