Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) are ubiquitous in our daily lives and in every electronic systems that you interact with.  This presentation will cover several devices and systems as well as an overview of current trends of the market.  The need for skilled technicians and STEM workers will be clear and a catalyst for integrating MNT into your program.

Matthias Pleil, Ph.D. is the Principal Investigator for two National Science Foundation funded centers, the Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME, since 2004) and the Support Center for Microsystems Education (2017). He is a Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the MTTC Cleanroom Manager at the University of New Mexico. He teaches several undergraduate engineering classes and promotes micro and nanotechnology. Previously he was a faculty member at Central New Mexico Community College in both the Schools of Applied Technologies and Math, Science and Engineering (MSE) where he taught Microsystems Fabrication and Design, Survey of Engineering and Physics. He has over 12 years of experience in Semiconductor Manufacturing from both Texas Instruments and Philips Semiconductors, where he worked as a Senior Process and Equipment Engineer and Engineering Manager in Photolithography, Yield, and Metrology. Dr. Pleil received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1993 from Texas Tech University, where he completed original research on Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy.

Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC)

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Matthias Pleil, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center (2021), "What are MEMS and Why Do We Care?," https://nanohub.org/resources/35252.

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1. accelerometers
2. ATE Centers
3. biosensors/sensing
4. cantilevers
5. drug delivery
6. lab on chip
7. MNT-EC
8. nanofluidics
9. nano-needles
10. nems workforce development
11. sensors/sensing
12. therapeutics