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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
81
Citations
32592
World Ranking
188
National Ranking
90

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
81
Citations
29042
World Ranking
487
National Ranking
223

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies “For the development and widespread commercialization of MEMS resonators for timing applications.”

Overview

Thomas W. Kenny is a researcher affiliated with Stanford University in the United States specializing in Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics center around Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Photonic and Optical Devices, Quantum Information and Cryptography, and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies.

Recent publications authored by Thomas W. Kenny include:

  • Low-Power Dual Mode MEMS Resonators With PPB Stability Over Temperature, 2020, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Quantification of Energy Dissipation Mechanisms in Toroidal Ring Gyroscope, 2021, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Generation and Evolution of Phononic Frequency Combs via Coherent Energy Transfer between Mechanical Modes, 2023, Physical Review Applied
  • Numerical Modelling of Non-Linearities in MEMS Resonators, 2020, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Spectral narrowing of parametrically pumped thermomechanical noise, 2020, Applied Physics Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas W. Kenny include:

  • Gabrielle D. Vukasin
  • Hyun-Keun Kwon
  • James M. L. Miller
  • Nicholas E. Bousse
  • Dongsuk D. Shin

Their research has been frequently published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Physical Review Research
  • 2022 IEEE 35th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference (MEMS)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Thomas W. Kenny received the IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies in 2019 for work related to the development and commercialization of MEMS resonators for timing applications.

Best Publications

  • Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair

    Kellar Autumn;Yiching A. Liang;S. Tonia Hsieh;Wolfgang Zesch

  • Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae

    Kellar Autumn;Metin Sitti;Yiching A. Liang;Anne M. Peattie

  • What is the Young's Modulus of Silicon?

    M.A. Hopcroft;W.D. Nix;T.W. Kenny

  • CORRIGENDUM: Quantum Limit of Quality Factor in Silicon Micro and Nano Mechanical Resonators

    Shirin Ghaffari;Saurabh A. Chandorkar;Shasha Wang;Eldwin J. Ng

  • Quality factors in micron- and submicron-thick cantilevers

    K.Y. Yasumura;T.D. Stowe;E.M. Chow;T. Pfafman

  • Attonewton force detection using ultrathin silicon cantilevers

    T. D. Stowe;K. Yasumura;T. W. Kenny;D. Botkin

  • Electroosmotic Capillary Flow with Nonuniform Zeta Potential

    Herr Ae;Molho Ji;Santiago Jg;Mungal Mg

  • Measurements and modeling of two-phase flow in microchannels with nearly constant heat flux boundary conditions

    Lian Zhang;Jae-Mo Koo;Linan Jiang;M. Asheghi

  • Ultrahigh-density atomic force microscopy data storage with erase capability

    G. Binnig;M. Despont;U. Drechsler;W. Häberle

  • Noncontact friction and force fluctuations between closely spaced bodies.

    B C Stipe;H J Mamin;T D Stowe;T W Kenny

  • Closed-loop electroosmotic microchannel cooling system for VLSI circuits

    Linan Jiang;J. Mikkelsen;Jae-Mo Koo;D. Huber

  • Temperature Dependence of Quality Factor in MEMS Resonators

    Bongsang Kim;M.A. Hopcroft;R.N. Candler;C.M. Jha

  • 1/f noise considerations for the design and process optimization of piezoresistive cantilevers

    J.A. Harkey;T.W. Kenny

  • Two-tiered wireless sensor network architecture for structural health monitoring

    Venkata Anil Kottapalli;Anne S. Kiremidjian;Jerome Peter Lynch;Ed Carryer

  • On-chip coupling of isoelectric focusing and free solution electrophoresis for multidimensional separations.

    Amy E. Herr;Joshua I. Molho;Katerina A. Drouvalakis;James C. Mikkelsen

  • Design of large deflection electrostatic actuators

    J.D. Grade;H. Jerman;T.W. Kenny

  • Engineering MEMS Resonators With Low Thermoelastic Damping

    A. Duwel;R.N. Candler;T.W. Kenny;M. Varghese

  • A high-performance planar piezoresistive accelerometer

    A. Partridge;J.K. Reynolds;B.W. Chui;E.M. Chow

  • Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same

    Robert J. Full;Ronald S. Fearing;Thomas W. Kenny;Kellar Autumn

  • Optimization of turn geometries for microchip electrophoresis

    Joshua I. Molho;Amy E. Herr;Bruce P. Mosier;and Juan G. Santiago

  • A high-precision, wide-bandwidth micromachined tunneling accelerometer

    Cheng-Hsien Liu;T.W. Kenny

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth E. Goodson
Kenneth E. Goodson Stanford University
Matthew A. Hopcroft
Matthew A. Hopcroft University of California, Berkeley
Rob N. Candler
Rob N. Candler University of California, Los Angeles
Juan G. Santiago
Juan G. Santiago Stanford University
Roger T. Howe
Roger T. Howe Stanford University
David A. Horsley
David A. Horsley University of California, Davis
Boris Murmann
Boris Murmann University of Hawaii at Manoa
Byoung Yoon Kim
Byoung Yoon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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