Schedule

8:00 — 8:30 Registration
8:30 — 10:00 Session I- Applied Mechanics and MEMS
10:00 — 10:15 Break
10:15 — 12:00 Session II- Fluids and Thermal Sciences
12:00 — 12:45 Lunch
12:45 — 1:45 Keynote
1:45 — 2:00 Break
2:00 — 3:30 Session III- Air Quality and Bioengineering
3:30 — 4:00 Poster Session
4:00 — 5:15 Session IV- Bioengineering
6:00 Reception and dinner

 

Registration Fee for
     Non-CU Affiliates: $50
         *fee includes dinner
 

Keynote Lecture

Prof. Zhigang Suo
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Abstract: For half a century, the technology of integrated circuits has been advancing by miniaturization. While the trend to miniaturize features will continue in
the field of microelectronics, a new trend to enlarge systems is gaining momentum in the nascent field known as macroelectronics. Macroelectronics will be a platform
for many technologies, such as flexible displays, medical imaging systems, and thin-film solar cells, technologies that aim to address the essential societal needs
for accessible information, renewable energy, affordable healthcare, and sustainable environment. The widespread use of the macroelectronic products will depend
on their low costs and ruggedness, attributes that will come from new material choices and new manufacturing processes. For example, thin-film devices on thin polymer substrates lend themselves to roll-to-roll fabrication, and impart flexibility to the products. These large structures will have diverse architectures, hybrid materials,
and small features; their mechanical behavior during manufacturing and use poses significant challenges to their development. This talk describes our ongoing work
in the emerging field of research – the mechanics of macroelectronics, with emphasis on hybrid organic/inorganic structures of nanoscale features. More information is available at www.deas.harvard.edu/suo