Event Information:
Topic: Atomic-scale Modeling of Nanoelectronic Devices With Atomistix ToolKit
Date: May 28th, 2013
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT.
Presenters:
Dr. Anders Blom, QuantumWise… Read More
High resolution patterning on nonplanar substrates with large height variation using electron beam lithography
Abstract
High resolution patterning on nonplanar substrates with large height variation using electron beam
lithography is reported. Using an automatic, high precision, noncontact laser probe microscope, a
three-dimensional map of the nonplanar substrate to be patterned is obtained first. This data are
converted to a format for the electron beam lithography system, which performs the write by
adjusting the plane of electron beam focus based on the mapping data. As a proof of concept of this
patterning scheme, three different kinds of nonplanar substrates were… Read More
Seunghyun Lee takes the gold for all-graphene flexible and transparent circuit
Seunghyun Lee holding his Gold Award from the Materials Research Society
Seunghyun Lee. doctoral candidate in the electrical engineering program, was honored with a Gold Graduate Student Award at the Fall meeting of the Material Research Society for his research on flexible transparent circuits made entirely from graphene. He demonstrated for the first time flexible and transparent all-graphene circuits for quaternary digital modulations that can encode two bits of information per symbol.
Seunghyun Lee’s all-graphene circuit
“High speed circuits are needed for portable flexibleelectronics … Read More
Nano and Micro Workshop
Workshop on Nano and Micro Manufacturing
May 22-23, 2013 – Dearborn, Michigan
This workshop brings together nano and micro scale device and material manufacturers, researchers, and end users of nano and micro technologies. The speakers and audience will represent applications of nano and micro technologies in the areas of biomedical devices, communications and information technology, defense and homeland security, energy, infrastructure, and transportation among others. Invited experts will discuss the requirements for technology commercialization in these areas. Panel discussions will discuss the needs for improved… Read More
College Of Engineering Photo Link
A RECENT SET OF GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS, Thanks… Read More
Technology Clusters Article
Technology Clusters and Their Role in the
Commercialisation of Micro and Nano Systems
In my annual MEMS Commercialization Report Card which was presented at the MM/MEMS/Nano Live USA 2012, I presented 14 critical success factors for MEMS commercialisation [1]. One of these factors was MEMS cluster development. Since I began tracking this topic starting with the 2003 Report Card, which was facilitated as a result of a strategic marketing research study that I conducted on technology clusters for the State of Michigan’s Economic Development Corporation,… Read More
Artificial synapses could lead to advanced computer memory and machines that mimic biological brains
MALIBU, Calif.— In a step toward computers that mimic the parallel processing of complex biological brains, researchers from HRL Laboratories, LLC, and the University of Michigan have built a type of artificial synapse.
They have demonstrated the first functioning “memristor” array stacked on a conventional complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuit. Memristors combine the functions of memory and logic like the synapses of biological brains.
The results of their research are published online and appear in Nano Letters.
The work is part of the Defense Advanced… Read More
Energy Scavenging Insect Cyborgs
Research conducted at the University of Michigan College of Engineering may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans.
Professor Khalil Najafi, the chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and doctoral student Erkan Aktakka are finding ways to harvest energy from insects, and take the utility of the miniature cyborgs to the next level.
“Through energy scavenging, we could potentially power cameras, microphones and other sensors and communications equipment that an insect could carry aboard a tiny backpack,” Najafi… Read More
