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Summary: International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, 2(2)vii-ix(2004)
0731-8898/04/$20.00 © 2004 by Begell House, Inc vii
Multiscale Methods for Emerging Technologies
Preface
N. R. Aluru
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801
The last few years have seen exciting new de-
velopments in micro and nanotechnology. For
example, advances in nanoelectronics, micro
and nanofluidics, micro and nanoelectrome-
chanical systems (MEMS and NEMS), materials
and bionanotechnology have led to the devel-
opment of miniaturized devices and systems
with applications ranging from health care to
defense to consumer products. The design of
these miniaturized devices and systems (also
referred to as mixed-technology devices and
systems) is at the cutting-edge of interdiscipli-
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