The Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group (IMG) is a college-wide multi-departmental education and research program of the College of Engineering at the University of Florida. IMG operates under the direction of Drs. Lou Cattafesta, Hugh Fan, and Mark Sheplak of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Drs. David Arnold, Toshikazu Nishida, and Huikai Xie of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

IMG research focuses on micro- and nanosystems for energy, healthcare, homeland security, aerospace, transportation, consumer electronics, and other emerging technology areas. Efforts span from design, to fabrication, and ultimately to deployment in power-related, biomedical, flow-control, and acoustic applications.

Founded in 1998, IMG has steadily grown in size, scope, and impact. Since its inception, the six IMG faculty have garnered 117 sponsored research contracts valued at $33M. Ninety one of these (78%) were led by an IMG faculty member, and thirty six (31%) included more than one IMG investigator. The IMG portion of these contracts was $19M, generating over $5M in overhead. From 2006-2008, IMG collectively averaged $2.2M/year in budgeted research, 24 journal publications/year and 22 conference papers/year, along with 7 graduated PhD students/year. IMG has a strong track record of fundamental and applied research for government, defense, and industry sponsors. IMG’s research expenditures and graduate/under-graduate student training record have been fueled by true interdisciplinary research and strong internal and external collaborations.