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Spring 2010 IAB - Agenda

March 10 to 12

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Wireless Energy Monitoring and Management view description
10 March 2010
Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley

Time			Speaker, Event / Topic Information

07:45			Registration & Light Refreshments

08:00			Prof. Kris Pister, UC Berkeley Session Overview & State of the WSN Industry

08:20			Ron Hofmann, California Institute for Energy and Environment Nature/Scope of the Energy Industry Monitoring & Management Landscape

08:45			Greg W. LaFramboise, Chevron Energy Technology Center Deployment of Large-Scale WSNs at the Chevron Richmond Refinery

09:10			Dr. Igor Paprotny, UC Berkeley Self-powered MEMS Sensors for Measuring Electrical Quantities in Residential, Commercial, Distribution and Transmission Power Systems

09:35			Dr. Clifford Federspiel, Federspiel Controls Optimal Energy Management with Intelligent, Wireless Control

10:00			Break

10:20			Dr. Peter Hartwell, HP Labs CeNSE: The Central Nervous System for the Earth

10:45			Bob Friday, Cisco Systems The Convergence of Electrical and Communication Networks

11:15			Dr. Thomas Watteyne, UC Berkeley OpenWSN: Open-Source Standards-Based Protocol Stacks for Wireless Mesh Networks

11:40			Prof. Kris Pister Summary and Adjourn

12:00			Bag Lunch

Technology Thrust Symposium: MEMS Metrology view description
10 March 2010
Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley

Time			Speaker, Event / Topic Information

13:00			Pre-session Mixing and Registration

14:00			John Huggins Open Session

14:05			Prof. David Horsley Metrology for Acoustic MEMS

14:30			Prof. Clark Nguyen Characterization of Resonators & Resonating Networks

15:00			Dr. Christian Rembe, Head of Development Optics/Physics, Polytec GmbH Commercial MEMS Metrology Tools: Microsystems Analyzers

15:30			Prof. Bernhard Boser Electrical Characterization of MEMS

16:00			Break

16:30			Prof. Dorian Liepmann Metrology for Microfluidics and BioMEMS

17:00			Prof. Ming Wu Metrology for Optical MEMS

17:30			Prof. Clark Nguyen MEMS Metrology User Laboratory at BSAC - A Vision

17:45			All Discussion: Industry Wants & Needs

18:15			Adjourn

18:30			Hors dOeurves Reception/Mixer

Research Review view description
11 March 2010
Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley

Time			Speaker, Event / Topic Information

07:30			Light Breakfast & Registration

08:30			John Huggins Welcome & Intro to the Session

08:40			SESSION I: Prof. Al Pisano Three Researcher Talks + Morning Poster Preview

08:45			Amit Lakhani Subwavelength-Scale Semiconductor Nanolaser

09:00			Rehan Kapadia Semiconductor Nanopillar Arrays for Efficient Photovoltaics and Photodetectors

09:15			Dr. Ramin Banan-Sadeghian A Gas Sensor Based on Tunneling Field Ionization on Tailored Nanoneedle Arrays

09:30			65 Researchers 45-Second Poster Previews (by the Researchers)

10:25			MORNING POSTER SESSION

11:55			SESSION II: Prof. Luke P. Lee Three Researcher Talks

12:00			Matt Thompson Parametrically-Amplified Lorentz-Force Magnetometer

12:15			Dr. Mischa Megens Microfluidic Bioassays with Not-Quite-Superparamagnetic Microspheres

12:30			Brendan Turner Nature-Inspired Au-CNT Structures for Plasmonic Applications

12:45			Sandwich Lunch Clark Nguyen: MiNaSIP Briefing during lunch for participating companies

13:40			SESSION III: Prof. Liwei Lin Four Researcher Talks + Afternoon Poster Preview

13:45			Yingqi Jiang CNT-Based MEMS Supercapacitors

14:00			Erika Parra Biomass-Powered Energy Harvesting

14:15			Ryan Xie In-Cylinder Flame Ionization Sensor for Combustion Monitoring

14:30			Ernest (Ting-Ta) Yen Aluminum Nitride RF Components for Wireless Harsh Environment Telemetry

14:45			64 Researchers 45-Second Poster Previews (by the Researchers)

15:40			AFTERNOON POSTER SESSION

17:10			SESSION IV: Prof. Richard Muller Three Researcher Talks + Invited Faculty Talk

17:15			Invited Faculty Talk: Prof. Ali Javey Synthetic Electronic Materials for Large-Area, Energy Efficient Applications

17:45			Travis Massey Protocol-Agnostic Compression for Resource-Constrained Wireless Networks

18:00			Li-Wen Hung A New Transducer for Micromechanical Resonators

18:15			Thura Lin Naing Fully Integrated Micromechanical Resonator Reference Oscillator

18:30			John Huggins End Session

18:40			Pre-Banquet Reception The Faculty Club

19:30			AWARDS BANQUET & Keynote: Chancellor Linda Katehi, UC Davis Keynote Presentation, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi ---- 20 Year Membership Award: Honeywell International Directors Dr. Cleo Cabuz & Dr. Aravind Padmanabhan

Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting (Closed)
12 March 2010
Wozniak Lounge, 430 Soda Hall

Time			Speaker, Event / Topic Information

07:45			Continental Breakfast

08:25			John Huggins Open IAB

08:30			Karen Lightman, President, MEMS Industry Group MIG Mission and Overview

08:50			Prof. Dorian Liepmann Spring 2010 Paper/Poster Ratings & Project Feedback from Members

09:20			John Huggins State of Center, Discussion and Questions for IAB

10:00			Industrial Advisory Board Closed Discussion (Industry Members Only)

10:45			Break Co-Directors Return

11:00			Industrial Moderator Feedback and Evaluation of Center

11:45			John Huggins Close IAB

12:00			Box Lunch

13:00			Optional Marvell Nanolab Tours Meet in/outside CITRIS Museum, 3rd Floor Sutardja Dai Hall (where plenary sessions were held)