Jeffrey Rhoads and Venkata Bharadwaj Chivukula, Purdue University (IMAGE)

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Jeffrey Rhoads and Venkata Bharadwaj Chivukula, Purdue University

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Jeffrey Rhoads, a Purdue assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and graduate student Venkata Bharadwaj Chivukula use equipment called a vacuum probe station in research to develop a new class of tiny mechanical devices. An early prototype, shown on the monitor at right, contains vibrating, hair-thin structures that could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones. The tiny structure is called a microelectromechanical system, or a MEMS. The work is conducted on top of a special vibration-absorbing platform critical to making the precise measurements.

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Purdue News Service photo/Andrew Hancock

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