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TUESDAY June 4, 2013
SCV Photonics Chapter
Speaker: John Hejtmanek, VP, Product and Reliability Engineering, Pacific Biosciences
Time: Networking/light dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Intel Auditorium, Building SC-12, 3600 Juliette Lane, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

Pacific Biosciences launched the RS, a high resolution genetic analyzer in early 2011.  The RS incorporates novel, single molecule sequencing techniques and advanced analytics to reveal true biology in real time.  The RS conducts, monitors and analyzes biochemical (more…)

TUESDAY June 11, 2013
SCV Photonics Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Jerome Faist, ETH Zurich
Time: Networking/light dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Intel, Building SC-12, 3600 Juliette Lane, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

Quantum cascade lasers have opened up many new opportunities in quantum electronics, by freeing us from previous limitations in material wavelength limitations.  They have opened up a wide range of wavelengths in the mid and near infrared.  We will discuss (more…)

TUESDAY May 21, 2013
SCV Magnetics Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Rudolf Schaefer, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Time: Networking and pizza at 6:45 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

The rich world of magnetic microstructure or magnetic domains, extending from visible dimensions down to the nano-scale, forms the mesoscopic link between the fundamental physical properties of a magnetic material and its macroscopic properties and technical (more…)

TUESDAY June 18, 2013
SCV Nanotechnology Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, UC Santa Cruz
Time: Networking, Pizza & drinks at Noon, with presentation following
Cost: IEEE Members: $5, Non-members: $10
Place: TI Auditorium E-1, 2900 Semiconductor Dr, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/sfbanano

Designing solid-state devices is essentially restricted by choosing available chemical elements found on the Periodic Table and forming various stable solids made of these chemical elements.  A key to developing novel solid-state devices is, therefore, to find (more…)

WEDNESDAY May 8, 2013
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Chapter
Speaker: Heather C. Chiamori, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC), UC-Berkeley
Time: Optional dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 6:45 PM
Cost: $20 for dinner ($10 for students, unemployed); no cost for presentation
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv/meetings/cpmt1305.html

Nanostructures exhibit unique properties such as large surface-to-volume ratios, increased sensitivity at lower input power levels, and higher current carrying capability contributing to increased functionality of nanostructure devices that (more…)

One-Day Nanotechnology Chapter Symposium
Emerging Nano-Bio & Nano-Ionic Technologies and Applications
- Wed, May 15, 2013, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM   – at TI, Santa Clara
- $50 IEEE members; $65 non-members; $35 students (higher after May 10)
10 talks from IBM Almaden, Rambus Labs, University of Michigan, Adesto, ONE Nanotechnologies, Graphene Technologies, Lux Research and more. Includes breakfast and lunch.
For further information: www.ieee.org/nano

WEDNESDAY May 29, 2013
OEB Magnetics Chapter
Speaker:Rudolf Schaefer, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden
Time: Presentation at 3:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley
RSVP: by May 27 with name, company to Peter Fischer, peter.fischer@ieee.org
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/oeb/mag

The rich world of magnetic microstructure or magnetic domains, extending from visible dimensions down to the nano-scale, forms the mesoscopic link between the fundamental physical properties of a magnetic material and its macroscopic properties and technical applications, which (more…)

TUESDAY April 16, 2013
SCV Nanotechnology Chapter
Speaker: Brad Aitchison, Western US Sales Director, BeneQ Oy, Finland
Time: 12:00 PM Noon
Cost: IEEE Members: $5; Non-members:$ 10
Place: TI Auditorium E-1, 2900 Semiconductor Drive. Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: sites.ieee.org/sfbanano

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) has a myriad of applications including buffer layers, diffusion barriers, dielectrics for use in optics, electronics, medical, defense and a large number of other areas.  ALD film thickness is (more…)

WEDNESDAY May 8, 2013
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Chapter
Speaker: Heather C. Chiamori, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC), UC-Berkeley
Time: Optional dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 6:45 PM
Cost: $20 for dinner ($10 for students, unemployed); no cost for presentation
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv/meetings/cpmt1305.html

Nanostructures exhibit unique properties such as large surface-to-volume ratios, increased sensitivity at lower input power levels, and higher current carrying capability contributing to increased functionality of nanostructure devices that will be (more…)

WEDNESDAY May 15, 2013
SCV Nanotechnology Chapter
Speakers: 10 instructors from IBM Almaden, Rambus Labs, U of Michigan, ONE Nanotechnologies, Graphene Technologies, Lux Research and more
Time: Check-in and breakfast at 8:00 AM; Presentations from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Cost: $50 for IEEE Members; $65 for non-members; $35 for students – includes lunch ($15 more, after May 10)
Place: TI Conference Center, Bldg E-1, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ieee.org/nano

More details to be posted on the Nano website.