1. Distributed Microsystems Laboratory: Developing Microsystems that Make Sense Denise Wilson, Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195-2500 Research Assistants (The People who Do Wonderful Work): Josh Greegor, Linda Lee, Carina Leung, Andrew Moe, Mike Strumpf, Garth Tan, Rachel Yotter September 2002

2. Distributed Microsystems Laboratory: Developing Microsystems that Make Sense Goals: To perform true systems integration for existing or incrementally advanced sensor technologies in such a way as to meet system-level constraints related to: power consumption robustness in real-world environments auto-calibration capability small size, portable deployment self-diagnostic capability multi-stimulus detection sensitivity limits without sacrificing stimulus recognition capability

3. Smell Smell/Hear Hear (like a person) Hear (like a bat) See See/Touch Touch Distributed Microsystems Laboratory: Sensing Modes

4. Smell: National Science Foundation (ECS) –Portable instrument development for chemical sensor arrays –Sensor technologies: chemiresistor and ChemFET –Signal Processing: extensive preprocessing and linear array analysis –Inspiration: successful array processing systems; olfaction (biology) Smell/Hear: National Science Foundation (ECS) –Distributed and Integrated Hear/Smell Sensing Nodes –Three chip sensing nodes that employ: On-chip sound recognition as early warning and wake-up signal and On-chip smell functionality for three representative applications: –Consumer: redundant breath alcohol analysis –Environmental: pipeline leak monitoring –Military: ground vehicle identification Distributed Microsystems Laboratory: Funded Research Projects

5. Smell: subcontract to Arizona State University (Booksh, Chemistry) as part of National Science Foundation grant –Integrated Optical Computation for dual-probe SPR instruments –Sensor technology: coated, tapered fiber-optic probes with RI measurement –Sensor technology: custom CMOS imagers –Signal processing: auto-compensation of reference media by imager Smell/Touch: Life on a Chip NIH Genomics Center (Meldrum, PI) –In-process characterization of pressure profiles in biopsy mincing –Sensor technology: MEMS-based pressure/strain sensors; custom imagers –Signal Processing: Pressure profile characterization; fluorescence-based instrument development and architecture definition Distributed Microsystems Laboratory: Funded Research Projects

6. Hear (like a bat) and See: Subcontract to USTLAB DARPA contract –Streamlined acoustic and optical, dual-purpose signal preprocessing and processing for low-power, small-footprint underwater vehicles –Sensor Technologies MEMS-based acoustic transducers/receivers CMOS cameras Touch/See/Talk: WA Tech Center, Internal Research Fund (UW) –Implement Radio Frequency Identification Systems in Precision Forestry –Expand Radio Frequency Identification to sensing of forest product parameters Diameter Moisture Defects Density Distributed Microsystems Laboratory: Funded Research Projects