I will begin my PhD program at Caltech in Fall 2016 focusing on Theoretical Mechanics and mathematical methods in engineering. My goal is to aid in the development and characterization of complex materials, including active materials.
General coursework and experience in advanced dynamics, continuum mechaincs, thermoelasticity, and mathematics.
Developed 3D printed microfluidic devices that actuate and control microfluidic flows. Devices include capacitors, diodes, transistors, mixers, and visualizers.
Proven ability to lead and manage a wide variety of courses. Experience includes student led courses as well as review sessions.
Worked on topology optimization of flexible multibody systems. This method tries to find the best distribution of material in a fixed design space. Therewith, this method allows for any formation of material inside the specified domain. So far, it has been mostly applied for static application.
Organized and facilitated various teams involving design, analysis, and data processing. Built and ran COMSOL simulations on optofluidic and 3D printed integrated microfluidic circuitry components as well as microfluidic mixing compoents to be published. Designed, fabricated, and tested real samples of 3D printed components. Designed experimental methods for testing procedures. Wrote Matlab scripts that process and present both simulated and collected data.
Derived and developed new equations for dynamic friction phenomena using statistical methods combined with impact mechanics and linear spring functions for understand and modelling various friction phenomena. Use differential geometry to discuss the implications of coordinate system motion on surface curves. The results are to be published.
Conducted research in The Liwei Lin Lab on MEMS (Micro Electromechanical Systems) supercapacitors that use vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests as current collectors. Main responsibilities were growing the carbon nanotube on silicon wafers, assisting in testing the samples, developing new techniques, and writing programs in MATLAB to process and visualize collected data.
Kevin Korner — kevinakorner@gmail.com — (949) - 212-3423