Program for Human Resources Development: “Micro/Nano Innovator”
Advanced applications course: MEMS sensor
applications

In order to sustain growth in the MEMS industry, it will beessential to establish a systematic strategy for cultivating thepersonnel required to support the expanding industry. Thisyear, the MEMS Industry Forum (MIF) established a Committee
for the Promotion of Human Resources Development (Chair:Ryutaro Maeda, Director of the AIST’s Research Center for
Ubiquitous MEMS and Micro Engineering) to implement the“Micro/Nano Innovator”, Program for Human ResourcesDevelopment. The Committee comprises representatives of theNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology (AIST), the Kitakyushu Foundation for theAdvancement of Industry, Science and Technology (FAIS), theNew Industry Research Organization (NIRO) in Hyogo
Prefecture, the MEMS Park Consortium in the Tohoku region,and the Micromachine Center (MMC), who are working
together to establish a high-quality national program fordeveloping human resources in MEMS fields. Please visit theMIF’s Web site on this program(http://mmc.la.coocan.jp/business/innovator/) for a detailed
description of the offered training courses and the enrollment
procedure.
Below are some of the training courses that are scheduled
for the coming months. It is our hope that businesses will
incorporate these courses into their personnel training strategy.

Category: process/device innovator Level: applied/advanced“Sensor device technology learned by developing odor
sensors (hands-on training)”
Place: the Semiconductor Center and elsewhereLength: 4 days
Capacity: 5 participants
Course fee: 25,000 yen<MEMS Park Consortium>
MEMS Human Resources Development Project,introductory course
Category: process/system/device innovator

Level: basic

MEMS Human Resources Development Project,hands-on trial manufacturing<MMC>Advanced applications course: the 15 t h MEMS
Seminar, October 27 (now accepting enrollment)
Category: system/device innovator Level: applied/advanced“New MEMS technologies (design, processing, andassessment) and products applying these technologies”
Lectures by Professors Hiroyuki Fujita and Isao Shimoyama
and company representatives related to“Green Innovation Made Possible with Next-Generation MEMS”
Place: Chuo University, Surugadai Memorial Hall (Ochanomizu)
Time: 13:00–18:00
Capacity: 20 participants
Course fee: 10,000 yen (includes costs of course materials andmeals/refreshments)<FAIS>
Introductory course on manufacturing processes:
manufacturing peripheral circuits for MEMS
November 15–18 (now accepting enrollment)
Category: process/device/system innovator
Level: basic“The design and manufacture of op-amps”
Place: the Semiconductor Center (Collaboration Center
Building 2), Kitakyushu Science and Research Park
Length: 4 days
Capacity: 5 participants
Course fee: 25,000 yen

Introductory course on MemsONE, November 18and 19 (now accepting enrollment)
Category: process/system/device innovator
Level: basic“Introductory course on MEMS analysis using MemsONE”
Place: MMC Techno Salon
Length: 2 days
Capacity: 5 participants
Course fee: 16,000 yen for the general public and 6,000 yen
for university students and faculty

Advanced applications course: introduction to
optical MEMS

Techniques for promoting MEMS commercialization,
December 15 (now accepting enrollment)

Category: device innovator
Level: applied/advanced“Optical device technology learned by developing micro-mirrors, etc.”
Place: Ito Campus of Kyoto University
Length: 3 days
Capacity: 5 participants
Course fee: 25,000 yen

Category: system innovator
Level: applied/advanced“A study of basic tools for commercializing MEMS-related
products, with an instructive look at case studies”
Place: MMC Techno Salon
Length: 1 day
Capacity: 20 participants
Course fee: 20,000 yen (includes costs of course materials andmeals/refreshments)

Advanced applications course: introduction toMEMS sensors
Category: process/device innovator Level: applied/advanced“Basic technological training for the trial manufacture ofMEMS sensors (lecture)”
Place: the Semiconductor Center and elsewhereLength: 4 days
Capacity: 10 participants
Course fee: 15,000 yen<AIST Tsukuba>
Advanced process training: nanoimprint training
Category: process innovator
Level: applied/advanced“Lectures on nanoimprint technology by the AIST, withhands-on training”
Place: AIST Tsukuba East
Length: 2 days
Capacity: very limited
Course fee: 40,000 yen4