Speakers:
Michael Acosta 
Director of the Border Office
U. S. - Mexico Foundation for Science (FUMEC)
Abstract Title: MEMS/NEMS Advancement in Paso del Norte Region
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Michael Acosta is the Director of the Border Office of the U. S. - Mexico Foundation for Science (FUMEC), located at UTEP in El Paso, Texas. Michael has been the Director of the FUMEC Border Office for seven years. He has been with UTEP for sixteen years.
Michael serves as the National President of MAES (the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists). Michael has been MAES National President since 2006. MAES is one of the premier, long standing U.S. Hispanic technical membership organizations, have originated in 1974, with university student and professional chapters throughout the U.S., along with high school clubs as well. He also serves as Chair of the MAES National Board of Directors. Michael has been on the MAES National Board for 18 years.
He has been instrumental in establishing key technology-based economic development endeavors as well as research and academic studies along the U.S. - Mexico border region. These include the Bi-National Sustainability Laboratory (BNSL), and the Paso del Norte Regional MEMS/NEMS Packaging Cluster (Microsystems and Nanotechnology), as part of the FUMEC Border Office endeavors.
Michael was awarded a grant from EDA for $400,000 in 2004 (as PI, through the FUMEC Border Office) as seed funding to establish the BNSL. Michael has continued to assist the BNSL (Executive Director, Dr. Paul Maxwell and his staff) with support and resources.
He also was the Co-PI for two EDA grants (totaling $3.2 million) awarded to UTEP (in 2003 and 2004) for the renovation of a former dormitory (Kelly Hall) to establish the Paso del Norte Regional Research and Business Development Complex at UTEP, a regional economic development center.
Michael was the Associate Director of the Institute for Policy and Economic Development (IPED) at UTEP for six years (2000-2006). He served as the Associate Director of the Texas Center for Border Economic Development and the Institute for Manufacturing and Materials Management (IM3) at UTEP for the previous six years (1994-2000).
Michael also taught the Electrical/Computer Engineering senior project (capstone) design courses at UTEP for ten years (1992-2002). He is an Alumnus of the UTEP College of Engineering, having received his B.S. in EE in 1971.
Prior to his career at UTEP, Michael had a 21 year career with IBM, as a technical manager and engineer (1973-1994), working in product design/development, advanced manufacturing, and product planning. He was an IBM Faculty Loan Program participant at UTEP for one academic year, 1992 – 1993, reporting to the UTEP Dean of the College of Engineering. Prior to his employment with IBM, Michael worked with Raytheon at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico for two years (1971 – 1973).
Michael has received several awards and recognition during his professional career. These include: the MAES Medalla de Oro Award (Gold Medal) in 1999, the HENAAC National Award for Outstanding Community Service in 2001, the SBA Award as the Minority Business Advocate of the Year for the El Paso/West Texas region in 2000.
Michel Allain 
System Plus Consulting
Abstract Title: MEMS Cost Analysis/Simulation
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Abstract Title: Reverse Costing Reports of MEMS
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Michel Allain has been working for System Plus Consulting for more than 10 years, introducing cost simulation of electronics. Previously he held management positions in the semiconductor industry and took part in several startup companies.
Dan Allen 
Intellectual Property Manager & Licensing Executive
Sandia National Laboratories
Dan Allen is an intellectual property manager and licensing executive at Sandia National Laboratories, specializing in tech transfer of microsystems, photonics, and materials technologies. His technical background includes a Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara in Physics with research related to quantum computing and previous work at Brigham Young University in semiconductor nanoscience. He also has hands-on experience consulting in the optics industry on new product development and engineering of quantum semiconductor devices, including terahertz quantum cascade lasers.
Dr. Mostafa Analoui, Ph.D,
Head of Healthcare and Life Science,
The Livingston Group
Abstract Title: Nanobiotechnology: Academic, Biotech, Regulatory and Investment Perspectives
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Abstract Title: NanoMedicine: Current State of Global R&D, Investment, and Future Outlook
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Mostafa Analoui, Ph.D., is Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at The Livingston Group (New York, NY) and Chairman and CEO of Cense Biosciences, Inc. Previously he was the Senior Director at Pfizer Global Research and Development. He is also adjunct Professor of Oral Pathology, Medicine and Radiology at Indiana University. Dr. Analoui is actively involved in investment, management and scientific/business development of nanotechnology, drug discovery/development, diagnostic imaging, and global strategies.
While at Pfizer, he was the Site Head for Global Clinical Technology in Groton and New London, a division focusing on emerging technologies for development and validation of biomarkers and diagnostics for drug development. Prior to joining Pfizer, Dr. Analoui was the Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Imaging Research, Associate Professor of Radiology at Indiana University, and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical & Comp Engineering at Purdue University. He was also President and CEO of Therametric Technology Inc. He has received his Ph.D. from Purdue University, followed by Post-Doctoral Fellowship at IBM TJ Watson Research Center in NY.
In addition to industry leadership in biomedical and technology fields, he consults and lectures in US, Europe and Asia. He has also served on various scientific, regulatory, and business advisory committees and boards, including NIH, NSF, PhRMA, NASA, and OECD. Dr. Analoui has authored over 130 publications, including journal articles, book chapters and technical reports. He is senior member of IEEE, SPIE, and RSNA.
He currently serves as board member of VirtualScopics (Nasdaq: VSCP), Calando Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: ARWR), BEACON (Biomedical Engineering Alliance and Consortium) and NanoBusiness Alliance.
Mr. Derrick Anderson 
Researcher
Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO)
Abstract Title: Nanotechnology and Governance
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Mr. Anderson studies public policy focusing on science, technology and innovation. His research has addressed selected issues related to emerging technologies, national security export controls, human enhancement technologies and state-level strategies to support science and technology research. Mr. Anderson is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. He holds a masters degree in public policy (MPP) from Arizona State University (ASU) as well as a B.S. in political science (public policy and international relations). Mr. Anderson has worked as a researcher at the ASU-based Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) for the past 4 years.
Kathleen Araújo 
Doctoral Candidate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract Title: Green Technology Innovation at Scale
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Kathleen Araújo is a doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in national energy-environmental planning and systems adaptations associated with clean energy conversions. She evaluates technology strategies and policy frameworks which enable diffusion of low carbon energy and green technology. Ms. Araújo has worked with the MIT Industrial Performance Center on energy innovation advances and consulted on energy and infrastructure development.
Christian Arrington 
Sandia National Laboratories
Abstract Title: Electrochemical Deposition for Through Via Filling with Solid Metal
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Christian Arrington received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of New Mexico in 2000. He has ten years experience at Sandia National Laboratories with an emphasis on high aspect ratio lithography and electroplating. His expertise is in UV and deep X-Ray lithography, thick photoresist, surface planarizing, as well as multi-layer processing.
Ric Asselstine 
Co-founder
Terepac Corporation
Abstract Title: Terepac’s journey from birth to first revenue
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Mr. Ric Asselstine, co-founder of Terepac, has more than 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur following several years of operational and management work with Union Gas Ltd. He founded and nurtured Employee Staff Leasing, Inc. to profitable multi-million dollar revenues serving early stage technology companies, and simultaneously carried on a management consulting practice with a variety of clients in both private and public offices. In 1995 he co-founded Practical Approach Corp., a venture-funded software company specializing in advanced Internet-based information retrieval. Subsequently he undertook Ph.D. studies in entrepreneurship and organizational behavior at York University, and for five years was acting President of Spectrim Label & Equipment Co. He holds B.B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier) and M.B.A. (University of Windsor) degrees, and has held memberships in numerous business associations, including the role of "Ambassador" for the Canada’s Technology Triangle (Waterloo Region). He has taught in the undergraduate and graduate business programs at Wilfrid Laurier University for 20+ years, and appeared on Canadian national radio and television.
