Symposium Schedule

Sunday, July 13

12:00 PM	-	1:30 PM	Conference Registration
1:30 PM	-	2:00 PM	Bus transportation from The Brown Hotel to the UofL Campus
2:00 PM	-	2:15 PM	Welcome Dean Mickey Wilhelm, University of Louisville, Speed School of Engineering
2:15 PM	-	2:30 PM	History of the UofL Micro-Nano Technology Cleanroom Dr. Kevin M. Walsh, University of Louisville
2:30 PM	-	3:00 PM	Cleanroom Design Abbie Gregg, Abbie Gregg Incorporated
3:00 PM	-	4:30 PM	Tour of the new University of Louisville Cleanroom and Metrology Facilities
4:30 PM	-	5:30 PM	Buffet Dinner Open Discussion with Expert Panel Kevin M. Walsh, University of Louisville, USA; Mark Crain, University of Louisville, USA; Bill Flounders, University of California Berkeley, USA; Tim Sands, Purdue University, USA; Abbie Gregg, Abbie Gregg Inc., USA; Rajinder Khosla, National Science Foundation, USA
5:30 PM	-	6:00 PM	Bus transportation back to The Brown Hotel
6:00 PM	-	7:00 PM	Conference Registration Resumes
Monday, July 14

7:00 AM	-	8:00 AM	Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM	-	8:10 AM	Welcome by the 2008 UGIM Conference Chair Dr. Kevin M. Walsh, University of Louisville
8:10 AM	-	8:20 AM	Technical Committee Report Dr. Shamus McNamara, University of Louisville
8:20 AM	-	8:30 AM	Opening Remarks Dr. Manuel Martinez, University of Louisville
Invited Speaker
8:30 AM	-	9:00 AM	Facilitating Nanotechnology - Collaboration, User Dreams and Limited Budgets Abbie Gregg, Abbie Gregg, Inc., USA
Session 1 - Electro Wetting: Novel Devices and Applications
Session Chairs: Dr. Robert Keynton, The University of Louisville, USA Dr. Rekha Pai, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
9:00 AM	-	9:20 AM	I-V and Gain Characteristics of Electrowetting-Based Liquid Field Effect Transistor Duk Young Kim, University of Cincinnati, USA; Stephen Herman, University of Cincinnati, USA; Andrew J. Steckl, University of Cincinnati, USA
9:20 AM	-	9:40 AM	A Capillary Microgripper Using Electrowetting Abhay Vasudev, University of Akron, USA; Jiang Zhe, The University of Akron, USA
9:40 AM	-	10:00 AM	Experimental Validation of .1 kHz Electrowetting Modulation N.R. Smith, University of Cincinnati, USA; L. Hou, University of Cincinnati, USA; J. Zhang, University of Cincinnati, USA; J. Heikenfeld, University of Cincinnati, USA
10:00 AM	-	10:20 AM	Coffee Break
Session 2 - Cleanroom Facilities and Infrastructure
Session Chairs: Dr. David Parent, San Jose State University, USA John Weaver, Purdue University, USA
10:20 AM	-	10:40 AM	Cornell's Nanomove: Decontaminiation, Safety Reviews, and Various Lessons Learned Daniel Woodie, Cornell University, USA; Lynn Rathbun, Cornell University, USA
10:40 AM	-	11:00 AM	Coral - Software to help Operate and Manage Advanced University Laboratories Bill Murray, Stanford University, USA; Mike Murray, Stanford University, USA; John Shott, Stanford University, USA; Ike Lin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
11:00 AM	-	11:20 AM	Enterprise Dashboard Tools for Management of Share-Use University Laboratory Eric Martin, Harvard University, USA; Vincenzo DiBernardo, Harvard University, USA
11:20 AM	-	11:40 AM	Consolidation and Improvement of Nanotechnology Research Facilities at The University of Kentucky Charles E. May, University of Kentucky, USA
11:40 AM	-	12:00 PM	Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University: A Unique Industry-Government-Academic Partnership for Creating Revolutionary Information Display Technology Gregory B. Raupp, Arizona State University, USA
12:00 PM	-	1:30 PM	Lunch
Invited Speaker
