Professor R. Ben Mrad
PhD (Michigan)
Area of Research
The research areas include mechatronics, precision
design, hydraulics, smart materials, nonlinear control,
microelectromechanical systems and microfluidics. The research group is
currently focused around the following themes:
1. Use of smart materials for the development of
sensors and actuators and their integration into smart systems. This
work has been mainly focused on the characterization of piezoceramics.
Applications include switches, injectors, dispensers, valves, pumps,
active vibration control using linearized actuators, chatter reduction.
2. Design, fabrication and testing of precision
positioning devices and linear motors offering nanometer precision.
Applications include stages for microfabrication, robotics, biomedical
testing and photonics.
3. Design, fabrication and testing of microfluidic
components and chips with a focus on micropumps, microvalves, mixing
chambers, and high accuracy (picoliter) dispensing. Applications
include the development of a lab on a chip and microarraying.
4. Design, fabrication and testing of micro
electromechanical systems (MEMS) with a focus on the development of
sensors and actuators. Applications so far include adaptive optics,
optical switches, and RF MEMS.
The Mechatronics and Microsystems Design
Laboratory houses a large selection of precision instrumentation and
data acquisition systems as well as various modeling and analysis
software packages.
Visit
the Mechatronics and Microsystems Design Laboratory
5 King's College Road
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G8
Tel: (416) 946-0689 Fax: (416) 978-7753
Office: MB 115 (Mining Building)
rbenmrad@mie.utoronto.ca
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