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BSAC Seminar: Molecular-Scale and Polymer-Based Electronic Devices

February 2, 2016
Prof. Takhee Lee Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Molecular Nanoelectronics Lab February 2, 2016 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 490 Cory Hall Host: Ali Javey

Research developments in the utilization of individual molecules or molecular monolayers as electronic and optoelectronic device components will be introduced. Specifically, recently developed understanding of the electrical transport characteristics and device functionalities through various types of molecular junctions with a high device yield on rigid or...

BSAC Seminar: On the Origin of Microsystems: The Symbiosis of Electrons and Photons

February 9, 2016
Behnam Behroozpour Behnam Behroozpour Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley February 9, 2016 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 490 Cory Hall Host: Bernhard Boser

The future of the human–machine society, such as IoT and electronic cities, calls for a more dynamic technology paradigm that can easily conform to upcoming needs. IC fabrication techniques have already led to the development of technologies...

BSAC Seminar: Dynamics-Enhanced Sensory Processing in Microelectromechanical Systems

February 16, 2016
Dr Ashwin Seshia Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, Queens' College, University of Cambridge

Reader in Microsystems Technology

On Sabbatical at UC Berkeley

February 16, 2016 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 490 Cory Hall Host: John Huggins

Instruments based on resonant and oscillatory elements have historically been employed to conduct some of the most accurate physical measurements. This talk describes research to enable miniaturized electromechanical sensor...

BSAC Seminar: Reconfigurable RF Resonators: Architectures and Technology

March 15, 2016
Prof. Dimitrios Peroulis School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University Deputy Director, Birck Nanotechnology Center March 15, 2016 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 490 Cory Hall Host: Tsu-Jae King Liu

The next generation of 5G communication systems comes with vastly different requirements for the RF front-ends from what our existing systems are used to. Reconfigurable RF devices in new bands up to 100 GHz are envisioned for 5G systems. Additionally, their multifunctional characteristics tend to impose linearity requirements and interference mitigation...

BSAC Seminar: Harnessing the Chemistry and Photophysics of Porous Silicon for Degradable Micro- and Nano-Scale Sensing Devices

April 19, 2016
Prof. Michael J. Sailor Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC San Diego Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Department of Nanoengineering April 19, 2016 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 490 Cory Hall Host: Kris Pister

There is increasing emphasis on electronic and micromechanical devices that incorporate graceful or catastrophic degradation into their designs. Whereas complete disintegration might be a convenience for disposable devices designated for use in the field (such as air or water quality monitors, wireless communications, etc.), it...

BSAC Seminar: Digital Water: Evolution of the Insights of Lord Rayleigh

April 26, 2016
Dr. Gilbert A. Hawkins Associate Research Director, Kodak Research Lab April 26, 2016 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 490 Cory Hall Host: John Huggins

As fields of science progress, they occasionally mature to points of some "closure," where there is a perception among many workers that a unified framework of understanding has been developed, has been tested from many points of view, has led to important ramifications to society, and is communicable to a broad audience with some elegance.

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BSAC Seminar: Implantable Intraocular Sensor with Remote Readout for Glaucoma Management

May 10, 2016
Prof. Hyuck Choo Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institutue of Technology BSAC Postdoc 2008 May 10, 2016 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 490 Cory Hall Host: Richard Muller

Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness with 60 million cases worldwide. An elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) level has been identified as a major risk factor and all glaucoma therapies are focused on lowering the IOP level. Moreover, recent large-scale studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health have found that patient's IOPs fluctuate...

BSAC Seminar: Novel MEMS Mask Layout Tool: Layout, a Free Academic MEMS Mask CAD Software Package

October 17, 2016
Roger Doering California State University, East Bay October 17, 2016 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 521 Cory Hall Host: M. Wasilik

Inspired by work done at BSAC using the XKIC package, and under development for four years, Layout is a 2.5 D graphics program running on the Windows platform that uses OpenGL to take advantage of modern graphic cards processing power. Full support of the GCA pattern generator in use at Berkeley, is inherent in the tools that provide circles, arcs, rotated boxes, wires and even generalized polygons. A "wire45" tool...

BSAC Seminar: Fluids and Photons: Optofluidics Comes of Age

October 11, 2016
Dr. Hans Zappe Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Germany October 11, 2016 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 490 Cory Hall Host: Roya Maboudian

The use of liquids and interfaces for sculpting optical wavefronts has led to a broad spectrum of optical components, some clever, some useful, occasionally both. The combination of micro-fluidics, micro-optics and micro-fabrication has been employed to realize, for example: tunable lenses; optical switches; fluidic waveguides; liquid lasers; reconfigurable apertures. A key feature of...

BSAC Seminar: Digital Holography Microscopy: How 4D Optical Profilometry Brings New Insights for Your Research, Development, and Quality Controls

September 13, 2016
Dr. Yves Emery CEO, Lyncée Tec SA September 13, 2016 | 12:00 to 01:00 | 490 Cory Hall Host: David Horsley

Digital Holographic Microscopes (DHM®) are 3D optical profilometers with unique temporal capacities. Contrary to usual measurement techniques, DHM® does not require any scanning mechanism to acquire information. Time sequences of 3D data are therefore acquired at camera rate providing 4D topography measurements.

Spatial resolution is interferometric where: vertically resolution is below the nanometer for any choice of objective, and...