Fluid Transport in MEMS Devices

Live Presentation:
Wed. 8/27/08 2:00 PM EST
Moderator: Linda Bell, Editorial Director, NASA Tech Briefs

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have become an integral part in everything from consumer products to advanced medical sensors. This webinar, sponsored by COMSOL, will introduce you to how to conduct simulation of MEMS devices. These applications are multiphysics by their very nature and include coupled physics phenomena at the microscale.

Presentations cover a quick overview of today’s MEMS technology and focuses on fluid transport in microfluidic channels. Examples include a bioMEMS sensor and a nanoparticle explosives detetector. A live demo of MEMS multiphysics software from COMSOL exemplifies how to design a microchannel H-cell. An informal Q&A session wraps up the webinar addressing your specific MEMS simulation projects.

Speakers:

Carl Meinhart, Director Microfluidics Laboratory,
UC Santa Barbara, CA
Dr. Carl D. Meinhart is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also Director of the UCSB Microfluidics Laboratory, which conducts research in two primary areas: the investigation of fluid mechanics at the microscale, and its application to optimize MEMS-based biosensors.

John Dunec, Branch Manager, COMSOL, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
John Dunec received his PhD from Stanford University in 1983. John has over 20 years experience in product analysis and development, first with IBM, then with an early multiphysics startup, then running a product development consulting firm. As a consultant, he was one of COMSOL's first US customers and is now Branch Manager of the Palo Alto office. He has been teaching COMSOL courses throughout the US since 2003.

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