Dr Michael Ruppert

Research Associate

School of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Email:michael.ruppert@newcastle.edu.au
Phone:(02) 4921 7345

Career Summary

Biography

Michael Ruppert received the Dipl.-Ing. Degree in automation technology in production, with a specialization in systems theory and automatic control, from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 2013. In 2017, he received the Ph.D. degree with Excellence Award in electrical engineering from The University of Newcastle, Australia where he is now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing. As a Visiting Researcher, he was with the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Texas at Dallas, USA.

Dr Ruppert's research topics are situated within the area of Micro Precision Mechatronics and as such bridge the gap between classical electrical / control engineering and emerging applications in the field of microelectromechanical
systems, high performance microscopy and nanotechnology. His recent work has focused on the development of estimation, control and self-sensing approaches for microelectromechanical (MEMS) systems such as piezoelectric microcantilevers and nanopositioning systems for multifrequency and single-chip atomic force microscopy.

Dr Ruppert received the Academic Merit Scholarship from the University of Stuttgart, the Baden-Württemberg Scholarship, and held Postgraduate Research Scholarships with the University of Newcastle and with the CSIRO, Clayton, VIC, Australia. Dr Ruppert's research has been recognized with Best Conference Paper Finalist Awards at the 2018 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS) and a the 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM). In 2018, the article Multimode Q Control in Tapping-Mode AFM: Enabling Imaging on Higher Flexural Eigenmodes published in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology received the 2018 IEEE TCST Outstanding Paper Award.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
Master of Science, University of Stuttgart - Germany

Keywords

Atomic Force Microscopy
Control Systems
Mechatronics
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
Nanotechnology
Piezoelectric Transducer
Signal Processing
Smart Structures

Languages

German (Mother)
English (Fluent)
French (Working)

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
091304	Dynamics, Vibration and Vibration Control	40
091306	Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)	40
090699	Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified	20

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title	Organisation / Department
Research Associate Design, fabrication and instrumentation of piezoelectric microcantilevers for multifrequency atomic force microscopy and high-resolution mass-sensing. High-bandwidth, low-noise demodulation techniques for multifrequency atomic force microscopy.	University of Newcastle School of Electrical Engineering and Computing Australia

Academic appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
1/08/2015 - 1/08/2016	Visiting Researcher Fabrication of piezoelectric microcantilevers and nanotips in the clean room. Research and development of a MEMS-based on-chip atomic force microscope. Analysis of process stability of a scanning tunneling microscope enabled nanolithography in collaboration with industry.Planning and setup of the Laboratory for Dynamics and Control of Nanosystems (LDCN).	University of Texas Dallas Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science United States

Awards

Distinction

Year	Award
2018	Higher Degree by Research Excellence Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)

Honours

Year	Award
2019	Interview in IEEE Control Systems IEEE Control Systems

Prize

Year	Award
2016	FEBE Postgraduate Research Prize Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)
2014	FEBE Postgraduate Research Prize Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)

Research Award

Year	Award
2019	Best Conference Paper Award International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS)
2018	Best Conference Paper Finalist Award International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS)
2018	IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award IEEE Control Systems Society
2013	Best Student Conference Paper Finalist Award IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Scholarship

Year	Award
2014	OCE PhD CSIRO Scholarship CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2013	UNIPRS and UNRSC 50-50 Scholarship The University of Newcastle
2012	Baden-Württemberg Scholarship Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
2008	Academic Merit Scholarship University of Stuttgart

Invitations

Committee Member

Year	Title / Rationale
2019	MARSS Program Committee
2018	IEEE Control Systems Society Conference Editorial Board Associate Editor for ACC2019

Organiser

Year	Title / Rationale
2019	Invited Session at IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Helsinki, Finland Design and Control of Micro and Nano Precision Mechatronic Systems I & II Lead Organizer of Invited Session and Chair
2018	Invited Session at IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Auckland, New Zealand Design and Control of Micro and Nano Precision Mechatronic Systems Lead Organizer of Invited Session and Chair
2017	Invited Session at IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Munich, Germany Design and Control of Micro and Nano Precision Mechatronic Systems Lead Organizer of Invited Session and Chair

