Students competed for a total of $12,500 in awards in three categories: Excellence in Microsystems CAD Tools and Design Methodology, Excellence in Microsystems Fabrication, Microsystems Innovation by Women.
Congratulations to this year’s winners and thanks to all participants and sponsors!
Award for Excellence in Microsystems CAD Tools and Design Methodology
This award recognizes novel use or development of Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools or design methods leading to the improved manufacture and application of sophisticated microsystem prototypes relevant to Canadian industry, ideally evidenced by an industrial collaborator. The award will be made to the competitor who demonstrates a novel design technology advancement with the most potential for substantive improvements to microsystems manufacture and deployment.
2024 Winner
Milad Seifnejad Haghighi
Simon Fraser University
A New Anti-Spring Mechanism Used in MEMS Inertial Sensor for Improving Sensitivity
Supervisor: Behraad Bahreyni
Sponsored by COMSOL
Award for Excellence in Microsystems Fabrication
The Excellence in Microsystems Fabrication award recognizes outstanding research involving hands-on work at one or more fabrication laboratories in a post-secondary institution in Canada or devices fabricated using commercial foundry services through CMC. The successful competitor will have demonstrated high-quality work in techniques for micro-nano fabrication, including layout design, testing, packaging, and assembly.
2024 Winner
Jonas Welsch
University of British Columbia
SenCMUTs, Polymer-based Micromachined Ultrasound Sensors for Acoustic Emission Detection.
Supervisor: Edmond Cretu
Sponsored by CMC Microsystems
Gayathri Singh Award for Microsystems Innovation by Women
This award recognizes research conducted by women that is relevant to and advances the field of microsystems research in Canada. It has produced substantive results that are publishable, has commercial potential, or has been supported by an industrial collaborator. Interdisciplinary work or novel work carried out in university-based labs or cleanrooms are also eligible.
The award is named in honour of late Dr. Gayathri Singh, longtime CMC team member.
2024 Winner
Batoul Hashemi
McMaster University
Amplification in a hybrid rare-earth Silicon waveguide.
Supervisor: Jonathan Bradley
Sponsored by GlobalFoundries
For more information:
Kevin Dobie
CMC Microsystems
613-539-1027
Kevin.dobie@cmc.ca