The award is open to students in a graduate degree program in a Canadian university. View the Award Judging Criteria
This competition is targeted at microsystems applications including telecommunication, health care, automobile, aerospace, environment, etc. The competition welcomes projects using unique substrates, materials, and structures, as well as other traditional and non-traditional microsystems research. Submissions can be either working or demonstration applications, or specific techniques and design tools that contribute to the body of knowledge dealing with MEMS and microfluidics.
The award can be used to support the winner's education or training related to microsystems and may be applied to the cost of attending a conference or workshop or visiting a lab or other technical facility inside or outside Canada.
Participants in the competition for the Microsystems Design Award may also be eligible for the:
If you have any general questions on the Award, contact Sarah Neville, Tel: 613.530.4655, Fax: 613.548.8104, E-mail: neville@cmc.ca
Previous Award Winners
2011
Lawrence Wong, University of Waterloo & Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, was awarded The MEMSCAP Microsystems Design Award for his presentation Ultrasound Imaging System using Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers.
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Award Presented to Lawrence Wong by Busbee Hardy, MEMSCAP Corporation
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2010
Amine Miled, École Polytechnique de Montréal for his presentation: LoC Dielectrophoresis - Based Implantable Device Dedicated for Cells Manipulation and Detection
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Award Presented to Amine Miled by Busbee Hardy, MEMSCAP Corporation
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2009
James Chong (University of Toronto) won the 2008Micralyne Microsystems Design Award for his research demonstration entitled Control of a Surface Micromachined Repulsive-Force Driven 2D Micromirror for Vector Graphic Display.
| James Chong (right), University of Toronto, accepts the 2009 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award from David Buckley (left) of Micralyne Inc. |
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2008
Andrew Logan (University of Waterloo) won the 2008Micralyne Microsystems Design Award for his research demonstration entitled Fusion Bonded CMUTs with SixNy Membranes.
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Andrew Logan (left), University of Waterloo, accepts the 2008 Microsystems Design Award from Dr. Yvon Savaria (right), Chair of the Board of Directors, CMC Microsystems on behalf of Chris Lumb, President and Chief Executive Officer, Micralyne Inc. |
2007
Sean Romanuik (University of Manitoba) won the 2007 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award for his presentation entitled The Capacitive Detection and Electromanipulation of Cells.
| Sean Romanuiki (right), University of Manitoba, accepts the 2007 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award from Chris Lumb(left) of Micralyne Inc. |
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Runner-up:
Pommy Patel (University of Manitoba) receives the2007 Micralyne Microsystems Design runner-up recognition for her poster entitledWork Function Tuning of a MoxSiyNz Gate Electrode for Advanced CMOS Technology.
2006
See-Ho Tsang (Simon Fraser University) won the 2006 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award for his presentation entitled Automated Assembly of Hingeless 90 Degree Out-of-Plane Microstructures.
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See-Ho Tsang (left), Simon Fraser University, accepts the 2006 Microsystems Design Award from Chris Lumb (right), President and Chief Executive Officer, Micralyne Inc. |
2005
Behraad Bahreyni (University of Manitoba) won the 2005 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award for his demonstration entitled Design, fabrication, and testing of a micromachined magnetometer with a frequency modulated output.
| Behraad Bahreyni, University of Manitoba, accepts the 2005 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award from Chris Lumb of Micralyne. |
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2004
Jeffrey Keilman (University of Calgary) won the 2004 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award for his presentation entitled A Dielectrophoretic Bio-Analysis Platform Using Lexel Arrays.
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Dr. Graham Jullien (right), Professor at the University of Calgary, accepts the MEMS award on behalf of Jeffrey Keilman , University of Calgary (absent from the banquet) from Dr. James Wylde (left) of Bookham Technology. |
2003
Tze-Wei (John) Yeow of the University of Toronto, won of the 2003 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award with his presentation entitled Optical Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for Endoscopic Coherent Optical Microscope
| The Micralyne Microsystems Design Award was presented to Tze-Wei (John) Yeow (left) by Dr. James Wylde (right) on behalf of Chris Lumb, President and CEO, Micralyne Inc. |
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2002
Konrad Walus of the University of Calgary, winner of the 2002 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award for his demonstration Design and Simulation of Quantum Dot Cellular Automata
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Konrad Walus (left), University of Calgary, receiving the $2,500 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award from Chris Lumb (right) of Micralyne |
2001
Wael Badawy (University of Calgary) won the 2001 Micralyne Microsystems Design Award for his poster presentation A Low Power VLSI Prototype for Video Object Motion Tracking for Mobile Video Applications.
| Wael Badawy (right), University of Calgary receives the Micralyne Microsystems Design Award from Chris Lumb (left) of Micralyne |
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2000
Isabelle Ressejac (École Polytechnique de Montréal) was the recipient of the award in 2000 for her presentation Microfabrication of Bistable Micro-electro-thermal Relays with Mitel 1.5-micron CMOS Technology
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CMC Microsystems Design Award winner Isabelle Ressejac (centre top), École Polytechnique de Montréal, giving her presentation. |
1999
The recipient of the AMC Microsystems Design Award ($2500) was Shivalik Bakshi, Simon Fraser University for his poster presentation Reconfigurable Slit Mask for Multi-Object Spectroscopy.
| Shivalik Bakshi (right), Simon Fraser University, receiving the $2500 AMC Microsystems Design Award from Dan Gale (left), Vice-President and CTO, CMC |
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1998
The recipients of the 1998 AMC Microsystems Design Award ($2500) were James Wylde and Ted Hubbard, DalTech, Dalhousie University for their poster presentation Surface Micromachining with the Mitel 1.5-micron Standard CMOS Process.
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James Wylde (centre) and Ted Hubbard (right), DalTech, Dalhousie University, receiving the AMC Award from Dan Gale (left), Vice-President and CTO, CMC |
1997
The recipient of the first ever (1997) AMC Microsystems Design Award ($2,500) was Kirthi Roberts, Simon Fraser University, for his poster A Monolithic Pressure Flow Sensor.
| Chris Lumb, President, AMC (left) presents the 1997 AMC Award to Kirthi Roberts (right) |
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