[mems-modsim] Math and MEMS

[Jose Guevarra]

Hi,

  I a prospective graduate student in Applied Mathematics.  I heard
about MEMS a few months ago and I find the subject fascinating.  I know
that Finite Element/ Boundary Element Methods are used in MEMS
research.  However, I'm curious to find out what a mathematicians role
in researching MEMS would be?  After all, there lots of packages out
there that solve FEM/BEM problems very easily.

  What type of problems would a mathematician be solving that
engineers/physicists couldn't solve themselves?

Thanks,