Microhand

Liquid-Metal Motor

Liquid-Metal Switch

The Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) program is one of the fastest growing research programs in the school, with active faculty and student participation from the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering. Inside Mechanical Engineering, the program has attracted students from a wide variety of disciplines including fluid mechanics, heat transfer, solid mechanics, and manufacturing. Inside Electrical Engineering, the program has attracted students from solid-state electronics, integrated circuits and systems, quantum mechanics, and control systems. MEMS research at UCLA emphasizes the design, fabrication, and physics of systems and devices integrated on a sub-millimeter scale. Current research projects in our lab include digital microfluidics, nanoengineered surfaces, microdroplet-dispensing systems, RF liquid switches, micro fuel cells, 3-D microbatteries, and on-chip encapsulation of microdevices.

Lateral Actuator

Micropumping by asymmetric bubble generation and venting

Droplet Cutting

Silicon Micropin

Digital Droplet Microfluidics