MEMS is a system that integrates mechanical,sensor and electronic elements on one silicon chip through microfabrication technologies. The field of MEMS encompasses devices created with micromachining technologies originally developed to produce integrated circuits, as well as non-silicon based devices created by the same micromachining or other techniques.They can be classified as sensors, actuators and passive structures. MEMS group at IMEN develops miniature sensor and actuator systems using microfabrication. This group also conducts research in RF MEMS, BioMEMS and biometrics extraction. Research in these areas is motivated by the potential to produce high performance, low-cost, miniature sensors and actuators for automotive, telecommunications and biomedical applications.  Nanoelectronics refer to applications of nanoscience and nanotechnology techniques in the field of electronic. Nanotechnology application in the field of electronics are especially promising: computer chips, optoelectronic, information storage, nanocomputing and sensor. Currently, IMEN is focusing on the nanofabrication and characterization of nanodevices.

Organic electronic is a field related to the study the properties of organic or polymeric materials utilized in active parts of electronic and optoelectronic devices. The subject also includes plastic electronic, bioelectronic, conducting polymer, organic semiconductors and nonlinear optical materials. Research in this field at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) has begun since 1987.Until now, IMEN group has successfully fabricated a few devices prototype as Such carbon monoxide gas sensor, optical electronic nose and OLED. Several sensor systems are being developed to test the potential of materials as sensor element. The group focuses their research onto applications of organic thin films in electronic devices majoring in four areas namely OLED fabrication, sensor fabrication quantum dot devices and the latest which is printed electronics. The group has collaborations with several universities in Indonesia such as LIPI, Universiti Padjajaran and Gadjah Mada University in developing organic thin film devices.

Most of the system design at IMEN involves VLSI with CMOS technology. We are now preparing ourselves to get into the submicron and nanometer system design technology where more components will be packed into a more and more tiny space of area. IMEN focus the research in this field on circuits to assist MEMS devices. The strength of the group is academicians in and outside of the faculty and a team of more than a dozen of research postgraduate students (MSc/PhD)

The continuous pressure to reduce size, weight and cost, while increasing the functionality of portable products, has created a tremendous demand for innovative , cost-effective, IC packaging solutions. While the general expectation is space reduction, each application is typically defined as a package that has more functionality by means of integrating few semiconductor chips either from the same technology or different technologies. Previously, the main attempt to create a value added more functionality package was done using System on Chip (SoC) approach whereby various functionality being formulated and integrated within the same chip to finally perform the intended full final function wanted by users. However, nowadays, the Multy Chip Module (MCM) and Stacked Chip approach became more popular due to cost, flexibility, less technical challenge, Usability of existing infrastructure and other manufacturing, support and technology flexibilities.

Compound semiconductors, such as GaAs, InP, InGaAs, GaN, etc. have some electronics properties which are superior to silicon’s. They have higher saturated velocity and higher electron mobility, allowing them to function at frequencies in excess of 250 GHz. These semiconductors are used to make devices such as microwave frequency integrated circuits, infrared light emitting diodes, laser diodes and solar cells. As an example, GaAs devices generate less noise than silicon devices when operated at high frequencies. This property recommends GaAs circuitry in mobile phones, WLAN, satellite communication, microwave point-to-point links and some radar systems.  For this research theme, the group focuses on the development of growth technologies for compound semiconductor materials using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and fabrication technologies of high speed devices. Collaboration with Telekom Research and Development (TMR&D) in III-V in compound semiconductor research has been in progress since 1997.