William D. Cowan

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Publications

Citations

733

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Active since

1988

Affiliations

U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology(Current)

United States Air Force Research Laboratory

Sandia National Laboratories California

Sandia National Laboratories

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

William D. Cowan is an author at U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology specializing in engineering, microelectromechanical systems, and mechanical engineering.

Publications per year

1988–2013

Publications

Effect of surface chemistry on the tribological performance of a MEMS electrostatic lateral output motor

Steven T. Patton, William D. Cowan, Kalathil C. Eapen et al. · Tribology Letters · 2001 · 106 citations

Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering +16

A Soft-Landing Waveform for Actuation of a Single-Pole Single-Throw Ohmic RF MEMS Switch

David A. Czaplewski, Christopher W. Dyck, Hartono Sumali et al. · Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems · 2006 · 93 citations

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +17

Lifetime limitations of ohmic, contacting RF MEMS switches with Au, Pt and Ir contact materials due to accumulation of ‘friction polymer’ on the contacts

David A. Czaplewski, Christopher Nordquist, Christopher W. Dyck et al. · Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering · 2012 · 82 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Large-Stroke MEMS Deformable Mirrors for Adaptive Optics

Daryl Dagel, William D. Cowan, Olga B. Spahn et al. · Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems · 2006 · 70 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Actuators +16

RF MEMS Switches With $\hbox{RuO}_{2}$ –$\hbox{Au}$ Contacts Cycled to 10 Billion Cycles

David A. Czaplewski, Christopher Nordquist, Gary A. Patrizi et al. · Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems · 2013 · 51 citations

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science +17

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