Speaker

Year	Title / Rationale
2018	Invited Seminar at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Integrated Sensing, Estimation and Control in Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy
2018	Invited Seminar at TNO, Delft, The Netherlands Integrated Sensing, Estimation and Control in Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy
2017	Invited Seminar of the IEEE WA joint EDS/SSCS/IPS Chapter at UWA, Perth, Australia Self-Sensing, Estimation and Control in Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy
2016	Invited Lecture at UTD, Dallas, USA Kalman Filtering Applied to Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy

Grant Reviews

Year	Grant	Amount
2018	ARC Discovery Project DP19 Aust Competitive - Commonwealth - 1CS, Aust Competitive - Commonwealth - 1CS Detailed Assessor	$450,000

Prestigious works / other achievements

Year Commenced	Year Finished	Prestigious work / other achievement	Role
2017	2017	New Paradigm in Microscopy: Atomic Force Microscope on a Chip IEEE Spectrum Magazine	Author

Teaching

Code	Course	Role	Duration
TM1 & TM2	Engineering Mechanics I and II University of Stuttgart	Tutor	1/01/2008 - 31/12/2008
ELEC4400	Automatic Control The University of Newcastle This course treats the basic principles of the automatic control of industrial processes and machines. The emphasis of the subject is on continuous time control, although some introductory material on sequential logic control (or programmable logic control) is included.	Tutor	1/03/2014 - 30/06/2014
ELEC4410	Advanced Control System Design The University of Newcastle ELEC4410 examines advanced analysis and design issues in linear feedback control systems. The course provides an in-depth introduction to the fundamental concepts of linear system theory using both transfer function and state equation system descriptions. Emphasis is placed on the design of feedback controllers and state estimators for pole-placement, robust regulation, tracking and disturbance rejection, in the context of real world industrial process applications.	Tutor	30/07/2013 - 31/12/2013
ELEC4400	Automatic Control The University of Newcastle This course treats the basic principles of the automatic control of industrial processes and machines. The emphasis of the subject is on continuous time control, although some introductory material on sequential logic control (or programmable logic control) is included.	Tutor	1/03/2013 - 30/06/2013

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Publications

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2016

Ruppert MG, Moheimani SOR, 'Multimode Q Control in Tapping-Mode AFM: Enabling Imaging on Higher Flexural Eigenmodes', IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, 24 1149-1159 (2016) [C1]

DOI	10.1109/TCST.2015.2478077
Citations	Scopus - 16Web of Science - 15
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2017

Ruppert MG, Fowler AG, Maroufi M, Moheimani SOR, 'On-Chip Dynamic Mode Atomic Force Microscopy: A Silicon-on-Insulator MEMS Approach', JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, 26 215-225 (2017) [C1]

DOI	10.1109/JMEMS.2016.2628890
Citations	Scopus - 12Web of Science - 13
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2017

Ruppert MG, Harcombe DM, Ragazzon MRP, Moheimani SOR, Fleming AJ, 'A review of demodulation techniques for amplitude-modulation atomic force microscopy', BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY, 8 1407-1426 (2017) [C1]

DOI	10.3762/bjnano.8.142
Citations	Scopus - 9Web of Science - 9
Co-authors	Andrew Fleming, Reza Moheimani

2017

Ruppert MG, Yong YK, 'Note: Guaranteed collocated multimode control of an atomic force microscope cantilever using on-chip piezoelectric actuation and sensing', Review of Scientific Instruments, 88 (2017) [C1]

© 2017 Author(s). The quality (Q) factor is an important parameter of the resonance of the microcantilever as it determines both imaging bandwidth and force sensitivity. The ability to control the Q factor of multiple modes is believed to be of great benefit for atomic force microscopy techniques involving multiple eigenmodes. In this paper, we propose a novel cantilever design employing multiple piezoelectric transducers which are used for separated actuation and sensing, leading to guaranteed collocation of the first eight eigenmodes up to 3 MHz. The design minimizes the feedthrough usually observed with these systems by incorporating a guard trace on the cantilever chip. As a result, a multimode Q controller is demonstrated to be able to modify the quality factor of the first two eigenmodes over up to four orders of magnitude without sacrificing robust stability.