Ric is also a frequent presenter and panelist at MNT (Micro and Nanotechnology) events including most recently, the 7th Annual NanoApplications & Advanced Materials Forum in Palm Spring, California in February, 2008 and Think Equity Partners' "Think Tomorrow Today" Venture Conference held in Half Moon Bay California in May, 2008 and the Tech Connect Venture Conference held in Boston, Massachusetts in June, 2008.
Mojdeh Bahar, J.D., M.A., CLP 
Chief ,Cancer Branch at the Office of Technology Transfer
National Institute of Health
Abstract Title: The Road to Commercializing Nanotechnology
Mojdeh Bahar is the Chief of Cancer Branch at the Office of Technology Transfer, NIH where she leads a group of Licensing and Patenting Managers responsible for patenting and licensing NIH and FDA inventions in the areas of cancer, gene therapy and biological response modifiers. She joined the Office in January 2004. Prior to joining the Office, Mojdeh was an Examiner with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, where she examined applications related to pharmaceutical compositions and their employment in methods of treating diseases and conditions, and assisted in classifying and assigning cases for examination.
In 2007-2008 Mojdeh was elected and served as Member-at-Large of the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC). Since October 2008 she has served as Regional Coordinator of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the FLC. She was re-elected for a second term in May 2010.
Mojdeh is a patent attorney registered to practice before the USPTO, the State of Maryland, United States District Court for the District of Maryland and the United States Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit. She is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP). Mojdeh is a 2000 graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, where she was co-founder and editor of Margins: Maryland's Law Journal on Race, Religion, Gender, and Class. She completed the Health law Program, was a member of the Moot Court Board, and the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honors Fraternity and the recipient of the William P. Cunningham Award for exceptional achievement and service. She received a Master of Arts degree from New York University and a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Chemistry and French from Dickinson College. Mojdeh is the recipient of an NIH Director’s Award, A Mentorship Award and a Merit Award.
Ricardo Benavides Perez 
Assistant Vice-President of Technology
Servicios Administrativos Peñoles, S.A. DE C.V.
Abstract Title: Polymers are not burned? Self-extinguishing cables
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Administration of the Center of Research and development Technological CIDT, infrastructure humanizes of 50 investigators and technical personnel dedicated to providing technological services to the group as design and development of processes, advising, consultancy, and assimilation and transfer of technology to the group companies Peñoles specifically in the field of mining industry, metallurgical and industrial chemists.
Herbert S. Bennett, Ph.D. 
NIST Fellow and Executive Advisor
Abstract title: Global View of International Standards and Measurements: Challenges and Concerns for Nanotechnologies
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Herbert S. Bennett, Ph.D., is a NIST Fellow and Executive Advisor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Harvard University, A.B. (magna cum laude) and Ph.D., University of Maryland, M.S; research associate, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, England, and University of Illinois; several technical and management positions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly, National Bureau of Standards before 1988), 1966 - present; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Commerce, 1971-1972; and Materials Research Division Director, National Science Foundation, 1978-1980.
He received Maryland's Outstanding Young Scientist Award for 1970 from the Maryland Academy of Sciences for his extensive theoretical work on ferromagnetic materials near their Curie temperatures, on analyses of temperatures and stresses induced in laser glasses, and on original calculations of electronic states and lattice vibrations in the vicinity of defects in ionic crystals. In 1997, he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his pioneering work on applying solid-state theories and quantum mechanics to model the effects of high concentrations of carriers and dopants in advanced semiconductor devices. He became a Life Fellow of the IEEE in 2005. He has been an IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecturer since 2002. In 2004, he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society for his insights into advanced solid-state materials and the development of unique physical models that led to improved performance of electronic, magnetic, and optical materials and that suggested new design strategies for devices based on such materials. In 2007, he received the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award for superior contributions to the first ever quantitative assessment of the U.S. Measurement System.
Dr. Bennett has written over 190 archival technical publications on such topics as magnetic phase transitions in semiconductors and insulators, the Faraday effect, color centers in ionic crystals, and damage mechanisms in laser materials. His more recent research interests and publications include topics on semiconductor device physics, optoelectronics, video technologies, quantitative medical imaging, and nanoscale contacts and interconnects.
He has served and continues to serve on industrial and government advisory boards and committees. He has contributed to industrial consensus-based planning in computer-assisted design and in RF and analog/mixed-signal technologies for wireless communications for the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) and in RF components and compound semiconductors for the International National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, Inc. (iNEMI) roadmaps. He co-founded the ITRS Working Group on RF and Analog/Mixed Signal Technologies for Wireless Communications in 2001 as the way to include compound semiconductors in the ITRS. He also served as a member of the Federal Government’s Interagency High-End Computing Revitalization Task Force, 2003-2005. He is currently promoting improved standards and measurements for more than Moore applications of nanoelectronics and for quantitative medical imaging modalities such as those used in telemedicine applications and those used to assess bone health. He was sole U.S. representative to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Advisory Board on Nanotechnologies (ABN20) from 2003-2005. The five members of the ABN20 recommended to the IEC that it establish a new IEC Technical Committee TC 113 on nano-electrotechnologies (IEC TC 113). He currently is one of 5 members of the IEC TC 113 Chairman’s Advisory Group (CAG). In 2006, he established the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the IEC TC 113 for the American National Standards Institute’s U.S. National Committee (USNC) and served as its Technical Advisor until 2008. Since 2008, he has been a member of the USNC TAG to IEC TC 113 on nano-electrotechnologies.
As a member of the CAG for the IEC TC 113, he co-led in 2007-2008 the efforts for IEEE, SEMI, and Asian Nano Forum to have a Category D-Liaisons with TC 113 . And as the IEC TC 113 CAG’s Survey Project Leader, he arranged in 2008 to have over 460 international nanotechnologists participate in the NIST-Energetics-IEC TC113 Nano-Electro-Technology Survey to establish priorities for standards development and measurements for electrical and electronic products and systems. This survey was used to identify those nanotechnology areas for which standards are needed now to accelerate innovation. Results from this survey was shared with the IEEE EDS, IEEE Nanotechnology Council’s Standards Committee and its Nanoelectronics Standards Roadmap (NESR) initiative.
Robert Bennett
CEO 
Technesium TC
Abstract Title: IDP – Exploit It and Expertly Commercialize Micro- and Nanotechnologies
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Mr. Bennett is a professional with multidisciplinary training and a diverse, yet especially coherent, experience base. He is the founder and owner of Technēsium TC®, a management consultancy that specializes in all aspects of technology and innovation management, including exploitation and commercialization of micro and nanotechnologies. Previous to launching Technēsium TC® in the United Kingdom in 2003, Mr. Bennett lived and worked as an attorney in the United States. His law practice focused on the areas of business, corporate, and intellectual property law. Mr. Bennett became registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in 1994, and he thereafter worked with a wide variety of individual inventors and numerous business and institutional clients, helping them to procure, exploit and enforce all types of intellectual property rights. Mr. Bennett’s business and corporate practice comprised extensive pursuits in the spheres of planning, organizing, financing, and operating technology-based ventures.
Mr. Bennett’s background also includes considerable practical knowledge gained in industry. A listing of commercial roles which he has held take in: R&D engineer, administrative assistant to chief technology officer, joint venture technical liaison, strategic business unit manager, and competitive strategy manager.
Academic credentials earned by Mr. Bennett consist of a baccalaureate degree in mechanical engineering, a MBA degree, and a JD (law) degree.
Mr. Bennett has spoken in many venues and before a variety of audiences. He has delivered an assortment of business law and intellectual property lectures to students at universities and to fellow IP practitioners at professional conferences. Additionally, he has spoken on various micro and nanotechnology topics before numerous trade and professional gatherings sponsored by the Institute of Nanotechnology, the European Nanotechnology Trade Alliance, MANCEF, and others.
In addition to delivering talks, Mr. Bennett has written and published a number of articles in the field of IP and technology management. He has also authored articles that were published in the journal, Nanotechnology Law and Business, and in the periodical, Nano Magazine.
