Phillip Himmer
Email: phillip.himmer@wsu.edu
First introduced to engineering and physics at WSU where I earned my bachelors in Physics, I attended Montana State University for graduate study where I received a Master’s in physics. I then went to graduate school at Montana State for a PhD in engineering designing and fabrication of micro scale optical devices for in-situ medical imaging systems.
Working with my former PhD advisor I then helped design and build a microfabrication facility at Montana State. While there over a fifteen year period, students and I developed fabrication processes supporting fuel cell materials research, optical materials fabrication, and polymer and supported prototype development efforts of several companies. In 2018 I accepted a position at Stanford University’s nanofabrication facility where I had, as a PhD student, fabricated the optical devices used in my PhD project. As the photolithography manager of the nanofabrication facility I worked with lab members to develop lithography processes on a wide variety of substrate materials and was introduced to fabrication research involving a more diverse suite of materials such as, SiC, GGG, Sapphire, and GaN.
In my new position at WSU managing the Institute of Materials Research growing these novel materials for a wide variety of applications, I am supporting research that underlies cutting edge technologies. As part of its mission to foster educational opportunities similar to my experience as an undergraduate at WSU, the IMR is working with faculty to provide research and laboratory experiences for both graduate and undergraduate students. I believe this synergy between research and education creates a positive atmosphere for facility users and increases the opportunities for all.
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Selected Publications
McLoughlin, T., Babbitt, W., Himmer, P., Nakagawa, W. (2020) Auger electron spectroscopy for surface ferroelectric domain differentiation in selectively poled MgO:LiNbO3. Optical Materials Express: v. 10 i. 10 p. 2379-2393
Ryan Anderson, Phillip Himmer, Tariq Akmal, “Work in Progress – Group laboratory experiment during lecture in an undergraduate fluid dynamics class: increasing student learning and communication skills”, 125th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2018.
Megan Miller, Benjamin Huang, Tariq Akmal, Ryan Anderson, and Phillip Himmer, “Fluidic channels in the classroom: Fabrication and integration in fluid mechanics, ASEE annual meeting, June 2017
Guang-Ling Song, Kinga A Unocic, Harry Meyer III, Ercan Cakmak, Michael P. Brady, Paul E. Gannon, Phillip Himmer , Quinn Andrews, “ The corrosion and passivity of sputtered Mg-Ti alloys”, Corrosion Science, Vol 104, Mar 2016, pp. 36-46
Sarah J. Lukes, Phillip A. Himmer, Eric J. Moog, Steven R. Shaw, David L. Dickensheets, “Feedback-stabilized deformable membrane mirrors for focus control,” J. Micro/Nanolithography MEMS MOEMS, Vol. 8, Issue 4, Oct. 2009
Victor Yang and others (Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network, Toronto Ontario Canada), Phillip Himmer, David Dickensheets (Montana State University), “Doppler optical coherence tomography with a micro-electro-mechanical membrane mirror for high-speed dynamic focus tracking,” Optics Letters, Vol. 31, No. 9, May 1, 2006
Yuhe Shao, David Dickensheets, Phillip Himmer, “3-D MOEMS Mirror for Laser Beam Pointing and Focus Control,” IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 10, No. 3, May/June, 2004, pp. 528-535
Bing Qi, Phillip Himmer, Maggie L. Gordon, Victor X.D. Yang, David L. Dickensheets, Alex Vitken, “Dynamic focus control in high-speed optical coherence tomography based on a microelectromechanical mirror,” Optics Communications, Vol. 232/1-6, Mar 1, 2004, pp. 123-128
Phillip Himmer, David Dickensheets, ” Dynamic behavior of high speed, silicon nitride deformable mirrors, ” SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 5348, January 2004, pp. 150-159