(Corie Cobb, Alice M. Agogino)

The goal of this project is to apply case-based reasoning tools to MEMS design as part of a larger MEMS synthesis architecture. Having the ability to draw upon past design knowledge is advantageous to the MEMS designer, allowing reuse and modification of previous successful designs to help deal with the complexities of a current design problem. Case-based reasoning will utilize past successful MEMS designs and sub-assemblies as building blocks stored in an indexed library. Reasoning tools will then find cases in the library with solved problems similar to the current design problem and propose an approximate solution. The case library will include useful MEMS GA (Genetic Algorithm) building blocks and serve as a design tool for the MEMS community. Current work is focused on case representation using the SUGAR simulation tool and the formation of an indexed database.

contact: ccobb@me