October 16, 2012 Noon-1PM
TI Auditorium E-1
2900 Semiconductor Drive. Santa Clara, CA

TITLE: Novel Thermal Interface Materials for 3D Chip Stacks

SPEAKER: Srilakshmi Lingamneni,
Ph.D Candidate, Stanford Nanoheat Laboratory, Stanford University

ABSTRACT:

This talk will present an overview of the broad spectrum of research work being carried out at ‘Stanford Nanoheat Laboratory’, the state of the art thermal characterization tools at our lab and the novel mechanical characterization tools that are being developed. It will discuss in detail the past work, latest developments and future directions of research in nanostructured interface materials. The talk will then explore the thermal challenges of 3D IC integration and new material requirements for thermal management in 3D packaging and discuss the novel interface materials that are being developed.

SPEAKER BIO:

Srilakshmi Lingamneni received her B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 2008 and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2010. She is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She was a Stanford Mechanical Engineering department teaching assistant for the academic years, 2008-2010. Her research interests include development of various thermal interface materials for thermal management in electronics, with a particular focus on materials for 3D integrated chips.

AGENDA: Registration & light lunch 11:30am. Presentation & Q/A 12:00 to 1pm

COST:FREE

PRESENTATION: Srilakshmi Lingamneni IEEE SFBA Nanotechnology council Chapter Talk.PDF

September 18, 2012, Noon-1PM
TI Auditorium E-1
2900 Semiconductor Drive. Santa Clara, CA

TITLE: Nanotechnology Enabled Redox Flow Batteries Give the Smart Grid a High IQ.

SPEAKER: (UPDATE)Bret Adams Director of business Development will replace Dr. Craig Horne, Founder and CEO EnerVault Corporation

ABSTRACT:
Megawatt scale Redox Flow Batteries (RFB) can be a safe, reliable and cost effective and clean solution to utility distributed scale energy storage. The demands of peak loading and fast EV charging are immediate applications and enabling the smart grid is on the near horizon. Nanotechnology applied to separators and chemicals is enabling this disruptive technology to be the just in time disruptive solution to a major energy storage problem. Sunnyvale’s EnerVault Corporation has exploited this and is bringing fully integrated modular systems to provide an economical solution.

SPEAKER BIO:
Craig Horne is a renewable energy technology and start-up veteran in areas of, fuel cells, batteries, telecom, and nanotechnology. With more than 20 years of experience working with renewable energy technologies overlapping with 9 years in nanotechnology the majority of his career has been spent in ground-level projects (synchrotron radiation spectroscopy of Li-ion materials, nanoscale material based Li-ion components, nanoscale material and processes for telecom components, disruptive manufacturing of fuel cell stacks, new system designs for flow batteries). Among others he’s worked at nanotechnology firms like Nanogram Corporation, Kainos and NeoPhotonics Corporation. He has 19 US patents awarded, over 14 US applications pending, and numerous international patents.
He received his Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering, Univeristy of California Berkeley

January 24, 2012 Noon-1PM
Texas Instruments Auditorium E-1
2900 Semiconductor Drive. Santa Clara, CA

TITLE: Implementing Smell and Taste with Nano-sensors

SPEAKER: Zhiyong Li / HP Labs

ABSTRACT:

The well-being of people and a safe, secure and sustainable world around them demand ultra-sensitive “smell and taste” equivalent sensory to connect the physical world and people through innovative technologies. Inexpensive and real-time detection, identification and even quantification of the trace amount of unusual molecules, in the water you drink, in the food you eat, in the air you breathe, or even disease indicator in your body, will be an indispensible part of the future world. I will describe a novel nanosensor platform that can lead to molecular sensing with high performance, and ease of use, in a palm-size system, at a low cost. The technology is based on rationally designed nanoplasmonic structures to reveal the unique fingerprint of a molecule, also widely known as Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). I will show the demonstration of such technology for food contaminant detection, and illustrate the potential for applications ranging from food safety, water and environmental monitoring, anti-counterfeiting, drug discovery and quality assurance, homeland security, healthcare needs and other emerging markets.

SPEAKER BIO:

Dr. Zhiyong Li is the Principle Investigator of SERS project jointly funded by DARPA and HP. Dr. Li leads a team of world-class researchers to develop nanosensors that will define the physical limit of the sensitivity and enable the future implementation of smell and taste sensory for environmental, health, food, homeland security, and safety monitoring applications. His team is part of the big bet research at HP labs with the vision to deploy billions or even trillions of inexpensive, ultrasensitive sensor nodes around the earth, also known as Central Nervous System for the Earth (CeNSE). Dr. Li joined HP since 2001 and pioneered the nanosensor research at HP Labs. Dr. Li graduated with a PhD degree in Chemistry from University of Notre Dame, 2001, a MS degree in Inorganic Materials from Chinese Academy of Science, 1996, and a BS degree in Chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China, 1993. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has more than 40 US patents granted.

PRESENTATION: 2012-Jan-Zhiyong_Li-IEEE_talk_012412-ForPosting.PDF