Schedule

The workshop is scheduled for October 7-9, 2024.

Monday, October 7th
16:00-17:30Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Silex Microsystems
17:30-18:30Keynote Speaker 1:
Dan Armbrust
Silicon Catalyst
Tuesday, October 8th
7:30-8:00Registration & Breakfast
8:00-8:30Opening Remarks
Matteo Rinaldi, David Horsley
NanoSI, Northeastern University
8:30-9:15Keynote Speaker 2:
Tsu-Jae King Liu
University of California, Berkeley
9:15-10:30Session 1: Analog Circuits and Non-Conventional Computing
TitleSpeaker Affiliation
9:15Invited: Analog Computing Based Code-Domain MIMO RadarsAravind NaguluWashington U. in St. Louis
9:50Improvements in Parametric Oscillator-based Analog Computation due to MEMS IntegrationNicolas CasilliNortheastern University
10:10MEMS Oscillator Ising Machine via Sub-Harmonic Injection Locking (SHIL) Enabled SynchronizationPhilip FengU. Florida
10:30-10:45Networking Break
10:45-12:00Session 2: Sensors
TitleSpeakerAffiliation
10:45Invited: Extreme-environment Sensors & MicroelectronicsDebbie SeneskyStanford
11:20Fly-inspired microphones with piezoelectric readoutXiaoyu NiuUT Austin
11:40Innovative Fabrication and Characterization of Curved PMUT for Enhanced Ultrasound PerformanceChichen HuangNortheastern University
12:00-13:00Lunch
13:00-14:40Special Session: Levitated and Trapped Accurate microSystems (LeviTAS)
Title Speaker Affiliation
13:00Invited: Introduction to Micro Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) at DARPA DSOSunil BhaveDARPA DSO
13:20Contactless Electrostatic Control of a Proof MassBob McloskeyUCLA
13:40Full Levitation in Magnetically Stabilized microSystems (FLi-MaSS)Jaesung LeeUniversity of Central Florida
14:00Untethered Hemispherical Resonance GyroscopeAndrei ShkelUCI
14:20Voltage and Charge Control for Free-space Electrostatic LevitationNoah ChristianLeidos
14:40-15:00Networking Break
15:00-16:00Contributed Posters
16:00-17:55Session 3: Hetero-Integration and Layer Transfer
Title SpeakerAffiliation
16:00Invited: X on Insulator (XOI) TechnologyAli JaveyUC Berkeley
16:35Micro-transfer Printing GaN for Advanced RF Functionality and ManufacturingShawn MackNRL
16:55Integration of AlN MEMS on AlN Substrate using Film Transfer MethodMingyo ParkPennsylvania State University
17:15Separation of Thin Layers from Wide Bandgap Semiconductors via Sonic Lift-OffTaylor BlackCrystal Sonic, Inc.
17:35A wireless, self-powered mm-scale MEMS sensor platform through heterogeneous integration of SCµM and HV SOI CMOSYichen LiuUC Berkeley
18:00-20:00Conference Banquet
Wednesday, October 9th
7:30-8:30Registration & Breakfast
8:30-9:45Keynote Speaker 3:
Dana Weinstein
Purdue University
9:45-10:45Session 4: RF and Acoustic Wave Devices
TitleSpeakerAffiliation
9:45Low-Loss Fundamental Mode Magnetoacoustic RF Devices with Giant Non-reciprocityBin LuoNortheastern University
10:05Solidly Mounted Resonator Platform Using ScAlN on Bottom Electrode on Bragg ReflectorYinan WangUT Austin
10:25Advancements on Super High Frequency ScAlN Nanoacoustic TechnologyGabriel GiribaldiNortheastern University
10:45CMOS integrated GHZ Ultrasonic MEMSAmit LalGeegah & Cornell University
10:45-11:00Networking Break
11:00-12:15Session 5: Photonics
Title SpeakerAffiliation
11:00Invited: Silicon Non-Volatile Optical Memory and All-Silicon Photonic Integrated CircuitsYuan YuanHP Labs
11:35Lithium tantalate photonic integrated circuits for volume manufacturingZihan LiEPFL
11:55A Cantilever Based Accelerometer in Silicon Photonics PlatformYuqi MengUT Austin
12:15-13:15Lunch
13:15-14:15Open Posters
14:15-16:15Special Session: Optomechanical Thermal Imaging (OpTIm)
TitleSpeakerAffiliation
14:15Invited: Optomechanical Thermal Imaging: Towards Next-generation Infrared DetectorsMukund VengalattoreDARPA DSO
14:35Chip-scale precision optomechanical sensing near the thermodynamical limitsChee-Wei WongUCLA
14:55Room-temperature optomechanical-resonator-based sensor on thin film lithium niobateYue YuUSC
15:15Ultrathin Trampoline Optomechanical Resonator Pixels for Uncooled Infrared (IR) DetectionPhilip FengU. Florida
15:3530%-Doped AlScN Nanoplates as Uncooled and Ultra-Fast Detectors for IR ImagingAurelio VendittiNortheastern University
15:55Sensitive infrared detection via optomechanical spring sensingChen QianU Penn
16:15-17:00Panel Session:
Microsystems in the Era of the CHIPS Act – where do we go from here?
17:00Workshop Adjorns