DOI	10.1063/1.4990451
Citations	Scopus - 6Web of Science - 4
Co-authors	Yuenkuan Yong

Journal article (17 outputs)

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2019

Ruppert MG, Moheimani SOR, '2018 IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award', IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, 27 463-463 (2019)

DOI	10.1109/TCST.2018.2889911
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2019

Wang K, Ruppert MG, Manzie C, Nesic D, Yong YK, 'Adaptive Scan for Atomic Force Microscopy Based on Online Optimization: Theory and Experiment', IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, (2019)

IEEE A major challenge in atomic force microscopy is to reduce the scan duration while retaining the image quality. Conventionally, the scan rate is restricted to a sufficiently s... [more]

IEEE A major challenge in atomic force microscopy is to reduce the scan duration while retaining the image quality. Conventionally, the scan rate is restricted to a sufficiently small value in order to ensure a desirable image quality as well as a safe tip-sample contact force. This usually results in a conservative scan rate for samples that have a large variation in aspect ratio and/or for scan patterns that have a varying linear velocity. In this paper, an adaptive scan scheme is proposed to alleviate this problem. A scan line-based performance metric balancing both imaging speed and accuracy is proposed, and the scan rate is adapted such that the metric is optimized online in the presence of aspect ratio and/or linear velocity variations. The online optimization is achieved using an extremum-seeking approach, and a semiglobal practical asymptotic stability result is shown for the overall system. Finally, the proposed scheme is demonstrated via both simulation and experiment.

DOI	10.1109/TCST.2019.2895798
Co-authors	Yuenkuan Yong

2019

Ruppert MG, Moore S, Zawierta M, Fleming AJ, Putrino G, Yong YK, 'Multimodal atomic force microscopy with optimized higher eigenmode sensitivity using on-chip piezoelectric actuation and sensing', NANOTECHNOLOGY, 30 (2019) [C1]

DOI	10.1088/1361-6528/aae40b
Citations	Scopus - 5Web of Science - 3
Co-authors	Yuenkuan Yong, Andrew Fleming

2019

Moore SI, Ruppert MG, Yong YK, 'An optimization framework for the design of piezoelectric AFM cantilevers', Precision Engineering, 60 130-142 (2019) [C1]

DOI	10.1016/j.precisioneng.2019.08.005
Co-authors	Yuenkuan Yong

2019

Moore S, Ruppert M, Harcombe D, Fleming A, Yong Y, 'Design and Analysis of Low-Distortion Demodulators for Modulated Sensors', IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 24 1861-1870 (2019) [C1]

DOI	10.1109/TMECH.2019.2928592
Co-authors	Yuenkuan Yong, Andrew Fleming

2018

Harcombe DM, Ruppert MG, Ragazzon MRP, Fleming AJ, 'Lyapunov estimation for high-speed demodulation in multifrequency atomic force microscopy', BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY, 9 490-498 (2018) [C1]

DOI	10.3762/bjnano.9.47
Citations	Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2
Co-authors	Andrew Fleming

2018

Ragazzon MRP, Ruppert MG, Harcombe DM, Fleming AJ, Gravdahl JT, 'Lyapunov Estimator for High-Speed Demodulation in Dynamic Mode Atomic Force Microscopy', IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, 26 765-772 (2018) [C1]

DOI	10.1109/TCST.2017.2692721
Citations	Scopus - 6Web of Science - 9
Co-authors	Andrew Fleming

2017

Moore SI, Ruppert MG, Yong YK, 'Multimodal cantilevers with novel piezoelectric layer topology for sensitivity enhancement', BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY, 8 358-371 (2017) [C1]

DOI	10.3762/bjnano.8.38
Citations	Scopus - 7Web of Science - 6
Co-authors	Yuenkuan Yong

2017

DOI	10.1109/JMEMS.2016.2628890
Citations	Scopus - 12Web of Science - 13
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2017

DOI	10.3762/bjnano.8.142
Citations	Scopus - 9Web of Science - 9
Co-authors	Andrew Fleming, Reza Moheimani

2017

DOI	10.1063/1.4990451
Citations	Scopus - 6Web of Science - 4
Co-authors	Yuenkuan Yong

2016

Ruppert MG, Moheimani SOR, 'Multimode Q Control in Tapping-Mode AFM: Enabling Imaging on Higher Flexural Eigenmodes', IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, 24 1149-1159 (2016) [C1]

DOI	10.1109/TCST.2015.2478077
Citations	Scopus - 16Web of Science - 15
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2016

Ruppert MG, Karvinen KS, Wiggins SL, Moheimani SOR, 'A Kalman Filter for Amplitude Estimation in High-Speed Dynamic Mode Atomic Force Microscopy', IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 24 276-284 (2016) [C1]

