CALL FOR PAPERS
                     Symposium on Micro-Mechanical Systems

        1995 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
                      (the Winter Annual Meeting of ASME)
                San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California
                             November 12-17, 1995

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Design, modeling, and simulation of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
devices; Application of MEMS; Fundamental issues in microscale including
structures, dynamics, heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, tribology and
surface physics; Micromachining and micromanufacturing technologies including
microassembly; Design and manufacturing methodology for MEMS; Microsensors such
as accelerometers, pressure sensors, temperature sensors; Microactuators such
as micromotors and artificial muscles; Gnat-size robots, microsystems, and
control of microdevices; Microvalves, pumps, and fluidic devices; Experimental
evaluation of microdevices

Prospective authors must adhere to the following schedule:

Feb. 10,  One page abstract (plus an additional page of figures if necessary)
1995      due. E-mail submission will be accepted.
Feb. 17,  Author notification of abstract acceptance
1995
Mar. 01,  Manuscript due for accepted abstract
1995
May 10,   Author notification of final acceptance
1995
July 20,  Camera-ready full mats due
1995

Inquiries and abstracts should be directed to:


Prof. James Jara-Almonte
Institute for Micromanufacturing
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA 71272
Tel: (318) 257-4127; Fax: (318) 257-3999
E-mail: [email protected]

or


Prof. C.-J. Kim
38-137 Engineering IV
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering Department
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597
Tel: (310) 825-0267; Fax: (310) 206-2302
E-mail: [email protected]