The Microsystems Laboratory at the University of California Irvine conducts the cutting edge research and provides rigorous multidisciplinary academic training in the field of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). The Laboratory assumes a leadership role in the development of chip-scale gyroscopes and Inertial Measurement Units (IMU). Researchers in the laboratory are skilled in the full cycle of development, including theory, design, modeling, fabrication, control electronics, packaging, and hands-on experiment. The innovations are fueled by funding from the government and private industry. Contact us if you have questions about our technology or licensing opportunities. Phone: (949) 824-6314

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Now hiring for several research positions in electrical engineering, material engineering, and MEMS. See http://www.eng.uci.edu/node/3146.

Latest News

• U.S. Patent 8,151,600 has been issued to Erik J. Eklund and Andrei M. Shkel entitled "Self-inflated micro-glass blowing". [PDF] (05/09/2012)
• Prof. Shkel announces new DARPA program C-SCAN (Chip-Scale Combinatorial Atomic Navigator), aimed at the development of sensors to enable millitary missions in GPS-denied areas. [Link to DARPA] [Link to GPS World] (04/17/2012)
• The paper "Thermal Calibration of Silicon MEMS Gyroscopes" coauthored by I.P. Prikhodko, S.A. Zotov, A.A. Trusov, and A.M. Shkel has received the first place in best paper competition at the 8th International IMAPS DPC 2012 conference in Scottsdale, Arizona (03/09/2012)
• Two papers have been accepted to the Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop 2012: "Titania Silicate / Fused Quartz Glassblowing for 3-D Fabrication of Low Internal Loss Wineglass Micro-structures" by Doruk Senkal, Christopher R. Raum, Alexander A. Trusov, and Andrei M. Shkel, and "Achieving Long-Term Bias Stability in High-Q Inertial MEMS by Temperature Self-Sensing with a 0.5 Millicelcius Precision" by Igor P. Prikhodko, Alexander A. Trusov, and Andrei M. Shkel. (02/27/2012)
• One paper has been accepted for JMEMS Letters: "3-D Spherical Shell Resonator Gyroscope Fabricated Using Wafer-Scale Glassblowing" (02/24/2012)

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