IMTEK

IMTEK stands for Department of Microsystems Engineering at the University of Freiburg in Germany. With currently more than 250 graduate students and 20 research groups,^[1] it is Germany's largest research institute dedicated to all aspects of MEMS.

Research Groups

IMTEK consists of the following research groups, each led by a tenured professor:

• MEMS Applications
• Assembly and Packaging
• Biomedical Microtechnology
• Bio Microtechnics
• Bio- and Nano-Photonics
• Chemistry and Physics of Interfaces
• Electrical Instrumentation
• Design of Microsystems
• Microsystem Materials
• Micro-actuators
• Microelectronics
• Micro-optics
• Nanotechnology
• Process Technology
• Sensors
• Simulation
• Systems Theory
• Compound Semiconductor Microsystems
• Materials Process Technology

In addition, IMTEK has established interdisciplinary graduate colleges for the following themes:

• Embedded Microsystems
• Micro Energy Harvesting

See also

• Freiburg im Breisgau

External links

• Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
• Official site

References