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The 2004 International Conference on
MEMS, NANO, and Smart Systems
August 25-27, 2004
Banff, Alberta - Canada
Call For Papers
General Chair
D. Wayner
National Institute for Nanotechnology NINT), Canada
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Conference Co-Chairs
H. Akinaga
Nanotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology AIST), Japan
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Y. Bar-Cohen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ASA, USA
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M. Gad-El-Hak
Virginia Commonwealth University
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V. Saile
Angstrom Source Karlsruhe (ANKA),
MT, Karlsruhe University, Germany
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Technical Co-Chairs
W. Badawy
University of Calgary (Canada)
[email protected]
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W. Moussa
University of Alberta (Canada)
[email protected]
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Exhibition Chair
A. Amirfazli
niversity of Alberta (Canada)
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Special Sessions
S. Bhattacharjee
niversity of Alberta (Canada)
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M. A. Moussa
Guelph University (Canada)
[email protected]
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Co-sponsored by
MANCEF
IEEE BioCAS Socitey
IEEE CS
iCore
Micronet R&D
CASI
National Institute of Nano-Technilogy
University of Alberta
niversity of Calgary
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Important Dates
- Tutorial/special sessions proposals
(Jan 30, 2004)
- Submission of Paper
(Feb20, 2004)
- Notification of acceptance
(March 29, 2004)
- Camera-ready papers
(April 30, 2004)
More Information
www.icmens.org
Technical Committee
• J. A. Aberson, Colibrys (USA)
• M. Ahmadi, University of Windsor (Canada)
• S. A. Bazaz, CMC (Canada)
• A. Bhattacharyya, University of Arkansas (USA)
• E. Bordatchev, National Research (Canada)
• M. Brett, University of Alberta (Canada)
• E. Cannon, University of Calgary (Canada)
• S. Dew, University of Alberta (Canada)
• T. Fukuda, Nagoya University (Japan)
• C. A. Grimes, Pennsylvania State University (USA)
• D. Gale, CMC (Canada)
• M. Johnson, US Naval Research Laboratory (USA)
• G. Jullien, University of Calgary (Canada)
• E. Jung, Fraunhofer IZM (Germany)
• D. Knebl, JPK Instruments (Germany)
• J. Lusztyk, National Research Council (Canada)
• T. Manago, Nanotechnology Research Institute (Japan)
• R. Mansour, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Technical Committee
• L. Marchand, European Space Agency (The Netherlands)
• G. McKinnon, Norcada (Canada)
• W. Miller, University of Windsor (Canada)
• (Japan)
• H. Mostaghaci, FAIT (Canada)
• L. Pilarski, University of Alberta (Canada)
• M. Rieth, F HIK (Germany)
• J. Robert, Universite Montpellier II (France)
• J. Samuel, University of Alberta (Canada)
• M. Sawan, Ecole Polytechnique (Canada)
• W. Schommers, F HIK (Germany)
• S. Taudinger, Motorola In.c, (USA)
• H. Tokumoto, Nanotechnology Research Institute
• P. Uslenghi, University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
• S. Walsh, University of New Mexico (USA)
• J. Wylde, Bookham Technology (USA)
• N. Yazdi, Corning IntelliSense (USA)
• M. Zaghloul, The George Washington University (USA)
Special Sessions: Panels, embedded tutorials, and current-topic sessions
will discuss new trends. They can be visionary and/or controversial. A
one-page abstract must be submitted.
Best Student Paper Contest: To qualify, a student or group of students
must be the primary author(s). The submission should clearly indicate
that it is for the student paper contest. The paper will be judged based
on both manuscript content and presentation. An award will be presented
to the winner of the best paper contest.
Special Issue: Selected papers will be considered for publication in a
Special Issue Journal.
Paper Submission: Submit a full paper 4 pages double column through the
conference WWW.ICMENS.ORG
Social Activities: In addition to the technical program, a very
entertaining social program is planned. It will introduce the conference
attendees and their guests to Banff's most popular tourist attraction,
'the greatest outdoor show on earth' with millions of visitors from
around the world each year: The Calgary Stampede. The city of Calgary is
transformed for ten days into a western town celebrating the cowboy
culture. Visitors will enjoy the atmosphere and friendly, relaxed
attitude of the locals. For more information, visit
ww.worldweb.com/parkscanada-banff
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Banff is the town in the heart of Banff National Park in Alberta's Rocky
Mountains. The picturesque mountain town is located 1½ hours from
Calgary and just a short distance from the mountain areas of Lake Louise
and Kananaskis Country. Banff has something for everyone, from luxury
escorted motor coach tours to adventure tours featuring skiing,
snowboarding, rock climbing, white-water rafting - the list is endless.
The objective of this conference is to provide a forum for the
discussion of new developments, recent progress, and innovations in the
design and implementation of MEMS, NANO, and Smart Systems-on-Chip. It
addresses all aspects of design methods of those systems. The emphasis
is on current and future challenges in research and development in both
academia and industry. A proceeding of the conference will be published.
Original and unpublished papers are solicited in the following areas,
but not limited to:


• Nanoelectronics, Spintronic Devices and Systems
• Smart Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems
• Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices
• Damping and Isolation
• Micro-fluidic Systems
• Nano-imaging, Scanning Probes, and Molecular Manipulation and Devices
• Active Materials: Behaviour and Mechanics
• Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structure Technologies
• Smart Electronics, Smart Structures, Integrated Systems, MEMS, and
BioMEMS
• Nano-optics and Nano-photonic Devices
• Novel Fabrication Processes, Laser Micromachining and Nanomachining
• Nano-composites
• Bio-electronics, Bionanotechnology, and Molecular Nanotechnology

Thank you
Wael



Dr. Wael Badawy, P.Eng., FUPE, FPBD, FPKP
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada, T2N 1N4
Email: [email protected]
Tel: (403) 220-8357
Fax: (403) 282-6855
www.badawy.ca
www.badawy.org