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BSAC Seminar: A Study of Organic and Inorganic Thin Films Deposited by Chemical Vapor Deposition for Gas Sensors

October 28, 2014
Julien El-Sabahy CEA-Leti, MINATEC Campus, Grenoble, France October 28, 2014 | 12:30 to 01:00 | 540 Cory Hall Host: John Huggins

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene or toluene are increasingly present in our environment and represent a significant risk for human healthcare. In order to detect such gases, sensors with sensitive layers are being developed to capture and concentrate these compounds in a selective and reversible manner. A method developed at CEA in collaboration with...

BSAC Seminar: MEMS Incubation at Shanghai Industrial Technology Research Institute

November 4, 2014
Peter Himes General Manager & Vice President, SITRI Silicon Valley, Shanghai Industrial µTechnology Research Institute November 4, 2014 | 12:30 to 01:30 | 540 Cory Hall Host: John Huggins

The Shanghai Industrial microTechnology Research Institute (SITRI) was formed by the Shanghai government in cooperation with SIMIT of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (and the State Key Lab for Transducers) to create a new model for the development and commercialization of new technologies and products in MEMS, materials and other “More than Moore...

BSAC Seminar: µSpectrometer - Design Process and Simulation

October 28, 2014
Romain Mahieu CEA-Leti, MINATEC Campus, Grenoble, France October 28, 2014 | 01:00 to 01:30 | 540 Cory Hall Host: John Huggins

The first generation of µSpectrometer’s based on silicon microfabrication that have already been fabricated are based on TOF principle. However, this has proven to be very restrictive in terms of high vacuum and high speed detection systems due to high sensitivity. Therefore the second generation was design to investigate alternative structures in order to reduce the constraints on instrumentation. This last...

BSAC Seminar: Surface Tension Is Fair Game in Micro-Engineering: Let's Play!

November 25, 2014
Prof. Chang-Jin Kim Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Los Angeles BSAC PhD 1991 November 25, 2014 | 12:30 to 01:30 | 540 Cory Hall Host: Ming Wu

Unlike in regular scale, where tubing is needed to manipulate liquids, sub-millimeter scale liquids can be handled as discrete objects using the liquid-air interface as virtual walls. This unusual option is a result of surface tension dominating other mechanical forces in microscale. Early devices implementing this method include satellite-free inkjet printing;...

BSAC Seminar: Functional Nanomaterials and Nanofabrication Processes for Flexible Device Applications

December 2, 2014
Prof. Inkyu Park Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) BSAC Postdoc 2008 December 2, 2014 | 12:30 to 01:30 | 540 Cory Hall Host: Liwei Lin

Wearable electronics are becoming a new paradigm for the next generation of computing and electronic systems. Leading global companies such as Google, Samsung and Apple are investing great effort in the development and commercialization of wearable and flexible electronic systems. The essential components for wearable electronic systems are circuits (...

BSAC Seminar: Integrated Carbon Nanotubes for MEMS Applications

December 9, 2014
Prof Jongbaeg Kim Yonsei University, Korea BSAC PhD 2004 December 9, 2014 | 12:30 to 01:30 | 540 Cory Hall Host: Liwei Lin

Controlled synthesis and adjustment of carbon nanotubes on microstructures and their applications are presented. A top-down, followed by bottom-up, integration process is performed on fully-fabricated MEMS structures to enhance the functionalities of existing MEMS and/or to develop novel sensor and actuator applications. The demonstrated microdevices include micromechanical switches with enhanced lifetime, reversible and continuous...

BSAC Seminar: Silicon Carbide Micro-/Nanosystems for Sensing and Energy Applications

December 16, 2014
Professor Roya Maboudian Prof. Roya Maboudian Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkeley BSAC Co-Director December 16, 2014 | 12:30 to 01:30 | 540 Cory Hall Host: John Huggins

Silicon has been the dominant semiconducting material in micro-/nanosystems technologies. However, the material and surface properties of silicon impose limitations on its use in applications involving harsh...

BSAC Seminar: Gallium Nitride-Based Sensors and Systems

December 17, 2014
Prof. Mina Rais-Zadeh Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Michigan December 17, 2014 | 12:30 to 01:30 | 540 Cory Hall Host: Clark Nguyen

In the past few years there has been rapid growth of III-V semiconductors geared toward a variety of applications where silicon performance falls short. GaN, a III-V semiconductor, has proven to be the material of choice for high-frequency, high-power, and high-temperature applications. GaN also offers a number of excellent mechanical properties making it a...

BSAC Seminar: Microsystems for Pharmaceutical Development and Production

January 12, 2015
Prof. Rajeev Ram Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology January 12, 2015 | 03:00 to 04:00 | 521 Cory Hall Host: Ming Wu

The presentation will explore microfluidics and microphotonics as tools for the rapid development of therapeutic proteins. Recent work on microfluidic devices for closed-loop control of the metabolic state of a productive cell line (both microbial and mammalian) will be presented. We demonstrate that the control afforded by the combination of...

BSAC Seminar: Micro/Nanoscale 3D Printing Means It's the End of Biomanufacturing as We Know It ♫ (& I Feel Fine) ♫

January 27, 2015
Dr. Ryan Sochol NIH Fellow, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology January 27, 2015 | 12:30 to 01:30 | 540 Cory Hall Host: Liwei Lin

In President Barack Obama’s 2013 State of the Union Address, he remarked that 3D printing could change “the way we make almost everything.” Similar to the way in which the transition from vacuum tube-based technologies to solid-state components transformed the field of electronics, the shift from standard top-down fabrication methods (e.g., soft lithography) to emerging ...