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Welcome Letters

IDETC/CIE

10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICRO- AND NANOSYSTEMS (MNS)
On behalf of the ASME Technical Committee on Micro- and Nanosystems present the MNS Keynote talk: “Using Nonlinearity to Enhance Micro-/
it is our pleasure to welcome you to the 10th International Conference on nanosensor Performance” on Tuesday, August 23rd at 9am in Room 207D.
Micro- and Nanosystems (MNS) at the ASME IDETC 2016, Charlotte, NC.
The MNS Committee Meeting (open to all MNS participants) is scheduled
This conference is a unique venue for presenting and exchanging ideas on for Tuesday, August 23rd, from 6pm – 7:30pm in Room 207D. In this
the design, applied mechanics, dynamic systems, manufacturing, and meeting, we will report on recent activities and discuss the future
controls aspects of micro- and nano-systems. directions being considered by the MNS Committee. This meeting
provides a great opportunity for anyone wanting to get directly involved in
shaping the future of the MNS community.
This year our conference accepted 44 full papers and abstracts for
technical presentations in the following symposiums:
We expect the 10th MNS Conference to be an exciting forum on new ideas
in micro- and nano-systems. The conference owes it success to the
MNS-2/VIB-1/MSNDC-5: Dynamics of MEMS and NEMS
authors for submitting high quality papers, to the paper reviewers for their
MNS-3: Bio MEMS/NEMS thorough reviews, and to the symposium organizers for their efforts to
advertise the conference and the management of the review process. We
MNS-4: Micro and Nanomechanisms and Robotics sincerely thank all those that have contributed their time to the overall
success of the conference.
MNS-5: Micro and Nanomanufacturing
MNS-6: Micro Mechanics and Surface Engineering of Artificial and Welcome to Charlotte and enjoy the 10th MNS Conference!
Biological Materials

MNS-7: MEMS Sensors and Actuators
MNS-8: Emerging Topics in Micro and Nanosystems

MNS-10: Nonlinear Mechanics, Dynamics, and Control in AFM
MNS-11: Characterization and Measurement of Micro and Nano Devices Dumitru Caruntu David J. Cappelleri
and Materials
Conference Chair Program Chair
University of Texas Pan American Purdue University
We are delighted to welcome Prof. Kimberly Turner of the Department of
Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara, to

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