It is a real pleasure to write the Foreword for this book, both because I have known and
respected its author for many years and because I expect this book's publication will mark an …

This book systematically describes the design options for micro systems as well as the
equations needed for calculating the behavior of their basic elements. The fundamental …

Over half a century after the discovery of the piezoresistive effect, microsystem technology
has experienced considerable developments. Expanding the opportunities of …

Microsystem technology (MST) integrates very small (up to a few nanometers) mechanical,
electronic, optical, and other components on a substrate to construct functional devices …

Technology/Engineering/Mechanical A bestselling MEMS text... now better than ever. An
engineering design approach to Microelectromechanical Systems, MEMS and Microsystems …

Integrated sensors and actuators are rapidly evolving to provide an important link between
very large scale integrated circuits and nonelectronic monitoring and control applications …

The past 40 years have seen integrated sensors move from the first micromachined silicon
devices to wireless integrated microsystems that combine high-performance batch …

From the Publisher: Microsensors and MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) are
revolutionising the semiconductor industry. A microsystem or the so-called" system-on-a …

Presenting unified coverage of the design and modeling of smart micro-and macrosystems,
this book addresses fabrication issues and outlines the challenges faced by engineers …

Things, but, apart from being perhaps too playful a title, we didn't like the word “big” in it.
That's because the book was intended to be an introduction to the world of science and …