| New MANCEF Charter Members
MANCEF would like to welcome our newest members,
whether individual, corporate, academic, or government. To renew
your membership, please see: www.mancef.org/members.htm.
New MANCEF Members
| Southwest
Center for Microsystems Education Opens in New Mexico
 The
National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a 4 year,
$2.8 million Department of Undergraduate Education grant
(No. 0402651) to the Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute
(TVI), a community college, for the establishment of the
Southwest
Center for Microsystems Education (SCME).
The mission of the SCME is to serve as
a sustainable resource center that identifies microsystems
technologist competencies, creates and disseminates educational
materials and models, and provides professional development
activities to create a skilled microsystems workforce that
can support research, development, and manufacturing environments.
The Center, with NSF support, will accomplish
its goals through its major partners including MANCEF, Sandia
National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico, MATEC,
and Bio-Link. Additional contributors include the National
Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM), other NSF
Advanced Technology Education Centers, and Next Generation
Economy Initiative, Inc. industry cluster members such as
HT Micro, AgilOptics, and MEMX.
An industry survey will soon be distributed
to Microsystems companies with the assistance of MANCEF.
As an incentive to respond, MANCEF
will offer a free one-year membership in the foundation
for every respondent.
Workshops and conferences that inform
college faculty and high school teachers about Microsystems-related
workforce models, materials, and professional development
opportunities are being planned. The annual Semiconductors,
Automated Manufacturing, and Electronics –Training
and Education Conference (SAME-TEC) is pleased to host
the first SCME workshop. The SAME-TEC will be held in San
Jose, July 25 – 28. |
MANCEF Education Committee
News
The Educational committee is seeking general
participation from interested MANCEF members passionate about
Education and willing to commit time and insight in a growing
committee. Presently the Committee is working on the following
tasks, which could use your assistance:
- Development of Teaching
modules for K-20 (grade specific modules)
First product requested by 10th grade science teacher at Bernalillo
High School: Glossary module-Lesson to teach micro/nano terms
- Development of an
International Advanced Technical Workforce Development Working
group
Have first meeting of working group at COMS 2005 (rgiasolli@mancef.org)
- Expansion of glossary
terms for 3rd International Roadmap
Send your submission of terms to be included. (rstinnett@mancef.org)
- Expansion of our
Internships and Scholarships Sub Committee
Offer an Scholarship/Internship at your company's site. (rlawes@mancef.org)
A unique element of MANCEF is its movement
to develop commercial markets through the proliferation of Educational
products and events. To this end our non-for-profit mission requires
all types of individuals to participate in our efforts. We are
interested in Formal and Informal approaches to teaching at all
grade levels (K-PhD) and require International participation.
In particular we need greater involvement from Asia and Europe.
Sincerely,
Robert Giasolli and Steve Walsh, Education
Committee Co-Chairs
MANCEF Survey
In the near future, MANCEF
will be sending a member survey to our own member community.
We ask your support to complete this survey so we can better
serve our community and improve on our successes.
Texas Tech Wins SUMMiT
Design Competition and MANCEF Membership
  Texas
Tech University's Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
has won the annual Sandia MEMS University Alliance Design
Competition. The group of student MEMS designers were lead
by Dr. Tim Dallas and the student lead was Phillip Beverly.
All of the designs submitted were tremendously creative
and well done. Texas Tech's design won based on the use
of Sandia's SUMMiT's specific strengths, usefulness of the
design for educational demonstrations, and uniqueness of
design. As a result of winning first
place, Texas Tech has won a one year organizational membership
to MANCEF and a trip to Sandia for the professor and student
lead to present the design, tour Sandia's facilities, and
much more. The top four schools will be fabricated
on Sandia's May reticle set and will receive released parts
for use in their class rooms and labs. The design competition
was a huge success and Sandia is looking forward to next
years submissions.
In order to participate in the competition,
educational institutions must be a part of Sandia's University
Alliance. For more information concerning the Sandia MEMS
University Alliance program please contact Kathryn Hanselmann
at kdhanse@sandia.gov.
