TEXMEMS WORKSHOP II

Background

TEXMEMS workshops are one-day meetings, whose existence emerged from the notion that most Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) related academic and technical advances are centered on the West and the East Coasts. Because of the different industries located in Texas, we feel that a third pole should emerge in the Southwest. The one day meeting program encourages interaction and dialog among scientists and engineers to foster developments in MEMS related activities at different levels: Design, Simulation, Fabrication and Applications. TEXMEMS I took place on August 23, 1999 at Texas A&M University, and it was attended by more than 150 people. TEXMEMS II was held on May 16, 2000 at SMU. TEXMEMS III took place on June 7, 2001 at the University of Texas at Dallas. TEXMEMS IV took place at Texas Tech. University in Lubbock.

The TEXMEMS workshops are focused on fostering a technical information exchange between scientists and engineers from different organizations in the Southwest. The meetings are open to everyone who is interested in MEMS. The purpose is to promote dialog and possible collaborations among the scientific and technical communities with prime interest and active research in MEMS. We expect researchers from different communities to meet at this workshop. Presently, MEMS have found applications in several engineering fields as well as the biomedical sciences. It is expected that the growth of these technologies come from the cross-fertilization of ideas enabled by this type of meeting.

The format of the meeting is designed to fit in one day so that interested parties (researchers, engineers, university faculty and graduate students) from other institutions can attend the meeting without extra accommodation expenses. It is expected that future TEXMEMS workshop meetings should be held cyclically every year in cities with large academic and governmental bodies (Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Austin, College Station...). If you are interested in organizing the next meeting please contact the current organizers TexMEMSV@arri.uta.edu.

For more information: TexMEMSV@arri.uta.edu