© 2015 IEEE. A fundamental challenge in dynamic mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) is the estimation of the cantilever oscillation amplitude from the deflection signal, which might be distorted by noise and/or high-frequency components. When the cantilever is excited at resonance, its deflection is typically obtained via narrow-band demodulation using a lock-in amplifier (LIA). However, the bandwidth of this measurement technique is ultimately bounded by the low-pass filter, which must be employed after demodulation to attenuate the component at twice the carrier frequency. Furthermore, to measure the amplitude of multiple frequency components, such as higher eigenmodes and/or higher harmonics in multifrequency AFM, multiple LIAs must be employed. In this paper, the authors propose the estimation of amplitude and phase using a linear time-varying Kalman filter that is easily extended to multiple frequencies. Experimental results are obtained using square-modulated sine waves and closed-loop AFM scans, verifying the performance of the proposed Kalman filter.

DOI	10.1109/TCST.2015.2435654
Citations	Scopus - 15Web of Science - 12
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2016

Ruppert MG, Moheimani SOR, 'High-bandwidth multimode self-sensing in bimodal atomic force microscopy', Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 7 284-295 (2016) [C1]

© 2016 Ruppert and Moheimani; licensee Beilstein-Institut. License and terms: see end of document. Using standard microelectromechanical system (MEMS) processes to coat a microcantilever with a piezoelectric layer results in a versatile transducer with inherent self-sensing capabilities. For applications in multifrequency atomic force microscopy (MF-AFM), we illustrate that a single piezoelectric layer can be simultaneously used for multimode excitation and detection of the cantilever deflection. This is achieved by a charge sensor with a bandwidth of 10 MHz and dual feedthrough cancellation to recover the resonant modes that are heavily buried in feedthrough originating from the piezoelectric capacitance. The setup enables the omission of the commonly used piezoelectric stack actuator and optical beam deflection sensor, alleviating limitations due to distorted frequency responses and instrumentation cost, respectively. The proposed method benefits from a more than two orders of magnitude increase in deflection to strain sensitivity on the fifth eigenmode leading to a remarkable signal-to-noise ratio. Experimental results using bimodal AFM imaging on a two component polymer sample validate that the self-sensing scheme can therefore be used to provide both the feedback signal, for topography imaging on the fundamental mode, and phase imaging on the higher eigenmode.

DOI	10.3762/bjnano.7.26
Citations	Scopus - 18Web of Science - 17
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2016

Ruppert MG, Harcombe DM, Moheimani SOR, 'High-Bandwidth Demodulation in MF-AFM: A Kalman Filtering Approach', IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS, 21 2705-2715 (2016) [C1]

DOI	10.1109/TMECH.2016.2574640
Citations	Scopus - 10Web of Science - 9
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2014

Karvinen KS, Ruppert MG, Mahata K, Moheimani SOR, 'Direct tip-sample force estimation for high-speed dynamic mode atomic force microscopy', IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 13 1257-1265 (2014) [C1]

© 2002-2012 IEEE. We present new insights into the modeling of the microcantilever in dynamic mode atomic force microscopy and outline a novel high-bandwidth tip-sample force estimation technique for the development of high-bandwidth z -axis control. Fundamental to the proposed technique is the assumption that in tapping mode atomic force microscopy, the tip-sample force takes the form of an impulse train. Formulating the estimation problem as a Kalman filter, the tip-sample force is estimated directly; thus, potentially enabling high-bandwidth z-axis control by eliminating the dependence of the control technique on microcantilever dynamics and the amplitude demodulation technique. Application of this technique requires accurate knowledge of the models of the microcantilever; a novel identification method is proposed. Experimental data are used in an offline analysis for verification.

