The Boston area will play host to the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers' annual MicroManufacturing and NanoManufacturing Conferences
in 2008. Scheduled April 22-23 at the Sheraton in Framingham, Mass.,
the events bring together leading technology professionals to discuss,
share and explore the advances and applications in a variety of
industries.
Guided by and with the active involvement of industry and
academia, the events address those issues of highest interest to
manufacturing professionals. The 2008 conference advisors are Carol
Barry, University of Massachusetts at Lowell; Donna Bibber, Micro
Engineering Solutions, LLC; Wally Cruz, Wallyco; Kornel Ehmann,
Northwestern University; Placid M. Ferreira, University of
Illinois-Urbana; Peter Gao, Applied Materials; Nils Hoivi, IBM T.J.
Watson Research Center; Thomas Kurfess, Clemson University; Rhett
Mayor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jerry Mraz, SmalTec
International; Ananda V. Mysore, Seagate Technology; Mike Nelson,
NanoInk, Inc.; Jun Ni, University of Michigan; Susan Sackman, Medtronic
Spinal and Biologics; Tony Sexton, Teleflex Medical; Richard H. Smith,
Flexible Medical Systems, LLC; William Spanks, Florida Turbine
Technologies; Tihamer Toth-Fejel, General Dynamics; and Jim Von Ehr,
Zyvex Corporation.
According to Tihamer Toth-Fejel of General Dynamics, "This
conference concentrates on nanotech that matters; from nanoparticles
and metrology to nanomachines and nanoCAD software - everything to
prepare you for the coming nanomanufacturing revolution."
Susan Sackman of Medtronics adds, "Companies on the cutting
edge of technology that manufacture innovative products need to
continually drive new solutions. The challenge is to determine how that
can be done. The real value of this event is getting to see what others
are doing not only at universities, but in every industry from medical
to aerospace to telecommunications. It's a chance to collaborate with
experts from around the world and develop synergy with others that are
focused on micromanufacturing."
For more information, visit http://www.sme.org/micro
or http://www.sme.org/nanomanufacturing
Posted 21st August 2007