Organizations and networks in which Mr. Bennett either has or is currently involved include: Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization and Education Foundation; Nano-Micro Club; Institute of Nanotechnology; European Nanotechnology Trade Alliance; London Chamber of Commerce & Industry; One London Business Angels; Italian Chamber of Commerce & industry for the UK; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Intellectual Property Owners Association; MEMS Industry Group; Licensing Executive Society International; Directors & Chief Executives Network; Micro/Nano Technologies Global Research & Consulting Network; and Nanotechnology Investments Network.
Jacob Berman 
COO
Incitor
Abstract Title: Entrepreneurial Masochism: How to Start a Company with a Mission on a Broken Shoestring
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Jacob Berman possesses more than 30 years of experience with both start-ups and multinational companies in the fields of agriculture, commodity trading (domestic and international), export facility management, and business development in the U.S., Latin America, Africa and Asia. As Vice President/General Manager of AGRI Export, a subsidiary of AGRI Industries, Mr. Berman acquired a bankrupt port facility leading it to profitability within two years on the Houston Ship Channel. As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Polytex Fibers, a polypropylene bag manufacturer in Houston, he captured over 70% of U.S. market share in less than one year. Mr. Berman’s significant knowledge of international commodity trading led to his position as Vice President in charge of establishing bonded warehousing services and financing to farming communities in Latin America for Lloyds International Trading, a division of the United Kingdom's Lloyd's Bank. In 1988 he founded Uni-Trade Inc. which assessed and turned around ailing businesses in the U.S. and developing world countries.
In 1994, Mr. Berman founded PIASI (Philippines International Audiotext Services, Inc.), the first call center in the Philippines where he oversaw the implementation of large-scale telecommunications systems and hired, trained, and managed a team of over 200 employees. In 1997, Mr. Berman established Toscana Farms, Inc., the first Hydroponics vegetable farming enterprise in the Philippines. Since returning to the U.S., Mr. Berman has served as the VP of Business Development for MediaBound, LLC, a developer of software for just-in-time operations and logistics. Mr. Berman received his Masters in Business Administration in International Management, with honors, from Thunderbird School of Global Management, and his B.S. in Business Administration from California State University, L.A.
Jeff Bingaman
United States Senator
New Mexico
Jeff was elected New Mexico Attorney General in 1978. In 1982, he won election to the United States Senate, and in 2006, was re-elected to serve a fifth term.
COMMITTEES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Chairman
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has jurisdiction over national energy policy and the public lands of the nation.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee has jurisdiction over Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, tax policy, trade policy, and other key domestic issues.
Subcommittees
Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
Member, Subcommittee on International Trade and Global Competitiveness
Member, Subcommittee on Health Care
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is responsible for the oversight of federal education programs, pension reform, and health care policy.
Subcommittees
Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families
Member, Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging
Joint Economic Committee
Senior Member
The Joint Economic Committee studies issues that affect the U.S. economy. This is a bicameral congressional committee
Brian Birk 
Managing Partner
Sun Mountain Capital
Brian Birk has over 20 years experience as an operating executive and investor. Prior to forming Sun Mountain, Mr. Birk was a Vice President and Director of Private Equity at Fort Washington Capital Partners where he helped the firm establish and manage a number of private equity direct investment funds, secondary investment funds, and fund of funds programs. Mr. Birk was a founder or senior executive at several high profile start-ups, including Applied Minds and BiosGroup and held a senior manager position at the Boston Consulting Group and finance manager positions at General Electric and GE Capital. Mr. Birk has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BS in economics from Carleton College. Mr. Birk is a Board Member of Sun Mountain Capital portfolio companies Aspen Avionics, American Clay, Exagen Diagnostics, Lumidigm and Puente Partners, as well as a Board Observer for Sun Mountain Capital’s investments in Advent Solar and Eclipse Aviation. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association.
Dr. Marcie Black 
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Bandgap Engineering
Abstact Title: Silicon Nanowires for Lithium Ion Battery Anodes
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Abstact Title: Silicon Nanowires for Photovoltaic Applications
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Marcie has worked in the semiconductor, opto-electronic, and solar energy industries for the past fifteen years. Before joining Bandgap, Marcie was a technical staff member in the applied electromagnetics group at Los Alamos National Laboratory and worked on a variety of nanotechnology and optical systems. She earned her BSc, Masters and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has published over 30 articles in peer reviewed journals and three book sections and has two patents issued and numerous patents pending
Michelle Bourke 
Product Management Consultant
Oxford Instruments
Abstract Title: Etching and Deposition Techniques for the World of MEMS and NEMS
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Michelle M. Bourke received a B.Sc. degree in Optoelectronics and Laser Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., in 1993. Subsequently she joined the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), where she worked on advanced processing methods for GaAs/AlGaAs optoelectronic devices. Joining Trikon Technologies in 1997 as an etch engineer she developed technologies for <0.25µm processes for advanced silicon technologies and a variety of different compound semiconductor processes. In 1999 she moved into Product Marketing and after 2 years transferred to Ottawa as North American Product Marketing and Sales Support Manager. Joining STS plc in 2003 as a Product Marketing Engineer she was promoted to Product Marketing Manager in 2004 and then to Business Development Manager in 2006. In 2010 Michelle joined Oxford Instrument Plasma Technology in Product Management.
Thomas Bowles 
Science Advisor to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
On assignment from Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thomas Bowles was appointed as Science Advisor to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in July 2006. Bowles is responsible for providing advice to the Governor on science and technology (S&T) issues, integrating S&T activities across New Mexico, and working with the national laboratories, universities, and industry in New Mexico to couple advances in S&T into the public sector. Bowles serves as the state lead for the New Mexico Computing Applications Center (NMCAC) and the New Mexico Green Grid Initiative (NMGGI). The NMCAC is dedicated to combining the R&D talents in New Mexico at Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories and the research universities with the fastest non-Federal computing system in the world to drive high-tech economic development. The NMGGI is a statewide initiative that addresses the full range of issues that face the Southwest in building out a smart grid with a high penetration level of renewable energy sources.
Bowles previously served as the Chief Science Officer of Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he had oversight of the full range of science at the Laboratory. As a member of the senior executive board, Bowles had oversight of $100M annually in discretionary research funds, served as the Laboratory's principal science contact with other institutions, and had responsibility for ensuring the vitality of the scientific staff and oversight of external scientific reviews and strategic science planning.
Bowles has had a distinguished scientific career, leading international collaborations in neutrino astrophysics and fundamental symmetries. He is a Fellow of Los Alamos National Laboratory, the American Physical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as being an affiliate professor at the University of Washington. Bowles has received a number of awards, including the M.A. Markov Prize from the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Bowles earned his bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Colorado and his doctoral degree in physics from Princeton University.
Douglas Minge Brown 
Dean
Anderson School of Management
Current Position.
Dean, Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, which encompasses undergraduate, graduate, and Executive programs involving 1,700 students.
Previous Positions.
November 2005 to December 2006. New Mexico State Treasurer. Gubernatorial appointment to fix a scandal-ridden agency. Made key personnel changes, reduced staff by 20%, achieved a clean audit, established good business practices, brought yield on $5 billion portfolio from 46th in the U.S. to 7th, and the fund was awarded a AAA rating by Standard and Poor’s, their highest rating and a first for the state of New Mexico.
1999 to October 2005. President and CEO of Tuition Plan Consortium, an
association of 275 private colleges and universities offering subscribers Independent 529 plan, a prepaid tuition plan redeemable at any of the participating schools. BusinessWeek named it a “Best Product of the Year.”
1990 to 1999. President and CEO, Talbot Financial Services. Co-founder of enterprise which grew from start-up to over $2 billion in annual sales nationwide. Firm became nation’s largest marketer of annuity products to major financial institutions. Sold to SAFECO Corp.
Other Positions. Twenty-eight years in banking, including:
· 1986-89 – CEO, ABQ Corp, largest financial company in New Mexico.
· 1984-86 – Executive Vice President, Crocker Bank. Headed Los Angeles area – 136 offices with 2,500 employees.
