Dissemination and Publicity Projects
Special Lecture II : “An introduction to the MEMS Equivalent

1. International Robot Exhibition 2009

Circuit Generator”; Gen Hashiguchi,

The International Robot Exhibition 2009 organized by theprofessor at Shizuoka University

Japan Robot Association and Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd. wasCase Studies I

held November 25–28 at Tokyo Big Sight. The Micromachine: “Applying MemsONE circuit analysis to theCenter (MMC) participated in the exhibition to introduce

design of a rotary stepper motor”; Junji

MEMS technology and the Center’s activities.

Sone, associate professor at Tokyo
Polytechnic University

In order to illustrate MEMS technology to both people
Case Studies II

involved in robotics and the general public, the MMC set up a: “Advanced mesh generating techniqueswith MemsONE”; Yukihisa Maeda, UEL

trial corner for visitors to experience motion sensing. Here, anCorporation

accelerometer and a gyroscope (angular velocity sensor),
practical examples of MEMS-based sensors, were incorporated

Demonstration on the features of version 3.0: the MemsONE

in a game controller. With many children and adults took turns

Support Center

trying out the controller throughout the exhibition, the trialcorner helped illustrate how MEMS devices are already workingfor us in our everyday lives, as reflected in the expression“MEMS in your pocket.”In addition, the MMC booth featured presentations on theMEMS Mall, a service for introducing MEMS products over theInternet, and examples of practical applications produced fromProf. Kotera of Kyoto
University

the METI’s Micromachine Project, which laid the foundation forProf. Hashiguchi ofShizuoka University

Japan’s micromachine and MEMS technology in the 1990s. Bothpresentations were well received. We also announced the3. Publicizing MemsONE Nationwide

upcoming event MicroNano 2010 to be held July 28–30, 2010.
The event, which is being sponsored by the MMC, will include

Previously, the MMC has disseminated information onROBOTECH, Exhibition on Service Robot Manufacturing

MemsONE through exhibits, lectures, seminars, and workshops

Technologies that is to be held concurrently with the Exhibition

primarily in metropolitan areas. However, recently we began

Micromachine/MEMS.

expanding our PR efforts through personnel training projects
being conducted throughout Japan.
The MMC manned an exhibit at the 13 t h Tohoku CAE
Konwakai held October 16 in Miyako City, Iwate. MemsONE
was also used as the teaching material in intensive analyticalcourses held concurrently with the Forum for CAE engineers.
To read more about the CAE Konwakai, please go to the Web
site http://www.cae21.org/.

The MMC booth

As part of the “Personnel training program for pioneering

The MEMS trial corner

new innovative projects related to micro/nano mass production
and applied device fabrication,” a personnel training projectnd

conducted in 2009 through industry-academia collaboration, the2. The 2 MemsONE Technology Forum in Tokyo
MemsONE Technology

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Forum in Tokyo was held at the MMC’s Techno Salon. In an(AIST) organized a personnel training workshop entitled “MEMS

effort to publicize MemsONE to a wider group of people, thedesign and simulation techniques.” The workshop was held at

name of the forum was changed this year from the MemsONE

Techno Plaza Okaya in Okaya City, Nagano on October 26 andUser’s Group so as to accept not only users, but also anyone

featured MemsONE as the training material.

On November 27, 2009, the 2ndinterested in MemsONE, and participation in the forum wasfree. This year’s event attracted a total of twenty people,Announcing the release of MemsONE Version 3.0!!

including speakers, users, and the general public and created a

More friendly (boundary element method andshape-defining function)

hot discussion.
The following is a list of the lectures given at the 2 n dMore powerfully (mesh generator, mask CAD)

MemsONE Technology Forum in Tokyo.
Special Lecture I

Improved material and knowledge databases: “R&D on microdevices for applications inSee http://www.mmc.or.jp/mems-one/ for more
information.

regenerative medicine”; Hidetoshi Kotera,professor at Kyoto University5