COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M Engineering will host TEX-MEMS-VI Sept. 9 at the Memorial Student Center on campus and will feature more than 80 presentations and posters. This year’s conference, "MEMS and Beyond: Nanotechnology," will feature keynote speakers Dr. Mike Reischman, deputy assistant director of the National Science Foundation’s Directorate of Engineering, and Dr. John Evans with DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office. TEX-MEMS aims to identify individuals in academia and industry with ongoing work and interest in MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) and related technologies and to foster possible collaborations between these researchers. The deadline for registration is Monday (Sept. 6). The one-day workshop is sponsored by the Texas A&M Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Texas Institute for Intelligent Bio-Nano Materials and Structures for Aerospace Vehicles (TiiMS), the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the TEES Spacecraft Technology Center. For more information or to register, visit http://tex-mems.tamu.edu/.