· 1961-84 – Wells Fargo Bank. Positions included retail branch manager, regional manager, and head of business services. Launched bank’s first ATM network and nation’s first electronic credit card authorization service. As Senior Vice President and Marketing Director, led five successive new product launches, each of which led California in market share.
Education. Stanford University, AB and MBA (top 5% of class).
Directorship Experience. Served as director for fourteen for-profit companies in commercial and mortgage banking, land development, insurance brokerage, utility and Internet companies. Currently am lead director of California Water Service (an NYSE company). Serve as director of MIOX Corporation and of Science and Technology Corporation.
Public Boards. Have served as a member of the following New Mexico state boards: Board of Finance, State Investment Council, Public Employees Retirement Association, Educational Retirement Board, Mortgage Finance Authority, Small Business Investment Council, Venture Capital Advisory Commission, and Governor’s Ethics Reform Task Force.
Community Service. Served on 50 different Boards and held 18 Board presidencies, including two terms as national head of Stanford University annual fund raising, chair of Albuquerque United Way, Chair of Albuquerque Academy, and President of Albuquerque Community Foundation. Served as Trustee of Stanford University and as a Regent of the University of New Mexico. Past director of NPR, Washington, DC. Currently serve on the New Mexico State Investment Council. Am also currently statewide chair for Bingaman Circle, major fundraising organization for Senator Jeff Bingaman.
Awards. Eagle Scout. Both Outstanding Soldier and Honor Student (a first) while on active U.S. Army duty at Fort Meade, Maryland. Winner of Gold Spike Award as Stanford’s top fund raiser. Winner of 1983 national award by CASE as one of twelve volunteers in United States who contributed the most to the field of higher education. Winner of 1989 “Vision” Award by the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women, granted for business leadership. In 1992, the Anderson Schools of Management at the University of New Mexico honored my service to the school by creating the “Douglas M. Brown Endowed Professorship.” Together with wife, Sarah, named as New Mexico’s Outstanding Philanthropists, 1996 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Granted Arthur Spiegel Lifetime Achievement Award by United Way, 1999. Also, named as Albuquerque’s outstanding business couple by Financial Executives Institute, 2002. Given 2007 Founder’s Award by Albuquerque Community Foundation.
As a side venture, in 2002 founded SeniorDiscounts.com which lists 150,000 discounted services for seniors nationwide. It attracts over 1 million unique visitors annually and was 2005 winner of “Aging and Business Award” from the American Society on Aging as the best small business in America serving the needs of senior citizens.
Publications.
“Quito or Bust”, Article in Stanford Business, March, 1995
“Corruption”, Article in Stanford Business, August, 2008
“My Life in Stories – Putting Foliage on the Family Tree”, Artbookbindery, November, 2008, Self-published 362 page memoir.
Terry Brunner 
State Director for USDA Rural Development
On September 3, 2009 Terry Brunner was appointed to the position of State Director for USDA Rural Development by President Barack Obama. In this position Mr. Brunner oversees six field offices and the state office located in Albuquerque, NM. Rural Development administers and manages more than 87 housing, business, and community infrastructure and community facility programs designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities. Mr. Brunner oversees a grant, loan and loan guarantee portfolio of more than $800 million in New Mexico.
Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Brunner served as U.S Senator Jeff Bingaman's State Director for seven years—overseeing the Senator’s state and political affairs. From 2001-2002, he served as the Senator's outreach staff in Northern New Mexico on the issues of economic development public health, energy and public lands. He also served as campaign manager for the Senator's successful reelection campaign in 2006 and as the Senior Advisor to the 2008 Presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Barack Obama in New Mexico.
From 1999-2001, Mr. Brunner served as a Policy Analyst for the Santa Fe County Commission. During his time with the Commission, he helped create the County's citizen-led Health Policy Commission and implemented the County's Open Space program -- the first of its kind in New Mexico. Mr. Brunner led the County's economic development activities and was the assistant to Santa Fe County Commissioner and National Association of Counties Vice President, Javier Gonzales.
Mr. Brunner earned his B.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Arizona and his M.A. in Latin American Studies with an emphasis in Political Science and Community and Regional Planning from the University of New Mexico. In 2006, Mr. Brunner was recognized as one of New Mexico’s 40 under 40 Power Brokers by the New Mexico Business Weekly. He is a former member of the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library Board and an Eagle Scout. Terry is married to Leigh Brunner, an Albuquerque attorney, and they have two daughters.
Scott Bryant 
Executive Director
Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation
Scott Bryant serves as the Executive Director of the Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation, or MANCEF, a non-profit headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He and a world-wide group of Micro-Nano practicioners from academia, industry, and government have been gradually building this global volunteer-based foundation over the past seven years. His expertise lies in international management and management of technology, specifically entrepreneurship in the micro / nano space. He started working with Small Tech in 1999 while completing his graduate management degrees at the University of New Mexico's Technology Entrepreneurship Program. He also works with technology transfer and international trade as a private consultant.
He is currently working on projects dealing with energy, water, and green cities along the US-Mexico border. In the past, he has worked on international development projects in Africa.
Awards & Service
- 2008 Innovative Albuquerque Award for Innovative Technology Leaders
2001 "Up & Comers" Award for Economic and Community Development Volunteerism
United States Peace Corps Agricultural Extension Volunteer, Lesotho, Africa
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
Wayne Bryden, Ph.D. 
Chief Science Officer
ICx Technologies, Inc.
Abstract Title: Real-time, Reagentless Identification of Pathogens
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Joining ICx in 2007, Dr. Bryden served as Vice President for Advanced Research. Prior to joining ICx, Dr. Bryden served as Program Manager in the Special Projects/Strategic Technology Office of DARPA where he was awarded the Office of Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service. Before that, Dr. Bryden spent 25 years with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) where he conducted basic and applied materials and sensor research as a Program Manager, Principal Professional Staff Scientist and Departmental Chief Scientist. He holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from The Johns Hopkins University, is the author of more than 80 publications and holds 7 US Patents (with 2 pending).
Dr. Janusz Bryzek 
President
Jyve Inc.
Abstract Title: MEMS Foundries at the Crossroads
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Janusz Bryzek is a CEO of Jyve Inc., Silicon Valley startup company developing advanced integrated MEMS systems on a chip.
He received his MS (1970) and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in electrical engineering from Warsaw Technical University, Poland. He completed Executive Management Program at Stanford University in 1987.
Bryzek cofounded eight Silicon Valley companies, seven introducing products based on the cutting edge MEMS and VLSI technologies: Sensym (now Honeywell), ICSensors (now Elmos/MSI), NovaSensor (now General Electric), Intelligent MicroSensor Technology (now Maxim), Transparent Networks (IP acquired by Intel), LVSI (now Atmel)) and Jyve (pivate), as well as a strategic management consulting company BN Ventures (private).
Some of Bryzek’s developments include world’s first disposable blood pressure sensor (currently serving 70% of a global 30 million unit market), SenstableTM process for pressure sensors (currently shipping 100 million units per year), world’s first pressure sensors based on silicon fusion bonding (currently shipping 100 million units per year), world’s first DRIE MEMS structures, single chip 1200 MEMS mirror array with integrated VLSI drivers (4800 15-bit DACs with 120V amplifiers), multichip tire pressure sensing system with pressure sensor, two-axis acceleration sensor and a single chip ASIC including sensor interfaces, asynchronous microcontroller, FracN synthesizer and world’s first CMOS RKE radio.
Bryzek has published over 200 papers, wrote sections of 4 books, chaired many international conferences and has 20 issued US patents.
Bryzek was actively involved in the MEMS standardization effort, including Disposable Blood Pressure Transducers released by AAMI in 1984 and Smart Transducer Interface IEEE-1451 released as several sub-standards in the 1990s.
In 1989 he was recognized as “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Arthur Young. In 1994 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by Sensors Magazine for the achievements in MEMS field. In 2003 he awarded a lifetime Achievement Award by MANCEF.
