This introductory course is designed for anyone who regularly uses piezoelectric materials in their business, thinks they might benefit from the adoption of piezo in their products, or wants to appreciate the potential of piezo for future product development.
It is designed to give scientists and technologists a working knowledge of piezo materials and devices. Delegates will develop a basic understanding of how piezo properties are measured and will take back to their workplace a set of real industrial applications for piezo materials and devices.

About Piezo Institute
The Piezo Institute is the hub of European expertise and experience in piezoelectric materials and devices. It was launched in 2008 by the multidisciplinary EC-funded MIND consortium of academic researchers and leading European companies.

In the exciting field of piezoelectric materials and devices, the Piezo Institute is an independent source of:

• Advice and expertise
• Education and training
• Research
• Project management

Piezoelectric materials are effective as sensors, actuators and transducers used in industries including:

• Healthcare
• Transport
• Environmental monitoring

The institute’s expertise includes ferroelectricity, electrostriction and pyroelectricity in materials including ceramics, single crystals, polymers and composites.

Founding members have skills in:

• Chemistry and process engineering
• Solid-state physics
• Materials characterisation and measurement science
• Micro and nano technology
• MEMS
• Numerical and finite element modelling
• Design and manufacture of devices