Publications
Group Publications (Jan 2001 - Present)
Papers in Peer-reviewed Journals
2009
B.W.Drinkwater, J.Zhang, K.J.Kirk, J.Elgoyhen, R.S.Dwyer-Joyce, Ultrasonic measurement of rolling bearing lubrication using piezoelectric thin films , Journal of Tribology, 131 (1), Article 011502, ( 2009)
2008
S.Kim, A.E.Uzgur, M.Strachan, J.-F.Saillant, Ultrasonic extension sensing of actuators using integrated piezoelectric transducer for adaptive optics, Advances in Science and Technology , 56 70-75 (2008)
2007
G.Scheerschmidt, K.J.Kirk, G.McRobbie, Investigation of magnetostrictive micro devices, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 43(6) 2722-2724 (2007)
N.Schmarje, K.J.Kirk, S.Cochran, 1-3 connectivity lithium niobate composites for high temperature operation, Ultrasonics – in press
K.J.Kirk, C.W.Scheit, N.Schmarje, High temperature acoustic emission tests using lithium niobate piezocomposite transducers, Insight, 49(3) 142-145 (2007)
2006
I.G.Pettigrew, D.I.A.Lines, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran, “Investigating post-processing of phased array data for detection and sizing capabilities using incoherent compounding” Insight (Brit. J. NDT) (2006) 228 – 232
K.Streibel, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, D.R.S.Cumming, L.Wang and J.Wallace, “2D ultrasonic arrays with low-voltage operation for high density electronics” Insight (Brit. J. NDT) (2006) 94 – 96.
S.Cochran “Fundamentals of ultrasonics phased arrays” Insight (Brit. J. NDT) (2006) 212 – 217 (invited).
2005
S.Cochran, P.Marin-Franch, D.Choi, M.P.Walsh and K.J.Kirk, “Present and future piezocomposite technology in underwater sonar transducers” Proc. Inst. Acoust. vol. 27 (1) (2005) 1 - 13(invited)
G.McRobbie, Z.Wu and S.Cochran, “Characterisation and modelling of multilayer ultrasonic transducers with non-uniform bondlines” Elec. Lett. (2005) 880 - 881
N.Schmarje, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran “Comparison of y/36°-cut and z-cut lithium niobate composites for high temperature ultrasonic applications” NDT&E (2005) 77 – 87
A.Abrar and S.Cochran “Mathematical optimisation of multilayer piezoelectric devices with non-uniform layer thicknesses by simulated annealing” submitted to IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelect. Freq. Cont. (2005)
K.J.Kirk, C.K.Lee and S.Cochran, Ultrasonic thin film transducers for high-temperature NDT, Insight vol. 47, No. 2, 85 - 87 (2005)
A. Peláiz-Barranco and P. Marin-Franch, Piezo-, pyro-, ferro-, and dielectric properties of ceramic/polymer composites obtained from two modifications of lead titanate, J. Appl. Phys. 97(3) 34104 (2005)
2004
K.J.Kirk, N. Schmarje and S.Cochran, Lithium niobate piezocomposite phased arrays operating at high temperatures, Insight vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 662 - 665 (2004)
N. Schmarje, J-F Saillant, K. Kirk, S. Cochran, “Imaging with lithium niobate/epoxy composites”, Ultrasonics, volume 42, pp. 439-442, 2004.
P.Marin-Franch, I.Pettigrew, M.Parker, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran,
Piezocrystal - Polymer Composites: New Materials for Transducers for Ultrasonic
NDT, Insight vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 653 ? 657 (2004)
A.Abrar and S.Cochran,Multilayer piezocomposite structures with piezoceramic volume fractions determined by mathematical optimisation Ultrasonics vol. 42, no. 1 ? 9, pp. 259 - 265 (2004)
P.Marin-Franch, S.Cochran and K.Kirk,Progress towards ultrasound applications of new single crystal materials, J.Mat.Sci.: Mat. in Electronics vol. 15, pp. 715 - 720 (2004)
P.Marin-Franch, T.Martin O.Fernandez-Perez, D.L.Tunnicliffe and D.K.Das-Gupta,Evaluation of PTCa/PEKK composites for acoustic emission detection, IEEE T DIELECT EL IN 11 (1): 50-55 FEB 2004
A. Abrar, D.Zhang, B.Su, T.W.Button, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran,1-3 connectivity piezoelectric ceramic-polymer composite transducers made with viscous polymer processing for high frequency ultrasound, Ultrasonics vol. 42, no. 1 ? 9, pp. 479 - 484 (2004)
D.Zhang, B.Su, T.W.Button, A.Abrar, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran,Piezoelectric 1-3 Composites for High Frequency Ultrasonic Transducer Applications, Ferroelectrics 304 pp. 1031 - 1035 (2004)
N.Schmarje, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran,Imaging with lithium niobate / epoxy composites, Ultrasonics vol. 42, no. 1 - 9, pp. 439 - 442 (2004)
