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COMS 2004

Coventor and MANCEF To Offer Four MEMS Design Scholarships at COMS 2004
Winners to receive 1-year MEMS design software license and chance to publish research

CoventorCoventor and MANCEF are pleased to announce a chance for students to win one of four 1-year licenses of Coventor's CoventorWare Designer/ Analyzer package.

The scholarships will be awarded at the COMS 2004 award ceremony in Alberta, Canada.

Application Requirements

To qualify for a scholarship, you must be a full-time student at a college, university, or vocational-technical institute and have a desire to research and develop novel micro system technology structures or processes. In addition, the faculty professor mentoring you must be a current MANCEF member. Membership forms are available here.

How do I submit a proposal?

Send your proposal via email to the MANCEF Education Committee care of Robert Giasolli, rgiasolli@mancef.org.

How do I compete?

MANCEF and Coventor panelists will choose the scholarship winners based on research proposal papers submitted in the following four categories:

  1. Bio MEMS
  2. RF MEMS
  3. Sensors/Actuators
  4. Other Novel Designs.

Each category will have at least one recipient of the Coventor Scholarship.

Proposal Format

Proposals must be one to two pages long and include:

  1. Introduction that provides a short summary of intended applications:
    • 1 paragraph
  2. Short statement of qualifications:
    • 1 paragraph
    • School
    • Professor
    • Contact info
  3. Full proposal:
    • 1–2 pages
    • With an eye on best paper awards

Deadline

All proposals must be received by July 30, 2004.

COMS 2005 Best Scholarship Work Award

Coventor will award a plaque and an additional year of the CoventorWare license to the student who does the best work with the CoventorWare 2004 award.

The best work selection committee will be composed of a representative from Coventor, the paper review committee for COMS 2005 and the education scholarships sub-committee.

About Coventor

Coventor, Inc. headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, provides a comprehensive suite of software development tools targeting micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidics and semiconductor process applications.

CoventorWare is an industry standard platform adopted by most of the leading MEMS and microfluidics manufacturers around the globe, and by an extensive network of university partners.

Coventor is a privately held company with offices in Cambridge, MA and San Mateo, CA. European headquarters is in Paris, France. Coventor also serves Asia Pacific through regional distributors. More information is available at http://www.coventor.com.

About MANCEF

The Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF) is the world's only not-for-profit, volunteer education foundation globally reaching the people, organizations, and governments interested in commercializing miniaturization technologies. We provide networking opportunities, industry / government partnerships, commercialization workshops/conferences/proceedings, industry roadmaps, and student scholarships at regional, national, and international levels. MANCEF also sponsors events and projects, which educate workforces, companies, and entrepreneurs to succeed in the market conditions present for micro-nano technologies. Find out how our global membership could be linked to your commercialization and/or educational success with Micro-Nano technologies.


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