Journal publications:

  1. M. T. A. Saif, Z. C. Leseman*, and S. Coyer, "A functionalized bioMEMS sensor for force response study at local adhesion sites of single living cells on a substrate," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 31:8, 950-961, 2003.
  2. Z. C. Leseman and T. J. Mackin, “Determination of the mechanical properties of freestanding nano-thickness gold membranes using a novel MEMS based load cell,” Sensors & Actuators A, vol. 134, pp. 264-270, 2007. (Invited)
  3. Z. C. Leseman, S. Carlson, T. J. Mackin, "Experimental measurements of the strain energy release rate for stiction failed microcantilevers using a single cantilever beam peel test," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 38-43, 2007.
  4. A. A. Savkar, K. D. Murphy, Z. C. Leseman, T. J. Mackin, and M. R. Begley, "On the use of structural vibrations to release stiction failed MEMS," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, , vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 163-173, 2007.
  5. Z. C. Leseman, S. Koppaka, T. J. Mackin, "A fracture mechanics description of stress wave repair in sticti on-failed microcantilevers: Theory and experiments," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, to appear.
  6. N. Tayebi, Z. C. Leseman, L. Rotkina, and J. W. Lyding, "Lattice aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes grown on a silicon membrane," Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 13, pp. 894-895, 2007.
  7. K. Abbas, Z. C. Leseman, and T. J. Mackin, "A novel method for the calibration of MEMS load cells," International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, accepted January 2008.
  8. G. Horn, Z. C. Leseman, D. Reineger, T. J. Mackin, “Trapped mesas and particle in wafer bonded Si part II: Experimental determination of residual stress and debond size,” to be submitted.

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

  1. Z. C. Leseman* and T. Saif, "Capillary forces at the interface of a MEMS actuator," in Proc. ASME Micro-Electro- Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 1999, pp. 365-370.
  2. Z. C. Leseman*, P. LeDuc and M. T. A. Saif, "Adhesion study of a single living bovine endothelial cell using a MEMS sensor," in Proc. ASME Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2000, H01187.
  3. T. Saif, Z. C. Leseman*, S. Coyer, "Force response of single living cells due to localized deformation," in Proc. ASME Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2002, pp. 591-593.
  4. Z. C. Leseman, Z. Sheikh, T. J. Mackin, M. Begley, "Mechanical testing of freestanding nano-films using a novel finite diameter tip MEMS-based testing machine," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), v 7 MEMS, 2005, p 473-477.
  5. Z. C. Leseman, S. Koppaka, T. J. Mackin, "A fracture mechanics model for the repair of microcantilevers by laser induced stress waves," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), v 7 MEMS, 2005, p 353-358.
  6. S. Mariserla, Z. C. Leseman, T. J. Mackin, "A novel glucose sensor based on deflection of a thin membrane," inProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), v 7 MEMS, 2005, p 479-480.
  7. Z. C. Leseman, H.K. Jeong, T. J. Mackin, R. Masel and M. R. Begley "Measurements of the mec hanical properties of freestanding nanoscale membranes," in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2006, to appear.
  8. Z. C. Leseman, S. P. Carlson, X. Xue, and T. J. Mackin, "A standard approach for measuring adhesion energies in stiction-failed microdevices," in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)2006, to appear.
  9. B. R. Flachsbart, S. Prakash, J. Yeom, Y. Wu, G. Z. Moszgai, Z. C. Leseman, K. Wong, C. Connell, E. J. Correa, M. R. Hansen, and M. A. Shannon "Theory, Fabrication, and Characterization of MEMS Devices: An Interdisciplinary Course for Mechanical Engineers," in Proceedings ASME Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 2006, to appear.
  10. Z. C. Leseman, H.K. Jeong, T. J. Mackin, R. Masel and M. R. Begley "Experimental Measurements of the Mechanical Properties of Freestanding Nano-Films," in Proceedings ICBN, to appear.
  11. Z. C. Leseman, T. Khraishi, S. P. Carlson, X. Xue, and T. J. Mackin, "Measurements of the Adhesion Energies in Stiction-Failed MEMS," in Proceedings of the ICBN, to appear.

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Z. C. Leseman* and M. T. A. Saif "An optical microscopy system for experiments on the microscale," in Proc. of the 1999 Student Paper Competition of the SEM Annual Conference on Theoretical, Experimental and Computational Mechanics, 1999, pp. 19-21.
  2. Z. C. Leseman*, P. LeDuc and T. Saif, "In-situ adhesion studies of a single living bovine endothelial cell using MEMS sensor," in Proc. of the 1st Annual Int. IEEE-EMBS Special Topics Conf. on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, Oct. 12-14, 2000, Palais des Congress, Lyon, France, pp 76-79.
  3. Z. C. Leseman* and Thomas J. Mackin, "In-situ deposition measurement of thin film thickness using a novel 2-D Optical Method," in Proc. of the 2004 SEM X Int. Cong. and Expo. on Experimental and Applied Mech., 2004, pp. 265-270.
  4. Z. C. Leseman, Z. Sheikh, T. J. Mackin, M. Begley, "Mechanical testing of freestanding nano-films using a novel finite diameter tip MEMS-based testing machine," in 2005 Proceedings of the 4th ASME Conference on Integrated Nanosystems: Design, Synthesis, and Applications, Proceedings of the 4th ASME Integrated Nanosystems Conference: Design, Synthesis, and Applications, 2005, p 9-10.
  5. S. Mariserla, Z. Leseman, T. J. Mackin, "Real-Time glucose sensing using a MEMS-based bi-material deflecting membrane," in Proceedings of Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference, NanoBio06, v 2006, Proceedings of Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference, NanoBio06, 2006, 2p.


*Note: Zayd Chad Leseman legally changed his name from Chad Randall Sager.
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