David Horsley
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Deputy Director, Institute for NanoSystems Innovation
Contact
- d.horsley@northeastern.edu
- 5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA, 94613
Research Focus
Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS), design and manufacturing of microfabricated sensors and actuators, mechatronics and control systems.
Education
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1998
Honors & Awards
- Northeastern University Global Network Accelerator Award, 2024
- Fellow, IEEE
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2009
Research Overview
Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS), design and manufacturing of microfabricated sensors and actuators, mechatronics and control systems.
Research Centers and Institutes
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Z. Liu, S. Yoshida, D.A. Horsley, and S. Tanaka, “Fabrication and Characterization of Row-Column Addressed pMUT Array with Monocrystalline PZT Thin Film Toward Creating Ultrasonic Imager,” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, p.113666. June, 2022.
- G. -L. Luo, Y. Kusano, and D. A. Horsley, “Airborne Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers for Long-Range Detection,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 81–89, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.1109/JMEMS.2020.3037298.
- Y. Kusano, I. Ishii, T. Kamiya, A. Teshigahara, G. Luo, and D. A. Horsley, “High-SPL Air-coupled Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers based on 36% ScAlN Thin-film,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, June, 2019.
- P. Taheri-Tehrani, M. Defoort, and D. A. Horsley, “Observation of the Effect of Fractional Synchronization on Amplitude and Frequency Stability in Micromechanical Oscillators,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, pp. 1-8, May, 2019.
- P. Taheri-Tehrani, A. D. Challoner, and D. A. Horsley, “Micromechanical Rate Integrating Gyroscope With Angle-Dependent Bias Compensation Using a Self-Precession Method,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, pp. 3533-3543, 2018.
Apr 16, 2024
Horsley and Rinaldi Receive Global Network Accelerator Award
ECE Professors David Horsley and Matteo Rinaldi received the 2024 Northeastern University Global Network Accelerator Award, which recognizes the contributions of faculty who continue to push the advancement of experiential learning and discovery beyond the boundaries of place.
Jul 06, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: David Horsley
David Horsley joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in July 2023 as a Professor in Oakland, CA.