1:30 PM	-	2:00 PM	Challenges and Opportunities for Transformative Research at NSF Rajinder P. Khosla, National Science Foundation, USA
Session 3 - Special Topics
Session Chairs: Dr. Bedri Cetiner, Utah State University, USA Carl Sullivan, Lexmark International, USA
2:00 PM	-	2:20 PM	Device Fabrication for Data Storage, Semiconductor and MEMS Application at the University of Alabama Microfabrication Facility S. Gupta, University of Alabama, USA; A. Highsmith, University of Alabama, USA, Xiao Li, University of Alabama, USA; Z. R. Tadisina, University of Alabama, USA; M.E. Brown, University of Alabama, USA; C. L. Guenther, University of Alabama, USA; S. Burkett, University of Alabama, USA; S. Kotru, University of Alabama, USA
2:20 PM	-	2:40 PM	NanoBioMaterials - From BioLEDs to Tissue Engineering Andrew J. Steckl, University of Cincinnati, USA
2:40 PM	-	3:00 PM	An Electronic Tongue System Design Using Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistors and their Interfacing Circuit Techniques Wen-Yaw Chung, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Kuo-Chung Chang, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Da-You Hong, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Cheanyeh Cheng, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Febus Cruza, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Tai Sung Liu, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Chung Huang Yang, Vanung University of Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Dorota G. Pijanowska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Marek Dawgul, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Wladyslaw Torbicz, Technology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Pitor B. Grabiec, Institute of Electron Technology, Poland; Bohdan Jarosewicz, Institute of Electron Technology, Poland
3:00 PM	-	3:20 PM	Coffee Break
Session 4 - Semiconductor Devices
Session Chairs: Dr. Jason Heikenfeld, University of Cincinnati, USA Dr. Lynn Fuller, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
3:20 PM	-	3:40 PM	Inversion-Type Enhancement - Mode InP Mosfets with ALD High-K Al₂O₃ and HFO₂ as Gate Dielectrics Y.Q. Wu, Purdue University, USA; M. Xu, Purdue University, USA; Y. Xuan, Purdue University, USA; P. D. Ye, Purdue University, USA; J. Li, AmberWave, USA; Z. Cheng, AmberWave, USA; A. Lochtefeld, AmberWave, USA
3:40 PM	-	4:00 PM	A New Fabrication Procedure for Reproducibly Observing Leakage Current Reduction of SiO₂ due to Enhanced Phonon-Energy Coupling Pang-Leen Ong, University of Kentucky, USA; Zhi Chen, University of Kentucky, USA
4:00 PM	-	4:20 PM	Compact Models of the Quantized Sub-Band Energy Levels for MOSFET Device Application H. Abebe, USC/ISI, USA; E. Cumberbatch, CGU, USA; H. Morris, CGU, USA; V. Tyree, USC/ISI, USA
4:20 PM	-	4:40 PM	Microfabrication Process and Characteristic Testing of a MEMS-Based Preconcentrator Julia Aebersold, University of Louisville, USA; Michael Martin, University of Louisville, USA; Thomas J. Roussel, University of Louisville, USA; Robert S. Keynton, University of Louisville, USA; Kevin M. Walsh, University of Louisville, USA
4:40 PM	-	5:00 PM	Design of a 32nm Independently-Double-Gated FlexFET SOI Transistor K. Modzelewski, Tennessee Tech University, USA; R. Chintala, Tennessee Tech University; H. Moolamalla, Tennessee Tech University, USA; Stephen Parke, Tennessee Tech University, USA; D. Hackler, American Semiconductor Inc., USA
5:00 PM	-	5:30 PM	Bus transportation from The Brown Hotel to the UofL Campus
5:30 PM	-	7:00 PM	Tour of the new Cleanroom and Metrology Facilities
7:30 PM	-		Symposium Banquet
Tuesday, July 15