For more information concerning the University Alliance
Design Competition please contact Natasha Bridge at nabridg@sandia.gov. |
Third Edition International Micro / Nano Roadmap
Workshop Held at SEMICON Europa
At SEMICON Europa, MANCEF presented a booth
that showcased our products and contributions for SEMICONductor
manufacturers. With SEMI's support, we held a kick-off meeting
to discuss the chapters for the next MANCEF roadmap issue. Around
30 high-profile attendees identified several areas in which people
are very interested in knowing where the technology and product
platforms are headed:
- Food Instrumentation for Life Sciences
- Precision Engineering/Assembly Optimization
of MEMS processing
- System Integration Standards/Normalization
in Equipment and Tooling
- Magnetic MEMS
- Education/Work Force Development
- Measurement/Characterization
We will keep you informed about future meetings
on the topic of defining new roadmap chapters through our website
and newsletters. The process of contributing to a chapter with
other chapter leaders is a productive and valuable experience,
and we hope to be working with you in this phase, or in the upcoming
phase of building the different roadmap contributions.
On behalf of the roadmap committee,
Steve Walsh
Event Summaries:
BioMEMS Symposium
By Rodrigo Martinez Duarte (Tecnologico de
Monterrey)
 The
first worldwide student symposium on bioMEMS, Simposium bioMEMS
2005, was held at Tecnologico de Monterrey at Monterrey, Mexico,
3 to 5 March. Simposium BioMEMS featured 8 plenary talks and 11
seminars. The opportunity to leverage bioMEMS/NEMS as a basis
of economic development within Mexico was emphasized at this conference,
which included topics such as MEMS Business, Bionics, Microfluidics,
Drug Delivery and Implants. Seminars included Biotechnology, Microfabrication,
Entrepreneurship, CAD, Nanotechnology, FEA, RF MEMS, MEMS Optical
Testing, Virtual Instrumentation, Automotive MEMS and VHDL-AMS.
Over 660 delegates from 28 different universities
in Mexico and the US along with key Mexican government delegates
attended the event. The student-organizers brought 19 sponsors
to the event led by the Science and Technology Council of the
State of Nuevo Leon (COCYTENL) as the champion of the "formation
of human capital" project. Along with the the National Council
for Science and Technology (CONACYT), Mexico's equivalent of the
U.S. Natonal Science Foundation, the local interest to develop
bioMEMS as a preferred technology to focus on in Nuevo Leon state
was very evident. MANCEF, Coventor Inc, Freescale, National Instruments,
the US-Mexico Foundation for Science (FUMEC), SPIE and RFID Mexico
were also sponsors supporting the event.
 Assistance,
questions and discussions during the conference made clear the
interest and intention of Mexican students to be involved in the
research and development of bioMEMS devices, instead of being
regarded solely as manufacturing centers. The fab-less idea with
design and testing modules was promoted by Dr. Sergio Martinez,
Head of the MEMS Group at Tecnologico de Monterrey, as the starting
point toward development of a center of excellence for micro and
nanotechnologies development. Tecnologico de Monterrey may be
a promising location for such a national center, where in-house
designs and others from universities across Mexico could be fabricated.
One of the major announcements of the conference
was the establishment of a research grant for extension of the
current design lab at Tecnologico de Monterrey to include a MEMS
Testing module from Science and Technology Council of the State
of Nuevo Leon (COCYTENL). Another highlight
was MANCEF's announcement of a full organizational membership
awarded to Tecnologico de Monterrey as form of support for the
area's hard work in creating infrastructure for commercialization
of the micro/nano technology base.
"A world class event" said Janusz
Bryzek "better than many professional ones I've assisted".
Opening day speakers featured MEMS Pioneer
and MANCEF member Janusz Bryzek who covered the impact of Venture
Capital Industry on high technology funding and provided important
do's and dont's on how to start a successful high tech company.
Marlene Bourne, now with Small Times Media, identified and explained
in detail the five key markets for bioMEMS: asthma, cardiology,
diabetes, diagnostics and drug delivery. During the evening Richard
Normann, pioneer in bionics and developer of the Utah Electrode
Array (UEA), gave an interesting and highly commented presentation
about the use of high electrode count microelectrode arrays, more
specifically UEA, as new therapeutic approaches to disorders of
the sensory and motor systems such as blindness, deftness, multiple
sclerosis, spinal cord injury and many others.
During the second day, Marc Madou explained
the design fundamentals of a CD Microfluidics platform, its advantages
and latest applications such as Fast DNA Hybridization Detection
which left the audience literally open mouthed. Sylvia Daunert
explained in detail the work being done in her research group
about biosensing based on genetic engineering. She worked on the
idea that although microfabrication and microfluidics are helping
on advancing bioanalytical methods, it is necessary to prepare
bioreagents sensitive enough to detect target molecules for different
applications.