David Buckley, PhD 
Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Product Line Management
Micralyne
Abstract Title: From Concept to Realization
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David joined Micralyne in 2007 as Director of Product Line Management for Optical Devices. His background is in product development, product management, and commercialization with JDSU, Nortel, Kymata (now Gemfire) and a number of high-tech start-ups.
David has a proven track record in addressing the breadth of a customer’s requirements and delivering customer-oriented solutions. He ensures that Micralyne maintains a client-centred focus and that the company evolves to meet customers’ changing requirements. David holds a PhD and Bachelor of Science from the University of Bath, England.
Vice President, Programs
ICx Technologies
Dr. Charles Call founded ICx Biodefense (formerly MesoSystems) and led the company from 1997 through 2008, and has current responsibility for new program development in detection. He is currently leading the BioSparQ™ product development activity ICx for real-time reagentless identification of microbes using a novel time-of-flight mass spectroscopy technology developed by TNO in The Netherlands.
Dr. Call is a recognized leader in bioaerosol sampling and detection, and has given numerous presentations on the topic. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis in 1992. His doctoral dissertation focused on aerosol science and technology.
Sebastien Casault 
Policy Analyst
Industry Canada
Abstract Title: Application of Real Option Pricing Model to Nano R&D Investments
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Sebastien Casault's expertise is in the application of real options for decision making in R&D. These activities include the development of Decision Support Tools for Canada’s Ministry of Industry. Mr. Casault holds a B.Sc. in Physics with a specialization in Astrophysics from the University of Waterloo, an M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Ottawa on modeling diffusion-related phenomena, and an M.Sc. in Management from the University of Ottawa on the use of a Real Option pricing of government funding of R&D. Sebastien’s research to date has resulted in a number of publications and a student research award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Victor M. Castaño 
Director
Centro de Fisica Aplicada y Tecnologia Avanzada (CFATA)
Abstract Title: Novel nanohybrid-materials for packaging of MEMS
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Victor M. Castaño (Mexico City, 1960) received M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) and spent 2 years as a postdosctoral fellow at IBM´s Thomas J. Watson Research center (New York). He has authored and co-authored over 500 peer-review papers, is member of the Editorial Board of over 20 international journals and has received various awards in Mexico, the US and Europe. His interests are in the area of Materials Science, particularly in developing nano-sized materials for a number of uses, including MEMS. The re-use of waste materials is also one of his areas of research. He is full-professor and Director of the Centro de Fisica Aplicada y Tecnologia Avanzada (CFATA) of the UNAM.
Wilbur Catabay
Vice President of Technology and Engineering
SVTC Technologies
Abstract Title: Enabling MEMS integration with CMOS at 200mm Wafer Processing
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Wilbur Catabay is a veteran of the semiconductor industry with more than 23 years of experience. Recently, Mr. Catabay was President of Silicon Integrated Solutions, Inc., providing Engineering Services for Device and Process Integration. He also was Senior Director for LSI Logic's Foundry Engineering & Integration organization and Director of the Advanced Process Module Development in the R&&D organization. He was responsible for evaluating and developing advanced material research for CMOS transistors and advanced metal interconnect technology. Mr. Catabay also worked with design and manufacturing organizations as the focal point for implementation of new process module technology from 130 nm to 65 nm CMOS technology nodes. In 1991, he was an assignee of the technical staff at SEMATECH.
Mr. Catabay has submitted more than 100 invention disclosures and has been awarded more than 55 patents with more than 26 patents pending during his tenure with LSI Logic. He has published more than 30 technical articles in professional journals and presented at various technical conferences. In addition, he was the Patent Liaison and Inventor of the year at LSI Logic. He has a BS degree in Industrial Technology from San Jose State University with a minor in Business Management. During his spare time, Wilbur enjoys spending time with his family, including fishing and photographing nature.
Tom Cellucci 
Chief Commercialization Officer
Department of Homeland Security
Abstract Title: The DHS Science & Technology Directorate’s outreach efforts with the business community
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Dr. Cellucci accepted a five-year appointment from the Department of Homeland Security in August 2007 as the Federal Government’s first Chief Commercialization Officer (CCO). He is responsible for initiatives that identify, evaluate and commercialize technology for the specific goal of rapidly developing and deploying products and services that meet the specific operational requirements of the Department of Homeland Security’s Operating Components and other DHS stakeholders such as First Responders and Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources owners and operators. Cellucci has also developed and continues to drive the implementation of DHS-S&T’s outreach with the private sector to establish and foster mutually beneficial working relationships to facilitate cost-effective and efficient product/service development efforts. His efforts led to the establishment of the DHS-S&T Commercialization Office in October 2008. The Commercialization Office is responsible for four major activities; a requirements development initiative for all DHS stakeholders, the development and implementation of a commercialization process for DHS, development and execution of private sector partnership programs such as SECURE and leading the private sector outreach for the S&T directorate.
Since his appointment, he has published three comprehensive guides [Requirements Development Guide (April 2008), Developing Operational Requirements (May 2008), and Developing Operational Requirements, Version 2 (November 2008)] dealing with the development of operational requirements, developed and implemented a commercialization model for the entire department and established the SECURE Program—an innovative public-private partnership to cost-effectively and efficiently develop products and services for DHS’s Operating Components and other DHS stakeholders. In addition, he has written over 25 articles and a compilation of works
[Harnessing the Valuable Experiences and Resources of the Private Sector for the Public Good, (February 2009)] geared toward the private sector to inform the public of new opportunities and ways to work with DHS. Cellucci has received recognition for his outreach efforts and engagement with the small and disadvantaged business communities who learn about potential business opportunities and avenues to provide DHS with critical technologies and products to help secure America.
Cellucci is an accomplished entrepreneur, seasoned senior executive and Board member possessing extensive corporate and VC experience across a number of worldwide industries. Profitably growing high technology firms at the start-up, mid-range and large corporate level has been his trademark. He has authored or co-authored over 139 articles on Requirements development, Commercialization, Nanotechnology, Laser physics, Photonics, Environmental disturbance control, MEMS test and measurement, and Mistake-proofing enterprise software.
He has also held the rank of Lecturer or Professor at institutions like Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and Camden Community College. Cellucci also co-authored ANSI Standard Z136.5 “The Safe Use of Lasers in Educational Institutions”. Dr. Cellucci is also a commissioned Admiral and Commander of a Squadron in Texas responsible for civil defense and has been a first responder for over twenty years.
As a result of his consistent achievement in the commercialization of technologies, Cellucci has received numerous awards and citations from industry, government and business. In addition, he has significant experience interacting with high ranking members of the United States government—including the White House, US Senate and US House of Representatives—having provided executive briefs to three Presidents of the United States and ranking members of Congress. Cellucci represents DHS as the first Federal Government member on the U.S. Council on Competitiveness.
Cellucci earned a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from Rutgers University and a BS in Chemistry from Fordham University. He has also attended and lectured at executive programs at the Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan School, Kellogg School and others. Dr. Cellucci is regarded as an authority in rapid time-to-market new product development and is regularly asked to serve as keynote speaker at both business and technical events.
Arthur Chait 
President and CEO
EoPlex Technologies, Inc.
Abstract Title: High Volume Print Forming™: A New Way To Manufacture Complex Parts With Micron-Level Features And To Create A New Class Of Low Cost Metastructures
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Arthur L. Chait, President and CEO, was previously a senior executive of Solectron Corporation, a leading contract manufacturing firm, with revenues in excess of $12 Billion/year. Chait had responsibility for Solectron’s Global Account Organization, representing over 70% of the company’s revenue with customers including: Cisco, IBM, Nortel, Dell, Sun, HP, Compaq, Agilent, Ericsson, Lucent, Motorola, Apple, Intel and others. He also had worldwide responsibility for marketing and helped lead Solectron into new markets including: automotive, consumer electronics, and industrial. Chait was part of the senior team at Solectron that grew the company from $6.1 Billion in FY98 to $18.6 Billion in FY01. Mr. Chait’s career also includes: SRI International where he was SVP of the worldwide consulting group with a staff of over 600; Zitel Corporation where he was GM and SVP of the software division; Booz Allen & Hamilton where he was Senior Engagement Manager; The PA Consulting Group (UK) where he was GM for North America, and Dresser/Halliburton where he was Director, Product Development.
