MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) and Nanotechnology are the result of merging scientific imagination with engineering creativity. New products that incorporate or are developed by these technologies are reaching commercial and defense markets and are becoming part of our daily environment. Inkjet printer heads and airbags deployment chips in automobiles are the most popular MEMS devices in use today. Screening systems used to detect explosive at entry ports incorporate various forms of nanoscience applications. This presentation will provide a broad overview on MEMS and Nanotechnology developments that found applications in the aerospace, defense, medical devices and molecular biology industries.

Ady Solomon (Ph.D., P.Eng., M.A. Econ.) received his doctorate degree in Control Systems Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1986. He performed R&D work in biomedical devices, optical recording technologies, robotic systems and aerospace propulsion systems. Dr. Solomon has experience in analysis and design of complex engineered systems that includes multi-physics dynamical systems modeling, control design, high performance analog and digital electronics, sensors, data acquisition, signal processing, software development and hardware/software integration. While working in the aerospace industry Dr. Solomon learned about the potential of MEMS devices to solve difficult control system problems. In the last few years Dr. Solomon has had various associations with University of Toronto where he supervised a number of undergraduate thesis in MEMS. Currently Dr. Solomon is employed by Sparton Electronics.