{"id":5,"date":"2019-06-27T12:54:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T12:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mest.ewi.tudelft.nl\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-12-04T19:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:36:25","slug":"5-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mest.ewi.tudelft.nl\/index.php\/5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Micro-Electronic Systems & Technology Association (MEST) @ TU Delft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What is MEST?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEST<\/strong> is the M<\/strong>icro-E<\/strong>lectronic S<\/strong>ystems & T<\/strong>echnology Association, an independent representative body of graduate students (MScs) and research scholars\/employees (PhDs & Post-docs) at the Departments of Microelectronics (ME) and Quantum and Computer Engineering (QCE), Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands. We officially represent around 300+ members as a result of an agreement reached  in 2008 with the scientific director of Delft Institute of Microsystems & Nanoelectronics (DIMES) and the then chair of the Department of Microelectronics and Computer Engineering, Prof. dr. K. Beenakker. We are also keenly interested in establishing and maintaining good contact with all the ME and QCE Alumni.
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MEST<\/strong> was initially founded in 2000, having been an integral part of the Electrotechnische Vereeniging (ETV) till then, as a graduate student body of the Microelectronics department and was re-instituted in its present form in 2008 to better represent and serve the graduate students (MScs) and researchers (PhDs & Post-Docs) communities at the Departments of Microelectronics and Quantum and Computer Engineering, EEMCS faculty, TU Delft. We are officially registered at the “Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel)” as an independent NGO and act according to our by-laws (in Dutch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does MEST do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEST<\/strong>‘s primary objectives are to defend the general interests of our members, to contribute towards their integration and to promote knowledge and innovation in the fields of Microelectronics, Micro- & Nano- Systems Technology (MEMS & NEMS), Embedded Systems  and Computer Engineering. To meet these objectives, MEST<\/strong> conducts the following core activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n