Eleven concurrent seminars were held on Friday
evening featuring applications, support, and testing technologies
for MEMS:
 Dr.
Bruce Kirchhoff, internationally recognized business entrepreneurship
speaker and former U.S. Chief Economist, delivered his presentation
on how R&D expenditures affect the formation of new firms
and economic growth- Arturo Ayon, a distinguished Mexican researcher,
Director of MEMS development at the University of Texas at San
Antonio shared his expertise in microfabrication, making an
excellent example of success for his audience
- Jung Chih Chiao, at UT Arlington's Nanofab
center, gave an extensive review of MEMS applications on radiofrequency
- Hugo Barrera, recognized as one, if not
the best, genetic researchers in Mexico delivered an exceptional
talk about the evolution of genetic techniques
- Robert Vajtai, from RPI, gave a tutorial
on Nanotechnology focusing on carbon nanotubes, going from their
basics to the latest applications
- Leszek Salbut from Warsaw University of
Technology gave an interesting short course about Optical methods
for MEMS testing
- Sandipan Maity represented Coventor Inc.
by giving two tutorials on CoventorWare focusing on microfabrication
and design of bioapplications
- Alfonso Avila, from Tecnologico de Monterrey,
gave an interactive course on VHDL-AMS while Sergio Gallegos
imparted an advanced course on FEA
- National Instruments had one of its experts
giving a course on Virtual Instrumentation for nanotechnology
and Freescale sponsored a seminar about MEMS automotive applications
 On
Saturday, Roop Mahajan from the University of Colorado at Boulder
explained how MEMS are being applied to Cell Biology (CEMS) and
the technical challenges. Andres Salazar from UNM presented his
paper about the formation of the New Mexico Micro/Nano cluster
and how could it be taken as an example for a Mexican one. In
the closing talk, Roger Grace discussed the barriers for Micro
and Nanotechnologies Commercialization and presented an upgrade
of the MEMS Industry Report Card.
This conference was the result of a year's
work done by around 40 undergrad students led by Rodrigo Martinez,
Diana Davila, Juan Pablo Esquivel and Ruben Iza. MANCEF congratulates
them on an excellent event. Simposium bioMEMS 2006 has been set
and is currently looking for sponsors. One of the objectives of
the series is to consolidate bioMEMS as a main topic during the
Forum 2007 in Monterrey, a two week event with several conferences
and seminars attempting to make Monterrey the "International
City of Knowledge". For more information please contact Rodrigo
Martinez at drmartnz@gmail.com
or visit www.biomems.com.mx
The Second MEMS IberoAmerican
Meeting 2005
 
By Guillermo Fernandez de la Garza (US-Mexico Foundation for Science)
and Jose Mireles, Jr. (Autonomous University of Juarez)
The "Iberoamerican MEMS Meeting"
workshops promote international collaboration in Microsystems
Technology (or MEMS.- Micro-Electro-Mechanical systems) among
industry, government, and education representatives from north,
central and south American countries. The second meeting, held
in Veracruz Mexico from 7-8 March, was a real success.
The main organizer of the meeting was the US-Mexico
Foundation for Science, which was supported by other organizations
such as: Universidad Veracruzana, The University of Texas at Arlington,
The Economy Minister of Mexico, and The National Science Foundation.
The workshop objectives were:
- Inform about the national strategy of MEMS
technologies development in Mexico
- Analyze the creation and structure of Microsystems
Consortiums
- Promote and facilitate meetings with businessmen
with the aim to conscience and show the significant opportunities
of Microsystems technologies, including the automotive, power,
health, packaging, and other sectors
- Link businessmen with key players on Microsystems
technologies development, fostering their businesses modernization
to increase their productivity and competitiveness
- Create and strengthen new businesses related
to MEMS in Latin-American countries; as well as niches derived
from attracting investments associated to MEMS packaging
There were 170 attendees and 30 international
distinguished speakers from Canada, United States, Brazil, Argentina,
Costa Rica, Spain, Colombia and Mexico. The participants came
from different sectors.- 30 universities, 7 research centers,
6 science and technology state councils, 2 economic development
ministers, 3 government representatives and 8 industry representatives.
