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Journal Articles

Gopinath, A.V. and D.D. Russell, “An inexpensive field-portable programmable potentiostat,” The Chemical Educator, 2006, 11, 1-6.

Kanu, Abu B., H.H. Hill, Jr., M.M. Gribb and R.N. Walters, “A small ion mobility spectrometer sensor for detecting environmental soil-gas contaminants,” Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9:51-60, DOI:10.1039/B61049.

Loo, S.M., J. Cole and M.M. Gribb, "Hardware/Software Codesign in a Compact Ion Mobility Spectrometer Sensor System for Subsurface Contaminant Detection,” EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems (submitted, Aug. 2007).

Imonigie, J. A., R. N. Walters and M. M. Gribb (2006), "Rapid isothermal gas chromatography mass spectrometry method for validating a miniature ion mobility sensor", Instrumentation Science and Technology, 34, 34, 677-695.
 

Conference Papers

2007

Kuang, W., C. Sparks and L. Bollschweiler, “Development of metallic periodic structures for surface plasmon polariton sensor", Proceedings of the Environmental Sensing Symposium, Boise State University and Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 25-26, 2007.

Owen, M and Loo, S.M., “Design of a Portable System for Environmental Monitoring", Proceedings of the Environmental Sensing Symposium, Boise State University and Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 25-26, 2007.

Russell, D., et al, "Field Portable Electrochemical Sensors for Water-Borne Contaminants", Proceedings of the Environmental Sensing Symposium, Boise State University and Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 25-26, 2007.

2006

 Hill, Herbert, K. Kaplan and P. Dwivedi, “Non-invasive methods for monitoring environmental exposure through metabolomics,” Central and Eastern European Conference on Health and the Environment, October, 2006

Moeller, K., J. Besecker, G. Hampikian, A. Moll, D. Plumlee, J. Youngsman, and J. M. Hampikian, “A prototype continuous flow polymerase chain reaction LTCC device,” Proceedings of the THERMEC ‘2006 Conference, Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, July 4-6 2006, Vancouver, Canada.

Loo, S.M., J. Cole, R.Youngberg, J. Baker, M.M. Gribb, “Field-programmable gate array in a miniature ion mobility spectrometer sensor system,” Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Embedded Systems & Applications, June 26-29, 2006, Las Vegas, NV.

Jaques, B., H. Weston, D.G. Plumlee and A. J. Moll, “Advanced fabrication techniques for an ion mobility spectrometer for low-temperature co-fired ceramics,” Proceedings of the IMAPS/ACerS 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Ceramic Interconnect and Ceramic Microsystems Technologies, International Microelectronics and Packaging Society and the American Ceramics Society, April 25-27, 2006, Denver, CO.

Moeller, K., J. Besecker, G. Hampikian, J. M. Hampikian, A. Moll, D. Plumlee, and J. Youngsman, “Prototype continuous flow polymerase chain reaction LTCC device: Design, fabrication and biocompatibility issues.” Proceedings of the IMAPS/ACerS 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Ceramic Interconnect and Ceramic Microsystems Technologies, International Microelectronics and Packaging Society and the American Ceramics Society, April 25 - 27, 2006, Denver, CO.

Plum, T.J., Saxena, V., Jessing, J.R., (2006) “Design of a MEMS Capacitive Chemical Sensor based on Polymer Swelling,” Proceedings of the IEEE/EDS Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, IEEE Electron Devices Society, April 14, 2006, Boise ID.

Saxena, V., Plum, T.J., Jessing, J.R., and Baker, R. J., (2006) “Design and Fabrication of a MEMS Capacitive Chemical Sensor System,” Proceedings of the IEEE/EDS Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, IEEE Electron Devices Society, April 14, 2006, Boise ID

Saxena, V., and Baker, R. J., (2006) “Indirect Feedback Compensation of CMOS Op-Amps,” Proceedings of the EEE/EDS Workshop on Microelectronics and Electro Devices, IEEE Electron Devices Society, April 14, 2006, Boise ID.

Sevier, D., M. M. Gribb, R. N. Walters, J. Imonigie, K. Ryan, H. Hill, F. Hong, J. Baker, S. M. Loo, “An in-situ ion mobility spectrometer sensor system for detecting gaseous VOCs in the vadose zone,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, G. A. Miller, C. E. Zapata, S. L. Houston, and D.G. Fredlund, Eds., ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 147(1), April 2-6, 2006, Carefree, AZ, 225-234 (refereed).

2004

Plumlee, D., J. Steciak, A.  Moll: Development of a Micro-Nozzle and Ion Mobility Spectrometer in LTCC.  Proceedings of the IEEE/EDS Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices, Boise, ID, April 14, 2004.

Plumlee, D., J. Steciak, A. Moll: Development of a Monopropellant Micro-Nozzle and Ion Mobility Spectrometer in LTCC.  Proceedings of the Ceramic Interconnect Technology   Workshop, IMAPS, Denver, CO, April 26-28, 2004.

Plumlee, D., J. Steciak, A.  Moll: Development of An Ion Mobility Spectrometer In Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Tape, Proceedings of the Thirtieth International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, Chicago, IL, July 2004.

