4M 2011 - Stuttgart, Germany, 8-10th November
The 4M2011 submission site is OPEN. Due to a number of requests for extensions, the deadline for submission of full (4-page) papers is now extended to 21st April 2011. Can we please ask that this deadline is respected by all prospective authors. The Call for Papers for the 4M2011 Conference is published and available to download from the conference webpages. Please distribute the Call for Papers to all those who may be interested to enable our conference to continue to grow. We can also report that the first invited speakers have been confirmed and the first sponsors have been signed up.
Job opportunity - Product Manager in Micro-machining
SPI is seeking a product manager in the micro-machining sector where fibre lasers are used to cut, weld, drill and scribe small components..html
Job opportunity at International Rectifier
The opportunity exists to join the Graduate Programme at International Rectifier. .html
2nd Micro-Nano-Moulding Workshop
A reminder that this workshop, co-organised by DTU and the COTECH project consortium, takes place on 27th April 2011. Full details available on event page.
Implantable, mm-scale computing
A prototype implantable eye pressure monitor for glaucoma patients is believed to contain the first complete millimeter-scale computing system. And a compact radio that needs no tuning to find the right frequency could be a key enabler to organizing millimeter-scale systems into wireless sensor networks. Full story
Summer School in Micro Mechanical System Design & Manufacturing
The dates for this years Summer School at DTU are announced. It commences on 20th June 2011, for two weeks. A limited number of bursaries are available to 4M member organisations. You can read about previous summer schools here.
Course in Polymer Micro-fabrication, 3-4th May 2011
As part of the series of courses arranged by fsrm (see below) our 4M colleagues KIT host the above course. This is a good opportunity to remind you that 4M members can get a discounted rate to any fsrm course. For further details see fsrm page.
Training Courses in Microsystems
fsrm (Fondation suisse pour la recherche en microtechnique) offers a comprehensive range of training courses, in a number of languages (English, French, German). They are pleased to offer members of the 4M Association a 10% discount on course fees. More information here.