Mr. Miles A. Wickersham Profile

Miles A. Wickersham

at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 9 April 2010 Paper

Study of a tuned vibration absorber using piezoelectric patches with active shunt circuits

Mike Fontaine, Miles Wickersham, Umesh Korde

Proceedings Volume 7643, 764302 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.846931

KEYWORDS: Capacitance, Ferroelectric polymers, Microsoft Foundation Class Library, Cesium, Capacitors, Circuit switching, Polymers, Composites, Energy transfer, Energy harvesting

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Proceedings Article | 7 April 2009 Paper

Altering the natural frequencies of cantilevered piezoelectric membranes using negative capacitance circuits

Michael Fontaine, Miles Wickersham, Umesh Korde

Proceedings Volume 7288, 728805 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815807

KEYWORDS: Capacitance, Ferroelectric polymers, Capacitors, Composites, Feedback loops, Electrodes, Resistors, Cesium, Piezoelectric effects, Mining

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Proceedings Article | 3 April 2009 Paper

Electrostatic control with discrete area variation for beam steering and focusing using membrane mirrors

Miles Wickersham, Brian Fehrman, Lisa Robinson, Andrew Downs, Umesh Korde

Proceedings Volume 7286, 72860F (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815564

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Deformable mirrors, Xenon, Beam steering, Complex systems, Nonlinear control, Actuators, Optical calibration, Control systems, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 18 April 2008 Paper

Recent studies of electronic tuning of out of plane stiffness and dissipation of piezoelectric polymer membranes

Miles Wickersham, Travis Zelfer, Umesh Korde, Eric Petersen

Proceedings Volume 6928, 692822 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.771304

KEYWORDS: Ferroelectric polymers, Capacitance, Electrodes, Control systems, Resistors, Cesium, Polymers, Complex systems, Thin films, Electronic circuits

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Proceedings Article | 18 April 2008 Paper

Membrane reflectors with variable area electrostatic actuation for laser beam guidance

Miles Wickersham, Andrew Downs, Nicolas Kingsbury, Umesh Korde

Proceedings Volume 6928, 69281Q (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.771320

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Reflectors, Electrodes, Deformable mirrors, Control systems, Switching, Reflectivity, Circuit switching, Beam steering

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Proceedings Article | 27 April 2007 Paper

On semi-active enhancement of the dissipation provided by piezoelectric films

Umesh Korde, Miles Wickersham, Travis Zelfer, Lidvin Kjerengtroen, Christopher Jenkins

Proceedings Volume 6525, 65250Z (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.711212

KEYWORDS: Ferroelectric polymers, Electrodes, Amplifiers, Capacitance, Doppler effect, Acoustics, Analytical research, Mechanical engineering, Structural design, Polymers

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Proceedings Article | 27 April 2007 Paper

Studies on small circular membrane mirrors with electrostatic actuation and closed loop control

Umesh Korde, Miles Wickersham, Joseph Farke, Mark Hofacker

Proceedings Volume 6525, 652520 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.711200

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Electrodes, Sensors, Prototyping, Deformable mirrors, Control systems, Manufacturing, Feedback loops, Optical aberrations

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Proceedings Article | 22 March 2006 Paper

Active control of stiffness and damping of piezoelectric polymer films

Umesh Korde, Miles Wickersham, Stephen Carr, Christopher Jenkins

Proceedings Volume 6168, 61681R (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.657456

KEYWORDS: Ferroelectric polymers, Capacitance, Amplifiers, Polymers, Skin, Electrodes, Polymer thin films, Electronic circuits, Mechanical engineering, Biomimetics

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