Teaching Materials (1-5 of 5)

1. Learning Module: Introduction to Actuators

   17 May 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME)

   This learning module is one of three SCME modules that discuss the types of components found in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).  This module covers "actuators" - what they are, how they work, and how they are used in both macro and micro-sized systems.  An activity...

2. Learning Module: MEMS Applications Overview

   07 Mar 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME)

   Microelectromechcanical Systems (MEMS) rotate the screens on your smartphones, trigger airbags in a car crash, and beat the hearts of patients with serious heart problems.  In this learning module you are introduced to some of the many applications of MEMS and then allowed to explore MEMS...

3. Learning Module: Microcantilevers

   09 Feb 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME)

   This learning module introduces you to the microcantilever, its applications in micro and nanotechnologies, its use in sensor arrays, and how it works in both static and dynamic modes of operation.  There is a pre and post-test, four (4) informational units (PKs), and two (2)...

4. Learning Module: Microcantilevers - Instructor Materials

   09 Feb 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME)

   ­This learning module is an overview of microcantilevers, how they work and how they are used in micro and nanotechnology.  These are the instructor materials.

5. REBO Nanofluidics Exercise

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   10 May 2006 | | Contributor(s):: Susan Sinnott, Hetal Patel

   Nanofluidics exercise showing the variation of energy and position of methane and butane molecules flowing through an opened carbon nanotube as the system temperature and the length of the nanotube are varied.