Agenda

Engineering Insights will be held in the Engineering Corridor on the northeast side of the UC Santa Barbara Campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Please see Directions.

Tuesday: October 17, 2006

1:30-2:00pm
ESB courtyard		 Registration
2:00-2:20pm
ESB 1001		 Welcome and overview of campus research
Michael Witherell
Vice Chancellor of Research
2:20-2:40pm
ESB 1001		 College of Engineering, Research overview
Matthew Tirrell
Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean, College of Engineering

Math, Life, Physical Sciences Division, Research overview
Martin Moskovits
Worster Dean of Science and Professor of Chemistry, MLPS Division of Letters and Sciences College
2:40-3:00pm
ESB 1001		 Office of Technology Industry Alliances overview
Sherylle Mills Englander
Director, Office of Technology & Industry Alliances

Corporate Programs – Bridging the gap between business and academia
Christy Ross
Assistant Dean for Corporate Programs, Engineering and Sciences
3:00-4:30pm
ESB 1001		 Successful deal structures for industry and university collaborations
  • THE MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL - UCSB ALLIANCE: A MODEL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP IN ADVANCED MATERIALS
    Glenn Fredrickson, MC CAM
  • Steve DenBaars, Solid State Lighting & Display Center
  • Carrington Smith, Air Products
  • David Gay, Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies
4:30-6:00pm
ESB Courtyard		 Networking and Cocktail Reception


Wednesday: October 18, 2006

8:00-8:50am
Green off ESB - Insights Tent		 Registration and breakfast
Graduate student poster exhibits
Research center displays
8:50-9:00am Welcome
Matthew Tirrell
Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean, College of Engineering
9:00-9:20am Keynote Speaker
BIRTH OF A PRODUCT
Mark Lucovsky
Google Inc.
9:30-10:30am Technical Breakout I: 20 minute presentations, 3 presentations/session

MSI Auditorium

 Session 1 : Bioengineering: drug delivery and medical devices
  • COMBINING MOORE'S LAW WITH MOLECULAR RECOGNITION
    Tom Soh, Mechanical Engineering
  • SPECIALIZED DRUG DELIVERY
    Samir Mitragotri, Chemical Engineering
  • ENGINEERING NANOPARTICLES FOR TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY
    Joe Zasadzinski, Chemical Engineering and Materials

ESB 2001

 Session 2: Computational science and engineering
  • SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
    Frank Doyle, Chemical Engineering
  • BIOINFORMATICS AND IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES
    B.S. Manjunath, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • THE COMPLEX FLUIDS DESIGN CONSORTIUM: OVERVIEW AND RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
    Glenn Fredrickson, Chemical Engineering and Materials

ESB 1001

 Session 3: Nanotechnology
  • TITANIUM MEMS
    Noel MacDonald, Mechanical Engineering
  • ENGINEERING ON THE PORE SCALE FOR MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS
    Todd Squires, Chemical Engineering
  • Andrew Cleland, Physics

KITP Seminar

 Session 4: Next Generation technology for electronics
  • ELECTRONICS WITH ADVANCED MATERIALS
    Mark Rodwell, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • SYSTEM-ON-CHIP DESIGN METHODOLOGY
    Tim Cheng, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • HOT TOPICS AND COOL IDEAS IN SCALED CMOS ANALOG DESIGN
    Patrick Yue, Electrical and Computer Engineering
10:30-10:45am Break and review posters
10:45-11:45am
 Technical Breakout II: 20 minute presentations, 3 presentations/session

MSI Auditorium

 Session 5: Bioengineering: medical diagnostics
  • OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION OF FLUORESCENT BIOSENSORS USING LIGHT HARVESTING CONJUGATED POLYMERS
    Gui Bazan, Materials
  • NEW TOOLS FOR ENGINEERING BIOPHARMACEUTICALS FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
    Patrick S. Daugherty, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCSB
  • PROTEIN FOLDING
    Kevin Plaxco, Chemistry and Biochemistry

KITP Seminar

 Session 6: Communications and networking
  • OPTOELECTRONICS
    Dan Blumenthal, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN NETWORKS OF EMBEDDED SENSORS, PROCESSORS, AND ACTUATORS
    Joao Hespanha, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • WORLD'S FIRST HYBRID SILICON LASER
    Mario Paniccia, Intel’s Photonics Technology Lab

ESB 1001

 Session 7: Innovative materials and processes
  • NOVEL ADHESIVE
    Kimberly Turner, Mechanical Engineering
  • METHANE CONVERSION TO LIQUID FUELS AND CHEMICALS
    Eric McFarland, Chemical Engineering and GRT Inc.
  • NEW FACES OF NITRIDES FOR ADVANCED ELECTRONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
    Jim Speck, Materials

ESB 2001

 Session 8: Computer systems, security and virtual environments
  • TERASCALE COMPUTING INITIATIVE
    Rich Wolski, Computer Science
  • NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATIONS
    Kevin Almeroth, Computer Science
  • WEB APPLICATION SECURITY
    Richard Kemmerer, Computer Science
  • RESEARCH IN IMAGING, INTERACTION, AND INNOVATIVE INTERFACES
    Matthew Turk, Computer Science
11:45-1:30pm
Green off ESB - Insights Tent		 Guest Speaker, industry panel and lunch

Guest Speaker:
CREATING THE IDEAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA
Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, Mitsubishi Chief Technology Officer

Industry Panel: "Transitioning technology to industry"

  • David Gay, Institute of Collaborative Biotechnologies
  • Raymond J. Huey, Z-Medica
  • Mario Paniccia, Intel’s Photonics Technology Lab
  • Galen Stucky, Chemistry & Biochemistry

1:30-3:00pm
ESB courtyard		 Exhibitor showcase and reception
Graduate student poster exhibits
Research center displays