That sounds a lot like what CMC Microsystems does in Canada. They take federal government money and supply design and simulation tools to the micro/nano community at universities in Canada. They also broker fabrication runs at industrial foundries. Check them out at <a href="http://www.cmc.ca">www.cmc.ca</a>, and you should be able to see what they offer.<div>
<br></div><div>Hope that helps,</div><div>Rob</div><div><br clear="all">Robert Knobel Ph.D. P.Eng.<br>Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy<br>Queen's University,<br>64 Bader Lane<br>
Kingston Ontario Canada<br>(P) 613-533-2672 (F) 613-533-6463<br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Dwayne Kirk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwayne.kirk@monash.edu" target="_blank">dwayne.kirk@monash.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Dear Labnetwork,<br>
<br>
Our federal government has allocated funds to us for purposes of<br>
establishing a design/simulation platform (software licensing, IT<br>
networking, docking to high performance computing, design expertise,<br>
etc) to underpin micro/nano R&D in Australia. In theory, we will be<br>
looking to support a number of fields such as microfluidics,<br>
nanoelectronics, bio/nano, materials and so forth.<br>
<br>
Looking for models, can anyone provide information for where a suite<br>
of design capabilities may have been implemented in the US or Europe<br>
for broad access by their micro/nano community?<br>
<br>
I will be happy to supply more details offline if this project is of<br>
interest to you.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Dwayne.<br>
<br>
<br>
Dwayne Kirk BAppSci, ADMgmt, PhD, MAICD<br>
<br>
Managing Director<br>
Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication<br>
151Wellington Road, Clayton 3168<br>
Australia<br>
W: <a href="http://nanomelbourne.com" target="_blank">http://nanomelbourne.com</a><br>
<br>
Node Director - Victoria<br>
Australian National Fabrication Facility<br>
W: <a href="http://ANFF.org.au" target="_blank">http://ANFF.org.au</a><br>
<br>
Ph: <a href="tel:%2B61%20%283%29%209902%204049" value="+61399024049">+61 (3) 9902 4049</a><br>
M: <a href="tel:%2B61%20%284%29%202570%203950" value="+61425703950">+61 (4) 2570 3950</a><br>
E: <a href="mailto:dwayne.kirk@monash.edu">dwayne.kirk@monash.edu</a><br>
<br>
Executive Assistant: Maree Richardson<br>
Ph: <a href="tel:%2B61%20%283%29%209902%204073" value="+61399024073">+61 (3) 9902 4073</a><br>
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