C.K.Lee, F.Placido, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran,Aluminium nitride thin films deposited by room-temperature sputtering for ultrasonic applications, Ultrasonics vol. 42, no. 1 - 9, pp. 485 - 490 (2004)
2003
K.J.Kirk, S.McVitie, A.R.Long, E.Skuras, Magnetisation of Co elements sensed by semiconductor transport magnetometry and TEM, J. Appl. Phys. 93 (10) (2003) 7906 - 8
K.J.Kirk, C.K.Lee, S.Cochran, A.McNab and G.Shepherd, Condition monitoring with ultrasonic arrays at elevated temperatures, Insight (Brit. J. NDT) (2003) 130 - 133
2002
D.Robertson and S.Cochran, Experimental investigation of alternative pre-stress components for a 3-1 connectivity multilayer piezoelectric-polymer composite ultrasonic transducer, Ultrasonics 40 (1-8) (2002) 913 - 919
J.Fassbender, S.Poppe, T.Mewes, A.Mougin, B.Hillebrands, D.Engel,
M.Jung, A.Ehresmann, H.Schmoranzer, G.Faini, K.J.Kirk, J.N.Chapman
Magnetization reversal of exchange bias double layer magnetically patterned by ion
irradiation, Phys. Stat. Sol.(a) 189 (2002) 439 - 447
G.Shepherd, A.Cochran, K.J.Kirk and A.McNab, 1-3 connectivity composite material made from lithium niobate and cement for ultrasonic condition monitoring at elevated temperatures, Ultrasonics 40 (1-8) (2002) 223 - 226
2001
E.Skuras, A.R.Long, S.Chowdhury, E.Boyd, M.Rahman, K.J.Kirk, J.H.Davies
Anisotropy effects in two-dimensional magnetic superlattices, J Korean Phys. Soc.
39 (2001) 544 - 548
J.M.Garcia, A.Thiaville, J.Miltat, K.J.Kirk, F.Alouges, J.N.Chapman, Quantitative interpretation of MFM images from soft patterned elements, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79 (2001) 656 - 658
E.Skuras, A.R.Long, S.Chowdhury, M.Rahman, K.J.Kirk, J.H.Davies, Two-dimensional arrays of magnetic nanostructures characterised using an underlying two-dimensional electron gas, J. Appl. Phys. 90 (2001) 2623 - 2625
T.Schrefl, J.Fidler, J.N.Chapman, K.J.Kirk, Micromagnetic simulation of domain structures in patterned magnetic tunnel junctions, J. Appl. Phys. 89 (2001) 7000 - 7002
K.J.Kirk, S.McVitie, J.N.Chapman, C.D.W.Wilkinson, Imaging magnetic domain structure in sub-500nm thin film elements, J. Appl. Phys. 89 (2001) 7174 - 7176
K.J.Kirk, M.R.Scheinfein, J.N.Chapman, S.McVitie, M.F.Gillies, B.R.Ward, J.G.Tennant, Role of vortices in magnetisation reversal of rectangular NiFe elements, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 34 (2001) 160 - 166
Conference Proceedings
2009
B.W.Drinkwater, J.Zhang, K.J.Kirk, J.Elgoyhen, R.S.Dwyer-Joyce, "Ultrasonic measurement of rolling bearing lubrication using piezoelectric thin films" , Proceedings of the ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference,San Diego, USA, 2009
2008
G. Scheerschmidt, K. J. Kirk and G. McRobbie," Resonance modes of magnetically generated surface waves in acoustic wave guide systems", Joint European Magnetic Symposia, Dublin, Ireland, 2008,
2007
J-F Saillant, S. Cochran, S. Ballandras, R. Berriet and G. Fleury, “Theoretical effects of epoxy interlayer bonds in multilayer piezoelectric transducers”, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE international ultrasonics symposium, New York, USA, 2007.
S.Triger, J.F.Saillant, J.Wallace, S.Cochran, D.Cumming, “MOSAIC: An Integrated Ultrasonic 2D Array System”, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE international ultrasonics symposium, New York, USA, 2007.
J-F Saillant, S Cochran, S Triger, J Wallace, D Cumming, “Transducer array for integration with miniature electronics for NDT” Proceedings of the 2007 BINDT conference, Glasgow, Scotland, September 2007.
S.Triger, J.Wallace, L.Wang, S.Cochran, J.Saillant, F.Afroukh and D.R.S.Cumming, “A modular FPGA-based ultrasonic array system for applications including non-destructive testing”, Proceedings of the 2007 BINDT conference, Glasgow, Scotland, September 2007.
P.Reynolds, J-F Saillant, S.Cochran, “Modelling wave propagation over long distances underwater with pseudospectral techniques”, Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, International conference on detection and classification of underwater targets, Volume 29, Part 6, pp. 131-138, 2007.
J.F.Saillant, S.Triger, F.Afroukh, J.Wallace, L.Wang, S.Cochran, D.Cumming, “MOSAIC: a scalable, modular system for underwater ultrasonic imaging”, Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, International conference on detection and classification of underwater targets, Volume 29, Part 6, pp. 181-188, 2007.
