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1st Workshop on Microactuators at Genoa, Italy
Date: 8th October 2018

Over 45 people attended the conference


Picture of the invited speakers

Invited speakers
- Franca Albertini (IMEM-CNR) - “Ferromagnetic shape memory materials: multifunctional properties and possible applications”
- Flavia Buonanno (Phi-Drive S.r.l.) - “Important aspects about nanometric positioning systems”
- Alberto Corigliano (Politecnico di Milano) - “Mechanics of Microsystems”
- Irene Fassi (STIIMA-CNR) - “Micro-gripping methods and devices for the manipulation of electro-mechanical micro-components”
- Stefano Franceschinis (SAES Getters) - “Shape Memory Alloys actuators, advanced control for a sensorless approach”
- Nicola Manca (Università degli studi di Genova) - “VO2-based MEMS oscillators”
- Arianna Menciassi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna) - “Microrobotics: scaling laws, actuation issues, applications”
- Fabio Quaranta (IMM-CNR) - “MEMS switches: fabrication, electrostatic actuation, and reliability”
- Aurelio Somà (Politecnico di Torino) - “MEMS design for reliability: Mechanical failure modes and testing”
- Silvia Taccola (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) - “Conducting polymer-based soft microactuators”
- Hidekazu Tanaka (ISIR-Osaka Univ.) - “Current activities on Nanotechnology at ISIR-Osaka University”
- Luca Zanotti (STMicroelectronics) - “Introduction of Smart Materials in ST-MEMS Vision