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4M May Bulletin

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:46:50 +0100

4M NEWS and EVENTS

*MicroManufacturing Magazine to sponsor 4M2008*
We are pleased to announce that the newly launched Micro Manufacturing magazine is to sponsor the 4M2008 conference. They are to offer a cash prize and will present a trophy to the first named author of the paper judged to be "Best in 4M2008". The organisers would like to thank Micro Manufacturing Magazine for supporting the conference in this way. Many of you will already receive this publication, if not you can subscribe free of charge at www.micromanu.com.

MINAM Technology Transfer Workshop

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:05:21 +0100

Start: May 21 2008 - 08:05

End: May 21 2008 - 17:05

Timezone: Etc/GMT

Description:

This one day workshop of the European Platform for Micro and Nanomanufacturing has now been cancelled.

4M April Bulletin

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:46:38 +0100

4M NEWS and EVENTS

*4M2008*
The 4th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2008) will be held in Cardiff, UK on 9th - 11th September 2008. Our thanks to all those who have submitted papers. The review process is now underway and all authors will be notified of the status of their paper on 27th March 2008.

New World Record in High-Aspect Ratio Microstructure Measurement!

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:56:53 +0000

A new record has been achieved for the aspect ratio measurement of micro structures.

Working in conjunction with a major equipment manufacturer, Prof. Lars Mattsson, leader of the Metrology Division of the 4M Network of Excellence, reports that a new aspect ratio of 50:1 was recently achieved in laboratory measurements following the optimisation of an existing optical metrology system.

International Workshop on Microfactories (IWMF 2008)

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:35:27 +0000

The Workshop will be held at Northwestern University (located just north of downtown Chicago), October 5-7, 2008. Please visit the IWMF’2008 Web Site for detailed information. The deadline for submitting an Abstract is April 15, 2008.

Technology Maturity Level Workshop at Fraunhofer IZM in Munich

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:19:07 +0000

On the 14th of February 2008, a 4M Technology Maturity Workshop took place at IZM-Munich. The goal of the workshop was to identify key indicators with regard to the phases of development of Technology and Applications. The organising team from the MEC, Cardiff University, would like to thank all the participants for the substantial and interesting inputs provided during the various sessions.

4M March Bulletin

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:59:24 +0000

4M NEWS and EVENTS

*4M2008*
The 4th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2008) will be held in Cardiff, UK on 9th - 11th September 2008. The First Call for Papers is available now. Please note that YOU SHOULD SUBMIT YOUR PAPERS BY 10th FEBRUARY 2008 via the submission site.

Polymer Processing Division meeting: Tekniker, Spain

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:51:58 +0000

Start: May 26 2008 - 13:00

End: May 27 2008 - 14:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

Description:

AGENDA

To follow.

Third 4M Special Issue now published.

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:01:51 +0000

The third Special Issue on Multi-Material Micromanufacture has now been published in print and online in the JEM (Vol.

4M February Bulletin

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:51:33 +0000

4M NEWS and EVENTS

*4M2008*
The 4th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2008) will be held in Cardiff, UK on 9th - 11th September 2008. The First Call for Papers is available now. Please note that the SUBMISSION SITE IS NOW OPEN and can be accessed here.

The MINAM Strategic Research Agenda

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:03:10 +0000

The MINAM Strategic Research Agenda was published on 21st January 2008. It addresses several key areas: manufacturing of nanomaterials, processing of nanosurfaces, micromanufacturing processes and integrated systems and platforms for micro- and nanomanufacturing. The outlined trends and research and development priorities are illustrated with examples from key industrial sectors in Europe.

Report on Cell Handling and Actuation Workshop

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:10:18 +0000

Ten participants from Austria, Germany and The UK attended a workshop on cell handling and actuation on Dec 17th at IMT in the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe.

The morning session consisted of introductions as each participant presented their work in the cell handling and actuation area including some of the challenges faced and envisioned areas of application. In addition to engineering scientists, two biologists and a surface chemist attended the workshop - their attendance became extremely valuable in the afternoon session where potential areas of applications were brainstormed, current challenges and potential funding calls were discussed.

4M January Bulletin

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:06:58 +0000

4M NEWS and EVENTS

Polymers Processing Division meeting

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:18:24 +0000

Start: Feb 7 2008 - 10:00

End: Feb 8 2008 - 15:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

Description:

Agenda

Day 1

12.00 Lunch

14.00 Status and Planning of New Deliverables (HoD, Task Leader)

D4.1(New): Report: Benchmarking of the European Microreplication situation in the global context. M48
D4.2.2 Hybrid Mould Insert produce between 4M Partners and Industrial Partners Industrial RR (month 36,D
delayed)
D4.3.1b Report Benchmarking Industrial Specifications and Requirements for HAR benchmark device and
compiling laser manufacturing techniques for improving sealing and packaging of HAR device (month 36,
R, RU)

6th CIRP Int. Conf. on ICME '08 - Call for Papers

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:13:40 +0000

Dear Colleague,

I apologize if you receive this message more than once.

Please, find below (and as an attached PDF file) the revised First Announcement and Call for Papers of the 6th CIRP International Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering - CIRP ICME '08 - to be held in Naples, Italy, on 23 - 25 July 2008.