CHAIR	John Wen, MCSME john.wen@uwaterloo.ca
VICE-CHAIR	Xian Wang, MCSME xian.wang@queensu.ca Edmond Young, FCSME, MCSME eyoung@mie.utoronto.ca
MANDATE	The committee’s principal mandate is to represent CSME members active within the sector of microtechnology and nanotechnology. The committee aims to promote the advancement of micro- and nano-technologies, facilitated by theoretical and experimental research. A major duty is to organize a Symposium on Microtechnology and Nanotechnology (SMN) at the annual CSME Congress; other responsibilities include the promotion of TC opportunities within the microtechnology and nanotechnology community, participation in the SMN by submitting or reviewing papers, and communicating with session participants.
KEYWORDS	MEMS, NEMS, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, nanomaterials, nanofabrication, nanodevices, bioMEMS, organ-on-a-chip, micro- and nanoscale instrumentation, portable soft robotics

Terms of Reference: (click to download)

Membership List: 

• Mohsen Akbari (University of Victoria) Bioprinting, Microfluidics, Disease modelling

• Rustom Bhiladvala (University of Victoria) Nanoscale Materials, Mechanics & Transport

• Tohid Fatanat Didar (McMaster University) Lab-on-chip, organs-on-chip

• Carlos Escobedo (Queen's University) Microfluidics, Biosensing 

• Jana Abou-Ziki  (Ontario Tech University) Advanced Manufacturing, Microfluidics, Micro-manufacutring

• Pouya Rezai  (York University) Microfluidics, Lab-on-Chip

• Ali Ahmadi  (University of Prince Edward Island) Microfluidics, Bioprinting

• Zengtao Chen  (University of Alberta) Materials modelling, Mechanics of materials  

• Mina Hoorfar (University of British Columbia) Digital microfluidics, Microfluidic fuel cells  

• Derek Rosenzweig (McGill University) Bioprinting, Tissue engineering, Drug delivery

• Ting Zou (Momorial University of Newfoundland) Microelectroelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Mechatronics and intelligent systems

Current Activities:

1. MICROTECHNOLOGY & NANOTECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM – Call for Abstracts & Papers (Symposia — CSME-CFDSC-CSR 2025) May 25-28, 2025 École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal (QC) 

Past Activities:

1. Microtechnology and Nanotechnology Symposium at 2019 CSME Congress at Western University
2. Microtechnology and Nanotechnology Symposium at 2021 CSME Congress at University of Prince Edward Island
3. Microtechnology and Nanotechnology Symposium at 2022 CSME International Congress, held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton
4. Microtechnology and Nanotechnology Symposium at 2023 CSME Congress at University of Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, QC
5. Microtechnology and Nanotechnology Symposium at 2024 CSME Congress at University of Toronto