DAY 2 - July 31th, 2024

LOCATION: BALLROOM W215C&D

8:30am Registration & Breakfast

9:00am Introduction (Dr. Kevin Walsh, Summit Chair, Drs. Tom Berfield & Sung Jin Kim, Technical Chairs)

9:30am Keynote Address: “Laser-Aided Microfabrication: Applications to Electronic Materials and Architected Materials.” by Dr. Costas Grigoropoulos , Distinguished Professor/A. Martin Berlin Chair in Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley.


10:30Am Break


PARALLEL PRESENTATIONS

LOCATION: Rooms W215A & W215B

Session E: MEMS Technology and applications (W215A)

Session Chairs: Dr. Je-Hyeong Bahk & Mr. Anirudh Bhaskar Shandilya

10:45am - INVITED TALK: Utilizing The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences to Advance Your Research, Dr. Brad Lokitz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

11:15am - MEMS Process Techniques and Materials for Imaging a 30μm Photoresist Layer, Miss. Amber Taraska, Funai Microfluidic Solutions.

11:35am Design and Fabrication of a Novel Thermally-Actuated No Electrical Power Event-Driven MEMS Sensor for IOT Applications, Dr. Dilan Ratnayake, University of Louisville.

11:55am - Microfluidic Dispensing of Biomolecules, Ms. Hannah Shupe, Funai Microfluidic Solutions.

Session F: Advanced manufacturing - Part II (W215B)

Session Chairs: Dr. Steven Randolph & Mr. Jack Lasseter

10:45am - INVITED TALK: Advanced 3D Microlithgography and its Bio/RF Applications, Dr. Jungkwun Kim, U. of North Texas.

11:15am - Chemical Compatibility of Additive Manufacturing Materials with Organic Polar Aprotic Solvents Used in Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices, Mr. Shaikh Al Mahmud Bhuiyan, University of Kentucky.

11:35am - Noncontact Magnetic Manipulation Using Permanent Magnets, Dr. Arash Komaee, Southern Illinois University.

11:55am - Large Scale Additive Manufacturing in Kentucky, Concrete 3D Printing the Next Generation of Homes and Products, Mr. Andrew Clapper, Somerset Community College.


LOCATION: BALLROOM W215C&D

12:15pm Lunch and Poster Contest Results

1:15pm Keynote Address: “The Synthescope – Developing Electron Microscopes to Build and Characterize Structures at the Atomic Scale” by Dr. Stephen Jesse, Distinguished Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.


2:15PM Break


PARALLEL PRESENTATIONS

LOCATION: Rooms W215A & W215B

Session G: nano processes and devices - part I (W215A)

Session Chairs: Dr. Zhenzhen Xie & Dr. Deepak Kumar.

2:30pm - INVITED TALK: Premade Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Carbon Nanotube Synthesis, Dr. Noe Alvarez, University of Cincinnati.

3:00pm - Electron-beam-induced Editing of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Dr. Steven Randolph, ORNL.

3:20pm - Exploiting the Contact Barrier in Organic Transistors , Mr. Gehan Rupasinghe, University of Kentucky.

3:40pm - High Quality Blue-Emitting Perovskite Quantum Dots, Mr. Saurabh Singh, University of Kentucky.

4:00pm - Study of Field Emission Properties of Graphene Sheets Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition and Cold Rolling, Mr. Nathan Hernandez, University of Cincinnati.

Session H: nano processes and devices part II (W215B)

Session Chairs: Dr. Jacek Jasinski & Mr. Suyash Niraula.

2:30pm - INVITED TALK: NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC): 20 years and Looking Ahead into the Future , Dr. Jay Vietas, NIOSH.

3:00pm - Intense Pulse Light Sintered Flexible Electronics Conductivity Modeling via Deep Gaussian Process , Mr. Christian Zuniga-Navarrete, University of Louisville.

3:20pm - Probing the viscoelastic behavior of PDMS: Flat punch indentation, Mrs. Santosh Thapa, University of Kentucky.

3:40pm - Locally Fluidized Moving Bed Particle Heat Exchanger for Concentrating Solar Power, Mr. Julio Izquierdo, University of Louisville.

4:00pm - Experimental Characterization and Numerical Analysis of Capillary Performance of 3D Graphene Wick Structure for Electronics Cooling, Mr. Ahmad M. Alsaghir, University of Cincinnati.

4:20PM Adjourn