Important personalities from the education
sector from Mexico made the opening of the workshop, they were
The Public Education and Culture Minister from the Veracruz state,
the Director of The Technological Innovation and Training of the
Economy Minister, the Sub-Director of the Research Centers Network
from CONACYT. The opening was supported by important representatives
from the USA institutions, including the Director of The Automation
& Robotics Research Institute of The University of Texas at
Arlington, the Director of the MESA program of the Sandia National
Laboratories. They all highlighted the importance of the meeting
and made the commitment from each institution to strengthen their
links and to improve the infrastructure of Mexican institutions
to initiate/continue the work on Microsystems technology.
The most important themes included in the
agenda of the workshop were as follows:
- Experience Microsystems technology development
in the United States and Canada
- Microsystems technology in Iberoamerican
countries
- Business based on MEMS technology
- Educational infrastructure on MEMS
- Government programs to support Science,
Technology and Innovation
Among the distinguished speakers were Dan
Gale, from the Canadian Microelectronics Corporation (CMC),
Steven Walsh from Micro and Nano Technology
Commercialization Foundation (MANCEF), Regan
Stinnett from Sandia National Labs, Qing Ma from Intel, Robert
Carlson from Honeywell-Minnesota, as well as distinguished speakers
from universities like the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the
University of New Mexico, the University of Texas at San Antonio,
among others.
One of the most interesting presentations was
the presentation of the Mexican national strategy on MEMS, promoted
by FUMEC and supported by the Economy Minister and the National
Science and Technology Council (CONACyT). Among the most valued
accomplishments of this strategy were the integration of the MEMS
Design Centers network; and the Productive Articulation Center
on MEMS. The later center is dedicated to support entrepreneurial
competitiveness among diverse sectors.
Other distinguished aspect was the integration
of multidisciplinary roundtables for different sectors: Energy,
Health, Automotive, Packaging, Foundries, Consortiums and Latin
America collaboration on MEMS. Through these roundtables, several
action lines and objectives were identified:
- Dr. Arturo Ayon from the University of
Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), previously the Director of MEMS
business development at Sony Semiconductors San Antonio, is
willing to support the MEMS Mexico network of research centers
through the counseling and advising of the required equipment
for characterization, probe and prototyping of MEMS design.
- The Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
and the University of Texas at El Paso are organizing a binational
MEMS conference, TEXMEMS-VII,
to be held in September
- A group of experts from CMC will come to
Mexico to start the first collaborative activities of the Mexican
consortium on MEMS technology
- The president of the Universidad Veracruzana
will initiate an educational MEMS seminar offered to industry
and educational institutions, similar to the one organized in
Monterrey by the ITESM
- A national program started to support the
improvement of the technological capacity and MEMS projects
of the MEMS design centers in Mexico
- Collaboration has begun with the Canadian
embassy to identify opportunities and visit Canadian MEMS-related
businesses
- Researchers from the MEMS design center
from the Cinvestav-Guadalajara met the Federal Electricity Commission
(CFE), and the National Metrology Center personalities to develop
MEMS related projects
This meeting was just the first step to integrate
a MEMS industry and be competitive among the MEMS market(s.) More
analysis must continue on tendencies, markets, and successful
and unsuccessful MEMS experiences, to identify the opportunity
niches on this technology. The technical
and entrepreneurial training of human resources is one of the
priorities committed deal with, not only training for the experts'
level, but also among the lower levels of the technological MEMS
fields and create a new innovative culture in Mexico.
11th Annual Micromachine
Summit
The Micromachine Summit provided a Micro-Nano
Technology snapshot to worldwide industrial, academic and government
initiatives. Three to four key people from the most important
regions and countries in the Microtechnology arena participated
in the Summit. From 1-4 May, delegates gathered in a roundtable
environment in Richardson, Texas, to address topics of special
interest and discuss the progress and policies in each country
and region. A summary of the event will appear in the 3rd quarter
newsletter. Click the photo below to get an enlarged view of the
participants and visit the Micromachine
Summit website to read delegate biographies, sponsor information,
and program highlights. MANCEF members
will receive a copy of the CD proceedings from the Micromachine
Summit in the next membership mailing.
| PUBLICATIONS
2nd Edition International Micro-Nano
Roadmap Now Available
 The
2004 edition roadmap is a "living document" that
has been 6 years in the making. With the introduction of
the hugely successful First Edition in September 2002, the
Second Edition builds on what the leadership team learned
and our customers told us what they needed to know to succeed
in the MST marketplace.
