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Spring/Summer 2008 WIMS Seminar Speakers
No WIMS Seminars are scheduled at this time.
 
Previous WIMS Seminar Speakers
May 7, 2008, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Microelectromechanical Systems for Thermal Characterization and Manipulation of Biomolecules
Speaker: Professor Qiao Lin
(Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University)
Location: 1500 EECS Building
April 16, 2008, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: A Panoramic Ultrasonic Internal Imager and Related Minimally Invasive CMUT Arrays for Medical Imaging and Treatment
Speaker: Professor Jingkuang Chen
(Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of New Mexico)
Location: 1200 EECS Building
April 9, 2008, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Making Massive Crowds of Nanotubes: Growth Mechanisms, Microstructures, and Composite Materials
Speaker: Professor John A. Hart
(Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Michigan)
Location: 1500 EECS Building
April 2, 2008, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Nonlinear Opto-Mechanics Using Radiation Pressure in Micro-Cavities
Speaker: Professor Tal Carmon
(Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Michigan)
Location: 1500 EECS Building
March 12, 2008, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Noise Floor of MEMS-Based Piezoresistive Microphones
Speaker: Professor Toshikazu Nishida
(Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Florida)
Location: 1500 EECS Building
March 07, 2008, 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Title: Rethinking Embedded Memory for High Performance Microprocessors
Speaker: Leland Chang, Ph.D.
(Manager of Design and Technology Solutions. IBM T. J. Watson Research Center)
Location: 1200 EECS Building
March 06, 2008, 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Title: Three-Dimensional Silicon Micromachining and Its Application in Cancer Diagnosis
Speaker: Masoud Agah, Ph.D.
(Assistant Professor Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Virginia Tech University)
Location: 1200 EECS Building
February 20, 2008, 3:30PM - 4:30PM (2 Talks)
Title: (Veeneman) Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphitized Carbons as Adsorbents in a Microfabricated Vapor Preconcentrator/Focuser
Title: (Zhong) A Novel Multi-Vapor Analyzer: Characterization and Application to Analyzing Breath Biomarkers of Lung Cancer
Speakers: Ms. Rebecca Veeneman and Ms. Qiongyan (Judy) Zhong (Graduate Students Depts. of Chemistry and Environmental Health Sciences University of Michigan)
Location: 1500 EECS Building
February 13, 2008, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Development of High Volume MEMS Products (Or Tales from the Advanced Development Group at Analog Devices’ Micromachined Products Division)
Speaker: Jason Weigold, Ph.D. (Founder of MEMStaff, Inc.)
Location: 1500 EECS Building
January 21, 2008, 3:30PM - 5:00PM (2 Talks)
Title: Transponder-Based Microsystems for Medical Applications Developed in Aachen
Speaker: Uwe Schnakenberg, Ph.D. (Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering Aachen University in Germany)
Title: Microfluidic Systems for Biocatalytical Reactions in Microtiter Plates
Speaker: Andreas Buchenauer (Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering Aachen University in Germany)
Location: 1200 EECS Building
December 05, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Si Technology Roadmap for Ubiquitous Computing
Speaker: Dennis Buss, Ph.D. (Texas Instruments, Inc.)
Location: 1200 EECS Building
November 07, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: An Introduction to Ultra-Wideband Communication, Circuits, and Systems
Speaker: Professor David Wentzloff (EECS - University of Michigan)
Location: 1200 EECS Building
October 25, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Next Generation MicroChem Lab Development at Sandia National Laboratories
Speaker: Joshua J. Whiting, Ph.D. (Sandia National Laboratories)
Location: 1005 EECS Building
October 17, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Sensor Technology Research at Western Michigan University
Speaker: Professor Massood Atashbar (Western Michigan University)
Location: 1200 EECS Building
October 9, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Hybrid Neural Microsystems for Studying Signal Transduction in the Nervous System
Speaker: Surendra K. Ravula (Sandia)
Location: 1005 EECS Building
September 18, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Carbon Nanotube Sensors
Speaker: Professor Christofer Hierold (ETH Zurich)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
April 10, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Spanning the Length Scales in Micro/Nanofluidic Systems: Computational Studies
Speaker: Professor Narayan Aluru (U of Illinois UC)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
April 05, 2007, 12:00PM - 1:30PM
Title: The Race to Replace Quartz
Speaker: Michael S. McCorquodale Ph.D. (Mobius Microsystems)
Location: 1301 EECS Building
April 03, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Low-Power Integrated Electronics for Large-Scale Neural Recording
Speaker: Reid Harrison (U of Utah)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
March 27, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Wireless Communication Circuits in Nanometer CMOS Technologies
Speaker: Professor Jeyanandh Paramesh (Carnegie Mellon University)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
March 20, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Creating Venture Capital Backed Companies Based on University Research
Speaker: Mr. Tony Grover (RPM Ventures)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
March 6, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Hemodynamic Monitoring for the 21st Century
Speaker: Professor Ramakrishna Mukkamala (MSU)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
March 5, 2007, 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Title: From Transmission Lines to Transceivers: Silicon Millimeter-Wave ICs for 60GHz and Beyond
Scott Reynolds, Ph.D. (IBM)
Location: 1005 DOW
February 6, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Bio-MEMS Tools for Manipulating and Imaging Biological Samples
Speaker: Professor Nikos Chronis (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
January 30, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: An Engineer's View of Start-Ups
Speaker: Professor Mohammed Islam (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
January 16, 2007, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: A 14mW Fractional-N PLL Modulator With an Enhanced Digital Phase Detector and Frequency Switching Scheme and a Sub-200mV 6T SRAM in 130nm CMOSS
Speakers: Graduate Students Mark Ferris and Bo Zhai (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
December 12, 2006, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Design of Low Noise CMOS Amplifiers
James R. Hellums, Ph.D. (Texas Instruments)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
December 05, 2006, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: SUGAR: The Spice for MEMS
Speaker: Professor Jason Clark (Purdue)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
November 21, 2006, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Negative Refractive Index Materials Based on Transmission Lines
Speaker: Anthony Grbic (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
November 14, 2006, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Applications of Ion Channels for Diagnostics and Affinity Sensors
Speaker: Professor Michael Mayer (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
November 07, 2006, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Directed Seeding of Metal-Semiconductor Nanocomposites for Negative Index Metamaterials
Speaker: Professor Rachel S. Goldman (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
October 31, 2006, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Joint CoE/RSB Entrepreneurial Education Initiative
Speaker: Timothy L. Faley (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
October 03, 2006, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: A thousand and one things [growing] in the Maharbiz Lab
Speaker: Michel Maharbiz (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
September 26, 2006, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: En Route to Optoelectronic Integration
Speaker: P.C. Ku (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
September 19, 2006, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles and Their Organoplatinum Composites as Vapor-Sensitive Microsensor Interface Materials
Speaker: Michael P. Rowe (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
September 12, 2006, 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Title: Preparation, Evaluation, and Application of Silicon Micro-fabricated Gas Chromatography Columns
Speaker: Gordon R. Lambertus (U of M)
Location: 1109 FXB Building
 
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