The University of Western Australia

Professor Adrian Keating

Professor
School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering

Contact details

Address

School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering
The University of Western Australia (M050)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 3098

Fax

6488 1024

Email

adrian.keating@uwa.edu.au

Personal homepage

http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/~keating

Qualifications

BE PhD Melb., SMIEEE

Biography

Dr. Keating has been working with photonic device/systems, MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) and advanced semiconductor materials for more than 15 years. His Ph.D. investigated methods for wavelength stabilization of narrowband (DFB) lasers in communication networks and in the following year as a research fellow, he demonstrated the highest bit-rate-distance product for a spectrum sliced communication system. He subsequently joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephony (NTT) in Japan where his work on high density, high speed all optical time demultiplexing resulted in several patents. In 1998 he joined Prof. John Bowers at University of California, Santa Barbara, and demonstrated the highest operating temperature (105°C) 1.55 mm Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL). He joined an Optical MEMS company in 1999 (Calient Networks) as the fiber optics technology manager, directing a team of 7 consisting of Ph.Ds, mechanical, electronic and software engineers. He was responsible for developing high quality massively parallel fiber-collimators based on microlenses and designing optical systems/instrumentation based on MEMS. The tools he helped to develop led to a high yield, high reliable product which could be assembled in the minimum time. He was invited to present this work as LEOS 2001 and has received 4 patents as a result of this work. In 2004 he joined UWA and he has extended his work on MEMS, developing characterization techniques to evaluate the performance of MEMS microspectrometers operating in the infra-red. Since 2007 he has been with the School of Mechanical Engineering, advancing the Mechatronics program and work on MEMS.

Key research

Microelectromechanical Systems

Micro electromechanical Systems

Micro electro mechanical Systems

micromachined systems

MEMS

optical sensors

porous silicon

seminconductors

microfluidics

nanotechnology

thin films

porous

silicon

infra-red

nano

micro

micropump

microvalve

mold

imprinting

embossing

Lab on Chip

Lab-on-Chip

imaging

MEMS

mechatronics

optics

optical fiber

optical fibre

lasers

photonics

instruments

instrumentation

sensors

Publications

Journal Article (Schol Refereed Journal)
Keating, AJ, Antoszewski, J, Silva, KKMBD, Winchester, KJ, Nguyen, T, Dell, JM, Musca, CA, Faraone, L, Mitra, P, Beck, JD, Skokan, MR, Robinson, JE 2008, 'Design and Characterization of Fabry-Perot MEMS-Based Short-Wave Infrared Microspectrometers', JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, 37, pp. 1811-1820.

Antoszewski, J, Winchester, KJ, Nguyen, T, Keating, AJ, Silva, KKMBD, Musca, CA, Dell, JM, Faraone, L 2008, 'Materials and processes for MEMS-based infrared microspectrometer integrated on HgCdTe detector', IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 14, pp. 1031-1041.

Keating, A., Silva, B.D., Dell, J.M., Musca, C.A., Faraone, L. 2006, 'Optical Characterization of Fabry-Pérot MEMS Filters Integrated on Tunable Short-Wave IR Detectors', IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 18, 9, pp. 1079-1081.

Soh, M.T.K., Nguyen, T., Silva, B.D., Westerhout, R.J., Antoszewski, J., Keating, A.J., Savvides, N., Musca, C.A., Dell, J.M., Faraone, L. 2005, 'Short-wavelength infrared tuneable filters on HgCdTe photoconductors', Optics Express, 13, 24, pp. 9683-9694.
Full Refereed Conference Publication
James, T.D., Steer, A., Musca, C.A., Parish, G., Keating, A., Faraone, L. 2007, 'Investigation of aging effects in porous silicon', 2006 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, United States of America, CD, pp. 290-293.

Milne, J., Mittal, A., Dell, J., Keating, A., Faraone, L. 2007, 'Doubly-Supported Beam Actuators for MEMS-based Tunable Fabry-Perot Etalons', 2006 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, United States of America, CD Rom, pp. 220-223.

