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April 13-17, 2009, Orlando, Florida.
This session is within "Micro-Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications" (Conference DS110) -- part of the program track on Emerging Technologies. This conference has an open call for papers. The abstract submission deadline is 9/29/08.
Keynote Speaker: Nibir Dhar, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Conference Chairs: Thomas George, ViaLogy PLC (United States); M. Saif Islam, Univ. of California/Davis (United States); Achyut K. Dutta, Banpil Photonics, Inc. (United States)
Papers are solicited on the following and related topics:
- - innovative micro- (MEMS) and nanofabrication, assembly and mass-manufacturing technologies
- novel MNT-based physical, chemical and biological sensor materials, devices and systems
- novel MNT harsh environment sensors
- biologically assisted micro-nanofabrication and biologically enhanced/modified macro-nanostructures for sensing
- micro- and nanophotonics
- micro- and nano-actuators
- systems based on micro- and nanotechnologies
- reliability considerations for micro- and nanotechnologies
- advanced algorithms for improving the performance of systems and networks based on micro- and nanotechnologies.
- energy storage and generation for micro- and nanodevices and systems
- micro- and nanosensor and actuator networks.
The scope of the conference ranges from topics in basic research in Micro- and Nanotechnologies (MNT), to component and subsystem level development for defense, security, and space applications. This conference intends to bring together scientists and engineers involved in the development and transition of novel MEMS and Nanotechnology concepts for applications in defense, security, and space. Given the enormous diversity of MNT, we have selected several cutting-edge topics relevant to the technology development and transition process. The sessions are organized to facilitate the exchange of ideas and promote the discussion of recent progress in MNT research and trends toward system-level development. It is anticipated that this conference will foster cross-fertilization across many disciplines with participants being exposed to the entire range of scientific and engineering problems associated with the concepts-to-systems technology development pipeline, as well as the development roadmaps at commercial companies and government agencies.
This conference will consider existing and new sensing methods as well as recent advances in new MNT-based materials and devices. Its objective is to bring together experimentalists, theorists, computational specialists, and development engineers to provide an interdisciplinary forum to discuss physical understanding and the state-of-the-art of active and passive electronic and optoelectronic nanomaterials and devices for sensing applications. Areas of research that are particularly active include the growth, fabrication, and characterization of nanostructures such as nanowires, nanobridges, nanotubes, quantum dots, quantum wires, and biomaterials for sensing applications. Application of nanostructured materials for biological applications, biologically assisted nanofabrication, and the development of next-generation of biosensors and biomedical instrumentation for health monitoring and improved sensing applications are attracting increasing interest in the scientific community.
The ultimate benefit of MNT lies in the creation of new materials and devices for designing novel systems that have new functionality enabled by the “MNT Inside.” However, system developers have found that although MNT is the enabler, it ultimately forms only a very small fraction of the entire system. System-related issues such as integration, assembly and testing for reliable operation have to be essentially designed anew from the ground up and customized to each MNT-based system. We will have leading industry experts involved in the development and manufacture of new MNT-based systems shed light on the issues to be considered when embarking on the system development path.
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Program Committee: Hatice Altug, Boston Univ. (United States); Mehdi Anwar, Univ. of Connecticut (United States); Orlando Auciello, Argonne National Lab. (United States); Debjyoti Banerjee, Texas A&M Univ. (United States); Steve Blair, The Univ. of Utah (United States); Scott D. Collins, Univ. of Maine (United States); Yi Cui, Stanford Univ. (United States); Cristina Davis, Univ. of California/Davis (United States); Ernest J. Garcia, Sandia National Labs. (United States); Stephanie A. Getty, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States); Sonia Grego, RTI International (United States); David A. Horsley, Univ. of California/Davis (United States); Ahalapitiya Hewage Jayatissa, Univ. of Toledo (United States); Anupama B. Kaul, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States); Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, Univ. of California/Santa Cruz (United States); Andrei A. Kolmakov, Southern Illinois Univ./Carbondale (United States); Mary J. Li, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States); Harish M. Manohara, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States); Gilberto Medeiros-Ribeiro, Lab. Nacional de Luz Sincrotron (Brazil); Patrick I. Oden, Texas Instruments Inc. (United States); Robert Olah, Banpil Photonics, Inc. (United States); Mashiur Rahman, Marshall Univ. (United States); Ashok K. Sood, Magnolia Optical Technologies, Inc. (United States); Hideyuki Sotobayashi, Aoyama Gakuin Univ. (Japan); A. Alec Talin, Sandia National Labs. (United States); Thomas G. Thundat, Oak Ridge National Lab. (United States); David V. Wick, Sandia National Labs. (United States); Shih-Yuan Wang, Hewlett-Packard Labs. (United States); Zhonglin L. Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States); Priyalal S. Wijewarnasuriya, Army Research Lab. (United States); Eui-Hyeok Yang, Stevens Institute of Technology (United States)