J.P.Hood, K.J.Kirk, J.Elgoyhen, D.Hutson, Couplant-free thin film transducers for high temperature ultrasonic NDT, NDT 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, 18-20 September 2007
I.G.Pettigrew, D.I.A.Lines, J.A.Skramstad, R.A.Smith, K.J.Kirk, Further developments in ultrasonic phased array inspection of aging aircraft, NDT 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, 18-20 September 2007
A.Schilde K.Kirk, A.Fenwick, L.Jones, Flexible arrays for ultrasonic testing of solid high attenuative encased material, NDT 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, 18-20 September 2007
J.Elgoyhen, K.J.Kirk, J.P.Hood, D.Hutson, Below resonance operation of thin film ultrasonic transducer for NDT application in 800kHz to 5MHz frequency range, NDT 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, 18-20 September 2007
I.Atkinson, C.Gregory, S.P.Kelly, K.J.Kirk, ULTRASMART: Developments in ultrasonic flaw detection and monitoring for high temperature plant applications, Proceedings of CREEP8, Eighth International Conference on Creep and Fatigue at Elevated Temperatures, July 22-26, 2007, San Antonio, Texas
G.Scheerschmidt, K.J.Kirk, G.McRobbie, Finite element analysis of resonant frequencies in surface acoustic wave devices, NAFEMS World Congress, 22-25 May 2007, Vancouver, Canada
2006
I.G.Pettigrew, R A.Smith, K.Kirk, Frequency effects in high-frequency pulse-echo ultrasonic imaging of titanium metal matrix composites, Proc. European Conf. on NDT, Berlin, Sept 2006.
I.G.Pettigrew, D.I.A.Lines, K.J.Kirk, An investigation of phased arrays with full raw data (FRD) adaptive processing, Proc. 2006 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK, Sept 2006.
J.P.Hood, K.J.Kirk, J.Elgoyhen, D.Hutson, Modelling the operating frequency of piezoelectric thin film transducers, Proc. 2006 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK, Sept 2006.
K.Streibel, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, D.R.S.Cumming, L.Wang and J.Wallace “2d ultrasonic arrays based on piezocomposites for non-destructive testing” Proc. Institute of Acoustics, Southampton, UK, Vol. 28, 2006.
2005
S.Cochran, P.Marin-Franch, D.Choi, M.P.Walsh and K.J.Kirk, present and future piezocomposite technology in underwater sonar transducers, Proc. Institute of Acoustics, London (Mar. 2005) (invited)
Z.Wu, G.McRobbie, S.Cochran, E.M.Knox and S.Gallagher, Finite element analysis of bondline effects on multilayer ultrasonic transducers, Proc. NAFEMS World Congress 2005, Malta (May 2005)
Z.Wu, S.Cochran, G.McRobbie, K.J.Kirk, Nondestructive and destructive investigation of bondlines for high-power multilayer ultrasonic transducers for underwater sonar, Proc. Int. IEEE Ultrason. Symp. 2005, Rotterdam, Sept. 2005.
K.J.Kirk, C.P.Gallagher, All about micromagnetic sensors, Proc. 2005 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Harrogate, UK, 150-160, Sept. 2005
R.A.Smith, I.Pettigrew, K.J.Kirk, High frequency ultrasonic NDE of titanium metal matrix composites, Proc. Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, July 31-August 5, 2005.
S.Cochran, M.Parker and P.Marin-Franch “Ultrabroadband single crystal composite transducers for underwater ultrasound” Proc. Int. IEEE Ultrason. Symp. 2005, Rotterdam, Sep. 2005, in press.
J.McPhillips, T.B.Adams, N.J.Donnelly, D.Cornez, S.Lapp, A.Abrar, J.M.Gregg, R.M.Bowman, G.McRobbie, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran “Resonant electromechanical device fabrication with new thin film materials” Proc. Int. IEEE Ultrason. Symp. 2005, Rotterdam, Sep. 2005, in press.
T.W.Button, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, D.MacLennan, A.MacNeil, K.McDonald, C.Meggs, D.Rodriquez-Sanmartin, R.Webster and D.Zhang “Net-shape ceramic manufacturing as an aid to realize ultrasonic transducers for high-resolution medical imaging” Proc. Int. IEEE Ultrason. Symp. 2005, Rotterdam, Sep. 2005, in press.
M.F.Parker, S.Cochran, P.Marin-Franch, D.Choi and M.P.Walsh “Material property variation as a factor in commercial adoption of piezocrystals for composite transducer manufacture”, Proc. Int. IEEE Ultrason. Symp. 2005, Rotterdam, Sep. 2005, in press.
F.Rollet, S.Cochran and M.Mansell “Novel method to determine moisture content in concrete using ultrasound propagation NDE under a simulated precipitation” Proc. 2005 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Harrogate, UK, 424 – 433, Sep. 2005.
I.Pettigrew, D.I.A.Lines, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran “Investigation of crack sizing using ultrasonic phased arrays with signal processing techniques” Proc. 2005 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Harrogate, UK, 150 – 160, Sep. 2005.
K.Streibel, S.Cochran, K.Kirk, D.Cumming, L.Wang and J.Wallace “Ultrasonic arrays for low voltage operation with integrated electronics” Proc. 2005 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Harrogate, UK, 142 – 149, Sep. 2005.