The CD-ROM version of the International
Micro-Nano Roadmap contains both
1st and 2nd Editions.
The 2nd edition
of the Roadmap has an accompanying printed version
available now.
Members, Partners, and 1st Edition customers
receive significant discounts.
We encourage becoming a member of MANCEF
in order to receive member price of $350 for the roadmap.
Individual MANCEF membership costs $150 for two years. The
non-member price is $650 for each copy of the Roadmap.
 Five
New Chapters:
- Nanotechnology
- MEMS Patents
- Process and Equipment for MST
- Equipment and Tooling for MNT
- RF MEMS
Updates are also included:
- Foundries
- Packaging and Assembly
|
2004 Commercialization of Micro and Nano
Systems (COMS) Conference Proceedings
are Now Available!
 COMS
2004 provides you with the resources to compete, to collaborate,
to find customers, and to further your commercialization process.
You can get a hard copy of COMS2004 proceedings while supplies
last.
MANCEF members pay no shipping and handling
costs within the United States.
Compact disc
versions of COMS 2003 Proceedings are still available at no charge
to COMS 2003 Participants.
Order your copy
of the COMS 2002, COMS 2003 or the NEW COMS 2004 proceedings today
at: http://www.mancef.org/documents/order.pdf.
Special COMS Legacy Offer
You can purchase a bundled
collection of COMS proceedings from 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2004
(sorry, 2001 no longer available). Supplies are very limited,
so contact the MANCEF offices directly (info@mancef.org
or +1.505.255.1826) today.
 MANCEF
Website Resource Area Featuring tinytechjobs
Job Opportunities
MANCEF now offers a chance for employers
to post available jobs and for job seekers to search for
jobs,contacts, or events in the micro- and nanotech industry
at the Resources webpage on
www.mancef.org. Check it out now! |
SUPPORTED EVENTS
NASA
Tech Briefs' NANO 2005 Conference will help you profit from
the latest small tech innovations, identify partnership and funding
opportunities, and network with key players in industry &
government leading the nanotech revolution.
Industry Roadmaps:
- Electronics and Computing
- Biotechnology
- Aerospace
- Defense/Security
Expert Insight:
- Case Studies – How nanotech company
founders are successfully bringing products to market; lessons
learned
- Investing in Nanotech – the VC perspective
- Commercial Markets – What's hot,
what's next
- Managing your intellectual property
Keynote Presentations:
- Growing Emergence of Nanotechnology (Lux
Research)
- Innovation and the Creative Process (IDEO)
- Risk and Failure – the Keys to Success
(Institute of the Future)
The speaker lineup includes top executives
from Agilent, Applied Materials, Boeing, Hewlett Packard, IBM,
JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Lockheed Martin, Nanochip, NASA, Northrop
Grumman & many more.
Plus: Exhibits showcasing real-world nanotech
products and services.
Hosted by NASA's Ames Research Center. Visit
the website for complete program and registration details.
 SEMICON
West 2005
Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Exhibition: 12-14 July
Programs & Events: 11-15, July
SEMICON
West is the global exposition serving the technology and business
needs of the IC manufacturing community and equipment and materials
suppliers. This year's exposition will feature more than 1,500
exhibiting companies from around the world, showcasing the latest
developments in SEMICONductor and related equipment, materials,
services and technology.
SEMICON West is designed to integrate education,
information exchange and technology exhibits through focused themes
highlighting innovation and best practices. Visitors to the exposition
will have the opportunity to interact with other industry professionals
and will benefit from exposure to the latest IC manufacturing
processes.
2005
Micro Nano Breakthrough
Conference
"Build a Micro/Nano Tech Economy"
University Place Conference Center, Portland, Oregon
July 25-28, 2005
Leaders in research, education, technology
development, industry, government, business, and venture capital
investments meet to share ideas and findings, build collaborative
networks, participate in working groups, exhibit commercial technologies
and services, and help set agendas for developing new microproducts.
Conference Information and Registration:
Visit the Microproducts
Breakthrough Institute website to see the program, register
for the conference and make hotel reservations at the University
Place Conference Center.
Call for Papers:
Please submit topics and abstracts for technical
papers, roundtable presentations, and poster papers. Use the website
to submit papers before May 15th. All abstracts will be printed
in the Conference Program and distributed to attendees. |
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MANCEF community, 
