Researchers at MIT have published research related to the discovery of a new process of making microelectromechanical device, or MEMS, by stamping them onto a plastic film.
Postdoc Corinne Packard (MA B 2004), of the Research Lab of Electronics and a co-lead on the project, describes the process, “It’s kind of similar to if you have Scotch tape on a piece of paper. If you peel it off slowly, you can delaminate the tape very easily. But if you peel fast, you’ll rip the paper.”
The new manufacturing technique was discovered accidentally during attempts to build an electrical circuit. Read the full article from MIT news
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Tau Beta Pi would like to announce an opportunity for U.S. college and college-bound students.
Inventors Digest is hosting the 2010 Collegiate Alt-Energy Challenge. Students are being challenged to design “the most innovative low-cost, alternative energy-related technology, product, solution, or service.”
The contest starts March 26, 2010. Visit the website or print out the PDF poster to learn more and spread the word.
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Ohio University has announced the establishment of the new Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research (CEER) and the renaming of the Center for Intelligent, Distributed and Dependable Systems.
The news release from Ohio University says that CEER will “provide work and research opportunities for electrochemical engineering students.”
Also, the former Center for Intelligent, Distributed and Dependable Systems will now be known as the Center for Scientific Computing and Immersive Technologies (CSCIT).
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