[BNC-Occupants] UGIM Call for Technical Papers *Extension - 3/1/10* (Sent on behalf of Peide Ye)

[Annette M Cheever]

Please forward to your department faculty, researchers and graduate 
students.

Dear Colleagues,

We welcome you to participate in the 18th Biennial IEEE UGIM (University 
Government Industry Micro/nano) Symposium.

The goal of this symposium is to bring together leading educators and 
researchers from university, government, and industry around the world 
to promote the various exciting fields of micro/nanotechnology.

Representatives of university micro/nano fabrication facilities, ranging 
from new labs to nationally recognized facilities, have found this 
symposium an excellent forum for exchanging information and presenting 
new research and educational concepts.

Government agencies such as NSF, NIH, NIST, SEMATECH, SRC, DoD and ONR 
regularly participate with research papers and updates on funding 
opportunities.

Industry interactions with universities, including technology transfer, 
collaborative research, and training efforts are frequently presented.

The UGIM symposium will be held on the campus of Purdue University, 
approximately 60 miles from Indianapolis, IN and 120 miles from Chicago, 
IL. During the 4-day event, participants will have the opportunity to 
participate in tours of the Birck Nanotechnology Center and other 
Discovery Park facilities.

More information about this symposium will be available soon.

http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/UGIM/

The deadline for submitting an abstract for the technical sessions is 
*March 1, 2010 (Monday)*.

Look forward to seeing at the 18th Biennial IEEE UGIM (University 
Government Industry Micro/nano) Symposium.

Best Regards

Conference Program Committee

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CALL FOR PAPERS (Abstract Submission *Deadline Extends to March 1, 2010*)

The purpose of this symposium is to bring together leading educators and 
researchers from university, government, and industry around the world 
to promote the various exciting fields of micro/nanotechnology. 
Representatives of university micro/nano fabrication facilities, ranging 
from new start-up labs to nationally recognized facilities, have found 
this symposium an excellent forum for exchanging information and 
presenting new research and educational concepts. Government agencies 
such as NSF, NIH, NIST, SEMATECH, SRC, DoD and ONR regularly participate 
with research papers and updates on funding opportunities. Industry 
interactions with universities, including technology transfer, 
collaborative research, and training efforts are frequently presented.

Scope of the UGIM symposium includes:

• New Initiatives in University micro/nano programs, courses, 
laboratories, technology transfer, and industry interaction
• Government-University micro/nano research programs
• Micro/nano research projects in the areas of devices, materials, 
simulation, design, processing, testing, and reliability
• Process development, manufacturing, statistical process control and 
design of experiments
• MEMS and microelectronic programs, courses, applications, processing, 
interactions, and research
• Standard silicon and compound semiconductors
• Bioengineering and biotechnology activities related to 
micro/nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology and nanofabrication
• Metrology, sensors and actuators
• University micro/nano research facilities and their operation
• Industry efforts in micro/nanotechnology including technology transfer

Keynote Speakers Include:

Dr. John T. Prater, Program Manager of Army Research Office
John T. Prater is the program manager of Materials Sciences Division of 
Army Research Office.

Ahmad Soueid, AIA LEED AP
Ahmad Soueid is principal/senior vice president at HDR Architecture, Inc.

Dr. C.Y. Sung, Senior Manager at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
C.Y. Sung is the senior manager at IBM supervising the R&D of graphene 
and other novel materials and devices.

Part of Invited Speakers Include:

John Rogers (Flexible Electronics/UIUC), Alan Seabaugh (Ultimate 
CMOS/Notre Dame), Gary Bernstein (Nano-magnetics/Notre Dame), Suresh 
Garimella (Cooling Tech. for Microelectronics/Purdue), Dave Janes 
(Nanowire Electronics/Purdue), Yong P. Chen (Graphene 
Thermonics/Purdue), Kevin Chen (GaN electronics/HKUST), J-Y. Kim (High-k 
for Microelectronics/UT Dallas).

Submission Information:

Abstracts (one text page + one figure page) must be submitted 
electronically on the symposium web site by March 1, 2010. Authors 
should indicate preference for oral or poster presentation, as well as 
their institution and contact information. Final manuscripts (6 pages 
maximum) must then be submitted electronically by April 2, 2010. These 
manuscripts, both papers (20-minute presentation) and posters, will be 
published in the symposium proceedings. For more information, visit the 
2010 UGIM Symposium web site at: nano.purdue.edu/UGIM

To submit an abstract, please go to the UGIM site at nano.purdue.edu/UGIM.
Abstract submission deadline extends to *March 1, 2010 (Monday)*.