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DfMM Summer School

The DfMM Summer School is an annual event which provides an introduction to MEMS technology and an overview of research topics undertaken by partners involved in the IST FP6 PATENT-DfMM Network of Excellence involving Design for Manufacturable Micro and Nano Systems. The programme this year includes invited talks from relevant IST projects (MACROS and AMICOM).

The summer school programme starts at lunchtime on Monday 5th September and finishes around 5pm on Wednesday 7th September.  There is a dinner organised for both Monday and Tuesday evenings.

All partners please register for the event now, as we  have already registrations from delegates outside PATENT !  http://www.sli-institute.ac.uk/pdf/news/ssappform.pdf

*** Encourage your colleagues to register; there is a discount for early registration, and currently we can accept 1 full  free student registration from each PATENT partner; other students can attend the presentations free, but  can pay extra if they wish to attend the dinners ***

If you book a room at one of the recommended hotels,
http://www.sli-institute.ac.uk/pdf/news/ss2005_accomm.pdf  there will be transport available. 


Program outline

Day 1: Monday 5 September (session starts at 13:30)

  • Registration / Buffet Lunch 12:30
  • Welcome & Introductions – George Bell (ISLI)
  • DfMM Markets & Roadmaps – Patric Salomon (4 M 2 C, Berlin)
  • Multi-Physics – Chris Bailey, (Greenwich University of London)
  • Design and Test of MEMS - a Case Study – Laurent Latorre & Florence Azais, (LIRMM)

  • Dinner

Day 2: Tuesday 6 September (09:30-17:00) - highlighting MEMS Design Tools & Modelling

  • Welcome & Introductions – George Bell (ISLI)
  • Advanced Modelling of Damping in MEMS - Attilio Frangi (Politecnico di Milano)
  • DfM CAD Tools Gerold Schropfer, (COVENTOR)
  • Integrating Mechanical Fault Modelling in electronic simulations for Robust System Design – Lars Vosskaemper (Dolphin Integration)
  • The UK MNT Network - Mark Begbie (ISLI)
  • Illustrated SoftMEMS approach to DfMM - Ridha Hamza (SoftMEMS)
  • Modelling of Microfluidic Mixers – Krzysztof Cieslicki ( Warsaw University of Technology)

  • Social Event / Dinner

Day 3: Wednesday 7 th September - Current “hot topics” in MEMS

  • Welcome & Introductions – George Bell (ISLI)
  • Qualification of MEMS for High-Reliability Applications (Xavier Lafontan, NOVA MEMS)
  • Tutorial – Failure Analysis of MEMS - Ingrid De Wolf (IMEC)
  • Producing affordable RF MEMS - Stepan Lucyszyn (Imperial College , London)
  • The PATENT training programme (George Bell, ISLI)

  • Conclusion

The PATENT-DfMM Summer School will take place at LIRMM in Montpellier , in the south of France , during 5-7 September 2005. Registration fee is only 300 Euros, and this includes student notes, lunches and refreshments, and a special dinner. Accommodation should be booked directly with recommended local hotels.


This training event is organised by ISLI on behalf of the PATENT-DfMM Network of Excellence. Reduced fees are available for NoE partners and a limited number of free places for students. For further information and registration, please email events@sli-institute.ac.uk or visit http://www.sli-institute.ac.uk/events or http://www.patent-dfmm.org