I/UCRC Sensor & Actuator I/UCRC Phase III

1068017加州大学伯克利分校；理查德·穆勒BSAC提议为该中心提供第三阶段支持(第三个五年期)，包括对中央人员、评估和研究的支持。拟建中心将由加州大学伯克利分校(UC-B)牵头，地点设在加州大学戴维斯分校(UC-D)。BSAC成立于1986年，目前是一个自给自足的中心，继续在IUCRC模式下运作。自成立以来，BSAC一直致力于传感器和微型移动机械元件(MEMS)的研究。先前在MEMS中进行的BASC研究的质量和影响在国际上是众所周知的和公认的。该中心的研究团队由十多名UC-B/UC-D教员领导，他们代表了当前MEMS领域的思想领袖以及快速通道的年轻教员。BSAC的目标包括：创造一个领先的微系统研究环境，增强其研究生的教育经验，并通过在新技术形成的多个阶段进行系统进步，减少BSAC研究商业化的时间。该提案包括强调一些值得称赞的学术目标。I/UCRC研究项目是对加州大学伯克利分校MEMS学术重点的高度补充。每周一次的研讨会促进小组之间的联系。技术转让在提案中得到了很好的解决，提案提到了25家在BSAC网站上声明要追踪的初创公司。通过第三阶段奖，BSAC打算领导材料、工艺、部件和系统方面的基础和创新研究的新阶段，从而实现新的技术驱动的业务开发。

1068017 University OF California-Berkeley; Richard Muller BSAC is proposing a Phase III support (third five-year period) for the Center, including support for central personnel, evaluation and research. The lead of the proposed Center will be the University of California-Berkeley (UC-B) with a site at the University of California, Davis (UC-D). BSAC was established in 1986, and is currently a self-sustaining Center that continues to operate under the IUCRC model. Since its founding, BSAC has been devoted to research on sensors and miniature moving mechanical elements or MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems). The quality and impact of prior BASC research in MEMS is well known and acknowledged internationally. The research team at the Center is led by more than a dozen UC-B/UC-D faculty representing current thought leaders in MEMS as well as fast-track young faculty. The goals of BSAC include: creating a leadership Microsystems research environment, enhancing the educational experience of its graduate students, and reducing the time to commercialization of BSAC research via systematic progress in multiple phases of new technology formation. The proposal includes emphasis on a number of laudable academic objectives. The I/UCRC research program is highly complementary to the MEMS academic focus at UC Berkeley. Weekly seminars facilitate intergroup connections. Technology transfer is well-addressed in the proposal, and the proposal references 25 start up companies that are stated to be tracked on the BSAC web site. Through the Phase III award, BSAC intends to lead a new phase of fundamental and innovation research in materials, processes, components, and systems leading to new technology-enabled business development.