Leland Weiss, PhD
Welcome
Hello and welcome!
This webpage gives you a little information on me, my research and research objectives, and academic course information.
My research focuses on the use of low-temperature thermal sources as a producer of useful power output. This research has already exhibited strong support from various funding agencies including the NSF. The NSF has recently granted a CAREER award specific to these research efforts titled, “Ambient Thermal Energy Harvesting for Power Production.”
As part of this CAREER award, various means and sources for thermal energy harvesting are under investigation. One is the use of exhaust heat in a low-temperature steam cycle designed to operate on the micro-scale. Additional work is underway to fabricate novel devices for low-temperature solar thermal energy. This focus on efficient energy use promises to be an area of increasing importance in the near future for both commercial and private application.
Research involves design, fabrication and testing of the devices. Fabrication relies on MEMS/NEMS fabrication techniques including surface and bulk micro-machining, thin film depositions (and patterning), as well as other processes available at the Louisiana Tech Institute for Micromanufacturing, IfM.
Please contact me if you have interest in these activities or any of the other topics on this website.
Contact Info:
Leland Weiss, Ph.D.
Institute for Micromanufacturing
911 Hergot Ave.
PO Box 10137
Louisiana Tech University
Phone: 318-257-5113
Fax: 318-257-5104
E-mail: lweiss@latech.edu