Mr. Chait is a past recipient of the Steinmetz Medal from GE. He holds two degrees: a BS degree in Ceramic and Materials Engineering from Rutgers University and an MBA in Strategy from the University of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Chait serves on the Boards of Blue Iguana Networks and TechVenture Networks. He was past Board Chair of the Challenge Learning Center, a non-profit organization that assists “at risk” young people in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Marc Chason 
President
Marc Chason and Associates, Inc.
Abstract Title: Opportunities for commercializing printed electronics technologies
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Mr. Marc Chason is president of Marc Chason and Associates, Inc., a consulting services company he founded in 2007. Prior to this, he was with Motorola for 23 years, most recently as a Fellow of the Technical Staff and a Director in Motorola Labs Physical Realization Research Center. In 1997, he was named a Motorola Dan Noble Fellow, Motorola’s highest technical honor. Marc is an experienced engineering professional, holding 25 US patents, with numerous presentations and publications in the fields of electronic assembly, product miniaturization, printed electronics, solid state lighting, nanotechnology and portable energy. Marc co-chairs the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) 2011 Solid State Illumination (SSI) Roadmap and chaired the 2009 SSI Roadmap. He was a co-author of the 2009 FlexTech Alliance Report, “Flexible Solid State Lighting: Technology, Manufacturing, and Market Assessment”.
John Chavez 
Managing Partner
Phase One Ventures, LLC
John J. Chavez is the President of the New Mexico Angels and has recently the formation of of Phase One Ventures. Since Mr. Chavez has become President, the New Mexico Angels have seen an increase of over 100% in investment in new companies. Additionally, the New Mexico Angels are leading investment deals instead of following the VC's into the deals. Lastly, Mr. Chavez has created the New Mexico Angels technology showcase forums which allows the New Mexico Angels technology partners, LANL, Sandia and UNM, to showcase technology available for licensing to New Mexico Angel members and guests. Mr. Chavez has been an active angel investor since 2003, investing in thirteen start-up companies and as the sixth employee of two start-up companies that are both still active and growing.
Mr. Vic Chavez 
Technology Transfer Coordinator
USDA/ARS North Atlantic Area (NAA)
Mr. Chavez is currently the Technology Transfer Coordinator for the USDA/ARS North Atlantic Area (NAA) which includes the Eastern Regional Research Center in Pennsylvania, the research facilities in West Virginia, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Delaware and others in the Northeastern US and is responsible for Facilitating technology transfer activities, negotiating technology transfer agreements, serving as liaison with ARS scientists and managers, university partners, and the private sector. Mr. Chavez is responsible for Technology Transfer interactions with the Bureau of Reclamation under an Interagency Agreement. He is a Member at Large on the Federal Laboratory Consortium Executive Board. He is the also the Liaison for the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds and the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority.
Mr. Chavez was the Manager of the Supply Chain Resource & Development Department at Sandia National Laboratories which includes Small Business Development and Training, Small Business Assistance, Regional Economic Development, Small Business Advocacy and Outreach, Supplier Relations, and Supply Chain Development Programs for Sandia. Mr. Chavez was responsible for the development and implementation of a training program for aspiring entrepreneurs. He was also responsible for developing and implementing a mentor-protégé program for small business suppliers and partners. Mr. Chavez has been instrumental in establishing processes and procedures for the Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) program. He was responsible for developing and implementing the Sandia licensing program. Mr. Chavez has developed and implemented the first Russian/American Government to Government international consortium agreement. Mr. Chavez was responsible for the development and implementation of the Native American Initiative which resulted in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Navajo Nation, the Department of Energy, and Sandia National Laboratories as well as the signing of an MOU with the Inter-Tribal Economic Alliance and other regional initiatives at Sandia. He was involved in numerous economic development organizations and actively participates is the development of the New Mexico economic strategy.
Mr. Chavez holds a Bachelors in University Studies with a Concentration in Economics from The University of New Mexico. Mr. Chavez also has a Masters in Public Administration and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from the University of New Mexico. Mr. Chavez has 35 + years of experience in both the public and private sectors. He is an entrepreneur and has started a word processing business and a consulting company in Intellectual Property management, negotiations, and communications training. He is an active member in the community and has participated in establishing outreach programs to provide educational opportunities for economically disadvantaged minority children. He has also done extensive training in communications and diversity for high school students and adults.
Mr. Chavez has received numerous awards including being inducted into the University of New Mexico’s Anderson Schools of Management Hall of Fame, the NNSA Administrator’s Inaugural Small Business Innovation Award, The DOE Small Business Program Manager of the Year Award, The SBA Small & Minority Business Advocate of the Year, the Distinguished Service Award and Laboratory Representative of the Year Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium Mid-Continent Region, Appreciation award from the Department of Energy for his support of the small business community, and the Sandia National Laboratories President’s Quality Award. He is also listed in the International Who’s Who of Professional Management. He is/has been a member of the Albuquerque Diversity Leadership Council, a member of the Anderson School of Management Foundation Board of Directors, a member of the New Mexico Information Technology & Software Association Board of Directors, a member of the Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST Corp.) Board of Directors, a member of the High Tech Consortium of Southern NM, Chair of the Technical committee of the NM BioTeP Initiative, a member of the Federal Laboratories Consortium Executive Board, a member of the Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF) Advisory Board, and a member of “BEST PRACTICES IN FEDERAL LABORATORY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT” advisory board for the Office of Technology Policy of the U.S. Department of Commerce. He is a Founder and member of the Executive Committee for the Annual Iberoamerican Research & Development Summit (AIRDS) and Iberoamerican Research & Development Institute (IRDI). He is also listed in the International Who’s Who of Professional Management.
Nick Colaneri, Ph.D., 
Director of Strategic Planning
ASU Flexible Display Center
Nick Colaneri, Ph.D., is the Center Director with responsibility for strategic vision, funding acquisition, program goals, member recruitment and new business development. Nick has been involved in organic technologies since the discovery of polymer electroluminescence during his work as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Cambridge in 1989. He received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1987 from the University of California at Santa Barbara under the supervision of the 2000 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Professor Alan Heeger. Following postdoctoral research in the laboratories of Cavendish Professor Sir Richard Friend, FRS at Cambridge University, England, he became a founding employee of UNIAX Corporation in 1990. Over the following ten years, UNIAX became a global leader in the development of light emitting polymer technology. During that period Nick served in a variety of technical and business roles, eventually being named VP of Business Development in 1998. He was a member of the executive team that arranged and completed the sale of UNIAX to the DuPont Corporation in 2000, and subsequently served as Director of Strategic Planning for the new DuPont Displays SBU until 2003.
Jonathan Coleman 
Metal Micromachining Team
Sandia National Laboratories
Abstract Title: Indium electrodeposition for finer and denser features flip chip arrays
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Jonathan Coleman received his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 2010 and graduated with honors . He will be starting a PhD program at UNM in the fall while continuing his internship with the Metal Micromachining Team at Sandia National Laboratories. He is experienced in electroplating, lithography and planarization. Jonathan Coleman recently published “Optimizing Galvanic Pulse Plating Parameters to Improve Indium Bump to Bump Bonding”, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA. 1/25/2010
Ken Colwell 
Director of Entrepreneurship Programs
University of Miami School of Business Administration
Abstract Title: Networking in Nanotech: Partner Selection and Network Resources in the Field of Nanotechnology
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Ken Colwell is Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at the University of Miami School of Business Administration. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. His research interests revolve around university technology transfer and the strategic factors that lead to success for startup technology firms, particularly in the field of nanotechnology. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the emergence of nanotechnology as a distinct organizational field. His current research focuses on regional economic clusters and other network structures that form due to the commercialization of radical new technologies, and the role of individual action in the emergence and evolution of organizational fields and the development of firm capabilities. His research appears in the Organization Science, British Journal of Management, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, and Futures. He teaches Strategic Management and New Venture Planning at the graduate and undergraduate level, and has extensive experience consulting with student teams writing business plans seeking to commercialize university-invented technologies.
