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Kimberly Turner

Professor
Mechanical & Environmental Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
Phone:
+1 805-893-5106
Email:
turner@engineering.ucsb.edu
Office:
Room 2326 Engineering II Building, University of California, Santa Barbara

Applications of nonlinear dynamics for sensing (force, mass, temperature) in MEMS, high frequency (RF) MEMS for communication, resonant bio-sensors, and measurement techniques. Gecko-inspired chip-integrated reversible adhesives.

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ICB Supported Publications

Load sharing in bio-inspired fibrillar adhesives with backing layer interactions and misalignment

Bacca, M., Booth, J. A., Turner, K. T. and McMeeking, R. M.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
10.1016/j.jmps.2016.04.008

Stick–slip friction of gecko-mimetic flaps on smooth and rough surfaces

S. Das, N. Cadirov, S. Chary, Y. Kaufman, J. Hogan, K. L. Turner, and J. N. Israelachvili
Journal of the Royal Society Interface,
10.1098/rsif.2014.1346

Phase noise squeezing based parametric bifurcation tracking of MIP-coated microbeam MEMS sensor for TNT explosive gas sensing

L. L. Li, E. L. Holthoff, L. A. Shaw, C. B. Burgner, and K. L. Turner
Proceedings of the 2014 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop,
10.1109/JMEMS.2014.2310206

JKR theory for the stick-slip peeling and adhesion hysteresis of gecko mimetic patterned surfaces with a smooth glass surface

S. Das, S. Chary, J. Yu, J. Tamelier, K. L. Turner, and J. N. Israelachvili
Langmuir,
10.1021/la403420f

Importance of loading and unloading procedures for gecko-inspired controllable adhesives

J. Tamelier, S. Chary, and K. L. Turner
Langmuir,
10.1021/la400835n

A review of parametric resonance in microelectromechanical systems

K. Moran, C. Burgner, S. Shaw, and K. L. Turner
NOLTA, IEICE,
10.1587/nolta.4.198

Optimal articulation strategy for a microfabricated gecko-inspired controllable adhesive

J. Tomelie, S. Chary, and K. L. Turner
Proceedings of the 2013 Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXVII),
10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627169

A microfabricated gecko-inspired controllable and reusable dry adhesive

S. Chary, J. Tamelier, and K. Turner
10.1088/0964-1726/22/2/025013

Articulation of angled semicircular microfibers for a gecko-inspired anisotropic adhesive

S. Chary, J. Tamelier, and K. L. Turner
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE 26th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS),
10.1109/MEMSYS.2013.6474263

Using Nonlinearity to enhance micro-nansensor performance

K. Turner, C. Burgner, Z. Yie, and E. Holtoff
Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2012,
10.1109/ICSENS.2012.6411564

Friction and Adhesion of Gecko-Inspired PDMS Flaps on Rough Surfaces

J. Yu, S. Chary, S. Das, J. Tamelier, K. L. Turner, and J. N. Israelachvili
 Langmuir,
10.1021/la301783q

Vertical anisotropic microfibers for a gecko-inspired adhesive

J. Tamelier, S. Chary, and K. Turner
Langmuir,
10.1021/la3004855

Parametric amplification in a resonant sensing array

Z. Yie, N. J. Miller, S. Shaw, and K. L. Turner
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering,
10.1088/0960-1317/22/3/035004

Millimeter size patch behavior of gecko-inspired reversible adhesive

J. Tamelier, S. Chary, K. Turner, J. Yu, S. Das, and J. Israelachvili
IEEE Sensors,
10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127159

Gecko-inspired dry adhesive for robotic applications

Tamelier, J., Chary, S., Yu, J., Das, S., Turner, K., Israelachvili, J.
Advanced Functional Materials,
10.1002/adfm.201100493

Control of MEMS on the edge of instability

C. Burgner, W. Snyders, and K. Turner
Proceedings of the 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference (TRANSDUCERS),
10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969197

Measuring the frequency resolution of a multi degree of freedom resonator for mass detection

K. Moran and K. Turner
Proceedings of the 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference (TRANSDUCERS),
10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969281
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