Coventor Scholarship winners
Congratulations to the following students on their
outstanding presentations:
Mohd Nor Nurul Izza from: La Trobe University, Australia.
For the proposal: Film Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonator in Super High Frequency (SHF) band
♦ Focused on the design and optimization of Film Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators structure and use of different piezoelectric material to improve acoustic isolation, improve electromagnetic coupling and hence increase the Q factor of front-end circuits in super high frequency (SHF) range of 10-20 GHz front end transceiver.
Alexey Denisov from: Imperial College London, UK.
For the proposal: MEMS Structures Actuated by Wireless Power Delivery
♦ Focused on the development of a biomedical energy harvester remotely charged by collecting acoustic waves.
Kashif Riaz from the University Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI), Topi, Swabi, N.W.F.P, Pakistan.
For his proposal: Performance Enhancement of 3-DoF Non-Resonant MEMS Gyroscope and Verification through Physical and Behavioral Modeling Simulations
♦ Focused on design of a novel approach to understand the behavior of devices under different fabrication imperfections including the stress burdens due to packaging such as temperature.
Gupta et al from: Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra India
For their proposal: Performance & Analysis Of RF Front Section Of Mobile Terminal Using RF Mems DC Contact Switches
♦ Focused on RF Front end mobile terminal avoid the circuit element repeatability. Existing architecture for a triple band mobile terminal can include three duplexers, three isolators, six low noise amplifiers, three power amplifiers, six Band pass filters.
Sahil Oak from Texas Tech University
For the proposal: Micro Actuated Microelectrode Assembly for Neural Data Acquisition
♦ Focused on Electrothermal MEMS actuators for cell probing combined with a ratcheting mechanism, will allow both short and long travel of an electrode.
We want to thank Coventor for their continued support of this Scholarship program and encourage students to submit proposals for COMS 2011
Coventor & MANCEF offer 4, 1-year MEMS design software licenses and chance to publish research
Coventor 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 2010 award ceremony in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico on Wednesday Sept 1, 2010.
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:
• Bio MEMS
• RF MEMS
• Sensors/Actuators
• Other Novel Designs.
Proposal Format
Proposals must be one to two pages long and include:
Introduction that provides a short summary of intended applications:
• 1 paragraph
Short statement of qualifications:
•1 paragraph
• School
• Professor
• Contact info
Full proposal:
• 1–2 pages
• With an eye on best paper awards
Deadline:
All proposals must be received by August 15, 2010.
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 Burlingame, CA. European headquarters is in Paris, France. Coventor also serves Asia Pacific through regional distributors. More information is available at http://www.coventor.com.
