Kip Coonley

Journal article Engineering Research Express · June 1, 2020 This paper details a patterned electrostatic rotary capacitive plate design with high energy densities and provides a novel strategy for up-converting low frequency mechanical excitation sources. The rotating plates allow for output waveform signal conditi ... Full text Cite

Topological optimization of variable area plate capacitors for coupled electromechanical energy harvesters

Journal article Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures · September 1, 2019 This article examines how topological optimization can be applied to identify nonintuitive capacitor plate patterning that maximizes average power dissipated through an electrical circuit during energy harvesting. Coupled electromechanical equations of mot ... Full text Open Access Cite

Enhancing the undergraduate design experience with Surface Mount soldering and Printed Circuit Board techniques

Journal article ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings · August 30, 2010 In 2006, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University rolled out extensive revisions to the undergraduate curriculum. One of the overarching goals of the curriculum reform was to provide students with practical experiences solvi ... Cite

Integrated sensing and information processing theme-based redesign of the undergraduate electrical and computer engineering curriculum at Duke University

Journal article Advances in Engineering Education · 2010 The field of electrical and computer engineering has evolved significantly in the past two decades. This evolution has broadened the field of ECE, and subfields have seen deep penetration into very specialized areas. Remarkable devices and systems arising ... Cite

Design of a flexible RF data link and associated laboratory curriculum in a first analog electronics and devices course

Journal article ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings · September 1, 2009 A flexible low cost digital RF/IR communication link is described with an accompanying curriculum. The construction of the data link is intended to provide a jumping off point for students to explore electronics in a design-oriented, project-based first el ... Cite

Fundamentals of ECE: A rigorous, integrated introduction to electrical and computer engineering

Journal article IEEE Transactions on Education · 2007 The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at Duke University, Durham, NC, is undergoing extensive curriculum revisions that incorporate novel content, organization, and teaching methods. The cornerstone of the new curriculum is a theme-based ... Full text Cite

Enhanced thermoelectric performance in PbTe-based superlattice structures from reduction of lattice thermal conductivity

Journal article Applied Physics Letters · July 11, 2005 We have fabricated two-dimensional n -type PbTePb Te0.75 Se0.25 structures using an evaporation process. In optimized films exhibiting a high-quality superlattice structure, a significant reduction in lattice thermal conductivity has been experimentally me ... Full text Cite