DOI	10.1109/TNANO.2014.2360878
Citations	Scopus - 10Web of Science - 10
Co-authors	Kaushik Mahata, Reza Moheimani

2013

Ruppert MG, Moheimani SOR, 'A novel self-sensing technique for tapping-mode atomic force microscopy', Review of Scientific Instruments, 84 (2013) [C1]

DOI	10.1063/1.4841855
Citations	Scopus - 25Web of Science - 22
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

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Conference (15 outputs)

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2019

Harcombe DM, Ruppert MG, Fleming AJ, 'Modeling and noise analysis of a microcantilever-based mass sensor', Proceedings of MARSS 2019: 4th International Conference on Manipulation, Automation, and Robotics at Small Scales (2019)

© 2019 IEEE. Nanomechanical devices have the potential for practical applications as mass sensors. In microcantilever-based sensing, resonance frequency shifts are tracked by a phase-locked loop (PLL) in-order to monitor mass adsorption. A major challenge in minimizing the mass detection limit comes from the noise present in the system due to thermal, sensor and oscillator noise. There is numerical difficulty in simulating PLLs, as both low frequency phase estimates and high frequency mixing products need to be captured resulting in a stiff problem. By using linear system-theoretic modeling an in-depth analysis of the system is able to be conducted overcoming this issue. This provides insight into individual noise source propagation, dominant noise sources and possible ways to reduce their effects. The developed model is verified in simulation against the non-linear PLL, with each achieving low picogram sensitivity for a 100 Hz loop bandwidth and realistically modeled noise sources.

DOI	10.1109/MARSS.2019.8860982
Co-authors	Andrew Fleming

2019

Ruppert MG, Routley BS, Fleming AJ, Yong YK, Fantner GE, 'Model-based Q factor control for photothermally excited microcantilevers', Proceedings of MARSS 2019: 4th International Conference on Manipulation, Automation, and Robotics at Small Scales (2019)

© 2019 IEEE. Photothermal excitation of the cantilever for dynamic atomic force microscopy (AFM) modes is an attractive actuation method as it provides clean cantilever actuation leading to well-defined frequency responses. Unlike conventional piezo-acoustic excitation of the cantilever, it allows for model-based quality (Q) factor control in order to increase the cantilever tracking bandwidth for tapping-mode AFM or to reduce resonant ringing for high-speed photothermal off-resonance tapping (PORT) in ambient conditions. In this work, we present system identification, controller design and experimental results on controlling the Q factor of a photothermally driven cantilever. The work is expected to lay the groundwork for future implementations for high-speed PORT imaging in ambient conditions.

DOI	10.1109/MARSS.2019.8860969
Co-authors	Andrew Fleming, Yuenkuan Yong

2018

Ruppert MG, Yong YK, 'Design of Hybrid Piezoelectric/Piezoresistive Cantilevers for Dynamic-mode Atomic Force Microscopy', Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Auckland, New Zealand (2018) [E1]

DOI	10.1109/AIM.2018.8452229
Co-authors	Yuenkuan Yong

2018

Moore SI, Ruppert MG, Yong YK, 'Arbitrary Placement of AFM Cantilever Higher Eigenmodes Using Structural Optimization', 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANIPULATION, AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS AT SMALL SCALES (MARSS), Nagoya, JAPAN (2018) [E1]

Citations	Scopus - 1
Co-authors	Yuenkuan Yong

2018

Ruppert MG, Harcombe D, Moore S, Fleming A, 'Direct Design of Closed-loop Demodulators for Amplitude Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy', 2018 Annual American Control Conference (ACC), Milwaukee, WI, USA (2018) [E1]

DOI	10.23919/ACC.2018.8430896
Co-authors	Andrew Fleming

2017

Ruppert MG, Harcombe DM, Ragazzon MRP, Moheimani SOR, Fleming AJ, 'Frequency domain analysis of robust demodulators for high-speed atomic force microscopy', Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference, Seattle, USA (2017) [E1]

DOI	10.23919/ACC.2017.7963175
Citations	Scopus - 2Web of Science - 1
Co-authors	Andrew Fleming, Reza Moheimani

2017

Harcombe DM, Ruppert MG, Ragazzon MRP, Fleming AJ, 'Higher-harmonic AFM Imaging with a High-Bandwidth Multifrequency Lyapunov Filter', IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM, Munich, Germany (2017) [E1]

DOI	10.1109/AIM.2017.8014103
Citations	Scopus - 4Web of Science - 4
Co-authors	Andrew Fleming

2017

Maroufi M, Ruppert MG, Fowler AG, Moheimani SOR, 'Design and control of a single-chip SOI-MEMS atomic force microscope', Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference, Seattle, USA (2017) [E1]

DOI	10.23919/ACC.2017.7963386
Citations	Scopus - 1
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2017

Ruppert MG, Maroufi M, Bazaei A, Moheimani SOR, 'Kalman Filter Enabled High-Speed Control of a MEMS Nanopositioner', IFAC PAPERSONLINE, Toulouse, FRANCE (2017) [E1]