K.Streibel, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, D.R.S.Cumming, L.Wang, J.Wallace, Low voltage operation of 2D ultrasonic arrays for NDT, Proc. Int. IEEE Ultrason. Symp. 2005, Rotterdam, Sept. 2005.
2004
G McRobbie , Z Ling, Z Wu, S Cochran, and F Clark,Solutions to the Vibrating Membrane Problem, Proc. 2004 11 th International ANSYS Users Conf. (Apr. 2004)
A.Abrar, D.Choi, S.Cochran, K.Kirk, P.Marin-Franch, A.Skea, M.P.Walsh and Z.Wu, Piezocomposite Transducers for Operation in 15-25 kHz Range, Proc. 2004 IEEE Internat. Ultrason. Symp., Montreal, Canada (Aug. 2003)
J.F. Saillant, S. Cochran, R. Berriet, K. Kirk and G. Fleury, The Effect Of Pillar Misalignment On The Underwater Performance Of High Frequency Multilayer 1-3 Piezocomposite Transducers With Acoustic Matching And Backing Layers, Proc. 2004 IEEE Internat. Ultrason. Symp., Montreal, Canada (Aug. 2003)
S.Cochran, D.Zhang, N.Porch, T.W.Button, B.Su, C.Meggs, A.Abrar and K.J.Kirk, Net Shape Ceramic Processing As A Route To Ultrafine Scale 1-3 Connectivity Piezoelectric Ceramic-Polymer Composite Transducers , Proc. 2004 IEEE Internat. Ultrason. Symp., Montreal, Canada (Aug. 2003)
N. Schmarje and K. J. Kirk, Phased Array Tests at Elevated Temperatures, Proc. 2004 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Torquay, UK (Sep. 2004)
P.Marin-Franch, F.Dubois, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran, Piezocrystal - Polymer Composites: New Materials for Transducers for Ultrasonic NDT, Proc. 2004 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Torquay, UK (Sep. 2004)
S Cochran and K J Kirk, Modelling of piezocomposites for NDT arrays, Proc. 2004 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Torquay, UK (Sep. 2004)
2003
Z.Wu, A.Abrar, G.McRobbie, S.Gallagher and S.Cochran, Implementation of multilayer ultrasonic transducer structures with optimised non-uniform layer thicknesses, Proc. 2003 IEEE Internat. Ultrason. Symp., Hawaii, USA (Oct. 2003)
J.F.Saillant, S. Cochran, R. Berriet, K.J.Kirk and G.Fleury, Multilayer 1-3 piezocomposites - theoretical and experimental study of pillar misalignment, Proc. 2003 IEEE Internat. Ultrason. Symp., Hawaii, USA (Oct. 2003)
N.Schmarje, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran, Lithium niobate composites for high temperature NDT, Proc. 2003 Brit. Conf. NDT, Worcester, UK (Sep. 2003) 207 - 212
S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk, Medical ultrasound transducers relevant to NDT?, Proc. 2003 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Worcester, UK (Sep. 2003) 215-220
S.Ricciardi, E.Asemota, A.Skea and S.Cochran, A practical system to explore linear FM signals in ultrasonic NDT, Proc. 2003 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Worcester, UK (Sep. 2003) 175-180
G McRobbie, Z Ling, Z Wu, S Cochran, and F Clark, Designing and characterising micro-scale sensors using ANSYS, Proc. ANSYS Users Seminar 2003, Edinburgh, UK (Apr. 2003)
G McRobbie, Z Ling, Z Wu, S Cochran, and F Clark, ANSYS and MicroScale Sensors, Proc. ANYSY 2003 Electronics Seminar, Grove, Oxfordshire, UK (Mar. 2003)
2002
A.Abrar and S.Cochran, Mathematical optimisation of multilayer piezoelectric devices with nonuniform layer thicknesses by simulated annealing, Proc. 2002 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium (2002) 1175 - 1178
C.K.Lee, F.Placido, S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk, Growth of sputtered AlN thin film on glass in room temperature, Proc. 2002 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium (2002) 1090 - 1093
S.Cochran, J.Earnshaw, B.Bargain and K.J.Kirk, Extending the synthetic aperture focusing algorithm to deal with flat and curved features in NDT, Proc. 2002 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium (2002) 811 - 814
S.Cochran, J.Earnshaw, B.Bargain and K.J.Kirk, An enhanced imaging algorithm for flat and curved features using synthetic aperture focusing data, NDT 2002 Conf. Proc. (2002) 181 - 186
S.Cochran, D.Hutchins, T.H.Gan, J.Berriman and M.P.Walsh, Ultrasound measurements in concrete with piezocomposite transducers and real-time wideband correlation for signal enhancement, NDT 2002 Conf. Proc. (2002) 313 - 318
K.J.Kirk, C.K.Lee, S.Cochran, A.McNab, G.Shepherd, Condition monitoring with ultrasonic arrays at elevated temperatures, NDT 2002 Conf. Proc. (2002) 5 - 10
G McRobbie, Z Ling and F Clark, Investigation of the deformations of MEMS in response to thermal loads, Proc. ANSYS 2002 UK Users Conf., Royal Leamington Spa, UK (Oct. 2002) 81-91,
G McRobbie and F Clark , Application of finite element analysis to Increase the efficiency of catalytic pellistor beads, Proc. ANSYS 2002 UK Users Conf., Royal Leamington Spa, UK (Oct. 2002) 133 -142
G McRobbie, F Clark and C Tandy, Optimization of the planar pellistor using finite element analysis, Design, Test, Integration, and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS 2002, Cannes, France, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4755 (May 2002) 240 - 247
A.Cochran and K.J.Kirk, Comparison of ferroelectric, piezoelectric
and relaxor materials via simulation of ultrasonic transducers
I.M.Reaney and D.C.Sinclair (eds.) Ferroelectrics 2001 UK (2002) ISBN 1 902653 70
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Conference Presentations
2007
J-F Saillant, S.Cochran, D. MacLennan, T.W. Button, H. Hughes, M. Ponting, J. Sweet, “Ultra precision grinding demonstrated in the fabrication of high frequency piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers”, Ultrasonic Industry Association symposium, National Physics Laboratory, Teddington, UK, March 2007
S.Triger, J-F Saillant, J. Wallace, D. Cumming, S. Cochran, “MOSAIC – A scalable reconfigurable 2D array system for NDT”, Review of Progress in QNDE, Golden, Colorado, USA, August 2007.
