Birck Annual Research Symposium
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Please join the Birck community for an all-day symposium highlighting the exciting nanoscience and nanotechnology research at Birck. You will hear from our research leaders in morning and afternoon plenary sessions and wrap up the day with a poster session in the Birck atrium. There will be afternoon tours of the newly upgraded recharge facility. Breakfast, lunch, and evening appetizers will be provided at no cost to registered attendees. We look forward to seeing you for a day of great interactions and new connections!
BIRCK ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM – APRIL 28, 2025 PROGRAM
| 8:00 am – 9:00 am | Breakfast | MRGN cafe |
| 9:00 am – 9:10 am | Opening Remarks by Mark Lundstrom Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | MRGN 121 |
| 9:10 am – 9:30 am | “Looking Ahead to Birck’s Next 20 Years”: Zhihong Chen Reilly Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk, Director, Birck Nanotechnology Center | MRGN 121 |
| INVITED TALKS, MORNING SESSION | MRGN 121 | |
| 9:30 am – 10:05 am | “An Ode to Birck: Enabling Research, Inspiring Innovation”, Muhammad Alam Jai N. Gupta Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | MRGN 121 |
| 10:05 am – 10:40 am | “Integrated Quantum Photonics on Silicon Platform”, Vladimir Shalaev The Robert and Anne Burnett Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | MRGN 121 |
| 10:40 am – 11:15 am | “Building a 200mm Equipment Line Platform for Semiconductor Packaging Prototyping and System Integration”, Tiwei Wei Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering | MRGN 121 |
| 11:15 am – 11:50 am | “The imec-Purdue collaboration and the role of R&D in semiconductors”, Francesca Iacopi imec Fellow, Director of imec’s Semiconductor R&D Site at Purdue | MRGN 121 |
| 11:50 am – 12:45 pm | Lunch | MRGN cafe |
| INVITED TALKS, AFTERNOON SESSION | MRGN 121 | |
| 12:45 pm – 1:15 pm | “HADAR: Why AI will revolutionize thermal night vision”, Zubin Jacob Elmore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | MRGN 121 |
| 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm | “Non-reciprocal Transport Phenomena in Solids”, Yuli Lyanda-Geller Professor of Physics and Astronomy | MRGN 121 |
| 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm | “Electron and nuclear spin qubits in 2D materials”, Tongcang Li Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | MRGN 121 |
| 2:15 pm – 2:20 pm | Break | |
| 2:20 pm – 2:50 pm | “Perspectives of Quantum Computing in Chemical Engineering”, David E. Bernal Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering | MRGN 121 |
| 2:50 pm – 3:20 pm | “Probing exotic electronic states in transition metal dichalcogenides with scanning tunneling microscopy”, Tiancong Zhu Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy | MRGN 121 |
| 3:20 pm – 3:50 pm | “Photonic-integrated manufacturing and testing for defense and commercial applications”, Peter Bermel Elmore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | MRGN 121 |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Birck Open House | BRK |
| 4:30 pm –6:30 pm | POSTER SESSION with hors d’oeuvres | BRK atrium BRK 1001 |