Department of Mechanical Engineering

Microsystems

Our mission is to develop innovative technological concepts and fabrication methods for microsystems for a wide range of applications. Our concepts are often inspired by biology, and our microsystems are often applied to understand biological processes that are important for health and disease.

Developing life-enhancing applications through research at the micro-scale

The Microsystems section develops novel microsystems concepts, smart materials, and original manufacturing technologies for realizing innovative micro-devices. Examples are microfluidic platforms, micro-actuators, organic electronic systems, adaptive bio-interfaces, and smart biosensors. Examples of applications of this research are miniaturized and wearable medical microdevices, brain-inspired computing systems, organ-on-a-chips, and soft micro-robotics. The nature of the research ranges from fundamental/explorative to applied 鈥� the latter often leading to new options for industrial partners or spin-offs from the section.  The heart of the section is the state-of-the-art microfabrication laboratory, the Microfab/Lab. This comprehensive lab combines cleanroom processing, 3D-printing, laser microfabrication, polymer processing, and mechanical micromachining, and it also has a bio-lab. The research is very interdisciplinary, and the section often collaborates with other sections of 黑料福利网, as well as will leading national and international research groups and industrial partners.

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