E.Uzgur, S.Kim, J.M.D. Strachan, K.J.Kirk, Miniaturized actuators with integrated piezoelectric transducer for deformable mirrors, Ferroelectrics UK 2007, Dundee, Scotland, 20-21 August 2007
S.Kim, E.Uzgur, J.F.Saillant, K.J.Kirk, J.M.D. Strachan, Extension sensing of multilayer PZT actuator using an ultrasonic pulse-echo technique, Ferroelectrics UK 2007, Dundee, Scotland, 20-21 August 2007
D.Cornez, L.Campbell, J.Elgohen, K.J.Kirk, Mechanical characterisation and simulation of membrane-based pressure sensor, Ferroelectrics UK 2007, Dundee, Scotland, 20-21 August 2007
J.P.Hood, K.J.Kirk, J.Elgoyhen, D.Hutson, Thin film piezoelectric transducer frequency control, Ferroelectrics UK 2007, Dundee, Scotland, 20-21 August 2007
C.Wallace, P.Reynolds, K.J.Kirk, S.Cochran, Finite element homogenisation of piezoelectric composites, Piezoelectricity for End Users III, 7-9 February 2007, Liberec, Czech Republic
I.Pettigrew, R.Smith, K.J.Kirk, Frequency analysis of high-frequency pulse-echo ultrasonic data for manufacturing defects in Titanium metal matrix composites, Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference 2007, Fréjus, France, 17-19 January 2007
J.P.Hood, K.J.Kirk, J.Elgoyen, D.Huston, Modelling the operating frequency of piezoelectric thin film transducers, Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference 2007, Fréjus, France, 17-19 January 2007
D.Cornez, S.Lapp, K.J.Kirk, S.Cochran, Characterization of aluminium nitride thin film composite resonators, Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference 2007, Fréjus, France, 17-19 January 2007
G.Scheerschmidt, K.J.Kirk G.McRobbie, Wave modes in magnetostrictive surface acoustic wave devices, Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference 2007, Fréjus, France, 17-19 January 2007
G.Scheerschmidt, K.J.Kirk, G.McRobbie, Investigation of magnetostrictive micro devices, 10th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, 7-11 January 2007, Baltimore, MD, US
2006
J-F Saillant, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, A.Abrar, S.Ballandras, R.Berriet, G.Fleury, P.Marin-Franch, Z.Wu, “Frequency shifting of harmonics in multilayer piezoelectric structures”, Piezo modelling network workshop, Manchester, UK, October 2006.