Dr. Don Comfort 
Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Dayton
Abstract Title: Going Small: Miniaturization of a Microbial Fuel Cell
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Dr. Comfort is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Dayton. He joined the department in Fall 2008 to bring his biochemical engineering expertise to support the new Masters in Bioengineering Program that was approved in early 2010. Dr. Comfort earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University, with a focus on discovery and characterization of glycoside hydrolase enzymes from hyperthermophilic microorganisms. He has spent time in industry working for Wyeth Biotech (now Pfizer) on the infant pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar® and validation of Prevnar13®.
Dr. Comfort’s current research is focused in biological energy sources and exploitation of biological systems for energy production. The group is currently identifying and characterizing cellulose degrading enzymes from thermophilic and hyperthermophilic microorganisms. These enzyme degrade cellulose into simple sugars such as glucose, which can be fermented in ethanol or converted into other biofuels. Research in microbial fuel cells (MFC) utilizing Pseudomonas aeruginosa as the anodic microorganism is being pursued in collaboration with Wright Patterson Air Force Base and the Biology and Electro-Optics Departments at the University of Dayton. The focus in Dr. Comfort’s lab is on the lab-scale MFCs and understanding the metabolic pathways involved in electron transport and production to improve the organism’s electron production efficiency.
Dr Seamus Curran 
Professor
University of Houston
Abstract Title: The rise of ‘thin film’ solar PV technologies in the new energy economy
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Prof Curran graduated from Trinity College Dublin in1995 with a PhD in Physics from the Blau group and spent time as a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, CNRS in Nantes and Rensselaer; NY. He spent 4 years as an Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University before joining the Physics Department at University of Houston as an Associate Professor. He is now the director of the newly formed (2010) Institute for NanoEnergy, focusing on energy generation (solar and wind) and storage (flexible organic batteries and supercapacitors) using nanomaterials.
Prof Curran’s research program specializes in Nanocomposite Formation using organic polymers (conjugated and non-conjugated) as hosts and filler nanomaterials (nanotubes, fullerenes, nanowires); examining their scientific value as additions to, or replacements for, conventional materials. Evolving from that fundamental understanding is to apply the nanocomposites to the most suitable field of use, in particular for solar cell and sensor research.
Academically, Prof Curran has published or submitted 60 Journal papers and has been cited over 1500 times, has 3 patents granted and another 11 under review. His work on nanotube composites is owned or licensed to both Horocm Ltd (Ireland) and Unidym (California). In addition his solar cell work has been licensed to Moylechester Ltd (Ireland), Fiber Cell (North Carolina) and C-Voltaics (Houston), all start-up organic solar cell companies.
Tim Dallas, PhD 
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas Tech University
Abstract Title: Compact Bi-directional Ratcheting Actuator
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Tim Dallas, PhD is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dr. Dallas’ research includes a number of MEMS-based projects. His research group designs and tests SUMMiT (Sandia National Labs) processed dynamic MEMS devices including micro-positioners and micromirrors. The MEMS group at Texas Tech has strong education and outreach efforts utilizing MEMS technologies and is currently developing a MEMS education system for use in wide range of educational settings.
In 2008, he founded Class on a Chip, Inc. to commercialize MEMS technologies for education and research use. The company has recently been awarded a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct initial production, distribution, and educational assessment of an array of MEMS devices for use in college and high school classes.
Other MEMS research includes the use of body-worn microsensors for detecting and preventing falls by geriatric patients. Partners in this research include physicians from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, AT&T Research Labs, 24eight, and Texas Instruments.
The MEMS group also studies engineered nanocoatings for stiction mitigation in MEMS, as well as for applications in medical devices and fabrics. A primary focus is hydrophobic and superhydrophobic coatings applied through vapor phase processes.
Dr. Dallas received the BA degree in Physics from the University of Chicago and an MS and PhD from Texas Tech University in Physics. He worked as a Technology and Applications Engineer for ISI Lithography and was a post-doctoral research fellow in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, prior to his faculty appointment at TTU. He has been on the faculty at Texas Tech since 1999.
Diganta Das Ph.D. 
Researcher
Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE)
Diganta Das (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, B. Tech. (Hons), Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology) is a member of the research staff at the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE). His expertise is in reliability, environmental and operational ratings of electronic parts, uprating, electronic part reprocessing, technology trends in the electronic parts and parts selection and management methodologies. Dr. Das has published more than 50 articles on these subjects. He had been the technical editor for two IEEE standards and is currently vice chairman of IEEE Reliability Society Standards Working Group. He is an editorial board member for the journal Microelectronics Reliability and Circuit World. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt and a member of IEEE and IMAPS.
Clive Davenport 
President, MANCEF
Director, CSIRO Future Manufacturing Flagship
Abstract Title: The Challenge of Creating an Environmentally Sustainable World
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Clive Davenport is the President of MANCEF and Director of Australia’s CSIRO Future Manufacturing National Research Flagship. The Future Manufacturing Flagship’s aim is to incubate new and significantly transform existing high value-adding, export-oriented sectors to improve the future competitiveness of Australian manufacturing. As the Flagship Director, Clive is responsible for setting research priorities, overseeing a large portfolio of research projects and commercial pathways, and managing many partnerships and collaborations, in areas as diverse as clean technologies; flexible electronics; biomedical manufacturing and nanosafety.
Clive has extensive experience in the scientific industry from managing research programs, developing commercial products, establishing international markets, to taking start-up businesses to global success.
Clive’s previous roles include:
•Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director of the Australian NanoBusiness Forum (ANBF), a peak national body representing and promoting Australian industries and companies involved in nanotechnology.
•Chief Executive Officer of the Small Technology Cluster (STC) based in Victoria, Australia. The STC is creating a world-recognised centre of excellence in micro-nano-bio technology research, manufacturing and commercialisation, through the clustering of accessible skills, technologies and capabilities.
•CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for microTechnology, a collaborative research initiative between industry, research and government focused on creating a new skilled workforce, significant spin-off businesses and commercial outcomes in small-scale technologies.
Prior to the CRC, Clive was an Executive Director of GBC Scientific Equipment (1982-1999). Together with two fellow R&D engineers grew the company from a start-up to an international business, designing, manufacturing and marketing scientific instrumentation into over 80 countries and winning numerous Australian export, manufacturing and technology awards, including a prestigious international “R&D 100 Award”.
Sr. Director of Technical Marketing
Amkor Technology
Abstract Title: MEMS Sensor Package Selection and Migration
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Mr. Davis serves as the Sr. Director of Technical Marketing at Amkor Technology. Previously Mr. Davis managed Amkor’s MicroLeadframe (MLF) package family. Prior to joining Amkor in 1995, he held the position of product/design/manufacturing and tooling engineering manager of ITWCamtex in San Jose, Calif.. He holds 11 patents related to QFN packages, is the author of the original QFN JEDEC registration and has been published in industry periodicals related to QFN manufacturing.
Augusto A. de Albuquerque 
Head of the Micro Systems unit
Information Society and Media DG of the European Commission
Abstract Title: From Microsystems to Smart Systems: challenges in EU research
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Augusto A. de Albuquerque is Head of the Micro Systems unit in the Information Society and Media DG of the European Commission. The objective of this unit is the integration of heterogeneous technologies leading to novel multifunctional systems. He manages the Micro and Nano Systems area including Flexible Electronics. His unit is also in charge of the coordination of the ICT part of two new Public Private Partnerships of the European Recovery Plan: Factory of the Future and Green Car (ICT for the Fully Electric Vehicle).
He received the PhD in Electrical Engineering (University of Essex, 1982), the Master of Electronics Engineering (Eindhoven Technical University, 1977), the Electrical Engineering degree (Lisbon Technical University (LTU), 1972), and the Business Administration and Organisation degree (Lisbon University Institute ISCTE, 1979).
