Hilton Head 2026

Program » Program Overview

Sunday, 31 May  
10:00 - 15:00 Workshop 1 - All Day: Digital Twins for Mems Manufacturing
10:00 - 12:00 Workshop 2 - Morning: Implantable Mems Sensors for
Management of Heart Failure
10:00 - 12:00 Workshop 3 - Morning: Perspectives on Sustainability
in Mems Engineering
13:00  - 16:00  Workshop 4 - Afternoon: Use of Laser Doppler Vibrometry
 for Dynamic Characterization of Mems
18:00  - 21:00  Registration & Welcome Reception
Monday, 1 June  
07:00 Breakfast
07:45  - 08:15  Welcome
08:15  - 08:55  Plenary Speaker  I
Christofer Hierold
ETH Zürich, SWITZERLAND
08:55 - 09:15 Rising Star Speaker I
Rouchen Lu
University of Texas, Austin, USA
09:15 - 10:15 Session 1
Nonlinear and Topological MEMS Dynamics
10:15  - 10:44  Break and Tabletop Inspection
10:44  - 10:45  Award Announcement
10:45  - 11:05 Invited Speaker I
Sarah Bergbreiter
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
11:05  - 12:05 Session 2
Advanced Microfabrication and Device Integration
12:05  - 12:45 Poster Preview - Session 1
12:45  - 14:15  Networking Lunch
14:15  - 16:45  Poster Session 1
Contributed and Late News
16:45 - 17:45 Student Ice Cream Social
Tuesday, 2 June  
07:30 Breakfast
 08:00 - 08:05 Announcements
08:05  - 08:45  Plenary Speaker II
Emma Abel
Robert Bosch GmbH, GERMANY
08:45 - 09:05 Rising Star Speaker II
Camilo Vélez Cuervo
University of California, Irvine, USA
09:05  - 10:05 Session 3
Interventional Biomedical Microsystems
10:05  - 10:34  Break and Tabletop Inspection
10:34  - 10:35 Award Announcement
10:35 - 10:45 MEMS 2027 Announcement
10:45  - 11:05 Invited Speaker II
Sabah Sabah
Analog Devices, USA
11:05  - 12:20  Session 4
Resonant MEMS for Timing and Computing
12:20  - 14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00  - 18:00  MSIG Industry Session
14:00  - 16:00 
Recreational & Student Activities
14:00  - 18:00 
19:00  - 22:00  Banquet
Wednesday, 3 June  
07:15 Women in MEMS Breakfast
07:30 Breakfast
 08:10 - 08:15 Announcements
08:15  - 08:55  Plenary Speaker III
Kira Barton
University of Michigan, USA
08:55 - 09:15 Rising Star Speaker III
Farnaz Niroul
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
09:15  - 10:15  Session 5
Self-Powered and Energy-Harvesting Microsystems
10:15  - 10:44  Break and Tabletop Inspection
10:44  - 10:45   Award Announcement
10:45  - 11:05 Invited Speaker III
Michelle Bourke
Lam Research, USA
11:05  - 12:20  Session 6
MEMS/NEMS for Extreme and Harsh Environments
12:20  - 13:00 Poster Preview - Session 2
13:00  - 14:30  Networking Lunch
14:30  - 17:00  Poster Session 2
Contributed and Late News
17:00  - 18:30  Free Time
18:30  - 20:00  Poster Session 3 and Reception
Commercial and Open Posters
20:00  - 22:00  Rump Session
Thursday, 4 June  
07:30 Breakfast
 08:10 - 08:15 Announcements
08:15  - 08:55  Plenary Speaker IV
Donald Ingber
Harvard University, USA
08:55 -  09:15 Rising Star Speaker IV
Benyamin Davaji
Northeastern University, USA
09:15  - 10:30 Session 7
Analytical and Chemical Microsystems
10:30 - 11:00 Break and Tabletop Inspection
11:00 - 11:20 Invited Speaker IV
Pierre-Damien Berger
CEA-Leti, FRANCE
11:20  - 12:20 Session 8
Late News
12:20  - 12:55 Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks
12:55 - 14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00 Workshop Adjourns

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