Keating, A.J., Antoszewski, J., Silva, K.K.M.B.D., Winchester, K.J., Nguyen, T., Dell, J.M., Musca, C.A., Faraone, L. 2007, 'Optical Performance of a MEMS Tunable IR Microspectrometer', 2006 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, United States of America, CD, pp. 224-227.

Keating, A., Pang, W.W., Lai, C.T., Hartmann, P. 2007, 'Ultra-small volume interdigital sensors for the measurement of human breast milk', BioMEMS and Nanotechnology III, USA, 6799, pp. NA.

Antoszewski, J., Keating, A., Winchester, K.J., Nguyen, T., Silva, B.D., Musca, C.A., Dell, J.M., Samardzic, O., Faraone, L. 2006, 'Tuneable Fabry-Perot filters operating in the 3 to 5um range for infrared micro-spectrometer applications', Photonics Europe, United States of America, 6186, pp. 618608-1 - 618608-9.

James, T.D., Milne, J.S., Keating, A., Parish, G., Musca, C.A., Dell, J.M., Faraone, L. 2006, 'Nan-Porous Silicon antireflection coatings for microlens applications', 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, United States of America, CD, pp. 431-434.

Mitra, P., Beck, J.D., Skokan, R., Robinson, J.E., Antoszewski, J., Winchester, K.J., Keating, A., Nguyen, T.H.M., Silva, B.D., Musca, C.A., Dell, J.M., Faraone, L. 2006, 'Adaptive Focal Plane Array (AFPA) Technologies for Integrated Infrared Microsystems (Invited paper)', SPIE Defense and Security Symposiums, United States of America, 6232, pp. 62320G-1 - 62320G-11.
Conference Full Written Non Refereed
Milne, J.S., Dell, J.M., Keating, A., Faraone, L. 2006, 'Extended Tuning Range Fabry-Perot Etalon with Doubly-Supported Beam Actuators', 2006 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Optical MEMs and Their Applications , United States of America, Not applicable, pp. 134-135.

Mitra, P., Beck, J.D., Skokan, M.R., Robinson, J.E., Antoszewski, J., Winchester, K.J., Keating, A., Nguyen, T., Silva, B.D., Musca, C.A., Dell, J.M., Faraone, L. 2006, 'SWIR Hyperspectral Detection with Integrated HgCdTe Detector and Tunable MEMS Filter', Optics and Photonics 2006, United States of America, 6295, pp. 62950G-1 - 62950G-11.

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Expertise in RF and Photonic systems, optical networks, MEMS/MEOMS technologies
Mechatronics Course Advisor
School of Mechanical Engineering Laser Safety Officier
School of Mechanical Engineering Marketing representative
Member School Teaching and Learning Committee (Mechatronics Rep)
Mechatronics Teaching and Learning Committee
Honors students supervision (10 in 2009) within Mechanical engineering and other schools
Postgraduate student supervision (5 in 2009)

Future research

Porous silicon sensors
MEMS Microcantilever based chemical sensors
Lab-on-Chip technologies

Funding received

Winthrop Professor John Dell, Associate Professor Adrian Keating, Research Professor Mariusz Martyniuk, Winthrop Professor Lorenzo Faraone 2008, 'All-Optical Actuation and Interrogation of MEMS and NEMS Resonant Mode Sensors', DIISR Indo-Australian S & T Fund, Funds Approved: $0.00. RFCD:

Associate Professor Adrian Keating, Winthrop Professor John Dell 2007, 'Microfluids For Functionalisation of Optically Addressed Massively Parallel Nano-Cantilever Chemical Sensors ', UWA Research Grants Scheme, Funds Approved: $14,000.00. RFCD:

Associate Professor Adrian Keating, 2007 " Rapid analysis of small volumes of human breast milk using microfluidic technologies", Raine Priming Grant, Funds Approved $144,000

