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Alexander A. Trusov

Short Bio

Alexander A. Trusov received B.S. and M.S. degrees in applied mathematics and mechanics from the Moscow State University, Russia in 2004 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of California, Irvine in 2006 and 2009, respectively. He is currently a project scientist in the Mechanical and Aerospace Department at the University of California, Irvine, where he serves as the PI and Co-PI on 5 DoD sponsored research programs. He is also responsible for teaching MAE 247 / EECS 278 "MicroSystems Design" class. Dr. Trusov's research interests include design, modeling, fabrication, and vacuum packaging of micromachined inertial systems, design of characterization experiments, and statistical data processing and analysis. Dr. Trusov has published 14 journal and over 35 conference papers on MEMS and signal processing and has 1 U.S. patent (with 6 more pending) on MEMS design, fabrication, and control. His work on low dissipation MEMS gyroscopes received an Outstanding Paper award at Transducers 2011 and the first place Student Design Contest award at System-on-Chip Conference 2011. He serves as a reviewer for major journals in the fields of MEMS and sensors and is a member of MEMS & Associated Microsystems organizing committee for the IMAPS Device Packaging 2011 and 2012 conferences. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Awards and Media Features

• My photograph of a 3-D spherical gyroscope fabrication by wafer-level glassblowing was chosen for the UCI School of Engineering 2012 holiday card.
• My work on multiaxis FM based single-chip inertial MEMS has recieved first place at the 9th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference. 
• Several of my projects have been featured in theUCI CalIt2 Interface magazine. link: http://www.calit2.uci.edu/uploads/Labs/INTERFACE_Fall_2011_final_1.pdf.
• My work on high-Q MEMS gyroscopes has received an Outstanding Paper Award at Transducers 2011 conference in China. Only 7 papers out of 700 accepted papers received this selective recognition.
• My photograph of a 3-D spherical gyroscope fabricated by wafer-level glassblowing was chosen for the UCI School of Engineering 2011 holiday card.
• Several of my projects have been featured on the UCI's School of Engineering website. link: http://www.eng.uci.edu/image/gallery.
• My 2008 Sensors and Actuators A journal paper [PDF] on robust gyroscope with a coupled sense-mode was included in the top 25 hottest by number of downloads for October to December 2009, [link].
• My photograph of an SOI wafer fabricated during my Ph.D. work was features in an industry whitepaper on advanced substrates, link.
• My work and several optical and SEM images were featured in a new book on MEMS gyroscopes by Cenk Acar and Andrei Shkel, link.
• My work on a stand-alone dsp board for flexible characterization of mems gyroscopes was highlighted in the IEEEE Sensors Council newsletter, http://ewh.ieee.org/tc/sensors/Newsletters/Number6/DSP-IEEE-forweb5.doc.
• My industry-sponsored R&D project was highlighted on the UCI website in a dedicated article titled "Auto safety device designed by UCI engineers," link.
• My micro-fabrication work was featured in the Orange County Register in April 2007. Please check pictures #5 and #6: Article, Slideshow, Video.

Community Services

Peer-reviewed 37 journal papers and 2 conference papers in the fields of MEMS, inertial sensors, and signal processing:

• 12 papers reviewed for the IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. The high quality of my review was acknowledged by a personal letter and a JMEMS lapel pin from the JMEMS editor-in-chief, Professor Muller.
• 3 paper reviewed for the IEEE Sensors journal.
• 9 papers reviewed for the IOP Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.
• 7 papers reviewed for the IOP Measurement Science and Technology Journal.
• 1 paper reviewed for the IOP Smart Materials and Structures Journal.
• 5 paper reviewed for the Elsevier Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Journal.
• 2 papers reviewed for the ASME IDETC 2007 conference.
• Member of MEMS & Associated Microsystems Organizing Committee, IMAPS Device Packaging conference 2011.
  

Education

• Fall 2006 - Spring 2009
  
  • Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2009.
  • Dissertation: "Investigation of Factors Affecting Bias Stability and Scale Factor Drifts
    in Coriolis Vibratory MEMS Gyroscopes."

• Fall 2004 - Summer 2006
  • M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2006.
  • Thesis: "Nonlinear Effects in Control of Capacitive Resonant Microstructures."

• Fall 1999 - Spring 2004
  • B.S./M.S. in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Moscow State University, Russia, 2004.
  • Thesis: "Feasibility Analysis of Vibratory Gyroscope in Vestibular Prosthesis Prototype."

Professional Societies

• Member: IEEE, ASME.

Personal Info

I am an outdoors adventure enthusiast. Luckily, Orange County and UCI offer great nature opportunities to unwind from work. During my time at UCI I took great pleasure in cycling, mountain biking, hiking, wall climbing, kayaking, sailing, and scuba diving. I am also an advanced amature photographer, with features in several UCI and Irvine magazines and exhibitions.