David Bishop

About

David Bishop, PhD, is a professor at Boston University College of Engineering with primary appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. He is the head of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering and the director of the CELL-MET Engineering Research Center. His educational background includes a PhD from Cornell University obtained in 1978. His areas of interest encompass cardiac tissue engineering, SAXS studies of cardiac tissues, MEMS and NEMS, Casimir effect, superconductivity and superfluidity, feedforward control theory algorithms, nanomanufacturing, and nanotechnology. Dr. Bishop has received numerous honors and awards, including fellowships with the National Academy of Inventors, the American Physical Society, and the US National Academy of Engineering. He is also a recipient of the George E. Pake Prize, the Nano50 Innovator Award, and fellowships and awards from Bell Labs. In addition to his research, Dr. Bishop holds leadership roles as the head of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering and as director of the CELL-MET Engineering Research Center. His departmental affiliations include Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, along with involvement in the Photonics Center and other departmental and affiliated faculties.

Research topics

• Physics
• Computer Science
• Epistemology
• Philosophy
• Theoretical physics
• Acoustics
• Quantum electrodynamics
• Classical mechanics
• Optics
• Materials science

Selected publications

• Science and technology of the Casimir effect

  Physics Today · 2021 · 34 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Caused by simple fluctuations in space, the Casimir effect may validate theories of the cosmological constant and allow for measurements of ultrasmall magnetic fields.

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• 100 pT/cm single-point MEMS magnetic gradiometer from a commercial accelerometer

  Microsystems & Nanoengineering · 2020 · 26 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  , and thus, these devices hold promise for both magnetocardiography (MCG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) applications.

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• Zeptometer Metrology Using the Casimir Effect

  Journal of Low Temperature Physics · 2022-01-05 · 13 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Abstract In this paper, we discuss using the Casimir force in conjunction with a MEMS parametric amplifier to construct a quantum displacement amplifier. Such a mechanical amplifier converts DC displacements into much larger AC oscillations via the quantum gain of the system which, in some cases, can be a factor of a million or more. This would allow one to build chip scale metrology systems with zeptometer positional resolution. This approach leverages quantum fluctuations to build a device wit…

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• A system for probing Casimir energy corrections to the condensation energy

  Microsystems & Nanoengineering · 2020-12-28 · 13 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding

  Abstract In this article, we present a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) designed to detect changes in the Casimir energy. The Casimir effect is a result of the appearance of quantum fluctuations in an electromagnetic vacuum. Previous experiments have used nano- or microscale parallel plate capacitors to detect the Casimir force by measuring the small attractive force these fluctuations exert between the two surfaces. In this new set of experiments, we aim to directly detect the shifts in the…

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• A Microtissue Platform to Simultaneously Actuate and Detect Mechanical Forces via Non-Contact Magnetic Approach

  Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems · 2020-11-13 · 9 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Mechanical control is essential for adaptive regulation in biological systems. This work presents a magnetic, non-contact approach to simultaneous detection and actuation in a microscale tissue testbed. The platform builds upon previously developed passive mechanical platforms, where tissues self-assemble on flexible pillars. Standard detection is typically derived from microscope images and actuation is often conducted using invasive approaches. In the presented platform, actuation and detectio…

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Recent grants

• Detecting the Casimir Energy

  NSF · $370k · 2017–2021

• Building a MEMS-based Fab-on-a-Chip as a Technique for Nanomanufacturing

  NSF · $394k · 2014–2018

• Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Directed Multiscale Assembly of Cellular Metamaterials with Nanoscale Precision: CELL-MET

  NSF · $39.1M · 2017–2027

Frequent coauthors

• Matthias Imboden

  79 shared

• Lawrence Barrett

  Boston University

  72 shared

• P. L. Gammel

  61 shared

• David Campbell

  56 shared

• Josh Javor

  Boston University

  42 shared

• Alexander Stange

  33 shared

• Pablo G. del Corro

  Laboratoire de l'Intégration du Matériau au Système

  32 shared

• F. de la Cruz

  29 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering

  University of X

  2005

• M.S., Electrical Engineering

  University of Y

  2002

• B.S., Electrical Engineering

  University of Z

  1999

Awards & honors

• Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
• Member, US National Academy of Engineering
• Fellow, American Physical Society
• George E. Pake Prize, American Physical Society
• Nano50 Innovator Award

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