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BSAC Spring 2011 Research Review Presentations

March 10, 2011

Miniconference: MicroEnergy Harvesting and Storage*

Liwei Lin, Open Thrust Session: Overview(316.31 KB)

Kris Pister, Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks (2.34 MB)

Albert P. Pisano, Advanced Sensing Technology for Geothermal Power Plants(2.76 MB)

Richard White/ Paul Wright, Energy Harvesting and Sensing for the Smart Grid(1.19 MB)

Ali Javey, Towards Roll-2-Roll Compatible Nanopillar Photovoltaics (1.65 MB)

Alexander Frey, Siemens Corporate Research, Challenges and Perspectives for Commercialization of Energy Harvesting Technologies (1.72 MB)

Liwei Lin, Micro Energy Storage (2.95 MB)

Michel Maharbiz, A Brief Look at Two Biologically-Inspired Scavenging Technologies (907.43 KB)

Research Review Presentations*

John Huggins, Welcome and Open Session(946.7 KB)

Fabian Goericke, HEaTS: Aluminum Nitride Inertial Sensors for Harsh Environments(1.38 MB)

Dr. Andre Guedes, MEMS-enhanced Magnetoresistive Sensors (1.08 MB)

Sun Choi, Fast, High-Throughput Micro, Nanoparticle Printing with Tunable Resolution & Size (3.32 MB)

Dr. Cary Pint, New Architectures for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Solar-to-fuel Conversion (1.23 MB)

Dr. Daniel Huang, Turing Pattern Formation and Synthetic Biology (739.91 KB)

Adrienne Higa, Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Behavior via Microtopographic Substrates (2.19 MB)

Richard Su, A Process-Portable Ultra-Small Radio Built with Standard Cells and Synthesis Tools (151.06 KB)

Rehan Kapadia, XOI - Materials and Devices for Green Electronics (692.24 KB)

Prof. Elad Alon, Integrated Circuit Design with Nano-Electro-Mechanical Relays(702.97 KB)

Byung-Wook Yoo, SWEEPER: Fast Optical Phased Array for 10MHz Beamforming(791.64 KB)

Mehmet Akgul, Micromechanical RF Channelizer (1.76 MB)

Yang Lin, Micromechanical Power Amplfier(1.72 MB)

Igor Izyumin, Differential Readout of Resonant MEMS Sensors (547.72 KB)

*Only registered BSAC Industrial Members may view archived project materials & publications. Contact bsac@berkeley.edu to request member-only access to archived presentations.