Multi-Scale System Design

Lecture Notes

Class sessions 1 through 18 are lectures. Notes for most of these sessions are provided in the following table.

SES #	TOPICS	SESSION CATEGORIES	INSTRUCTORS	LECTURE NOTES
1	Introduction to MuSS and SPM Case Study Course Goals, Logistics and Expectations Comparison of MuSS and MoSS Fundamentals MuSS Example: Overview of SPM Technology	Fundamental Principles	Prof. Martin L. Culpepper	(PDF)
2	MuSS Design Fundamentals and Methods MuSS Design Fundamentals and Methods Design Principles and Systems Design MuSS Manufacturing Issues	Fundamental Principles	Prof. Sang-Gook Kim	(PDF - 1.5 MB)
3	Macro/Meso-scales Components and Characteristics Principles, Metrics and Types of Cross-scale Incompatibilities Incompatibilities of Macro/Meso Parts with Micro/Nano Parts Integrating Constraints on Macro/Meso-scale Parts	Fundamental Principles	Prof. Martin L. Culpepper	(PDF - 2.6 MB)
4	Micro-scale Components and Characteristics Principles of Macro/Meso-scale and Micro-scale Part Integration Incompatibilities of Micro Parts with Nano Parts Micro-scale Part Errors and Implications for Integration	Fundamental Principles	Prof. Martin L. Culpepper	(PDF - 1.3 MB)
5	Nano-scale Components and Characteristics Principles of nm-scale Physics which Govern Integration Incompatibility Nano-scale Actuators, Structures and Sensors Trasmissability of Nano-scale Errors to other Scales	Fundamental Principles	Prof. Martin L. Culpepper	(PDF - 1.7 MB)
6	Scanning Probe Microscopy Project Introduction Project Goals and Expectations Demonstration of 2.76 SPM Questions, Team Selection and Planning	Case Study/Application	Soohyung Kim, Course TA	(PDF)
7	Piezo MEMS: Materials Piezoelectricity Materials Processing	Fundamental Principles	Prof. Sang-Gook Kim	(PDF 1 of 2 - 3.0 MB) (PDF 2 of 2 - 2.4 MB)
8	Piezoelectric MEMS: Applications Piezoelectric Transducers Micro-actuators Sensors and Generators	Case Study/Application	Prof. Sang-Gook Kim	(PDF - 1.7 MB)
9	Optical MEMS Functionality Devices Materials	Fundamental Principles	Prof. Sang-Gook Kim	(PDF)
10	Nominal and Statistical Error Budgets Principles of Determinism, Accuracy, Repeatability Kinematic Error Modeling of Rigid-flexible Systems Nominal and Probabilitic System Error Modeling	Design and Manufacturing	Prof. Martin L. Culpepper	(PDF)
11	Presentations on Paper Critiques		Students
12	Mechanical Interfaces for Cross-scale Alignment Principles of Mechanical Constraint Design of Rigid, Flexible and Rigid-flexible Constraint Manufacturing and Assembly of Cross-scale Interfaces	Design and Manufacturing	Prof. Martin L. Culpepper	(PDF - 2.5 MB)
13	Mechanisms for Inter-scale Motion Principles of Mass, Momentum and Energy Incompatibility Momentum Incompatibilities Energy Incompatibilities	Design and Manufacturing	Prof. Martin L. Culpepper	(PDF)
14	Carbon Nanotubes Synthesis Properties and Applications Issues of Manufacturing	Design and Manufacturing	Prof. Sang-Gook Kim	(PDF - 2.9 MB)
15	Complexity of MuSS Uncertainty and Difficulty Complexity Functional Periodicity	Design and Manufacturing	Prof. Sang-Gook Kim	(PDF - 1.1 MB)
16	Metrology System Requirements Components and Selection Process Metrology-Machine Integration	Design and Manufacturing	Guest Lecturer
17	Telescopes and the Oil Industry X-Ray Telescopes Oil-well MEMS Sensors Questions and Discussion	Case Study/Application	Guest Lecturer
18	Data Acquisition, Sensors and Control Programming in Simulink® Introduction to dSPACE Control System Demonstration of Acquisition and Control System	Design and Manufacturing	Guest Lecturer

Problem Sets

Each problem set of the term project is a 1- 2 page of design summary of your important decisions/modeling/progress to date. We would expect to see detailed sketches, major equations and plots which demonstrate that you are on the right track. A short discussion of risks/mitigation plans and your group's schedule (constrained by the syllabus of course) would be important as well.

Problem Set 1: Macro to Micro Flexure Design Exercise (PDF)

Problem Set 2: MEMS Intuition Exercise (PDF)

Problem Set 3: Tunneling Current Sensitivity Exercise (PDF)

Problem Set 4: Homogeneous Transformation Matrix Exercise (PDF)

Problem Set 5: HTM-Kinematic Coupling Exercise (PDF)

Problem Set 6: Kinematic Coupling Stiffness Exercise (PDF)

Tools

This course makes extensive use of Tablet PCs and a software package called CoMeT (Compliant Mechanism Tool).

Tablet PC

Hints and Tips document (PDF) (Courtesy of Prof. Alex Slocum, Jamie Werkmeister and Pat Willoughby. Used with permission.)

CoMeT

CoMeT is being disseminated through the MIT iCampus Outreach program. See CoMeT: The Compliant Mechanism Tool for information, downloads and manuals.

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