Mr. Gerald Beaudoin from
Topic : Design, Development, Prototype, and Manufacture of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems)-based products
About Micralyne Inc
Micralyne’s core business is to design, develop, prototype, and manufacture MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems)based products. Built on the scale of microns (i.e. 1000 microns = 1 millimetre), MEMS are miniature three-dimensional devices that make industrial components smaller, faster and less expensive. As the closest commercially available technology to nanotechnology in Canada, MEMS are driving significant innovations in all parts of society. Micralyne’s micronscale solutions are found in automotive emission sensors, optical switching technology, lab-on-a-chip medical devices, and commercial press equipment.
About Mr. Gerald Beaudoin
Born here in Edmonton, Gerald received his B.Sc. in Honours Physics from the University of Alberta in 1996. He then went on to receive his M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2000. His M.Sc. project constituted developing remote detector heads for a fiber optic laser based trace gas detector. Upon graduation, he worked at JDS Uniphase helping to develop the next generation of MEMS based fiber optic attenuators. In 2003, he returned to his hometown to join Micralyne, a leading edge MEMS foundry here in Edmonton.
About the Presentation
After providing a brief overview of Micralyne technology and core competencies, Gerald will be speaking on the processes used to fabricate Microlenses. These devices are used extensively in the fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure. They are a great example of the many different types of processes that Micralyne uses to fabricate microdevices.
