2006 Purdue–Silicon Valley Symposia

Investing in Infinite Possibilities

The 2006 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 2006 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.

Our Sponsors

Thank you to the following for sponsoring our 2006 series: Tallwood Venture Capital, Foundation Capital, and National Semiconductor.

Attending the Symposia

Please RSVP to Robin Canada at rcanada@purdue.edu or (765) 494-3441. If you would like 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 Wednesday February 22, 2006 Breakfast 8:00-10:00 AM Garden Court Hotel 520 Cowper St. Palo Alto, CA (650) 323-1912 Nanostructured Semiconductors: The Key to Efficient Solid-State Energy Conversion Devices? Tim Sands Basil S. Turner Professor of Engineering Purdue University Tuesday March 28, 2006 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Creating a Semiconductor Device Technology in Silicon Carbide Jim Cooper William Harrison Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University Tuesday April 25, 2006 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 The Path to Nano-Preeminence: Facility, Faculty, and Tech Acceleration George Adams Julie Goonewardene Purdue University Tuesday May 23, 2006 Dinner 6:30-9:30 PM Testarossa Vineyards Los Gatos, CA Tales from a Boiler/Winemaker Christian Butzke Associate Professor of Enology Department of Food Science Purdue University Tuesday June 27, 2006 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Utilizing Surgical Robotics and Haptic Interfaces to Transform Healthcare Delivery Bill Peine Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Tuesday July 25, 2006 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Looking Into the Future: Grand Challenges for Wireless Networks Ness Shroff Director, Center for Wireless Systems and Applications and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University Wednesday August 23, 2006 Breakfast 8:00-10:00 AM Garden Court Hotel 520 Cowper St. Palo Alto, CA (650) 323-1912 The Magic of Imaging Charlie Bouman Friday September 22, 2006 Homecoming Events 1:00-9:00 PM Dauch Alumni Center Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Seminar, Tour, and Dinner Mark Smith Jim Cooper Steve Pekarek David Ebert