Polymer-based transducers – a green world of opportunities
The talk will explore some of the research projects in the Adaptive Microsystems (AdaMist) lab led by Dr. Cretu, with an emphasis on a common vision and strategy. Polymer-based transducers, fabricated using green, rapid and low-cost processes, have been used for inertial and ultrasonic transducers. MEMS accelerometers with piezoelectric polymers show the promise of novel microfabrication technologies, while photosensitive polymers (SU-8) are the base of a new generation of CMUT (Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer) arrays. Poly-CMUT applications, from custom small probes for biomedical imaging to industrial applications like nondestructive testing and monitoring, open a new world of opportunities.
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- Starts 01 April 2026 07:00 AM UTC
- Ends 11 April 2026 01:00 AM UTC
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Edmond Cretu of University of British Columbia
Biography:
Dr. Cretu is a Professor at the University of British Columbia, Department of Electrical and Computer Egineering. He earned his MASc in microelectronics, from National University of Science and Technology Politehnica, Bucharest, Romania, and his PhD in MEMS and Nanotechnology from Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. He was awarded the “Tudor Tanasescu” prize of Romanian Academy for a group of papers in the field of microsystems. Dr. Cretu blends an industrial and academic experience. As a senior designer and manager, he led a team in Melexis, Belgium, to the design and commercialization of a family of MEMS gyroscopes for the automotive market, produced at a scale of one million units/year. He has joined the University of British Columbia, Canada in 2006, with a research focused in the fields of alternative microfabrication technologies, MEMS, microsystems, and heterogeneous sensor networks applications.
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