J.-F.Saillant, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, A.Abrar, S.Ballandras, R.Berriet, G.Fleury, P.Marin-Franch, Z.Wu, Frequency shifting of harmonics in piezoelectric multilayer underwater sonar transducers, US ONR Workshop on Transducers and Transduction Materials, State College, PA, USA (2006)
I.G.Pettigrew, D.I.A.Lines, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran, “Investigating signal processing techniques using ultrasonic arrays” 2006 Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference, Le Havre, France (2006)
S.Cochran, P.Marin-Franch, M.Parker, H.Mulvana, K.J.Kirk, Ultrasonic transducers for high power applications, Ultrasound in the Processing of Industrial Soft Solids, Leeds, UK (2006)
S.Cochran, D.Choi, K.J.Kirk, Extending the application range of ultrasound, Ultrasound in the Processing of Industrial Soft Solids, Leeds, UK (2006)
S.Cochran, P.Marin-Franch, M.Parker, H.Mulvana and K.J.Kirk, “Ultrasonic transducers for high power applications”, Ultrasound in the Processing of Industrial Soft Solids, Leeds, UK (2006)
G.Scheerschmidt, K.J.Kirk, G.McRobbie, Analysis of resonant frequencies in magnetostrictive micro devices, Current Research in Magnetism (CRIM 2006), 18 December 2006, Imperial College London
G.Scheerschmidt, K.J.Kirk, S.Cochran, G.McRobbie, Characterisation and simulation of ultrasonic magnetostrictive devices, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (CMMP 2006), 20-21 April 2006, University of Exeter, UK
D.Cornez, S.Lapp, K.J.Kirk, S.Cochran, “Characterisation of Aluminium Nitride Thin Film Resonant Devices” POLECER International Conference: Piezoceramics for End Users II, Lillehammer, Norway (2006)
D.Cornez, S.Lapp, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran, “Characterisation of aluminium nitride thin film resonators” Ferroelectrics UK 2006, Birmingham, UK (2006)
D.Cornez, S.Lapp, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran, “Characterisation of aluminium nitride thin film composite resonators”, Ferroelectrics UK 2006, Birmingham, UK (2006)
G.McRobbie, Z.Wu and S.Cochran, “Finite element analysis of bondlines for high power multilayer ultrasonic transducers” Piezo Device Modelling Workshop, Birmingham, UK (2006)
D.MacLennan, S.Cochran, M.Ponting and J.Sweet, “Ultra precision grinding in high frequency piezocomposite ultrasonic transducer manufacture” Ferroelectrics UK 2006, Birmingham, UK (2006)
D.MacLennan, D.Zhang, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk and T.W.Button, “Piezofibre-polymer composite materials for ultrasonic transducers”, Ferroelectrics UK 2006, Birmingham, UK (2006)
D.MacLennan, D.Zhang, S.Cochran, T.W.Button and K.J.Kirk, “Piezofibre-Polymer Composite Material for High Frequency Ultrasound” POLECER International Conference: Piezoceramics for End Users II, Lillehammer, Norway (2006)
M.F.Parker, P.Marin-Franch, S.Cochran and M.P.Walsh, “Practical effects of temperature on PMN-PT for commercial underwater sonar transducers”, Ferroelectrics UK 2006, Birmingham, UK (2006)
M.F.Parker, S.Cochran, P.Marin-Franch, M.P.Walsh, R.Wright, R.Marsh, H.Braithwaite, R.Sharphouse and M.Cardew “Temperature Effects in Single Crystal Materials for Sonar Transducers” US ONR Workshop on Transducers and Transduction Materials, State College, PA, USA (2006)
M.F.Parker, S.Cochran, M.P.Walsh, P.Marin-Franch, R.Wright and R.Marsh “The advantages of single crystal material for underwater imaging systems”, Oceanology 2006, London, UK (2006)
D.Zhang, L.J.Nelson, A.Dent, D.MacLennan, C.Meggs, G.Dolman, B.Su, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, C.R.Bowen and T.W.Button, “Fine scale lead zirconate titanate (PZT) fibres and composite structures” Ferroelectrics UK 2006, Birmingham, UK (2006)
D.Rodriguez-Sanmartin, K.McDonald, C.Meggs, S.Cochran and T.W.Button, “Fabrication and characterisation of high frequency ultrasound transducers” Ferroelectrics UK 2006, Birmingham, UK (2006)
P.Marin-Franch, G.McRobbie, M.P.Walsh and S.Cochran, “Assessment of ultrasonic transducer design tools for commercial device implementation” Piezo Device Modelling Workshop, Birmingham, UK (2006)
R.A.Webster, D.Zhang, K.McDonald, S.Cochran and T.W.Button, “20 MHz ultrasonic transducers with fine scale 1-3 piezocomposite structures” Ferroelectrics UK 2006, Birmingham, UK (2006)
J.McPhillips, T.B.Adams, J.M.Gregg, R.M.Bowman, D.Cornez, K.J.Kirk, S.Cochran, AlN composite resonator modelling using direct impedance measurements, Piezo Device Modelling Workshop, Birmingham, UK (2006)
2005
S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, D.MacLennan, T.W.Button, C.Meggs, D.Rodriguez-Sanmartin, R.Webster, K.McDonald, Development of high frequency ultrasonic transducers, 2005 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Harrogate, UK (2005)
B.W.Drinkwater, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, NDT in higher education, 2005 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Harrogate, UK (2005)
S.Cochran, T.W.Button, K.J.Kirk, K.McDonald, D. Rodriguez-Sanmartin, R.Webster, D.Zhang, Net-shape piezoceramic manufacturing for high frequency ultrasonic transducers, UK IPEM Annual Scientific Meeting, Glasgow, UK (2005)