DOI	10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1879
Citations	Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani, Ali Bazaei

2017

Moore SI, Ruppert MG, Yong YK, 'Design and Analysis of Piezoelectric Cantilevers with Enhanced Higher Eigenmodes for Atomic Force Microscopy', IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM, Munich, Germany (2017) [E1]

DOI	10.1109/AIM.2017.8014102
Co-authors	Yuenkuan Yong

2016

Moheimani SOR, Fowler A, Maroufi M, Ruppert M, 'On-chip Atomic Force Microscopy: Mechatronic System Design and Control', 2016 AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ACC), Boston, MA (2016)

Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2016

Ruppert MG, Harcombe DM, Reza Moheimani SO, 'State estimation for high-speed multifrequency atomic force microscopy', Proceedings of the 2016 American Control Conference, Boston, MA (2016) [E1]

DOI	10.1109/ACC.2016.7525311
Citations	Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2016

Ruppert MG, Moheimani SOR, 'MULTI-MODE Q CONTROL IN MULTIFREQUENCY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY', INTERNATIONAL DESIGN ENGINEERING TECHNICAL CONFERENCES AND COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION IN ENGINEERING CONFERENCE, 2015, VOL 4, Boston, MA (2016) [E1]

Citations	Scopus - 4
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2014

Ruppert MG, Moheimani SOR, 'Novel reciprocal self-sensing techniques for tapping-mode atomic force microscopy', IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline) (2014) [E1]

© IFAC. We evaluate two novel reciprocal self-sensing methods for tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (TM-AFM) utilizing charge measurement and charge actuation, respectively. A microcantilever, which can be batch fabricated through a standard microelectromechanical system (MEMS) process, is coated with a single piezoelectric layer and simultaneously used for actuation and deflection sensing. The setup enables the elimination of the optical beam deflection technique which is commonly used to measure the cantilever oscillation amplitude. The voltage to charge and charge to voltage transfer functions reveal a high amount of capacitive feedthrough which degrades the dynamic range of the sensors significantly. A feedforward control technique is employed to cancel the feedthrough and increase the dynamic range from less than 1dB to approximately 30 dB. Experiments show that the conditioned self-sensing schemes achieve an excellent signal-to-noise ratio and can therefore be used to provide the feedback signal for TM-AFM imaging.

Citations	Scopus - 7Web of Science - 3
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

2013

Ruppert MG, Fairbairn MW, Moheimani SOR, 'Multi-Mode Resonant Control of a Microcantilever for Atomic Force Microscopy', 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference On Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM): Mechatronics For Human Wellbeing, Wollongong, Australia (2013) [E1]

Citations	Scopus - 11Web of Science - 6
Co-authors	Reza Moheimani

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Thesis / Dissertation (1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2017	Ruppert MG, Self-sensing, estimation and control in multifrequency atomic force microscopy, The University of Newcastle (2017)

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Grants and Funding

Summary

Number of grants	9
Total funding	$555,889

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20194 grants / $448,783

A femtosecond laser micromachining facility for a wide range of materials$438,783

This project aims to establish a state-of-the-art femtosecond laser micromachining facility providing unparalleled advanced manufacturing capabilities for a wide range of materials to Australia’s research community. The facility’s unique capabilities, in particular rapid and precise machining, will create novel prototyping opportunities across the fields of micro/nanotechnology, material sciences and biomedical sciences. The instrument will also allow fast and precise prototyping of bulk materials. Anticipated outcomes include advanced materials manufacturing and prototype devices for unique applications in harsh environments. The proposed facility is expected to provide significant advances across a variety of research fields including but not limited to micro electromechanical systems, microfluidics, biomechanics, and it will also enhance multidisciplinary collaborations.

Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Funding body	ARC (Australian Research Council)
Project Team	Prof Nam-Trung Nguyen, A/Prof Dzung Dao, Dr Yong Zhu, Dr Muhammad J. A. Shiddiky, Dr Porun Liu, Prof Han Huang, Prof Ming-Xing Zhang, Prof Cheng Yan, Prof Yuantong Gu, Prof John Bell, Prof Andrew Fleming, A/Prof Yuen Yong, Dr Michael Ruppert
Scheme	Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Role	Investigator
Funding Start	2019
Funding Finish	2019
GNo
Type Of Funding	Aust Competitive - Commonwealth
Category	1CS
UON	N

Design and Implementation of Resonant Controllers for Multimode Atomic Force Microscopy$5,000

Funding body: Priority Research Center for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control (PRC CDSC)

Funding body	Priority Research Center for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control (PRC CDSC)
Project Team	Michael G. Ruppert, Yuen K. Yong, Timothy Lim Yong Lee
Scheme	2019 CDSC Undergraduate Research Project
Role	Lead
Funding Start	2019
Funding Finish	2019
GNo
Type Of Funding	Internal
Category	INTE
UON	N

Conference Travel Grant$2,500

Int. Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS) 2019

Funding body: Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)

Funding body	Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)
Project Team	Michael Ruppert
Scheme	Faculty Conference Travel Grant
Role	Lead
Funding Start	2019
Funding Finish	2019
GNo
Type Of Funding	Internal
Category	INTE
UON	N

Modelling and Feasibility Study of Alternative Materials and Tip Geometries for TERS Imaging$2,500

Funding body: Priority Research Center for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control (PRC CDSC)

Funding body	Priority Research Center for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control (PRC CDSC)
Project Team	L. McCourt, B. Routley, M. G. Ruppert, V. Keast, A. J. Fleming
Scheme	2019 HDR Travel Support
Role	Investigator
Funding Start	2019
Funding Finish	2019
GNo
Type Of Funding	Internal
Category	INTE
UON	N

20173 grants / $67,521

Automated XYZ scanner for Confocal Raman Spectroscopy$43,388

The equipment is an automated XYZ scanner to improve the imaging capabilities and productivity of a confocal Raman microscope. This upgrade will enable the 2D and 3D mapping of tissue, polymeric devices, cells, catalysts, and microelectronic devices.

Funding body: The University of Newcastle

Funding body	The University of Newcastle
Project Team	Andrew Fleming, John Holdsworth, Pradeep Tanwar, Michael Ruppert, Yuen Yong
Scheme	UON 2017 Researcher Equipment Grant
Role	Investigator
Funding Start	2017
Funding Finish	2017
GNo
Type Of Funding	Internal
Category	INTE
UON	N

Simultaneous Surface and Material Imaging with Tapping-mode Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy$22,133

This project represents a new research collaboration between engineering, medicine, and physics.The new imaging modality will be employed to map the chemical composition of cancer cells, with a view to differentiating cell types based on the internal concentration of metabolites.

Funding body: Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)

Funding body	Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)
Project Team	Michael Ruppert, Andrew Fleming, Yuen Yong, John Holdsworth, Pradeep Tanwar
Scheme	2017 FEBE Strategic Pilot Grant
Role	Lead
Funding Start	2017
Funding Finish	2017
GNo
Type Of Funding	Internal
Category	INTE
UON	N

Conference Travel Grant$2,000

IFAC World Congress

Funding body: Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)

Funding body	Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)
Project Team	Michael Ruppert
Scheme	Faculty Conference Travel Grant
Role	Lead
Funding Start	2017
Funding Finish	2017
GNo
Type Of Funding	Internal
Category	INTE
UON	N

20151 grants / $2,000

Conference Travel Grant$2,000

Funding body: Zurich Instruments AG

Funding body	Zurich Instruments AG
Project Team	Michael Ruppert
Scheme	Travel Grant
Role	Lead
Funding Start	2015
Funding Finish	2015
GNo
Type Of Funding	External
Category	EXTE
UON	N

20141 grants / $37,585

Cantilever mass sensing application in a microfluidic device$37,585

Funding body: CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Funding body	CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Project Team	Prof. Reza Moheimani, Mr. Michael Ruppert
Scheme	Postgraduate Scholarship
Role	Investigator
Funding Start	2014
Funding Finish	2016
GNo
Type Of Funding	Other Public Sector - Commonwealth
Category	2OPC
UON	N

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Research Supervision

Number of supervisions

Completed2

Current3

Current Supervision

Commenced	Level of Study	Research Title	Program	Supervisor Type
2018	PhD	Maskless Lithography Optimisation and Two Photon Near Field Lithography	PhD (Electrical Engineering), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor
2018	PhD	Design and Control of Multi-Modal Microcantilevers for Atomic Force Microscopy	PhD (Electrical Engineering), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor
2016	PhD	Demodulation and Sensing in Intermittent Contact Atomic Force Microscopy	PhD (Electrical Engineering), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor

Past Supervision

Year	Level of Study	Research Title	Program	Supervisor Type
2015	Honours	High-speed Estimation in Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy Final Year Project for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (Honours) at The University of Newcastle.	Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)	Principal Supervisor
2014	Honours	State Estimation using A Kalman Filter in Tapping-Mode Atomic Force Microscopy Final Year Project for the degree of Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Newcastle.	Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)	Co-Supervisor

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Research Projects

Emerging Control Challenges in Multifreqency Atomic Force Microscopy 2016 - 2019

Integrated actuation and sensing with piezoelectric transduction schemes enables the development of a multimode controllers which exhibits remarkable performance in arbitrarily modifying the quality factor of multiple eigenmodes and comes with inherent stability robustness. The goal of these controllers is to provide improved imaging stability, higher scan speeds and adjustable contrast when mapping nanomechanical properties of soft samples.

Publications

Ruppert MG, Moheimani SOR, 'Multimode Q Control in Tapping-Mode AFM: Enabling Imaging on Higher Flexural Eigenmodes', IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, 24 1149-1159 (2016) [C1]

Maroufi M, Ruppert MG, Fowler AG, Moheimani SOR, 'Design and control of a single-chip SOI-MEMS atomic force microscope', Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference, Seattle, USA (2017) [E1]

Novel Microcantilevers for Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy 2016 -

This work motivates a class of probes based on microelectromechanical system (MEMS) design with integrated actuators and sensors optimized for multifrequency operation. Specifically, integrated piezoelectric transduction schemes enable the miniaturization of the Atomic Force Microscope towards a cost-effective single-chip device with nanoscale precision in a much smaller form factor than that of conventional macroscale instruments.

Grants

Novel Microcantilevers for Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy

Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Funding body	ARC (Australian Research Council)
Project Team	Associate Professor Yuen Yong
Scheme	Discovery Projects

Publications

Moore SI, Ruppert MG, Yong YK, 'Multimodal cantilevers with novel piezoelectric layer topology for sensitivity enhancement', BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY, 8 358-371 (2017) [C1]

Students

Program	Research Title
PhD Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment	Demodulation and Sensing in Intermittent Contact Atomic Force Microscopy
PhD Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment	Design and Control of Multi-Modal Microcantilevers for Atomic Force Microscopy

Collaborators

Name	Organisation
Mr Steven Ian Moore	University of Newcastle
Doctor Michael Gunter Ruppert	University of Newcastle
Associate Professor Yuen Yong	University of Newcastle

Demodulation Techniques for High-Speed and Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy 2015 - 2019

The demodulator is a crucial bandwidth-limiting component in the z-axis feedback loop of an atomic force microscope. Specifically for
modern multi-frequency techniques, where higher harmonic and/or higher eigenmode contributions are present in the oscillation signal, the fidelity of the estimates obtained from some traditional demodulation techniques is not guaranteed. This project proposes novel demodulation schemes with high measurement bandwidth, multi-frequency capability and low measurement noise which are rigorously compared against traditional techniques.

Publications

Ruppert MG, Harcombe DM, Moheimani SOR, 'High-Bandwidth Demodulation in MF-AFM: A Kalman Filtering Approach', IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS, 21 2705-2715 (2016) [C1]

Ruppert MG, Harcombe DM, Reza Moheimani SO, 'State estimation for high-speed multifrequency atomic force microscopy', Proceedings of the 2016 American Control Conference, Boston, MA (2016) [E1]

Ruppert MG, Maroufi M, Bazaei A, Moheimani SOR, 'Kalman Filter Enabled High-Speed Control of a MEMS Nanopositioner', IFAC PAPERSONLINE, Toulouse, FRANCE (2017) [E1]

Students

Program	Research Title
PhD Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment	Demodulation and Sensing in Intermittent Contact Atomic Force Microscopy

Collaborators

Name	Organisation
Michael Remo Palmén Ragazzon	Norwegian University of Science And Technology

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Research Collaborations

The map is a representation of a researchers co-authorship with collaborators across the globe. The map displays the number of publications against a country, where there is at least one co-author based in that country. Data is sourced from the University of Newcastle research publication management system (NURO) and may not fully represent the authors complete body of work.

	Country	Count of Publications
	Australia	31
	United States	11
	Norway	5
	Switzerland	2

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