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Research Review, Poster Sessions & Awards Banquet (BSAC MEMBERS)   view description 21 September 2011 David Brower Center, Goldman Theater, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley CA (Attendance: BSAC members, researchers, agencies, and guests by prior arrangement) Time Speaker, Event / Topic Information 07:30  Light Breakfast, Registration, Conference Materials 08:30  John Huggins The NEXT twenty-five years? 08:40  Session I : Chair: Bernhard Boser Three Researcher Talks + Morning Poster Preview 08:45  Plenary 1: Sarah Wodin-Schwartz Exposure Testing and Temperature Sensors for Down-Hole Geothermal Reservoir Monitoring. 09:00  Plenary 2: Simone Gambini High-Throughput CMOS Detector for Magnetic Immunoassays 09:15  Plenary 3: Stefon Shelton Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer Arrays 09:30  60 Researchers 45-Second Morning Poster Previews by the Researchers 10:25  MORNING POSTER SESSION: Tamalpais Room & Kinzie Room 11:55  Session II : Chair: David Horsley Three Researcher Talks 12:00  PLenary 4: Chair: Michael Demko High-resolution Direct Patterning of Polymers and Nanoparticles by a Template-Based Microfluidic Process 12:15  Plenary 5: Toshitake Takahashi Large-Scale Carbon Nanotube Network Active Matrix Circuitry for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics 12:30  Plenary 6: Armon Mahajerin Semi-Permeable Encapsulation Membranes Using Carbon Nanotubes 12:45  SANDWICH LUNCH & Member Info Displays: Tamalpais Terrace 12:46  DARPA MiNaSIP Review & Lunch (Location: BWRC) Review of MiNaSIP for Current Program Participants 13:55  Session III: Chair: Liwei Lin Three Researcher Talks + Afternoon Poster Preview 14:00  Plenary 7: Frank Myers An Integrated Microsystem for Electrophysiology-Activated Cell Sorting (EPACS) 14:15  Plenary 8: Amol Jadhav Neural Interfaces for Direct Interfacing and Active Recording from Invertebrate Sensory System 14:30  Plenary 9: Frederick Doering Mobile Airborne Particulate Matter Monitor for Cellular Deployment 14:45  61 Researchers 45-Second Morning Poster Previews by the Researchers 15:40  AFTERNOON POSTER SESSION: Tamalpais Room & Kinzie Room 17:10  Session IV: Chair: Ming Wu 17:15  Plenary 10: Karen Grutter High-Q Silica Optical Resonators for Integrated Optomechanical Oscillators 17:30  Plenary 11: Tristan Rocheleau A 515-MHz CVD Diamond Disk With Q >100,000 17:45  Plenary 12: Henry Barrow A Tiny 32-kHz Real-Time Clock Oscillator 18:00  Plenary 13: Branko Kerkez Massive Area Wireless Sensor Network for Hydrologic Forecasting 18:15  END SESSION: John Huggins 18:20  Walk to Hotel Shattuck Plaza 18:30  PRE-BANQUET RECEPTION: Hotel Shattuck Plaza Courtyard 19:15  AWARDS BANQUET & Awards Ceremony: Hotel Shattuck Plaza Crystal Ballroom 21:00  Adjourn Register Here          ↑

IAB Meeting [BSAC]   view description 22 September 2011 David Brower Center, Kinzie Room, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley CA National Science Foundation I/UCRC Time Speaker, Event / Topic Information 07:45  Arrival & Light Breakfast   08:30  John Huggins Open IAB: Agenda and Introduction of New Members 08:40  Senjyu Wataru Visiting Industry Fellow New Member Presentation: Fuji Electric 08:50  Cheng-chung Shih, CEO New Member Presentation: Capella Microsystems 09:00  Al Pisano Tohoku & VUC University Collaboration 09:10  Richard Tsina LIFE Form Comments 09:25  Dorian Liepmann Potential Thrust Topic: Point of Care Diagnostics Platform 09:35  John Huggins State-of-Center Report and Items for IAB Consideration 10:00  Members and Facilitators, NSF Evaluator Closed IAB Meeting 10:45  Call-back of Directors Review of Center Status, Direction, and Operations 11:30  Adjourn & Lunch Kinzie Room, Hazel Wolf Gallery, Terrace 11:40  Register Here          ↑

