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Bao Quoc Ta

Associate Professor
Department of Microsystems
Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences
Campus Vestfold
Philosophiae doctor in Applied Micro- and Nanosystems Technology (HBV, Norway).

Responsibilities

Teaching:

- PD-MTT1000: Material Science and Manufacturing Technology (1st year, engineering)

- PD-FMH3900: Fluid mechanics and Hydraulics (3rd year, engneering).

- MATREA-1: Mathematics (Pre-engineering)

Research:

- Material science and sensor technology: carbon nanomaterials, microfluidics, sensors, lab-on-a-chip devices.

CV

2017-present: Assoc. Prof., University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway.

2015-2016: Ass. Prof., Duy Tan Univ. & Ton Duc Thang Univ., Vietnam.

2014: Lecturer, University College of Buskerud and Vestfold, Norway.

2010-2014: PhD, Micro-and Nanosystem technology, University College of Buskerud and Vestfold, Norway.

2008-2010: MSc., Micro- and Nanosystem technology, University College of Vestfold, Norway.

2003-2008: Eng., Advanced Materials, HCM city University of Technology (Bach Khoa) and École central de Paris.

Publications

Highlighted Articles

  1. Bao Q. Ta, E. Halvorsen, N. Hoivik, and Knut E. Aasmundtveit, “Diameter Dependency for the Electric-Field-Assisted Growth of Carbon Nanotubes”, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 103, no. 12 (2013): 123102.
  2. Bao Q. Ta, T. B. Haugen, N. Hoivik, E. Halvorsen, and Knut E. Aasmundtveit, “Local Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes in Silicon Microsystems: The Effect of Temperature Distribution on Growth Structure” , Materials, vol. 6, no. 8, 3160-3170, 2013.
  3. Knut E. Aasmundtveit, Bao Q. Ta, Liwei Lin, Einar Halvorsen, and Nils Hoivik, “Direct Integration of Carbon Nanotubes in Si microstructures”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 22, no. 7 (2012): 074006.
  4. (Book Chapter) Knut E Aasmundtveit, Bao Q. Ta, Einar Halvorsen, Nils Hoivik, “Electrical Control on Synthesis Conditions for Locally Grown CNTs on Polysilicon Microstructures”, Nanoelectronic Device Applications Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2013, Print ISBN: 978-1-4665-6523-4, eBook ISBN: 978-1-4665-6524-1.
  5. Bao Q. Ta, Anh V. Ngo, Huy Q.Nguyen, Nils Hoivik, Einar Halvorsen, Knut E. Aasmundtveit, “Deposition of Palladium on Suspended and Locally Grown Carbon Nanotubes using Thermal Evaporation”, 13th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology IEEE-NANO, 5-8 Aug. 2013, pp.1176-1179.
  6. Bao Q. Ta, Huy Q. Nguyen, Nils Hoivik, Einar Halvorsen, Knut E. Aasmundtveit, “Observations on Defects and Contact Modes for Locally Grown CNTs”, 12th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 20-23 Aug. 2012, pp.1-6.
  7. Bao Q. Ta; Nils Hoivik, Einar Halvorsen, Knut E. Aasmundtveit, “Electrical Control of Synthesis Conditions for Locally Grown CNTs on Polysilicon Microstructure”, 11th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), vol. 15-18 Aug. 2011, pp.374-377.

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  8. Hai Le The, Bao Q. Ta*, Hoa L. Thanh, Tao Dong, T. Nguyen-Thoi, Frank Karlsen, “Geometric Effects on Mixing Performance in a Novel Passive Micromixer with Trapezoidal-zigzag Channels”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (JMM), IOP, vol. 25, No. 9, 2015.
  9. Nguyen, T. Khang, Bao Q. Ta, and Ikmo Park, “Design of a Planar, High-Gain, Substrate-Integrated Fabry-Perot Cavity Antenna at Terahertz Frequency” , Current Applied Physics, vol. 15, no. 9, 2015: 1047-1053.
  10. H. Le Thanh, Bao Q. Ta*, H. Le The, V. Nguyen, K. Wang, F. Karlsen, “Low-Cost Fabrication of Hollow Microneedle Arrays Using CNC Machining and UV Lithography”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, IEEE, vol. 24, no. 5, 2015: 1583 - 1593.
  11. Hai Le The, H.L. Thanh, T. Dong, Bao Q. Ta, N.M. Tran, and F. Karlsen, “An Effective Passive Micromixer with Shifted Trapezoidal Blades Using Wide Reynolds Number Range”, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Elsevier, vol. 93 (2015): 1-11.
  12. T. B. Haugen, Bao Q. Ta, E. Halvorsen, N. Hoivik, and Knut E. Aasmundtveit, “Integration of Carbon Nanotubes in Microsystems: Local growth and Electrical Properties of Contacts”, Materials, vol. 6, no. 8 (2013): 3094-3107.
  13. Knut E. Aasmundtveit, Bao Q. Ta, Huy Q. Nguyen, Tormod B. Haugen, Nils Hoivik, and Einar Halvorsen, “Local synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes for Direct Integration in Si Microsystems - Design Considerations”, Advances in Manufacturing, vol. vol. 1, no. 3 (2013): 218-225.
  14. Hai Le The, Bao Q. Ta, Hoa L. Thanh, Frank Karlsen, T. Nguyen-Thoi, “A Novel Design of Passive Split and Recombination Micromixer with Trapezoidal Zigzag Channels”, 10th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), At Xi’an, China, 07-11 Apr. 2015, IEEE, pp. 28-31.
  15. Knut E. Aasmundtveit, Bao Q. Ta, Anh V. Ngo, Ola Nilsen, and Nils Hoivik, “Functionalization of Suspended Carbon Nanotubes in Silicon Microsystems by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)” , 14th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 18-21 Aug. 2014, pp. 659-662.
  16. Knut E. Aasmundtveit, Bao Q. Ta, Huy Q. Nguyen, Tormod B. Haugen, Nils Hoivik, and Einar Halvorsen, “Direct integration of Carbon Nanotubes in Si microsystems - Towards Truly Integrated Micro/Nano Systems”, European Microelectronics Packaging Conference (EMPC), IEEE, 9-12 Sept. 2013, pp. 1-6.
  17. Huy Q. Nguyen, Bao Q. Ta, Nils Hoivik, Einar Halvorsen, Knut E. Aasmundtveit, “Carbon Nanotube based Gas Sensor for Expiration Detection of Perishable Food”, 13th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 5-8 Aug. 2013, pp.675-678.
  18. Heather Chiamori, Xiaoming Wu, Xishan Guo, Bao Q. Ta, Liwei Lin, “Annealing Nano-to-Micro Contacts for Improved Contact Resistance”, 5th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), 20-23 Jan. 2010, IEEE, pp.666-670.