1. Guest Editorial

   • Bernard Courtois

   EditorialNotes Pages: 107 - 107

2. Development of Behavioural Models for Mechanically Loaded Microcantilevers and Beams

   • Maryna Lishchynska
   • Nicolas Cordero
   • Orla Slattery

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 118

3. A Behavioural Model of Resonant Cantilevers for Chemical Sensing

   • D. Paci
   • K.-U. Kirstein
   • H. Baltes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 128

4. System Level Modeling of the Relevant Physical Effects of Inertial Sensors Using Order Reduction Methods

   • Sven Reitz
   • Christian Döring
   • Reinhard Neul

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 135

5. Performance Simulation of a Microwave Micro-Electromechanical System Shunt Switch Using Chatoyant

   • Michael M. Bails
   • José A. Martínez
   • Donald M. Chiarulli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 154

6. Dynamic Identification of MEMS by Eigensensitivity and Newmark Simulation

   • Cornelis Joannes van der Poel Filho
   • Antonio Gugliotta
   • Renato Pavanello

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 162

7. Optimized Flexural Hinges for Compliant Micromechanisms

   • F. De Bona
   • M. Gh Munteanu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 174

8. Mechanical Sensitivity Enhancement of an Area-Changed Capacitive Accelerometer by Optimization of the Device Geometry

   • Badariah Bais
   • Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 183