Title :
European R&D programs for MST/MEMS-Nexus, EUROPRACTICE and European MST/MEMS success stories
Author_Institution :
MEMSCAP SA, St. Ismier
Abstract :
The paper firstly presents the two main initiatives and programs in Europe for stimulating research and development in the microsystems field. They consist of the new phase launched in 1999 by the European commission within IST in the 5th FWP Frame Work Programme and the new strategic program Eurimus labelised in 1998 within the Eureka frame. The next section presents NEXUS the European network of excellence for microsystems, its main organisation based on USCs User Supplier Clubs and the result of the two task forces market investigations and road map. The third section is dedicated to EUROPRACTICE which aims at providing access to microsystems foundry services for European small and medium sized companies. As a conclusion of this presentation the last chapter of the paper presents the European main success stories in different field of applications such as automotive, IPC industrial process control, aeronautics, CAD tools and Ips, (bio)medical and household appliances
Keywords :
micromechanical devices; research initiatives; technological forecasting; CAD tools; EUROPRACTICE program; Eureka; Eurimus; European R&D programs; IPC industrial process control; Ips; MST/MEMS initiatives; NEXUS; added value; aeronautics; automotive applications; biomedical appliances; foundry services; household appliances; manufacturing clusters; microsystems; research initiatives; research programs; Aerospace industry; Automotive engineering; Europe; Foundries; Home appliances; Industrial control; Process control; Research and development; Roads; Sections;
Conference_Titel :
Micromechatronics and Human Science, 2000. MHS 2000. Proceedings of 2000 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6498-8
DOI :
10.1109/MHS.2000.903277
