Upcoming Events!

• Marc Kelemen, Regional Director, ASQ , recently joined Ohio MEMS as the Director of Education, to facilitate the development and growth of the Microsystems Academy initiative. Please Contact Marc with your ideas and suggestions.
• 3rd Annual MEMS Economic Symposium: We are currently seeking case studies in MEMS, Microsystems, and Naotechnology product launches. Our third annual Summit is being held on Wednesday, September 13, 2006.  Please Contact Us with your ideas.
• Microsystems Academy
  Annually, the Ohio MEMS Association sponsors the Microsystems Academy. Numerous students have completed MEMS 101 training, some have become enterpreneurs, others are working on internships. Next class begins September 2007. Learn more ...
• Friends of MEMS Campaign to support the Microsystems Academy and other projects. More info here ... .

ARCHIVE ITEMS

TUBA Group WINS at NFTE!
April 26th, 2005
We are excited that the Tuba Group, LLC MEMS start-up company has been selected to participate in the 2005 National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Twelfth Annual salute to the entreprenerial spirit. These awards are being held Tuesday April 26th at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York City. Stay updated by visiting the NFTE website at www.NFTE.com.

Microsystems Academy Open House
April 24th, 2005
Ohio MEMS invites you to attend the Open House at 5:30pm on Thursday, May 7th at the Midtown Innovation Center. Both new and returning students and their families are welcome and encouraged to join us and hear what's in store for the upcoming MEMS Academy classes. Learn more ...

Friends of MEMS Campain
June 20th, 2004
The Ohio MEMS Association, Inc. (OMA) was formed for charitable and scientific purposes. As a group, the "Friends of MEMS" support the Association's work, demonstrating individual or corporate support of our unique activities. Learn more ...

Microsystems Academy Launched!
March 17th, 2004
With the support of the Civic Innovation Lab Ohio MEMS has launched the Microsystems Academy to provide high school students, community college students, interns, and displaced workers the opportunity to develop hands on experience with the emergent Micro-Electrical-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) and Nano technology fields. Learn more ...

MEMS Economic Symposium: The Business Case
November 25th, 2003
Hold this date: ** Friday September 17th, 2004 ** An outstanding all-day event is being sponsored by Ohio MEMS, featuring prominent individuals speaking about the economics of MEMS and the MEMS industry. "The Business Case" involves an informative series of invited presentations for any business or investor wishing to learn more about the business side of MEMS technology. Learn more ...

Third Frontier Internship Awards
October 22th, 2003
(COSE NEWS Item) "Governor Bob Taft announced that the Greater Cleveland Growth Association would receive a $519,750 Third Frontier Internship Program grant. The Third Frontier Project is Taft’s $1.6 billion job creation program, the state’s largest-ever economic development investment, which .... more."

Microsystems Academy Strategic Planning
September 18th, 2003
As part of an on-going effort to "bring technology down to earth" Ohio MEMS has undertaken a strategic planning effort to raise $120K to launch a Microsystems Academy in Midtown Cleveland. This Academy will reach out to High School students, post-secondary students and workers interested in exploring the worl of MEMS technology and the jobs associated with this growing industry.

Manufacturing Economics Reports Available
May 18th, 2003
Several high-technology manufacturing-related economic development reports have been released in the past year, and this web page summaries key references that have been used as part of the Ohio MEMS Association's research on MEMS commercialization issues in Ohio. Go to the new page here!

Open Source Database Project Announced
March 17nd, 2003
As start-up manufacturers grow and the commercialization steps become clear, an often over-looked but critical part of the MEMS product launch is a complete understanding of cost of goods sold, indirect costs, and work-in-progress, etc. A project to assist in inexpensive normalization of cost information has been started, the basis of which provided in a strategy document available here.

MEMS Website Resource Page Launched
March 2nd, 2003
A new MEMS-specific resource page has been launched that features information and links to books, MEMS subscription services, MEMS websites, and other MEMS-pertinant information. all accessible either through a series of "Resource Folders" or through a fast client-side database search routine. Users can download the database for operation, analysis, and usage offline.