7:00 AM	-	8:00 AM	Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM	-	8:10 AM	Informational Items
Invited Speaker
8:10 AM	-	8:40 AM	Nanoparticles: A Route to Post-Shrink Information Systems S. A. Campbell, University of Minnesota, USA
Session 5 - University Micro-Nano Curriculum Development
Session Chairs: Dr. Eric Martin, Harvard University, USA John Shott, Stanford University, USA
8:40 AM	-	9:00 AM	MEMS Fabrication Course for Pressure Sensors, Flow Sensors, Fluidic Channels and Micro-Pumps Robert E. Pearson, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA; Lynn F. Fuller, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA; Ivan Puchades, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
9:00 AM	-	9:20 AM	A Course for Designing Transistors for High Gain Analog Applications David W. Parent, SJSU, USA; Eric J. Basham, UCSC, USA
9:20 AM	-	9:40 AM	A New Test Chip for CMOS Manufacturing Laboratory Courses at RIT Burak Baylav, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA; Lynn F. Fuller, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA; Dhireesha Kudithipudi, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
9:40 AM	-	10:00 AM	MEMS Courses for Undergraduates Azad Siahmakoun, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA; Aaron Miller, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
10:00 AM	-	10:20 AM	Coffee Break
Session 6 - MEMS Sensors and Actuators
Session Chairs: Dr. Greg Cibuzar, University of Minnesota, USA Dr. Tim Betzner, Delphi, USA
10:20 AM	-	10:40 AM	Development of Ultra-Miniaturized Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors for Biomedical Applications Usha Gowrishetty, University of Louisville, USA; Kevin M. Walsh, University of Louisville, USA; Julia Aebersold, University of Louisville, USA; Douglas Jackson, University of Louisville, USA; Huntly Millar Instruments, Inc., USA; Tommy Roussel, University of Louisville, USA
10:40 AM	-	11:00 AM	Design and Evaluation of a MEMS Bimetallic Thermal Actuator for Viscosity Measurements Ivan Puchades, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA; Lynn F. Fuller, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
11:00 AM	-	11:20 AM	A High Gauge Factor Capacitive Strain Sensor and its Telemetry Application in Biomechanics Ji-Tzuoh Lin, University of Louisville, USA; Douglas Jackson, University of Louisville, USA; Julia Aebersold, University of Louisville, USA; Kevin M. Walsh, University of Louisville, USA; John Naber, University of Louisville, USA; William Hnat, University of Louisville, USA
11:20 AM	-	11:40 AM	Vacuum Cold Cathode Emitter Electronic Devices Comprised of Diamond or other Carbons J. L. Davidson, Vanderbilt University, USA; W. P. Kang, Vanderbilt University, USA; K. Subramanian, Vanderbilt University, USA; Y. M. Wong, Vanderbilt University, USA
11:40 AM	-	12:00 PM	Theoretical Efficiency of a Microfabricated Knudsen Pump Davor Copic, University of Louisville, USA; Ellen Brehob, University of Louisville, USA; Shamus McNamara, University of Louisville, USA
12:00 PM	-	1:30 PM	Lunch Steering Committee Meeting
Invited Speaker
1:30 PM	-	2:00 PM	Nanotechnology and Cyberinfrastructure: The nanoHUB Experience Mark Lundstrom, Purdue University, USA
Session 7 - Wireless MEMS / NEMS
Session Chairs: Katalin Voros, University of California at Berkeley, USA Dr. Stephen Parke, Tennessee Tech University, USA
2:00 PM	-	2:20 PM	Development of Piezoelectric RF MEMS Switch and Phase Shifter Tracy D. Hudson, U.S. Army RDECOM AMRDEC, USA
2:20 PM	-	2:40 PM	Penta-Band Planar Inverted F-Antenna (PIFA) Integrated by RF-NEMS Switches Bedri A. Cetiner, Utah State University, USA; Necmi Biyikli, Utah State University, USA
2:40 PM	-	3:00 PM	Interfacing Microfabricated and Nanomaterial-Based Sensors with a Modular Environmental Monitoring System Cindy Harnett, University of Louisville, USA
3:00 PM	-	3:20 PM	Coffee Break
Session 8 - Optical Devices
Session Chairs: Dr. Zhi Chen, University of Kentucky, USA Dr. Peide Ye, Purdue University, USA
3:20 PM	-	3:40 PM	Fabrication and Preliminary Characterization of a Parabolic Copuler of Photonic Crystal Waveguides Scott A. Masturzo, University of Cincinnati, USA; Joseph T. Boyd, Univeristy of Cincinnati, USA; Jan M. Yarrison-Rice, Miami University, USA; Howard E. Jackson, University of Cincinnati, USA
3:40 PM	-	4:00 PM	Compact Thermally Tunable Silicon Wavelength X. Wang, Florida International University, USA; J. A. Martinez, Florida International University, USA; M. S. Nawrocka, Florida International University, R. R. Panepucci, Florida International University, USA
4:00 PM	-	4:20 PM	Investigation of the Interaction of Surface Plasmons (SP) with an Electro Optic Polymer and Development of SP Optical Devices Milan C. Buncick, Aegis Technologies, USA; Paul R. Ashley, US Army AMRDEC, USA; M. Scalora, US ARMY AMRDEC, USA; Neset Akozbek, US Army AMRDEC, USA; Maria Antonietta Vincenti, University of Rome, Italy; Marco Centini, University of Rome, Italy; Jason D. Fowlkes, ORNL, USA; Ilia N. Ivanov, ORNL, USA
4:20 PM	-	4:40 PM	Waveguide Microgripper with Optical Feedback for Microassembly R. R. Panepucci, Florida International University, USA; J. A. Martinez Florida International University, USA
Session 9 - Posters
Session Chairs: Dr. Shamus McNamara, University of Louisville, USA Mark Crain, University of Louisville, USA

