Prof. Carol Livermore
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 5, 2009 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 521 Cory Hall, Hogan Room
Host: Ming Wu
Combining new concepts for microsystems with new methods of creating them enables a wide range of small-scale systems. At one extreme, new concepts for power MEMS combined with precision micromachining enable high performance MEMS components for applications from power and energy to high power lasers. At the other extreme, new techniques for micro and nanoscale assembly enable the creation of a wide range of small-scale systems. This talk will present recent research in these and related areas from the Micropower and Nanoengineering Laboratory at MIT. In the MEMS area, the talk will address both systems (e.g., high power MEMS components for lasers) and techniques for structuring systems (e.g., precision alignment and assembly of complex MEMS structures from simpler precursors). Both assembly technologies and systems will also be addressed in a nanoscale context through discussion of shape- and size-selective self assembly of micro and nanocomponents and presentation of recent experimental and theoretical work on the storage of elastic energy in carbon nanotube springs.
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