Kimo Wilson

Bio

Kimo Wilson was raised in the greater Phoenix area of Arizona and came to Boise in 2004 to attend Boise State University. He joined the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University in November 2019 as a Research Associate working in the Nanoscale Materials and Device group with Profs. Bill Knowlton and Bernard Yurke. His previous work included being a Research Associate at Boise State (2004–2013) in the research group of Distinguished Professor Peter Müllner in the Magnetic Materials Laboratory. After graduating, Kimo spent five years at Micron working as a Process Engineer in the Transmission Electron Microscopy Lab. Kimo likes to be outside and enjoys doing a little of everything: cooking, biking, skiing, snowboarding, woodworking, welding, auto restoration, camping, hiking, and backpacking.

Education

• M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID (2013)

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID (2010)

Publications

• Wilson, K., P. Lindquist, J. Huntsinger, B. Muntifering, W. B. Knowlton, P. Müllner, “Magnetic and Structural Properties of Ni-Mn-Ga Films Grown via Physical Vapor Co-deposition”, MRS Spring Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, April 2-4, Symp. BBB “Size-Dependent and Coupled Properties of Materials”

• Aseguinolaza, R., I. Orue, A. V. Svalov, Wilson, P. Müllner, J. M. Barandiarán, V. A. Chernenko, “Martensitic transformation in Ni-Mn-Ga/Si(100) thin films”, Thin Solid Films 558 (2014) 449-454

• Aseguinolaza, R., I. Reyes-Salazar, A. V. Svalov, Wilson, W. B. Knowlton, P. Müllner, J. M. Barandiarán, E. Villa, V. A. Chernenko, “Transformation volume strain in Ni-Mn-Ga thin films”, Applied Physics Letters 101 (2012) 241912

• Müllner, P., P. Lindquist, Wilson, A. Rothenbühler, G. Lindquist, D. Carpenter, K. Ullakko “Inverse magnetoplasticity and power generation using Ni-Mn-Ga”, European Materials Research Society symposium ‘Shape Memory Materials for Smart Systems’, E-MRS-Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France June 7-11, 2010

• Huntsinger, J., Wilson, A. Thompson, P. Linquist, W. B. Knowlton, P. Müllner, “Magnetic properties of Ni-Mn-Ga films fabricated as microdots”, International Conference on Martensitic Transformations (ICOMAT’14), Bilbao, Spain, July 6-11, 2014

• Huntsinger, J., Wilson, A. Thompson, W. B. Knowlton, P. Müllner, “Fabrication and characterization of Ni-Mn-Ga microdots via electron-beam lithography”, International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys ‘ICFSMA’13’, Boise, Idaho, June 3-7, 2013, extended abstract book, pp. 108-109

Honors, Awards, and Professional Activities

First place in the AAAS Pacific Division conference in the Material Science and Physics group: 2012 Oral Presentation.