Seminars
Fall 2012
9/10/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Introduction to ECE 600
Prof. Luke Mawst, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9/17/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
An Overview of Wireless Technology Research and Development at Qualcomm
Dr.Tamer Kadous, Qualcomm
10/1/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
The 7 (Information) Habits of Highly Effective Engineering Graduate Students
Jody Hoesly, Wendt Commons Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10/15/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Phonon Transport in Nanostructures: Development of a Nanoscale Phonon Spectrometer and Thermoelectric Nanomaterials
Prof. Richard Robinson, Cornell University
10/29/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Can Control Theory Beat the Stock Market?
Professor Jim Primbs, University of Texas, Dallas
11/12/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Enabling Coexistence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Prof. Xinyu Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11/19/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Room Temperature THz Quantum Cascade Laser Sources
Prof. Mikhail Belkin, University of Texas, Austin
11/26/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Physics and Math for Smart (Power) Grids
Dr. Michael Chertkov, Los Alamos National Laboratory
12/10/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Human/Computer Vision: Visual Attention Modeling from Basic Research to Commercialization
Brian Stankiewicz, 3M
Spring 2012
1/30/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1800
Introduction to ECE 600
Prof. Luke Mawst, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2/6/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1800
TFT vs. ULSIC - from Nano to Giga Electronics
Prof. Yue Kuo, Texas A&M University
2/13/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1800
Exploiting Saliency in Compressive and Adaptive Sensing
Prof. Jarvis Haupt, University of Minnesota
2/20/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1800
Introduction to 3GPP LTE/LTE-A Standards and 4G Mobile Networks
Dr. Charlie Zhang, Samsung
2/27/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1800
Porting Performance across GPUs and FPGAs through Multilevel Granularity Synthesis
Prof. Deming Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3/12/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1800
Analysis of Complex Modulation in Fiber
Prof. Dan van der Weide, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4/16/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1800
Electrons in Unusual Flatlands
Prof. Mansour Shayegan, Princeton University
4/23/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1800
Silicon Nanomembrane based Photonic Crystal Nanostructures for On-chip Open Sensor Systems
Prof. Ray Chen, University of Texas-Austin
4/30/2012, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1800
The Next Wireless Frontier: Challenges and Opportunities at mm-wave and Higher Frequencies
Prof. Akbar Sayeed, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9/12/2011, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Introduction to ECE 600
Prof. Luke Mawst, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9/19/2011, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
ECE Library Resources to Save You Time and Money
Jody Hoesly, Wendt Commons Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9/26/2011, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Measuring gas properties using custom-built lasers in the telecommunications band
Prof. Scott Sanders, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10/3/2011, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Space-from-Time Imaging: Acquiring Reflectance and Structure Without Lenses
Prof. Vivek Goyal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10/10/2011, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
Silicon-Based Resonant Microsensors
Prof. Brand, Georgia Institute of Technology
10/17/2011, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
At the boundaries of high-frequency analog & RF ICs: Speed, energy and uncertainty
Prof. David S. Ricketts, Carnegie Mellon University
11/7/2011, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
CMOS Compatible Electro-Optic Transmitter Design and Considerations for Efficient Data Transport
Dr. Douglas Gill, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
11/14/2011, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
CMOS Reliability Challenges in Nanometer-Scale Integrated Circuits
Prof. Sachin S. Sapatnekar, University of Minnesota
11/21/2011, 3:30-5:00 PM, EH 1610
High efficiency III-V multi-junction solar cells technology
Prof. Jaejin Lee, Ajou University, Korea
Spring 2011
5/2/2011, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1800
Adaptive Liquid and Liquid Crystal Photonic Devices
Prof. Shin-Tson Wu, University of Central Florida
4/11/2011, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1800
Circuits and Passive Components for Radio-Frequency Power Conversion
Prof. Yehui Han, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4/4/2011, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1800
Invisible Traces in Pixels and Bits
Prof. Min Wu, University of Maryland
3/28/2011, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1800
Super-Resolving, Biomimetic Electrically Small Antennas and Their Applications
Prof. Nader Behdad, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3/7/2011, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1800
Ultra-wide Bandwidth Energy Harvesting: Design with Orthogonal Thinking
Sang-Gook Kim, MIT
2/14/2011, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1800
ECE Library Resources to Save You Time and Money
Jody Hoesly and Amy Kindschi, Wendt Commons Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2/7/2011, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1800
Robust Optimization of Digital Integrated Circuits: Progress and Challenges
Dr. Chandu Visweswariah, IBM Systems and Technology Group
1/31/2011, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1800
Prognostics in a Particle Filtering Framework
Dr. Bhaskar Saha, Mission Critical Technologies, Inc., NASA Ames Research Center
12/06/2010, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1610 11/15/2010, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1610 11/08/2010, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1610 10/25/2010, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1610 10/18/2010, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1610 10/11/2010, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1610 10/04/2010, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1610 9/20/2010, 3:45-4:45 PM, EH 1610
The Role of CAD in Solving Intel’s Power/Performance Challenges: Past, Present and Future
Dr. Steven Burns, Intel Corp.
Microsystem Pathways to a Greener World
Prof. Amit Lal, Cornell University
Microsystems for Health-Care, Environmental Sensing, and Infrastructure Monitoring
Prof. Yogesh Gianchandani, University of Michigan
UP from the BOTTOM
Prof. XuRichard Muller, University of California, Berkeley
Optofluidic Ring Resonator Technology Platform for Rapid and Sensitive Biological and Chemical Sensing
Prof. Xudong (Sherman) Fan, University of Michigan
Device Physics and Applications of Intersubband Transitions in Wide-Bandgap Nitride Semiconductors
Prof. Roberto Paiella, Boston University
The Carbon-Silicon Bond - How the Humans Came to Love Their Electronic Devices
Prof. Richard Blahut, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Biologically Inspired MEMS Sensors for Medical Applications
Prof. Chang Liu, Northwestern University