Microtechnology
IntroductionSomewhere between everyday macromachines and the dreamed about nanomachines are MICROMACHINES. Ranging in size from bacterial proportions to pencil-leads, micromachines are starting to take off in the research world.
Microtechnology is regarded as one of the key technologies of the 21st century that will decisively influence the progress in areas such as automotive, space, medical, telecommunications or biotechnological industries, to name only the most obvious.
Microtechnology is no vision of the future: whether read-write-heads for computer hard disks, inertia sensors for the release of airbags in an emergency situation or fibre optics in modern data- and telecommunications in the range of applied microsystems in our immediate surroundings is already large and will continue to grow considerably in the years to come.
Applied and Research areas cover systems that include:
Microtechnology Conferences:
1st International Conference on Microreaction Technology, February 23-24, 1997, Frankfurt, Germany, 1997
2nd International Conference on Microreaction Technology, March 8-12, 1998, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998
3rd International Conference on Microreaction Technology, Frankfurt, Germany, April 18-21, 1999
U.S. Department of Energy 1999 Annual Review: Fuel Cells for Transportation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 23-24, 1999
Microscale & Mesoscale Energy Systems and Miniature Energy Conversion Devices
Advanced Energy Systems Division and Heat Transfer Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1999 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, (IMECE) Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, November 15-20, 1999
4th International Conference on Microreaction Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, March 5-9, 2000
2000 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, The Winter Annual Meeting of ASME, November 5-10, 2000, Walt Disney World Dolphin, Orlando, Florida
