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IEEE + Northeastern: Flexible / Printed / Fabric Sensors and Systems
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.mNortheastern University - Silicon Valley
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IEEE SF Bay Area MEMS and Sensor Chapter and Northeastern University – Silicon Valley present a joint workshop on Flexible / Printed / Fabric Sensors and Systems.
In recent years, there has been an exponential growth in the field of flexible, printed and organic large-area electronics and sensors. These new printed electronics and sensors are fabricated on flexible plastic substrates, which offer advantages such as mechanical flexibility, light weight and low profile. The use of flexible plastic substrates enables low-cost high-speed manufacturing of devices over large areas using printing technologies in a Roll-to-Roll production line. Targeted applications include wearables, environmental monitoring, and eHealth.
Recently, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded $75M to FlexTech Alliance to establish and manage a San Jose-based hub and node approach to creating a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) for Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE MII). Additionally, the recent award of $75M , again by the US DoD, with $250M in matching grants from industry and academia for the creation of a research and development consortia headed by MIT for the development of ”Functional Fabrics” has validated the potential of this technology to create “smart fabrics” for consumer and military wearable applications.
This one-day workshop will bring together experts and leaders in this area to the heart of Silicon Valley. The workshop will consist of presentations on the topics of printed/flexible/fabric sensors, accompanying electronics and applications, as well as the current and future opportunities. The event will include an interactive panel discussion on the future of this rapidly growing market and the potential barriers to their commercialization. Continental breakfast, lunch, and the concluding evening networking mixer is included.
General Chair: Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates | Technical Chair: Ramesh Ramadoss, IEEE | Exhibits Chair: Brent Lunceford, IEEE
Organizing Committee: P.K. Agarwal; Rick Davis, Northeastern University
Host: P. K. Agarwal, Northeastern University – Silicon Valley
Agenda & Speakers
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8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast & Networking
| 9:00 – 9:03 a.m. | P. K. Agarwal (Dean & CEO, Northeastern University – Silicon Valley) Welcome and Introduction to Silicon Valley Campus |
| 9:03 – 9:10 a.m. | Ramesh Ramadoss (Vice-Chair, Santa Clara) & Brent Lunceford (Founding Chair, Austin) (IEEE) Welcome and Introduction to IEEE Sensors Chapter |
| 9:10 – 9:30 a.m. | James C. Bean (Provost & SVP of Academic Affairs, Northeastern University) Introduction to Northeastern Research Initiatives |
| 9:30 – 9:50 a.m. | Roger Grace (President, RG Associates) Introduction to Printed/Flexible/Fabric Sensors & Systems |
| 9:50 – 10:20 a.m. | KEYNOTE: John Volakis (Chope Chair Professor of Engineering, Ohio State University) Conductive Textiles for Wearable Electronics |
| 10:20 – 10:40 a.m. | Alex “Bruce” Johnson (Device Systems Engineer, Brewer Science, Inc.) Applications of Printed Resistive Flex Sensors |
10:40 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. | Morning Break
| 10:55 – 11:15 a.m. | Jae Son (Founder & CEO, Pressure Profile Systems) Flexible and Conformable Capacitive Tactile Sensors from R&D to Commercialization |
| 11:15 – 11:35 a.m. | Art Muir (Business Development Manager, Parker Hannifin) Dielectric Electroactive Polymer Sensors |
| 11:35 – 11:55 a.m. | Joseph Stetter (President & CTO, SPEC-Sensors) Printed Electrochemical Sensors for Air Quality and e-Health Applications |
| 11:55 – 12:15 p.m. | KG Ganapathi (Co-Founder & CEO, INVIS Technologies Corp.) Flexible devices for large market applications |
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch & Networking
| 1:15 – 1:45 p.m | KEYNOTE: Ahmed Busnaina (William Lincoln Smith Professor, Northeastern University) Nano and Microscale Printing of Sensors and Electronics Using Directed Assembly of Nanomaterials |
| 1:45 – 2:05 p.m. | Arye Lipman (Strategic Alliances Manager, IMEC, Belgium) A printable flexible sensor for simultaneous detection of multiple ions in fluids |
| 2:05 – 2:25 p.m. | Cihan Yilmaz (Associate Research Scientist, NSEC, Northeastern University) Nano and Microscale Printing of Sensors and Electronics Using Directed Assembly of Nanomaterials |
| 2:25 – 2:45 p.m. | Coralie Gallis (Business Development Manager, CEA-LETI) Smart Wearables: Examples of Sensor and Energy Harvesting Integration in Flexible Devices |
| 2:45 – 3:05 p.m. | Wei Gao (Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley) Wearable Sweat Biosensors |
3:05 p.m. – 3:20 p.m | Afternoon Break
| 3:20 – 3:40 p.m. | Ram Prasad Gandhiraman (Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center) Plasma Jet Based Fabrication of Printed Electronics & Sensors |
| 3:40 – 4:00 p.m. | Christine Kallmayer (Group Manager, Fraunhofer IZM, Germany) Textile Integrated Sensors Systems |
| 4:00 – 4:20 p.m. | Roger H. Grace (President, RG Associates) Summary and Conclusions | Strategies for the Successful Commercialization of Printed/Flexible/Fabric Sensors |
4:20 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Interactive Panel Discussion
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception & Networking
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