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J. E. Akin Rice University, MEMS Dept. Commercial Product Geometric systems Finite Element Analysis (FEA) systems Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) systems Mechanism analysis… Copyright © 2003 J. E. Akin Rice University, MEMS Dept.
J. E. Akin Rice University, MEMS Dept. CAD Tools Text editor, spread sheet, search engine ME environments (Matlab…) Computer languages Optimization tools [functions, shapes] Knowledge based systems (KBS) Electronic reference books Patents … Copyright © 2003 J. E. Akin Rice University, MEMS Dept.
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