4:40 PM	-	5:20 PM	Flash Nano Session
5:20 PM	-	7:00 PM	Poster Session with Refreshments
Wednesday, July 16

7:00 AM	-	8:00 AM	Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM	-	8:10 AM	Informational Items
Session 10 - Processing and Materials for Micro-Nano Technology
Session Chairs: Dr. James Davidson, Vanderbilt University, USA Dr. Laura Morris Edwards, ORNL, USA
8:10 AM	-	8:30 AM	Bottom Up Microsystem Construction Strategies Built Upon 3D Directed Self-Assembly of Metallic and Polymeric Nanostructures Robert W. Cohn, University of Louisville, USA
8:30 AM	-	8:50 AM	Electrospun Biopolymer-Based Micro/Nanofibers Nick Bedford, University of Cincinnati, USA; Daewoo Han, University of Cincinnati, USA; Andrew J. Steckl, University of Cincinnati, USA
8:50 AM	-	9:10 AM	A Novel Class of High-Tc Ferromagnetic Semiconductors: Novel Ferromagnetic Semiconductors L. V. Shylk, University of Kentucky, USA; S. A. Kryukov, University of Kentucky, USA; L. E. De Long, University of Kentucky, USA; B. Schüepp-Niewa, T. U. Muenich, Germany; R. Niewa, T. U. Muenich, Germany; J. W. Lynn, NIST Gaithersburg, USA; Qing Huang, NIST Gaithersburg, USA; E. Arenholz, Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., USA; C. Piamonteze, Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., USA
9:10 AM	-	9:30 AM	Process Model Varification for Dopant Segregation and Oxidation Enhanced Diffusion Robert E. Pearson, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA; Karl D. Hirschman, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA; Robert Manley, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
9:30 AM	-	9:50 AM	Sorbent Coatings and Precessing Techniques for Trace Analysis of Hazardous Materials in Micro/Nano Sensors R. S. Pai, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; R. A. McGill, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; D. L. Simonson, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; B. A. Higgins, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; E. J. Houser, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; M. R. Papantonakis, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; V. Nguyen, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; S. V. Stepnowski, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; T. H. Stievater, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; W. S. Rabinovitch, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; N. A. Papanicolau, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; R. Bass, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA; J. L. Stepnowski, Nova Research, Inc., USA; M. T. Rake, Nova Research, Inc., USA
9:50 AM	-	10:10 AM	Synthesis of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes by Atmospheric Thermal CVD Jyu-Hua Ting, National Nano Device Laboratories, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Jhih-Yuan Lyu, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Fuang-Yuan Huang, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Tsung-Lung Li, National Chia-Yi University, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Cho-Lun Hsu, National Nano Device Laboratories, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Chien-Wei Liu, National Nano Device Laboratories, Taiwan, R.O.C.
10:10 AM	-	10:20 AM	Coffee Break
Session 11 - Lab-on-a-Chip Devices and Systems
Session Chairs: Dr. Cindy Harnett, University of Louisville, USA Dr. Robert Pearson, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
10:20 AM	-	10:40 AM	Electrical Control of Debye Screening in Liquid Microchannels for Ionic Separations M. Dhindsa, University of Cincinnati, USA; J. Heikenfeld, University of Cincinnati, USA; S. Kwon, University of Tennessee, USA; J. Park, University of Tennessee, USA; P. D. Rack, University of Tennessee, USA
10:40 AM	-	11:00 AM	Carbon Nanotube Meshes for Separating Proteins Electrophoretically Rathissh Dorairaj, University of Louisville, USA; Thomas J. Roussel, University of Louisville, USA; Gamini Sumanasekera, University of Louisville, USA; Palaniappan Sethu, University of Louisvlile, USA; Carolyn M. Klinge, University of Louisville, USA; Robert S. Keynton, University of Louisville, USA
11:00 AM	-	11:20 AM	On-Chip Fluorescence Detection Using Organic Thin Film Devices for a Disposable Lab-on-a-Chip Yun Shuai, University of Cincinnati, USA; Ansuman Banerjee, University of Cincinnati; David Klotzkin, University of Cincinnati, USA; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati, USA
11:20 AM	-	11:40 AM	A High Thoroughput Multiplexed Micro Coulter Counter Using Amplitude Modulation Ashish V. Jagtiani, The University of Akron, USA; Joan Carletta, The University of Akron, USA; Jun Hu, The University of Akron, USA; Jiang Zhe, The University of Akron, USA
11:40 AM	-	12:00 PM	High-Sensitivity MEMS Based On-Chip Fluorescence Detection Systems: Measurement and Analysis of Ultimate Sensitivity Limits Ansuman Banerjee, University of Cincinnati, USA; Ali Asgar S. Bhagat, University of Cincinnati, USA; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati
12:00 PM	-	12:20 PM	PhotoPDMS: Photodefinable PDMS for Rapid Prototyping Preetha Jothimuthu, University of Concinnati, USA; Ali Asgar S. Bhagat, University of Cincinnati, USA; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati, USA
12:20 PM	-	12:30 PM	Final Comments and Thanks
12:30 PM	-		Official End of the Symposium

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