Other WWW Servers related to the MEMS field

The ARPA/ESTO Microelectromechanical Systems

This server contains information about the objectives of the ARPA/ESTO MEMS program, the ARPA's vision statement for MEMS, details of the MEMS BAA and will soon contain summaries of ARPA funded MEMS research in various organizations.

The MEMS Interchange

The MEMS Interchange on the Semiconductor Subway is a page collecting sources of MEMS fabrication and modelling information and other WWW pages of interest to the MEMS community.

MicroElectromagnectics Device Group at the University of Texas

Information on research conducted at The University of Texas at Austin by Dr. Dean P. Neikirk into optical pressure sensors, magnetic proximity sensors, and the use of MEMS technology for "smart" mechanical bearings can be found here.

JTEC/WTEC Program on MEMS at Loyola College

The Japanese Technology Evaluation Center (JTEC) and its companion World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC) at Loyola College provide assessments of foreign research and development in selected technologies under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF). A study of MEMS in Japan is available.

MEMS Research at Case Western Reserve University

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) research at Case Western Reserve University is an interdisciplinary effort comprising faculty, staff, visiting scholars, and students from four academic departments. Our group brings together experts in all facets of MEMS -- design, modeling, fabrication, materials, devices (sensors, actuators, and electronics), and applications -- to address the critical scientific and technological issues for advancing MEMS.

The Stanford Center for Design Research (CDR)

The Stanford CDR maintains information on a wide variety of research projects that include collaborative design, national studies on engineering education, and computational agent infrastructures for distributed collaborative engineering. There is also a DesignNet directory of design research services.

NanoNet, National Nanofabrication User Network

The NanoNet provides an electronic means for the Nanofabrication community to share information about the network of nanofabrication facilties.

The Berkeley Sensor and Acuator Center

The Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC) is a NSF/Industry/University cooperative research center funded by the National Science Foundation and a consortium of corporations and government agencies. Since its foundation in 1986, BSAC has been devoted to research on sensors and miniature moving mechanical elements that take advantage of the remarkable progress made in IC technology.

The Micro Mechanical Processing Center of USC/Information Sciences Institute

It is a prototyping service for standard cell and full-custom VLSI circuit development. MOSIS is in the process of expanding their service to include MEMS devices.

MCNC MEMS Technology Applications Center

The MCNC MEMS Technology Applications Center serves as a focal point in the transistion of MEMS technology from research to commercial products. It is accessible to small and large companies for feasibility studies, engineering development, prototyping, and manufacturing studies while protecting proprietary ideas through nondisclosure and intellectual property agreements. MCNC also provides inexpensive MEMS prototyping for the R&D community through an ARPA sponsored multiproject, multi-user, MEMS process (MUMPS) runs.

Nanofabrication Research Facility, UCLA Los Angeles

Synergy at UCLA contains Micro Electro Mechanical Systems related information. These include UCLA MEMS major field announcements, some electron microscope pictures of the work done by Prof. Pister and his students as well as a description the the UCLA Nanofabrication Research Facility.

DIMES Delft University, Delft, The Netherlands

Dimes is the Dutch national center for research and education on silicon-based micro-electronics.

Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory, Delft University

Information about integrated microoptical devices (integrated silicon adaptive mirror and deformable mirror display), developed in the Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory of the Dept. of EE, Delft University.

Analog Devices i MEMS Project

Information about the Analog Devices Inc and UC Berkeley investigation on the Integrated Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (iMEMS) project. Also presented is information about the surface micromachining capabilities at ADI.

Analog Devices US East Coast Mirror site for the i MEMS Project

A mirror site for MEMS users on the East Coast of the United States is provided for faster responses. Information contained here is about the i MEMS project as above.

The Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) at MIT

This page centralizes information about the FAB's and research going on at the MTL at MIT, including research on MEMS at MIT and MEMS elsewhere . There is also a page announcing the next Boston Area MEMS seminar (BAMS).

RACE, The University of Tokyo

Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE) at the University of Tokyo studies design of artifacts for their higher alliance with the human society and environment. The page Hyper Process Knowledge Base describes one of their projects on manufacturing knowledge sharing, with visual demonstrations of MEMS fabrication processes (quicktime movies included).

"Scaling Direct Drive Robots" by R.S. Wallace and J.M. Selig, Tech Report from NYU

Recent experimental and analytical evidence indicates that direct drive robots become very practical and economical at miniature and microscopic scales, so it is interesting to understand quantitatively the properties of direct drive robots under scaling transformations.

CAEMEMS Software WWW site from the Univeristy of Michigan

CAEMEMS is a software framework for the design of sensor and actuator CAE systems. In its present form, CAEMEMS consists of the CAEMEMS D-Module and an array of supporting software for the generation, execution, and plotting of finite-element analyses (FEA) of diaphragm pressure sensors. Use is made of the ANSYS commercial FEA system.

University of Sheffield, UK, MEMS Unit Homepage

This link contains extensive information on current MEMS research at the University of Sheffield, UK. Example projects are a novel ROTATING microgyroscope under patent application, micro-speaker for hearing aids, and micro-electric generator for implanted microsystems.

The Institute for Micromanufacturing (IfM) at Louisiana Tech University

The IfM is an interdisciplinary organization that is committed to partnerships and can provide diversity in process research and development activities yielding the best miniaturization technologies for the economic manufacture of small products.

IEEE Micromechanical Systems link

Here is the link to the IEEE Organization's MEMS Page. The Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS) publishes information on MEMS including fabrication techniques, microphenomena, materials, microsystems, and applications of devices ranging from microns to millimeters. Please click on JMEMS for information on published articles, abstracts, paper submissions, subscriptions, and topics of interest. The Journal is sponsored by the IEEE and the ASME.

Electronic Subcommittee (ESC) NAVIGATOR

The Electronics Subcommittee, established by the Civilian Industrial Technology Committee under the President's National Science and Technology Council, has developed the ESC NAVIGATOR, a tool to inventory and search federally-funded research and development programs in electronics.

Adding your projects information to the ESC NAVIGATOR on-line

If you are currently working on an electronics research and development project that is funded by the United States Government, the Electronics Subcommittee requests that you submit to the NAVIGATOR the following minimal information:

1. Program Name
2. Sponsoring Agency
3. URL Address/Point of Contact
4. Brief description of program using predefined criteria

It takes about 5 minutes to add the requested information.