Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center

the berkeley sensor & actuator center (bsac) is an interdisciplinary engineering research consortium designed to enable commercially relevant, pre-competitive research through collaboration and sustained partnerships between industry and academia. headquartered at the university of california, berkeley, bsac launched in 1986 as the national science foundation (nsf) industry/university cooperative research center (i/ucrc) for mems and nems. for the past 31 years, bsac has successfully leveraged member financial investment, the resources of top ranked universities, researchers, labs, and a diverse group of industry leaders, to accelerate the knowledge base in emerging technological and manufacturing sectors and develop industry’s next generation of innovators. today, as a graduated nsf center, bsac enjoys an international reputation as the premier university-based mems research center driving innovative research in micro and nano-scale sensors, moving mechanical elements, microfluidics,