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- EIN 34-1484011
- (619) 823-3559
- C/o 1227 Cypress Ct San Diego CA 92103-0000 USA
- http://www.transducer-research-foundation.org
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Causes: Physical & Earth Sciences, Technology
Mission: The organizations mission is to stimulate research in science and engineering, with emphasis on technologies related to transducers, microsystems, and nanosystems, and to foster the exchange of ideas and information between academic, industrial, and government researchers. These objectives will be pursued through a variety of efforts, functions and programs, including but not limited to the following: 1) sponsoring and organizing regional, national, and international conferences, meetings, workshops and short courses in transducers, sensors, microsystems and nanotechnology; 2) raising and administering the distribution of funds with the purpose of enhancing and encouraging advances int he fields of transducers, sensors, microsystems and nanotechnology; 3) fostering liaisons between academic and industrial research and applications; 4) providing liaisons between government agencies, research institutions, and professional societies to enhance cooperation and collaboration; 5) supporting
Programs: Statement of exempt purpose accomplishmentstrf sponsors and conducts conferences, workshops, seminars and short courses addressing and encouraging the advances in the fields of transducers, sensors, microsystems and nanotechnology. These meetings create forums for discussion by the worlds international scientific researchers on the latest state-of-the-art topics and research. In 2017, trf sponsored one meeting and awarded four conferences scholarship travel grants distributed $120,600. In scholarship funds:sponsored conferences4th trf napa microsystems workshopaugust 21-23, 2017silverado resort and spanapa, california usatravel and registration grantsieee mems conferencejanuary 22-26, 2017rio hotellas vegas, nv usa$40,000. 00 student travel grant for 80 attendeesfrontiers in nanomechanical systemsfebruary 5-10, 2017planibel hotelvalle daosta, italy$10,000 registration grants for 100 attendees19th international conference on solid-state, actuators and microsystems (transducers 2017)june 18-22, 2017kaohsiung, taiwan$40,000. Student travel grants for 80 attendees4th trf napa microsystems workshopaugust 21-23, 2017silverado resort and spanapa, california usa$30,600 registration grant for 102 attendees