Winthrop Professor John Dell, Winthrop Professor Lorenzo Faraone, Associate Professor Charles Musca, Research Professor Jaroslaw Antoszewski, Associate Professor Adrian Keating, Associate Professor Daniel Murphy, Research Assistant Professor Leo Schuler 2007, 'Demonstration of UWA Microspectrometer Technology for Assessment of Soil and Grain Parameters in Broad Acre Agriculture', Grains Research & Development Corporation, Funds Approved: $350,230.00. RFCD:

Associate Professor Adrian Keating, Winthrop Professor John Dell, Winthrop Professor Lorenzo Faraone, Associate Professor Giacinta Parish, Winthrop Professor Yinong Liu, Winthrop Professor Xiao Hu, Prof Kamal Alameh, Professor Chennupati Jagadish, Mr Allen Tarr 2006, 'LE0775499 - High Performance Optical Profilometer for Mapping Micro / Meso / Macroscopic Topography', ARC Linkage Infrastructure Equipment Facilities, Funds Approved: $130,000.00. RFCD:

Winthrop Professor John Dell, Winthrop Professor Lorenzo Faraone, Dr Han Huang, Associate Professor Adrian Keating, Dr B Griffin, Prof B Lawn, J Talghader 2004, 'DP0559744 - Micro Electromechanical (MEMS) and nano Electromechanical Systems (NEMS) Technologies for Temperature Sensitive Semiconductors and Smart Materials.', ARC Discovery Projects, Funds Approved: $871,830.00. RFCD:

Associate Professor Adrian Keating 2004, 'Laser Assisted Micromachining of Polyimide Thin Films for Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).', UWA Research Grants Scheme, Funds Approved: $13,500.00. RFCD:

Industrial relevance

Dr. Keating joined an Optical MEMS company in 1999 (Calient Networks) as the Ffiber Optics Technology Manager, directing a team of 7 consisting of Ph.Ds, mechanical, electronic and software engineers. He was responsible for developing high quality massively parallel fiber-collimators based on microlenses and designing optical systems/instrumentation based on MEMS. The tools he helped to develop led to a high yield, high reliable product which could be assembled in the minimum time. He was invited to present this work as LEOS 2001 and has received 4 patents as a result of this work.

Languages

Dr Keating worked in Japan for 2 year with Nippon Telegraph and Telephony (NTT) and gained a rudimentary understanding of spoken (not written) Japanese.

Memberships

UWA Ambassador for Science – Science Network WA (www.sciencewa.net.au)
Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network (ARCNN)
IEEE Member since 1989, elevated to Senior Member IEEE in 2008.

Patents

P1 (A broadcast and select photonic switch), A. J. Keating, Masato Tsukada and Atsushi Hiramatsu, Japanese provisional patent number 9-57811, 1996
P2 (A broadcast and select photonic switch),, Masato Tsukada, Atsushi Hiramatsu and A. J. Keating, Japanese provisional patent number 9-50116 1996
P3 (A broadcast and select photonic switch),, Masato Tsukada, Atsushi Hiramatsu and A. J. Keating, Japanese provisional patent number 9-57831 1996
P4"Dual refraction Index Collimator for an Optical Switch" , R. Helkey, A. Keating, US6,483,961 Nov. 19, 2002.
P5“Optical switch with internal monitoring”, D. Welsh, R. Helkey, A. Keating, D. Blumenthal, W. Fant, US6,792,177, 2004
P6“Safe procedure for moving mirrors in an optical cross-connect switch”, ‘P. Hunt; A. Keating; K. White, US 6,728,016, 2004
P7“Optical switch package”, D. Welsh, J. R. Sechrist, J. Bowers, A.Keating, Xuezhe Zheng, D. Kinghorn, B. Erwin, R. Helkey, P. Wills, US6,819,824 , 2004

Teaching

Unit coordinator for Mechatronic Systems (MCTX3420)
Unit coordinator for Introduction to MEMS (GENG4401)

Current projects

A list of current and previous Final Year Engineering projects can be found at
http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/~keating/SAIL/UGradProjects.html
Much of the work done for final year projects is relevant to post-graduate study. However, for more details of postgraduate study regarding MEMS, sensors, porous silicon and microfluidics, contact Dr. KEatign directly.

Research profile

Research profile and publications