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Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
Michigan Aerospace staff has extensive experience
and capabilities in the design, analysis, fabrication and testing
of a wide array of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and
micro-optoelectromechanical Systems (MOEMS). These systems derive
their functionality from the miniaturization of optics, electronics,
and mechanics, which allow sensing, actuating, and processing
capabilities in various applications such as MEMS actuators
for flow control, micromirrors for optical signal processing,
and atomizers for fuel injection systems for jet engines and
commercial cooling systems.
Our expertise in flow control using MEMS devices
makes it possible to study the MEMS effects on fluid flow and
further MEMS applications for flow control. These new design
and fabrication techniques have many important commercial and
aerospace applications, such as more efficient fuel injector
and micro nozzle designs for the automotive and aerospace industries,
micro pumps, large angle light steering for home theater projections,
heat transfer enhancement, orientation control, drag reduction,
fluid transportation, and suspended particle collection, etc.
These efforts will undoubtedly lead to more cutting edge advancements
in micro-propulsion systems that could decrease mass and payload
dimensions for future satellites, which would enable high propulsion
efficiencies and longer lifetimes.
Our unique technique to design and fabricate the
fuel injector systems results in reduced fuel consumption rate,
higher efficiency, lower costs, etc. Using MEMS technology developed
by our MEMS team, it is possible to make an atomizer type of
injection systems for fuel injectors used in commercial and
military aircrafts. The same technology may be used in heavy
trucks and many commercial cooling systems.
Our MEMS engineers are skilled in design and fabrication
of various transducers, micromirrors, and optical signal processing
systems for aerospace and remote sensing applications. We use
the latest versions of NASTRAN, Cosmos, Zemax, SolidWorks and
other MEMS CAD tools for the design and analysis of these devices.
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