David Waechter, PhD

Retired Engineer/Scientist, now Writer

Publications


Daisy Pon of Avro Canada: A Notable First in Aeronautical Engineering


David F Waechter

Flightlines, Summer/Fall, 2024, pp. 14-17


The McCarter Collection and the Avro Arrow


David F Waechter

Flightlines, July/August, 2021, pp. 13-17


Jet Aircraft Operation: Early Work on Cruise Control and Computer Flight Planning


David F Waechter

CAHS Journal, vol. 56(2), Canadian Aviation Historical Society, 2018, pp. 50-55


Aeroballistics Range Tests of the Avro Arrow: A Lesser-known Investigation


David F Waechter

CAHS Journal, vol. 55(4), Canadian Aviation Historical Society, 2017, pp. 150-153


The Highest Speed of the Avro Arrow: Reconciling Assorted Claims


David F Waechter

CAHS Journal, vol. 55(2), Canadian Aviation Historical Society, 2017, pp. 64-67


Design, modeling, and closed-loop control of a complementary clamp piezoworm stage


Shaun P Salisbury, Ridha Ben Mrad, David F Waechter, S Eswar Prasad

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 14, 2009, pp. 724-732


Closed-loop control of a complementary clamp piezoworm actuator


Shaun P Salisbury, David F Waechter, Ridha Ben Mrad, S Eswar Prasad, Richard G Blacow, Bin Yan

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 12, 2007, pp. 590-598


Design considerations for complementary inchworm actuators


Shaun P Salisbury, David F Waechter, Ridha Ben Mrad, S Eswar Prasad, Richard G Blacow, Bin Yan

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 11, 2006, pp. 265-272


Design and development of a new piezoelectric linear Inchworm actuator


Jian Li, Ramin Sedaghati, Javad Dargahi, David Waechter

Mechatronics, vol. 15, 2005, pp. 651-681


Design and modeling of an electrostrictive inchworm actuator


A Suleman, Stan Burns, David Waechter

Mechatronics, vol. 14, 2004, pp. 567-586


X-ray measurement of thermal expansion in electrostrictive 0.9 PMN-0.1 PT


H W King, M Yildiz, S H Ferguson, D F Waechter, S E Prasad

Ferroelectric Letters, vol. 31, 2004, pp. 55-61


Digital radiology using active matrix readout of amorphous selenium: Detectors with high voltage protection


Wei Zhao, James Law, David Waechter, Zhongshou Huang, J A Rowlands

Medical Physics, vol. 25, 1998, pp. 539-549


Digital radiology using active matrix readout of amorphous selenium: Construction and evaluation of a prototype real-time detector


Wei Zhao, Ira Blevis, Stephen Germann, J A Rowlands, David Waechter, Zhongshou Huang

Medical Physics, vol. 24, 1997, pp. 1834-1843


Flat-panel digital radiology with amorphous selenium and active-matrix readout


John A Rowlands, Wei Zhao, Ira M Blevis, David F Waechter, Zhongshou Huang

RadioGraphics, vol. 17, 1997, pp. 753-760


Characteristics of dual-gate thin-film transistors for applications in digital radiology


David Waechter, Zhongshou Huang, Wei Zhao, Ira Blevis, J A Rowlands

Canadian Journal of Physics, vol. 74, 1996, pp. 131-134


Properties of cadmium selenide thin films as a function of lateral distance from chromium contacts


David Waechter, M R Westcott, F Lin, M K Hatalis

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 140, 1993, pp. 2994-2998


Electrical transport properties of CdSe thin-film transistors with Cr contacts


David Waechter, Graham Leith, Stefan Zukotynski

Canadian Journal of Physics, vol. 69, 1991, pp. 229-235


Screen printed Ta2O5 and TiO2 antireflection coatings for crystalline and polycrystalline silicon solar cells


R E Thomas, S Varma, David Waechter, C X Dodd, S R Das

Canadian Journal of Physics, vol. 67, 1989, pp. 430-434


Low-temperature crystallization of in situ phosphorus-doped low-pressure chemical-vapour deposited amorphous silicon


David Waechter, N G Tarr

Canadian Journal of Physics, vol. 65, 1987, pp. 1030-1032


Modeling of heat flow in multilayer cw laser-annealed structures


D Waechter, P Schvan, RE Thomas, NG Tarr

Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 59, 1986, pp. 3371-3374


Conductivity and thermoelectric power below a mobility edge in amorphous silicon


David Waechter

Solid State Communications, vol. 51, 1984, pp. 569-572


Hall-coefficient factor and inverse valence-band parameters of holes in natural diamond


Lino Reggiani, David Waechter, Stefan Zukotynski

Physical Review B, vol. 28, 1983, pp. 3550-3555