H?ctor J. De Los Santos is a Scientist/Director of Future Enabling Technologies IR&D Program at the Hughes Space and Communications Company. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and is Senior Member of the IEEE and Member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Xi..

• Microelectromechanical systems - MEMS origins; MEMS impetus/motivation; MEMS fabrication technologies; fundamental MEMS device physics - actuation; fundamental MEMS devices - the cantilever beam; microwave MEMS applications - MEM switch design considerations; the micromachined transmission line; MEMS-based microwave circuits and systems.

H?ctor J. De Los Santos is a Scientist/Director of Future Enabling Technologies IR&D Program at the Hughes Space and Communications Company. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and is Senior Member of the IEEE and Member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Xi..

• Microelectromechanical systems - MEMS origins; MEMS impetus/motivation; MEMS fabrication technologies; fundamental MEMS device physics - actuation; fundamental MEMS devices - the cantilever beam; microwave MEMS applications - MEM switch design considerations; the micromachined transmission line; MEMS-based microwave circuits and systems.