MIG Workshop: MEMS Commercialization MEMS Industry Group – Technical Challenges to MEMS Commercialization: Background and Discussion   view description 22 September 2011 David Brower Center, Goldman Theater, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley CA MEMS Industry Group Time Speaker, Event / Topic Information 08:30  Arrival, Check-In & Light Breakfast Hazel Wolf Gallery 09:15  Welcome and Introduction, Karen Lightman, Managing Director MIG Workshop Opening Goldman Theater 09:30  Jalinous (Jay) Esfandyari, MEMS Product Marketing Manager, STMicroelectronics Commercialization of MEMS Motion Sensors in the past decade (2000-2010) 10:00  Alissa M. Fitzgerald, Founder and Managing Member, A.M. Fitzgerald and Associates MEMS Product Development – Why Is It So Hard? 10:30  Panel Discussion – Karen Lightman, Moderator; Alissa M. Fitzgerald, Jim Knutti (Acuity), Jalinous (Jay) Esfandyari (STMicroelectronics), and Patrick Oden (TI) Discussion of Technical Manufacturing Challenges to MEMS Commercialization; Stories from The Road. 11:15  Karen Lightman Adjourn & Box Lunch Kinzie Room, Hazel Wolf Gallery, Terrace. Register Here          ↑

BSAC Faculty Poster Session   view description 22 September 2011 David Brower Center, Tamalpais Room, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley CA Everybody Welcome! Visitors, MIG, BSAC Members, and Researchers Time Speaker, Event / Topic Information 12:00  Faculty Posters & Buffet Lunch Register Here          ↑

Thrust: "Next 25 Years for MEMS"   view description 22 September 2011 David Brower Center, Goldman Theater, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley CA UC Berkeley Campanile at Sunset Time Speaker, Event / Topic Information 14:00  John Huggins Open Session: The NEXT Twenty-Five Years 14:10  Prof. Al Pisano A Revisionist's Brief History of MEMS & BSAC 14:30  Dr. Tim Denison, Director of Neuroengineering, Medtronic Keynote: The Challenge of Engineering Tools for "Reverse Engineering" the Brain. 15:10  Prof. Ali Javey The Landscape of Future Electronics 15:30  Prof. Kris Pister Challenges and Paybacks for Future Wireless Sensing Networks 15:50  Prof. Clark Nguyen The Mechanical Radio 16:10  Networking Break Tamalpais Room   16:40  Karen Lightman, Managing Director MEMS Industry Group An Industry Awakes: Afternoon Session Introduction 16:50  Vijay Ullal, Group President, Maxim Integrated Products MIG Keynote: The FUTURE of Sensors 17:30  Dr. Patrick (Rick) Oden, Distinguished Member Technical Staff, Technology Development – DLP® Products, Texas Instruments, Inc. Mainstreaming of MEMS: One Example – Texas Instrument's Digital Micro-mirror Device for Display Applications 17:50  BSAC Alumni Panel. Moderator: Richard S. Muller; Panelists Dennis Polla, IARPA; Amit Lal, Cornell U.; Michael Judy, ADI Panel/Audience Discussion: "BSAC after a quarter century: Will MEMS displace IC’s as the path to prosperity for the next-generation entrepreneurs?" 18:50  John Huggins Invitation (and Directions) to 25th Anniversary Banquet Register Here          ↑

25th Anniversary Mixer and Banquet   view description 22 September 2011 Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA Banquet Room Berkeley City Club Time Speaker, Event / Topic Information 18:50  Transit (walk) from David Brower Center   19:00  Pre-Dinner Reception and Mixer   19:30  White Tablecloth Dinner   20:45  Various Anniversary Program 21:45  Adjourn   Register Here          ↑

The Morning After   view description 23 September 2011 Skydeck, Site of New UC Berkeley Startup Habitat, Penthouse Level of 2150 Shattuck Avenue (former Powerbar Building) College if Engineering Skydeck, Top Floor of PowerBar Building 2150 Shattuck Ave Berkeley Time Speaker, Event / Topic Information 08:30  Arrival and Continental Breakfast Enter Ground Floor, Elevator to the TOP. 09:15  Associate Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu Introduction to Skylab Startup Habitat & COE priorities 09:30  Faculty, Members, MIG, Visitors Individual Faculty Meetings with Members and General Mixing 12:00  Adjourn, Close Fall 2011 Events