The Glennan Microsystems Initiative

Author

Merrill, Walt

Author_Institution

Glennan Microsyst. Initiative, Cleveland, OH

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

63

Abstract

The Glennan Microsystems Initiative is a unique public-private partnership for the research, development, and application needs of NASA and industry in micro-fabricated sensors and actuators for use in harsh environments. The Initiative couples the microsystems capabilities at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and other state universities with industry. A five-year project, the Initiative builds on existing resources in the region, and is funded jointly by NASA, the State of Ohio, industry, and others. Its major objective is to spur economic development by delivering leading edge microsystems technology to a range of manufacturing and technology-intensive companies and to NASA to meet mission requirements

Keywords

microactuators; micromachining; microsensors; research initiatives; Case Western Reserve University; Glennan Microsystems Initiative; NASA; NASA Glenn Research Center; development; economic development; five-year project; harsh environment; leading edge microsystems technology; micro-fabricated actuators; micro-fabricated sensors; mission requirements; public-private partnership; research; technology-intensive companies; Actuators; Biomedical imaging; Biosensors; Condition monitoring; Gas detectors; Manufacturing industries; Microelectromechanical devices; NASA; Space technology; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

University/Government/Industry Microelectronics Symposium, 1999. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Biennial

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5240-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UGIM.1999.782822

Filename

782822