2003

Plumlee, D.G., M. Tam, P. Dwivedi, H.H. Hill Jr, J. Hartman and A.J. Moll, “Ion mobility spectrometer fabricated in low temperature co-fired ceramics,” Proceedings of the 36th International Symposium on Microelectronics, International Microelectronics And Packaging Society (IMAPS), 240-245, Nov. 16-20, 2003, Boston, MA.

J.A. Hartman, J. Baker, M. Gribb, H.H. Hill, J. Jessing, A. Moll, W. Prouty, D. Russell, “A Miniaturized Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS) Sensor for Wireless Operation”, FAME (Frontiers in Assessment Methods for the Environment) Symposium, Sponsored by NSF, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 10-13, 2003

Plumlee, D.G, Tam, M, Dwivedi, P, Hill, H. H, Hartman, J. A, and Moll, A. J, "Ion Mobility Spectrometer Fabricated in LTCC", IMAPS Ceramic Interconnect Technology Conference, Denver, CO, April 7-9, 2003.

Krishna, T.V., J. Jessing, D.D. Russell, J. Scaggs, L. Warner, J. Hartman, “Modeling and design of polythiophene gate electrode chemFET for environmental pollutant sensing", IEEE 803-7972-1/03, 2003.

Hartman, J., W. Prouty, A. Moll, H. Hill, and M. Gribb:  Control and Signal Processing for an IMS Sensor, International Society of Ion Mobility Spectrometry (ISIMS), 2003.
 

Presentations

Carter, Ray, “In Situ Detection and Analysis of Soil Gas Samples through Ion Mobility Spectroscopy”, presented at the Triad Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, June 10-12, 2008

Ryan, Kevin, “Novel Subsurface Ion Mobility Spectrometer Sensor System”, presented at the Environmental Sensing Symposium, Boise State University and Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 25-26, 2007.

Aulbach, Jeremy, “Subsurface Ion Mobility Spectrometer for In-Situ of VOC's”, presented at the Environmental Sensing Symposium, Boise State University and Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 25-26, 2007.

Kellis, Doug, “Micro-analytical Devices Fabricated in Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics” , presented at the Environmental Sensing Symposium, Boise State University and Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 25-26, 2007.

Dwivedi, Prabha, “Characterization of Soil Gases by Ion Mobility Orthogonal Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (IMS/TOF-MS)”, , presented at the Environmental Sensing Symposium, Boise State University and Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 25-26, 2007.

Sparks, Corey, “Development of Metallic Periodic Structures for Surface Plasmon Polariton Sensor”, presented at the Environmental Sensing Symposium, Boise State University and Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 25-26, 2007.

Moeller, Korey, Fabricating an LTCC thermal cycler for PCR/DNA amplification, presented to an audience at the Boise State College of Engineering, September 29, 2006.

Walters, R., M. M. Gribb, K. Ryan, A. Kanu and H. Hill, A Compact Ion Mobility Spectrometer Sensor for Subsurface Detection of Organic Vapors", presented at the International Society for Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 24, 2006.

Abu B. Kanu, H. H. Hill Jr., M. Gribb, R.Walters, J. Imonigie, and K. Ryan, "Determining Optimal Resolving Power for Atmospheric Pressure Ion Mobility Spectrometry," presented at the International Society for Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 28, 2006.

Plumlee, D., J. Steciak, A. Moll: Development of a Monopropellant Micro-Nozzle and Ion Mobility Spectrometer in LTCC.  Proceedings of the Ceramic Interconnect Technology   Workshop, IMAPS, Denver, CO, April 26-28, 2004. 

Gribb, M.M. and H.H. Hill, "Boise State University Ion Mobility Spectrometer Project," Federal  Remediation Technologies Round Table Meeting, Arlington, VA, Dec. 7, 2005 (invited talk).

Gribb, M.M., H. Hill. J. Baker, S.M. Loo, A. Moll, et al: Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS) Sensor Project, presented at the Environmental & Subsurface Science Symposium, Inland Research Alliance, Sept. 19-21, 2005, Big Sky, Montana.

Donald Plumlee: Groundwater Pollution Sensor Development in LTCC, presented at Idaho  Technology Forum, June, 2005.

R. Walters, M. Gribb and J. Imonigie: Rapid Measurement of Gaseous VOC Mixtures with a New Mass Spectrometry Technique, presented at INRA Environmental and Subsurface Science Symposium, 2004

D.G. Plumlee, M. Tam, P. Dwivedi, H.H. Hill Jr, J. Hartman and A. J. Moll:  Ion Mobility Spectrometer Fabricated in Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics, presented to the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society (IMAPS), 2003
 

Masters Theses

Bharath S. Kumar defended his master thesis titled “Electrospray Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Detection and Separation of Explosives and Anions in Liquid Samples” on April 4, 2007.

Kevin Ryan: A Gas Sampling Module for a Subsurface Ion Mobility Spectrometer, M. Sc. Thesis in Civil Engineering, Dec. 2006. PowerPoint presentation.

Surendranath Eruvuru: Sensing Circuit for Ion Mobility Spectrometer, M. Sc. Thesis in Electrical Engineering, July 2005. PowerPoint summary of thesis.

Ashwini Vittal Gopinath: Micro-controller based Potentiostat, M.Sc. Thesis in Electrical
Engineering, November 2004. 

Donald Gene Plumlee: Fabrication of a Miniature Ion Mobility Spectrometer in Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramics, M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, June 2003