Wireless Computing, Networking, and Sensing: Their Interplay in Problem Solving

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Dr. H. T. Kung, William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Harvard University

CSB 209

CMOS Nanowire Biosensor Systems

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Dr. Mark Reed, Harold Hodgkinson Chair of Engineering and Applied Science and Associate Director of the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering, Yale University

CSB 209

High-Performance, Low-Power and Robust Multi-Gigabit Wire-Line Design

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Dr. Kevin T. Kornegay, Motorola Foundation Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

CSB 209

Structured Illumination Imaging

Friday, March 5, 2010
10 a.m.

Jing Jin

Goergen 109

Electronic and Photonic Convergence in Silicon

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Dr. Lorenzo Pavesi, Director of the Nanoscience Laboratory and Professor of Physics, University of Trento (Italy)

CSB 209

Merging Biology and Nanoelectronics for Biomolecule Manipulation

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Dr. Jean-Pierre Leburton, Gregory Stillman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Physics, University of Illinois

CSB 209

Image Reconstruction Based on Estimated Scattering Object Characteristics

Monday, April 19, 2010
2:30 p.m.

Jing Jin

Prof. Robert C. Waag

CSB 426

Probabilistic Computational Methods for Structural Alignment of RNA Sequences

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
1 p.m.

Arif Harmanci

Prof. Guarav Sharma/Prof. David Mathews

Goergen 110

Ballistic Electron Transport in Nanoscale Three-Branch Junctions

Tuesday, June 22, 2010
2 p.m.

Hiroshi Irie

Prof. Roman Sobolewski

CSB 426

Empirical Physical Modeling Methods for Bowed-String and Wind Instruments

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
10 a.m.

Mark Sterling

Prof. Mark Bocko

CSB 426

Set Theoretic Framework for Multimedia Security and Data Hiding: Applications to Watermarking, Steganography, Fingerprinting and Beyond

Monday, August 9, 2010
10 a.m.

Huseyin Oktay Altun

Prof. Mark Bocko

Goergen 109

Finite Element Modeling and Simulation of Photoconductive and Ballistic Semiconductor Nanodevices

Monday, August 9, 2010
10 a.m.

Gregg Guarino

Prof. Roman Sobolewski

CSB 523

Non-uniformly Tiled Image Sensors with Built-in Image Compression Capability

Monday, August 16, 2010
10 a.m.

Edwin Tan

Prof. Mark Bocko

CSB 523

Low Power, Gigahertz Clock Generation and Distribution using Injection-Locked Oscillators

Monday, August 16, 2010
2:30 p.m.

Lin Zhang

Prof. Hui Wu

CSB 523

Adaptability in Wireless Sensor Networks

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Wendi Heinzelman, Associate Professor, University of Rochester

CSB 209

"Listening" to the spin noise of electrons and holes in semiconductors

Wednesday, October 6, 2010
3:45 p.m.–4:45 p.m.

Dr. Scott A. Crooker, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, Mexico

B&L 106

Analysis of Crawling Waves and Estimation of Tissue Elasticity

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
9 a.m.

Liwei An

Advisor : Prof. Kevin Parker

CSB 426

Spin Properties in Silicon

Wednesday, October 13, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Hanan Dery, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester

CSB 209

Three Interesting Detection and Estimation Problems

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Azadeh Vosoughi, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester

CSB 209

Biological and Chemical Sensing Through Opto-microfluidics and Opto-Nanofluidics

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Xudong (Sherman) Fan, Associate Professor, University of Michigan

CSB 209

Diagnosing Cardiovascular Disease: A Clinical Perspective

Thursday, October 28, 2010
8:30 a.m.–Noon

Dr. Martin Rodriquez-Porcel, M.D. Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Robert B. Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium, Room 101

Reliability/Wearout-aware Design

Wednesday, November 3, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Mircea R. Stan, Professor, University of Virginia

CSB 209

The Hunt for Vulnerable Plaques

Wednesday, November 10, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Marvin M. Doyley, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester

CSB 209

Amorphous Thin Film Transistors Applications

Wednesday, November 17, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Leda Lunardi, Professor, North Carolina State University

CSB 209

Low Power Compact Servers

Wednesday, December 1, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Trevor Mudge, Bredt Family Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Harbor

CSB 209

Ga(In)N Nanowires: Material Characteristics and Device Applications

Wednesday, December 8, 2010
11 a.m.–Noon

Pallab Bhattacharya, Center for Nanoscale Photonics and Spintronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

CSB 209

Fabrication, Characterization, and Functionalization of Porus Nanocrystalline Silicone Membranes

Wednesday, December 15, 2010
9 a.m.

David Z. Fang

Advisor : Philippe Fauchet

Goergen 101