NMAC Seminar Schedule
Please note seminar speakers and times are tenative and may change
Updated January 18, 2007
Please note seminar speakers and times are tenative and may change
Updated January 18, 2007
November 16, 2006 1:00-2:00pm
Topic: Nanotechnology
Walter Library, Room 101
117 Pleasant St. SE
Steve Campbell, Nanofabrication Center Director
Topic: Nanotechnology
Walter Library, Room 101
117 Pleasant St. SE
Steve Campbell, Nanofabrication Center Director
-Campbell Presentation: "Silicon Quantum Dot LEDs"
Beth Stadler, Electrical and Computer Engineering-Stadler Presentation: "Advancing the Integration of
Materials and Devices (AIMD)"
December 14, 2006 12:30-1:30pm
Topic: BioMEMS, Microfluidics & Biosensors
Walter Library, Room 101
117 Pleasant St. SE
Joey Talghader, Electrical & Computer Engineerin: "Micro-to-Nano Thermal Effects and Micromachined Devices"
Satish Kumar, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Topic: BioMEMS, Microfluidics & Biosensors
Walter Library, Room 101
117 Pleasant St. SE
Joey Talghader, Electrical & Computer Engineerin: "Micro-to-Nano Thermal Effects and Micromachined Devices"
Satish Kumar, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
-Kumar Presentation: "Microscale Flow and Transport: Fundamentals and Applications"
January 11, 2007 12:30-1:30pm
Topic: Flexible Electronics and Packaging
Location: TBD
Heiko Jacobs, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Topic: Flexible Electronics and Packaging
Location: TBD
Heiko Jacobs, Electrical and Computer Engineering
-Jacobs Presentation: "Integration of Nanoparticles, Nanowires, and Micrometer Sized Chips by Novel Printing, Packaging, and Directed Self-Assembly Methods"
Tianhong Cui, Mechanical Engineering-Cui Presentation: "Bottom-up Construction of NEMS/MEMS and Flexible Electronics"
February 8, 2007 12:30-1:30pm
Topic: Wireless Sensor Networks
Location: Walter Library, Room 101
Ramesh Harjani, Electrical and Computer Engineering: "RF Frontends for Wireless Sensors"
Chris Kim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Topic: Wireless Sensor Networks
Location: Walter Library, Room 101
Ramesh Harjani, Electrical and Computer Engineering: "RF Frontends for Wireless Sensors"
Chris Kim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
-Kim Presentation:
"Circuit Design Techniques for Ultra Low Power Digital Computing"
March 8, 2007 12:30-1:30pm
Topic: Polymer BioMEMS and Energy Scavenging
Location: Walter Library, Room 101
Euisik Yoon, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Topic: Polymer BioMEMS and Energy Scavenging
Location: Walter Library, Room 101
Euisik Yoon, Electrical and Computer Engineering
-Yoon Presentation: "Polymer BioMEMS for Artificial Skin and Single Cell Assay"
William Robbins, Electrical and Computer Engineering-Robbins Presentation: "Energy Scavenging with Piezoelectric Materials Driven by Wind and Human Locomotion"
April 12, 2007 12:30-1:30pm
Topic: RF Design & Sensors
Location: Walter Library, Room 101
Rhonda Drayton, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Topic: RF Design & Sensors
Location: Walter Library, Room 101
Rhonda Drayton, Electrical & Computer Engineering
-Drayton Presentation: "3D and Ultra-broadband Design Techniques for Planar Circuits and Packages used in RF communications"
Rajesh Rajamani, Mechanical Engineering: "Carbon Nanotube Thin Films on Piezoelectric Substrates - A New Class of Transducers"
May 10, 2007 12:30-1:30pm
Topic: Nanomechanics and Microfluidics in Bio
Location: Walter Library, Room 101
David Odde, Biomedical Engineering
Topic: Nanomechanics and Microfluidics in Bio
Location: Walter Library, Room 101
David Odde, Biomedical Engineering
-Odde Presentation: "Nanomechanics of neuron growth"
Sang-Hyun Oh, Electrical & Computer Engineering: "Microfluidic Biotechnology"
For more information about any of these seminars, contact Euisik Yoon: yoon@umn.edu or 612-625-1574.