Facilities

Equipment and Resources

The MEMS Laboratory at SJSU has 1300 sq. ft. of space dedicated to research and education in microfluidics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and soft tissue mechanics. Special-purpose instruments include a Veeco Wyko NT9100 optical profiler, an Instron ElectroPuls E1000 dynamic mechanical tester, an Agilent 5500 AFM atomic force microscope, a Cascade L50 microfluidics test platform, an Olympus IX51 fluorescence inverted microscope, a Sutter MP-285 nanopositioner, and a Harrick PDC-001 plasma chamber. Other multipurpose items include programmable syringe and pneumatics hardware, load cells, piezo stage actuators, and displacement sensors.