A DARPA public release showcased UCI MicroSystem’s work on micro-glassblown gyroscopes [DARPA] [Nanowerk]…Continue Reading DARPA MRIG Public Release
U.S. Patent # 8,151,600 Issued
U.S. Patent 8,151,600 has been issued to Erik J. Eklund and Andrei M. Shkel entitled “Self-inflated micro-glass blowing”. [PDF]…Continue Reading U.S. Patent # 8,151,600 Issued
C-SCAN Release Live
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]…Continue Reading C-SCAN Release Live
IMAPS DPC 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…Continue Reading IMAPS DPC 2012
Hilton Head 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…Continue Reading Hilton Head 2012