High Coupling Piezoelectric Thick Film Materials

Tomasz Zawada, holds PhD degree in microelectronic engineering. Currently, he is also pursuing an MBA degree in Management of Technology at Danish Technical University, Denmark. Tomasz has more than 10 years of experience in academic and industrial research in the fields of ceramic microsystems, microfluidics and piezoelectric materials and devices. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 scientific publications and reports. Currently, he is working as Engineering and Research Manager at Meggitt A/S, Denmark. His main professional interest is focused on applications of piezoelectric thick films in sensors, transducers and energy harvesting. Privately, he is sharing his free time between travelling and playing electric guitar.

Meggitt PLC is a global engineering group specialising in extreme environment components and smart sub-systems for aerospace, defence and energy markets. More than 7500 people are employed across manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe and North America and regional bases in India and the Middle East. Denmark based Meggitt Ferroperm Piezoceramics is a member of Meggitt Sensing Systems and has more than 50 years of experience in manufacturing of high quality piezoelectric ceramics for its strategic markets: Vibration Sensors, Underwater Acoustics, Medical Ultrasound, Flowmeters, NDT and Energy Harvesting. Ferroperm is the first company to commercialize piezoelectric thick films technology through its registered trademark - InSensor®.