2005 Purdue–Silicon Valley Symposia

Investing in Infinite Possibilities

The 2005 Purdue-Silicon Valley Symposia are a series of monthly technical seminars introducing alumni and corporate friends in California's Silicon Valley to exciting research taking place at Purdue. These talks highlight areas of new opportunity for Silicon Valley investors and Purdue faculty to join forces in their common pursuit of field-defining research and educational innovation.

Check out the Purdue-Silicon Valley Symposia 2005 schedule and mark your calendars. This year we continue the symposia theme "Investing in Infinite Possibilities," symbolized by the infinity emblem. The emblem represents the infinite possibilities of a multidisciplinary approach that teams industry with Purdue researchers to solve problems from the subatomic level to the large-scale, socio-technical problems that challenge civilization at the global level.

These seminars focus on topics within Purdue Engineering's signature areas, providing opportunities to network with Purdue alumni and faculty and discover infinite possibilities for collaboration between Silicon Valley and Purdue. For an overview of past events, please see last year's speakers and topics.

Attending the Symposia

Please RSVP to Robin Canada at rcanada@purdue.edu or (765) 494-3441. To receive an e-mail reminder of each month's program, please send Robin your e-mail address. Check back periodically for schedule updates and abstracts of future symposia.

Symposia Schedule Tuesday February 22, 2005 Dinner 6:00-8:00 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 An Interdisciplinary Approach to Image Processing Research Jan P. Allebach Michael J. and Katherine R. Birck Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Wednesday March 23, 2005 Breakfast 8:00-10:00 AM Garden Court 520 Cowper St. Palo Alto, CA (650) 323-1912 Computer Enhancement and Synthesis Research: Analysis and Modification of Human Singing Mark J. T. Smith Michael J. & Katherine R. Birck Professor and Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University Wednesday April 27, 2005 Breakfast 8:00-10:00 AM Garden Court 520 Cowper St. Palo Alto, CA (650) 323-1912 Prognosis for Managing the Health of Engineered Systems Douglas E. Adams Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Tuesday May 24, 2005 Dinner 6:00-8:00 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Cancelled Joe Sinfield Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University Wednesday June 29, 2005 Breakfast 8:00-10:00 AM Garden Court 520 Cowper St. Palo Alto, CA (650) 323-1912 Electromagnetics for High-Frequency Circuit Applications William Chappell Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University Tuesday July 26, 2005 Dinner 6:00-8:00 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Integration of Novel Microelectronics Cooling Strategies Through Electrothermal Co-Design Suresh Garimella Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Cooling Technologies Research Center, Purdue University Tuesday August 23, 2005 Dinner 6:00-8:00 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Nano-Structured Si and SiGe vs. Faster Materials: A Fork in the Roadmap? Jerry Woodall Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of both the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship and Discovery Park Corporate Relations, Purdue University Wednesday September 28, 2005 Breakfast 8:00-10:00 AM Garden Court 520 Cowper St. Palo Alto, CA (650) 323-1912 Toward a Quantum Leap in the Design of Electric Machines Steve Pekarek Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University Wednesday October 26, 2005 Breakfast 8:00-10:00 AM Garden Court 520 Cowper St. Palo Alto, CA (650) 323-1912 Purdue University: Preeminence in the 21st Century Sally Mason Provost, Purdue University