RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT About the author: Nora Dempsey is a staff researcher on the Micro and Nanomagnetism team at Institut NEEL in Grenoble, France. The group studies magnetic systems at the micro and nano scales: from fundamental research to applications in spintronics, energy and life sciences. For more info, see www.linksium.fr/en/projects/micromagfab and www.neel.cnrs.fr. Institut NEEL in Grenoble, France NdFeB micro-magnets made at Institut NEEL have already been exploited in a range of bio-medical applications, in the framework of various academic collaborations. They have also been used to develop prototype micro-mechanical devices with an industrial partner and are presently being integrated into energy-harvester prototypes in the framework of academic collaborations. A maturation project is now running with a local technology transfer incubator (Linksium) to explore the market potential for sputtered micro-magnets and to find industrial partners and clients for a future start-up. Blog Contributors Needed Magnetics Business & Technology is looking for knowledgeable professionals in the magnetics industry who'd like to contribute to our guest blog to be featured on the website. Your blog will be featured in the month it's published on the website. For more info email scottw@webcomcommunications.com. magnetic instrumentation * Magnetizers & Demagnetizers * Production & Prototype Magnetizing Fixtures * Automated Flux Scanners * Hard & Soft Hysteresigraphs * Gaussmeters & Fluxmeters * Helmholtz Coils * KJS Associates™ Measurement Services * ISO 17025 Accredited Calibration * Magnetizing Services * Magnetic Consulting * Prototype Design & Fabrication * FEA Services * Professional Seminars Production Magnetizing Systems Standard & Custom Systems built with Advanced Technologies (317) 842-7500 * MAGINST.COM www.MagneticsMag.com March/April 2021 * Magnetics Business & Technology 19http://www.linksuim.fr/en/projects/micromagfab http://www.neel.cnrs.fr http://www.link-suim.fr/en/projects/micromagfab http://www.MAGINST.COM http://www.MagneticsMag.com