Precision and Microsystems Engineering

Precision and Microsystems Engineering

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The Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering (PME) carries out research and provides education in the field of high-tech systems and scientific instrumentation. We aim to solve fundamental questions in engineering science to advance the performance of precision systems and devices as well as their design.

Our specific mission is to merge mechanical engineering concepts with micro and nanoscience. We deliver skilled professionals and contribute knowledge to support leadership of the high-tech systems industry.

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Strings that can vibrate forever (kind of)

Researchers from TU Delft and Brown University have engineered string-like resonators capable of vibrating longer at ambient temperature than any previously known solid-state object — approaching what is currently only achievable near absolute zero temperatures. Their study, published in Nature Communications, pushes the edge of nanotechnology and machine learning to make some of the world’s most sensitive mechanical sensors.

Ron van Ostayen about improved production of chips at BNR Wetenschap Vandaag podcast

Ron van Ostayen vertelt over verbeterde productie van chips door middel van zwevende wafers

TU Delft and VDL ETG T&D research contactless wafer handling for better chip production

Every time the robotic arm picks up a wafer for placement in the chip machine, very small particles are generated which are harmful for the chip production process. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering from TU Delft is working on new generation wafer handlers that can handle wafers without particle generation.

Mechanical engineering at nano-scale requires clean environment

When working at the nanoscale, even a speck of dust can cause disruptions. That is why you find several clean rooms across the TU Delft Campus. In the clean room of Mechanical Engineering, researchers have the unique possibility to build mechanical structures at nanoscale, from top-down by sculpting materials and bottom-up by additive nanomanufacturing. The resulting devices find applications in a variety of fields, from biology to material science.

Gerard Verbiest in BNR podcast

Researcher Gerard Verbiest works on new chip technology using sound. Together with researchers at ASML, he investigates, among other things, how to apply sound to look inside a chip.

Richard Norte's research about a new ultra strong material in BNN Breaking

A material that doesn't just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar, renowned for its use in bulletproof vests.
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Facilities

The PME laboratory provides facilities and support for PME students, masters, PhD's and staff.

Nano Engineering Research Initiative (NERI)

Platform for long-term collaboration of industry and academia to jointly turn nanoscience into industrially relevant applications.

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Using sound waves to make microchips and detect faults

Shape-adaptable DNA origami for next level biosensing

Designing a wearable robotic device to apply forces and measure responses in the human arm

Metamaterials to reduce noise disruption during installation of wind turbines

Spider Webs inspire State-of-the-Art Sensor Design

The third dimension in tissue culture

Purifying water with diamonds