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Welcome Letters

IDETC/CIE

11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICRO- AND NANOSYSTEMS (MNS)

On behalf of the ASME technical committee on Micro and Nanosystems, we would like to welcome you to the 11th international conference on
Micro and Nanosystems at Cleveland, Ohio. This special conference gathers experts from various parts of the world with a common interest on
the mechanical aspects of Micro and Nano structures and devices. The conference features diverse and interdisciplinary topics ranging from
materials and manufacturing, dynamic behavior, bio, energy, sensing, actuation, and AFM applications. In addition, it will feature a best paper
award. The conference this year includes more than 62 papers and technical presentations, which are distributed through the three days of the
conference according to the following symposia:

• MNS-2/Vib12/MNSDC9 Dynamics of MEMS and NEMS

• MNS-3 Bio MEMS/NEMS

• MNS-4 Micro/Nano Robotics and Manufacturing

• MNS-5 Functional Materials and Surface Engineering

• MNS-6 MEMS Sensors and Actuators

• MNS-7 Microscale Energy Harvesting

• MNS-8 Nonlinear Mechanics, Dynamics, and Control in Atomic Force Microscopy

In addition, we are delighted to announce that the conference will feature two distinguished keynote speakers: Prof. Arvind Raman from Purdue
University, who will present a keynote talk entitled “Atomic Force Microscopy imaging and spectroscopy of soft matter and complex materials
enabled by nanomechanics and microcantilever dynamics,” and Prof Christian A. Zorman from Case Western Reserve University, who will present
a keynote talk entitled “Integration of Process-Incompatible Materials for Microfabricated Polymer-Based Neural Interfaces.” We are excited to
have these world-leaders in the field and look forward for their excellent talks.

This conference would not have been made possible without the dedicated efforts of the symposia organizers. Thus, big words of thanks go to
Drs. Jian Zhao, Brian Jensen, Gou-Jen Wang, Dumitru Caruntu, Ashis Banerjee, Irene Fassi, Gloria J. Wiens, Mircea Teodorescu, Yu Liu, Teresa
Ryan, Jun Tang, Shahrzad Towfighian, Yong Shi, Hanna Cho, Jonathan Felts, David Cappelleri, Feng Shi, and Najib Kacem.

We are excited to have you in this conference and look forward for your valuable participation, engaging discussions, intriguing ideas, and fruitful
experience. Once again, welcome to MNS2017 and welcome to Cleveland.

Chair Co-Chair Program Chair
Mohammad Younis Slava Krylov Longqiu Li
Binghamton University Tel Aviv University Harbin Institute of Technology

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