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G. Popovic, E. Chatzitheodoridis, W. Brenner, H. Detter, D. Petrovic et al.:
"Education and Training Methods in MEMS Crossing National Borders";
Talk: International Intersociety, Electronic Packaging Technical Conference (InterPACK), Kauai, Hawaii; 07-08-2001 - 07-13-2001; in: "Proceedings of InterPACK ´01", (2001), ISBN: 0-7918-3530-8; 15648.

Integration and miniaturization have initiated a development often referred to as the second or third industrial revolution. They have ushered in the computer age and mobile telecommunications, strongly influenced technological development, everyday life, and a multitude of markets including the job market. Microsystem technology and Micro Electromechanical systems (MEMS) represent an interdisciplinary approach in science by integration of microelectronics, micro-optics and micro-mechanics in dimensions smaller than a millimeter.
It is necessary to establish training facilities for the use of new technologies in an international context. Nowadays, current education and training contents often cross international borders with delays that are unacceptable to industry.
Several European education and training projects offered in different disciplines of MEMS on a European level will be presented in this paper. These projects implement methods that facilitate the sharing of knowledge from all relevant source locations across European borders. Pupils, students, managers and researchers have many opportunities to obtain training, know-how and experience in different MEMS fields: micro and ultraprecision technologies, handling and assembly of microparts, joining techniques, testing techniques and quality assurance in MEMS, microtribology, scaling-down rules, simulation, modeling and MEMS design.
These education and training programs have been created for interdisciplinary work and in accordance with the trend of life-long learning. They are based on theoretical and practical work and can be offered within multinational projects and cooperation on an international level.