Nanomagnetism and Spintronics, Optical detection of surface excitation on ultrasonic magnetostrictive devices, Corsica, France, May 24-June 3, 2005
I.Pettigrew, K.J.Kirk, S.Cochran, Fabrication and characterisation of Variable Angle Ultrasonic Probe made with piezocomposite, Anglo-French Phys. Acoust. Conf. 2005, Le Havre, France (2005)
Z. Wu, S. Cochran, E. M. Knox, G. McRobbie, S. Gallagher, K. J. Kirk, Bondline testing for multilayer ultrasonic transducers under high power operation, Anglo-French Phys. Acoust. Conf. 2005, Le Havre, France (2005)
K.J.Kirk, P.Marin-Franch, N.Schmarje, S.Cochran, Development of piezocrystal composites for ultrasonics applications, Anglo-French Phys. Acoust. Conf. 2005, Le Havre, France (2005)
G.A.Corner, L.Allan, M.Blair, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, C.Paterson, S.Rajagopal, A.J.Watson, The production and use of economical tissue mimicking ultrasound phantoms, UK IPEM Conf. on Phys. and Technol. of Med. Ultrasound, York, UK (2005)
P.Marin-Franch, M.Parker and S.Cochran, “Ultrawideband complex single crystal based transducers for ultrasonic applications” Ferroelectrics UK 2005, Paisley, UK (2005)
M.F.Parker, P.Marin-Franch, S.Cochran, D.Choi and M.P.Walsh “Assessment, design and fabrication of piezocrystal based composites” Ferroelectrics UK 2005, Paisley, UK (2005)
A.Abrar, C.K.Lee, D.Cornez, S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk “Resonant spectrum analysis of aluminium nitride thin film composite resonators” Ferroelectrics UK 2005, Paisley, UK (2005)
S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk “Modelling of piezocomposites for ultrasonic arrays” Ferroelectrics UK 2005, Paisley, UK (2005)
G.McRobbie, Z.Wu, S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk “Characterisation and modelling of the resonance modes of a square membrane” Ferroelectrics UK 2005, Paisley, UK (2005)
T.W.Button, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, K.McDonald, C.Meggs, D.O’Donnell, D.Rodriguez-Sanmartin and B.Su, R.Webster and D.Zhang “Using ceramic manufacturing to aid realisation of high frequency ultrasonic transducers” Ferroelectrics UK 2005, Paisley, UK (2005)
J.McPhillips, N.J.Donnelly, J.M.Gregg, R.M.Bowman, G.McRobbie and K.J.Kirk “Characterisation of materials and assessment of processes for resonant electromechanical device fabrication” Ferroelectrics UK 2005, Paisley, UK (2005)
K.Streibel, D.O’Donnell, N.Schmarje, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran “Monolithic ultrasonic arrays made with different piezoceramic, crystal and piezocomposite materials” Ferroelectrics UK 2005, Paisley, UK (2005)
S.Cochran, T.W.Button, K.J.Kirk, K.McDonald, D. Rodriguez-Sanmartin, R.Webster and D.Zhang “Net-shape piezoceramic manufacturing for high frequency ultrasonic transducers” UK IPEM Annual Scientific Meeting, Glasgow, UK (2005)
S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, D.MacLennan, T.W.Button, C.Meggs, D.Rodriguez-Sanmartin, R.Webster and K.McDonald “Development of high frequency ultrasonic transducers” 2005 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Harrogate, UK (2005)
B.W.Drinkwater, S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk “NDT in higher education” 2005 Brit. Conf. on NDT, Harrogate, UK (2005)
2004
N.Schmarje, K. J. Kirk and S. Cochran,Lithium niobate cement composites for high temperature applications, 16th World Conference on NDT, Montreal, Canada (Sep. 2004)
E.Asemota, S.Gallagher and S.Cochran,Improving Signal-To-Noise Ratio Of Ultrasonic Data For Automatic Data Interpretation, 16th World Conference on NDT, Montreal, Canada (Sep. 2004)
S.Cochran, P.Marin-Franch, D.Choi and M.P.Walsh,1-3 single crystal-polymer composite transducers for wideband ultrasonic NDT, 16th World Conference on NDT, Montreal, Canada (Sep. 2004)
K. J. Kirk, S. Cwikla, S. Cochran,Mechanical excitations in magnetostrictive SAW-type devices, European Mag Sens and Act, Cardiff, (Jul. 2004)
P.Marin-Franch, S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk,Study of 1-3 Single Crystal Composites for Piezoelectric Applications, Ferroelectrics UK 2004, Cranfield, England (Jun. 2004)
J.McPhillips, N.J.Donnelly, J.M.Gregg, R.M.Bowman , G.McRobbie, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran,Assessment of materials and processes for resonant electromechanical devices, Ferroelectrics UK 2004, Cranfield, England (Jun. 2004)
D. Choi, M. Walsh, P. Marin-Franch, S. Cochran, D. Wright, R. Marsh
and H. Braithwaite,Commercial Sonar Single Crystal Composite Transducers
US Navy Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices, State College,
PA, USA (May 2004)
P. Marin-Franch, S. Cochran, D. Choi, K.J. Kirk and M.P. Walsh,Performance Advantages of 1-3 Single Crystal Composites Over Conventional Piezocomposites, US Navy Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices, State College, PA, USA (May 2004)
N.Schmarje, K.Kirk and S.Cochran,Lithium niobate ? epoxy composites for imaging applications, Presented at POLECER 2004, Courmayeur (Feb. 2004)
