Description:

We offer a very future-oriented and industrial-oriented dissertation in the field of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) speakers. Since MEMS prototyping is a very expensive and lengthy process, a computer based model has to be created, which is capable of simulating a piezo-electrically actuated speaker and optimize both sound pressure level and quality.

Focus of the thesis is to accurately model a single transducer and an array of MEMS transducers, where the output of your model supports the prototyping-process and gains performance in the acoustic field.

The prototyping-process is performed in parallel at the Institute of Sensors and Actuators in the Micro-System-Technology division at O.Univ. Prof. U. Schmid (E366), as well as at our industrial partners Infineon AG Munich and Infineon AG Villach.

Requirements:

– Careful, structurated and self-organized way of working
– Knowledge about modeling and simulation
– Useful lectures: Finite Element Method for coupled fields (325074)

Beginning: October 2014

Please submit your application (CV, letter of motivation, grades of your master study) tomanfred.kaltenbacher<στο>tuwien.ac.at

Supervision and contact person:

O. Univ. Prof. M. Kaltenbacher
Telephone: +43 (1) 58801 325 410
Email:   manfred.kaltenbacher<στο>tuwien.ac.at
Web: http://www.mec.tuwien.ac.at/

Div.: Measurement and Actuators
Room:     DB 04 F23
(Univ.Prof. Kaltenbacher)