2007 Purdue–Silicon Valley Symposia

The 2007 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 2007 schedule and mark your calendars. 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 2007 series: Tallwood Venture Capital, Foundation Capital, National Semiconductor, Asyst Technologies, and SDL Ventures.

Attending the Symposia

Please RSVP to Carrie Underwood at crunder@purdue.edu or (765) 494-3441 (by one week before each event). If you would like to receive an e-mail reminder of each month’s program, please send Carrie your e-mail address. Check back periodically for schedule updates and abstracts of future symposia.

Symposia Schedule Tuesday February 20, 2007 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Thomas Fogarty Winery 19501 Skyline Blvd. Woodside, CA (650) 851-6777 Special performance by Ba Na Na, Purdue Glee Club men's quartet Tuesday March 27, 2007 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Light Scattering for Rapid, Label-Free Identification of Bacterial Colonies Dan Hirleman William E. and Florence E. Perry Head of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Tuesday April 24, 2007 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Energy Center in Discovery Park Jay Gore Vincent P. Reilly Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and Entrepreneurship Purdue University Tuesday May 22, 2007 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 The Birck Nanotechnology Center: A Collaborate Environment for Enhancing the Kinetics of Discovery and Innovation Tim Sands Basil S. Turner Professor of Engineering and Director of Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University Tuesday June 26, 2007 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Hyatt Vineyard Creek 170 Railroad St. Santa Rosa, CA (707) 284-1234 Wired and Wireless Camera Sensor Networks Avi Kak Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University Wednesday July 25, 2007 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Innovations in Pharmaceuticals Development and Manufacture Rex Reklaitis Edward W. Comings Professor of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Tuesday August 21, 2007 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Purdue Engineering–Think Impact! Leah Jamieson John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and the Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University Tuesday September 25, 2007 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Fremont Marriott 46100 Landing Pkwy. Fremont, CA (510) 413-3700 Biomedical Micro and Nanosystems Babak Ziaie Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University Tuesday October 16, 2007 Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Santa Clara Marriott 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA (408) 988-1500 Everything You Wanted to Know About Venture Capital Rich Redelfs (Foundation Capital), David Liddle (USVP), Luis Arzubi (Tallwood Venture Capital), Eric Zimits (Granite Ventures)