P.Marin-Franch, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, M.P.Walsh and D.Choi,Realisation and assessment of 1-3 PMN-PT epoxy composites for ultrasonic applications, Presented at POLECER 2004, Courmayeur (Feb. 2004)
D.Zhang, A.Abrar, T.W.Button, K.J.Kirk, B.Su and S.Cochran,A route to high frequency 1-3 connectivity piezoelectric ceramic-polymer composite transducers, Presented at POLECER 2004, Courmayeur (Feb. 2004)
Z.Wu, A.Abrar and S.Cochran,Optimisation And Implementation of Ultrasonic Transducer Structures with Multiple Layers Varying in Thickness, Presented at Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference, Kent, UK (Jan. 2004)
S.Cochran, N.Schmarje, K.J.Kirk and A.Abrar,Lithium niobate as the active material in modern ultrasonic transducers and systems, Presented at Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference, Kent, UK (Jan. 2004)
2003
G McRobbie, Z Ling, Z Wu, S Cochran, and F Clark, Analysis of the Silicon Nitride Membrane in Response to Thermal and Mechanical Loads, Presented at the UK-MEMS seminar (Nov. 2003)
P.Marin-Franch, S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk, Progress towards ultrasound applications of new single-crystal materials, Annual Conf. of Brit. Assoc. Crystal Growth, Oxford, UK (Sep. 2003)
P.Marin-Franch, A.Abrar and S.Cochran, Unusual resonant transducer performance from multilayer piezoelectric structures, The Eric Cross Symposium, Leeds, UK (Sep. 2003)
O.Byron, D.Choi, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, M.Lynch, A.Skea and M.P.Walsh, An 80 kHz piezocomposite transducer for enhanced antibiotic killing of bacteria, Ultrasonics International 2003, Granada, Spain (Jul. 2003)
T.McMullen, E.Skuras, K.Kirk, J.H.Davies, A.R.Long, The 2DEG as a non-invasive tool for determining the switching behaviour of cobalt needle arrays, EP2DS-15, 15th Int. Conf. on Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems, Nara, Japan (Jul. 2003)
C.K.Lee, S.Cochran, A.Abrar, F.Placido and K.J.Kirk, Performance
of aluminum nitride films in the 15 - 35 MHz frequency range for ultrasonic applications
US Navy Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices, State College,
PA, USA (May 2003)
D.Choi, M.Walsh, J.Gill and S.Cochran, A broadband 1-3 composite acoustic emission transducer, US Navy Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices, State College, PA, USA (May 2003)
G McRobbie, Z.Ling and F Clark, Design and Characterisation of a Low Power Micromachined Spatial Light Modulator, DTIP 2003, Cannes (France), IEEE Catalogue Number 03EX713 (May 2003) 187-191
C.K.Lee, K.J.Kirk, F.Placido, S.Cochran, Piezoelectric properties of AlN thin films grown on glass, CMMP 2003, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Queen's University Belfast, UK (Apr. 2003)
C.K.Lee, F.Placido, S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk, Influence on AlN growth of different sputtering conditions, Ferroelectrics UK 2003, Belfast, N.Ireland (Apr. 2003)
C.K.Lee, A.Abrar, S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk, Characterization and modelling of AlN BAW resonators, Ferroelectrics UK 2003, Belfast, N.Ireland (Apr. 2003)
D.Zhang, B.Su, T.W.Button, A.Abrar and S.Cochran, Fine scale lead zirconate titanate 1-3 composites for high frequency transducer application, Ferroelectrics UK 2003, Belfast, N.Ireland (Apr. 2003)
N.Schmarje, K.J.Kirk and S.Cochran, Manufacture and characterization of lithium niobate composites, Ferroelectrics UK 2003, Belfast, N.Ireland (Apr. 2003)
2002
K.J.Kirk, S.McVitie, A.R.Long, E.Skuras, Magnetisation of Co elements sensed by semiconductor transport magnetometry and TEM, MMM'02, 47th Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conf., FL, USA (Nov. 2002)
A.Abrar, C.Nam and S.Cochran, Fundamental behaviour and optimisation of multilayer piezoelectric structures with non-uniform layer thicknesses, Ferroelectrics UK 2002, Leeds, UK (Apr. 2002)
C.K.Lee, F.Placido, S.Cochran and K.J.Kirk, Perfect (002) orientated AlN thin films on glass substrates, Ferroelectrics UK 2002, Leeds, UK (Apr. 2002)
G McRobbie, F Clark and C Tandy, The performance of a flammable gas sensing bead with respect to the material properties of the support arms, Proc. 10th International ANSYS Users Conf., PA, USA (Apr. 2002)
C.K.Lee, F.Placido, S.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, Highly (002) orientated AlN thin films on glass substrate, Ferroelectrics UK 2002, Leeds, UK (Mar. 2002)
2001
G.Shepherd, A.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, A.McNab, 1-3 connectivity composite material made from lithium niobate and cement for ultrasonic condition monitoring at elevated temperatures, Ultrasonics International 2001, Delft, The Netherlands (Jul. 2001)
A.Cochran, K.J.Kirk, Comparison of ferroelectric, piezoelectric and relaxor materials via simulation of ultrasonic transducers, Ferroelectrics UK 2001, Sheffield, UK (Apr. 2001)
Book Chapters
2001
K.J.Kirk, S.McVitie, J.N.Chapman, Lorentz imaging of sub-micron patterned elements, Magnetic Storage Systems Beyond 2000, G.C.Hadjipanayis (ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers (2001) 145 - 152