Digital Fabrication and Micro Electromechanical Systems
4
2020-2021
02028146
Automation and Control
Portuguese
English
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Elective
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
Mechanics and Waves or Physics.
Teaching Methods
This course will be composed of 50% of theoretical classes and 50% of theoretical-practical and laboratory work. Students will: - learn Computer Aided Design using CAD software to build, simulate and analyze a virtual prototype of a system; - visit a Fablab (a manufacturing center with 3D printers, CNCs and laser cut machines) where they will have the opportunity build a small model in the Fablab; - build a virtual prototype in CAD software. If feasible, the students will have the opportunity to build a real prototype of the digital model.
Learning Outcomes
Student should be able to dominate the most common Digital fabrication methods as well as Microfabrication methods for Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). S/he will be familiar with compounding elements of MEMS, such as sensors and actuators, and their working principals. They will also be able to design elements in CAD software, and fabricate them with digital fabrication methods such as 3D printers. Considering the lack of equipment for developing many types of MEMS, students will learn alternative low cost methods nearby for development of MEMS.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Digital Fabrication
• Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• Simulation of the Kinematics and Dynamics of mechanical Systems
• Removal Digital Fabrication (CNCs, Wire cut, Spark erosion/EDM)
• Additive Fabrication (FDM, SLS, STL)
Microfabrication and MEMS
• Materials
• Microfabrication Techniques
• Micromechanics (springs, buckling, torsion, etc.)
Actuation (Thermal- Electrostatic- Magnetic-Piezoelectric, SMA, EAP)
• MEMS Sensors (óptico-térmico- Fluídico)
• Flexible MEMS.
Head Lecturer(s)
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Project: 30.0%
Exam: 50.0%
Bibliography
Gibson, Ian, David W. Rosen, and Brent Stucker. Additive manufacturing technologies. New York: Springer, 2010.
Gad-el-Hak, Mohamed, ed. MEMS: introduction and fundamentals. CRC press, 2010.
Gad-el-Hak, Mohamed, ed. MEMS: Design and fabrication. CRC press, 2010.