1st Edition

MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications

400 Pages 139 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

400 Pages 139 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The promise of MEMS for aerospace applications has been germinating for years, and current advances bring the field to the very cusp of fruition. Reliability is chief among the challenges limiting the deployment of MEMS technologies in space, as the requirement of zero failure during the mission is quite stringent for this burgeoning field. MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications... Read more
OVERVIEW OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND MICROSTRUCTURES IN AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; Robert Osiander and M. Ann Garrison Darrin

VISION FOR MICROTECHNOLOGY SPACE MISSIONS; Cornelius J. Dennehy

MEMS FABRICATION; James J. Allen

IMPACT OF SPACE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON MICROTECHNOLOGIES; M. Ann Garrison Darrin

SPACE RADIATION EFFECTS AND MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; Stephen P. Buchner

MICROTECHNOLOGIES FOR SPACE SYSTEMS; Thomas George and Robert Powers

MICROTECHNOLOGIES FOR SCIENCE INSTRUMENTATION APPLICATIONS; Brian Jamieson and Robert Osiander

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS FOR SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATIONS; Bradley Gilbert Boone and Samara Firebaugh

MICROSYSTEMS IN SPACECRAFT THERMAL CONTROL; Theodore D. Swanson and Philip T. Chen

MICROSYSTEMS IN SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL; Cornelius J. Dennehy and Robert Osiander

MICROPROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES; Jochen Schein

MEMS PACKAGING FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS; R. David Gerke and Danielle M. Wesolek

HANDLING AND CONTAMINATION CONTROL CONSIDERATIONS FOR CRITICAL SPACE APPLICATIONS; Philip T. Chen and R. David Gerke

MATERIAL SELECTION FOR APPLICATIONS OF MEMS; Keith J. Rebello

RELIABILITY PRACTICES FOR DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF SPACE-BASED MEMS; Robert Osiander and M. Ann Garrison Darrin

ASSURANCE PRACTICES FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND MICROSTRUCTURES IN AEROSPACE; M. Ann Garrison Darrin and Dawnielle Farrar

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Biography

Osiander, Robert; Darrin, M. Ann Garrison; Champion, John L.

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