He joined LTU in 1971, where he became a Professor. He was also a Professor and Chairman of two Departments in ISCTE-IUL.
In 1989 he joined the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. He was Head of several units coordinating research in Fixed and Mobile Networks and Services for Integrated Broadband Communications. He coordinated the research that led to the development of multimedia standards in MPEG and DVB and broadband standards such as xDSL, ATM and mobile broadband Internet.
He is author of 3 books and over 130 papers and book chapters.
Jason Paul DeMont 
Patent Attorney
DeMont & Breyer, LLC
Jason Paul DeMont is a member of DeMont & Breyer, LLC - a New Jersey-based firm that specializes in patent preparation and prosecution and that has done extensive work in the patenting of MEMS.
Mr. DeMont is also an inventor whose inventions have been widely licensed.
Dr. T. H. Di Stefano 
President and CEO
Centipede Systems
Abstract Title: Standard Transport Modules for MEMS Testing
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Dr. Tom Di Stefano is President and CEO of Centipede Systems, an emerging leader in microconnection for semiconductor electronics. Prior to founding Centipede, Tom was the founding president of Tessera Technologies, a world leader in miniaturized packaging. Royalties from Patents co-authored by Di Stefano generated more than $1Billion revenue for Tessera. Previously, Tom was a Senior manager at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, where he was elected to the IBM Academy of Technology and a member of the IBM Technology Leadership Council. Tom earned a PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford University. He received a BSEE Summa cum Laude from Lehigh University. Tom is an author of more than 230 US Patents.
St. J. (Sinjin) Dixon-Warren 
Manager - Process Analysis Group
Chipworks
Abstract Title: MEMS Reverse Engineering Results
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St. J. (Sinjin) Dixon-Warren manages the Process Analysis group in the Technical Intelligence business unit at Chipworks. His group provides technical competitive analysis services to the semiconductor industry, currently with a special focus on the analysis of MEMS, CMOS images sensor, advanced CMOS and advanced Power devices. He is the Sector Analyst for MEMS analysis at Chipworks. Dr. Dixon-Warren holds a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Toronto and a BSc in chemistry from Simon Fraser University. Dixon-Warren joined Chipworks, in 2004, as a member of the process analysis group. He is author of about 50 publications and of about 100 Chipworks reports.
Scott Durham 
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Novacentrix
Scott has been involved with the development of nanomaterials production and processing equipment since 2001. As a mechanical design engineer at Novacentrix, Scott has been a key member of the team developing Novacentrix’s rapid thermal processing tools used to functionalize their conductive CuO to Cu converted inks, winners of consecutive R&D 100 awards in 2009 and 2010. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from the University of Texas at Austin.
Kees Eijkel
CEO
Kennispark Twente
Kees Eijkel is CEO of Kennispark Twente, the shell for commercialization in and around the University of Twente. As managing director of the University Holding, Kees manages the university’s participations. He has actively supported many new start-up firms. He holds a number of executive and non-executive positions in foundations and companies involved in innovation. He is board member and past president of the international Micro an Nano Commercialization Education Foundation MANCEF. Before Kennispark, Kees was technical-commercial director of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology. He holds an M.Sc. in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences.
Job Elders 
Business director
C2V/Fisher Scientific
Abstract Title: Value creation based on disruptive technologies
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Dr. Job Elders, was co-founder of C2V and is now business director, has successfully founded and developed several start-up companies and has served as managing director for a public company responsible for the country operations. He co-founded TMP mid nineties and served as TMP's Managing Director until its successful acquisition September 2000 when he became General Manager for the Dutch operations and led the company integration. Since Alcatel's subsequent acquisition of the operations 2001, Dr. Elders served as Vice President and General Manager of Alcatel Optronics Netherlands.
Prior to founding TMP in 1995, Dr. Elders directed pan-European projects at the MESA+ Research Institute (Netherlands) and IMM (Germany). Dr. Elders is the author of more than 70 technical papers, business papers and patents and has chaired, sponsored and presented at several MST events around the world. He is a current board member of Cahners' "Micro/Nano Technology" newsletter and a leading contributor to international industry road-mapping and standardization efforts. He received his Masters degree in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Amsterdam.
Dr. Douglas Elerath 
General Manager
Oakmont Consulting
Dr. Elerath advises companies, with an emphasis on those relying on small-tech, regarding commercialization, business development, and go-to market strategy.
He was a co-founder of HT MicroAnalytical where he served as president and CEO. HTMicro is focused on exploiting LIGA-like technologies for several commercial applications. He was previously the founder and president of Willow Systems, a precision electronics company; a director at Corning where he was manager of their Albuquerque Engineering Center and project manager for Corning's MEMS based all-optical cross connect switch; and a Laboratory Manager at Hughes Aircraft Company.
Dr. Elerath received his PhD in mathematics from Stony Brook University and his BS and MS in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. He has served as a Professor of Mathematics at both Oregon State University and Stanford University and has also lectured broadly on topics ranging from Fourier Optics to Entrepreneurship.
John W Elling, Ph.D. MBA, 
CEO
Mesa Tech, Inc.
Abstract title: Developing Rapid and Inexpensive Point-of-Use Nucleic Acid Testing
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John Elling, age 46, has founded and led a series of technology based start-ups, consistently building and exiting at a profit. He is a seasoned biotech entrepreneur with a proven ability to identify and develop technology and business opportunities. Prior to working with Drs Cary and Cai to found Mesa Tech, Dr. Elling was founder, CEO and President of Acoustic Cytometry Systems. Acoustic Cytometry Systems licensed technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, developed it to a commercial proof of principle, and then was profitably acquired by one of the largest companies in the sector. He has also served in a Founder/CEO/President role with a number of prior companies including, Greffen Systems, MitoTech, Integrated Genomics, Cytoprint and Bioreason. Additionally he has experience at Los Alamos National Laboratory as both employee Technical Staff Member and as a Visiting Entrepreneur, and as such is well versed in the licensing process at the national labs.
Dr. Elling received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin and received his MBA from the Anderson School of Business at the University of New Mexico. While in graduate school in Madison Wisconsin, Dr. Elling worked closely with Nicolet Instrument company and followed the acquisition of their mass spectrometry business unit through several business transitions. After Madison, Dr. Elling joined Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Technical Staff Member in the Engineering Sciences and Applications Division.
Dr. Elling is Chairman of the Board of Directors of both Integrated Genomics, Chicago, and Greffen Systems, Atlanta Georgia. John is also an active member of the New Mexico Angels with investments in several of their portfolio companies. Currently, Dr. Elling is working with the technical founders of Mesa Tech International to execute the first proof of principle of the “DNA Dipstick” technology that has been licensed from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Martijn Enter is co-founder & partner of the Twente Technology Fund, a seed and early-stage venture fund. It provides investment capital to fund high tech entrepreneurial activity in Twente region in general and at the University of Twente in particular. With MESA+ as one of the research institutes, the University of Twente is strong in Micro- and Nanotechnology research and new company creation.
Besides this, Martijn co-founded Homines International, an executive search company for innovative and ambitious companies and people. Homines is mainly active in the field of biomedical, pharmaceutical and chemical industry.
In 2007, Martijn was director of SemVentures, a high-tech business development company that provides advise in technology transfer and new company creation. Before this he worked at Tweehuysen BV, a business development and investment company that focused on nanotech based start-ups. Martijn was responsible for marketing, strategy development and interim management of the portfolio companies. In 2006, Martijn authored a book on international best-practices of high-tech entrepreneurship “Identifying factors that contribute to high-growth knowledge intensive ventures, venturing to Silicon Valley, Cambridge and Leuven” published by the Technology Circle Twente. Martijn has a MSc in Technology and Management from the University of Twente.
CEO
Abstract Title: Use of 1-Dimensional FET Semi-conductors as Continuous Sensors for Blood and Urinary Biomarkers
Spencer Farr is the founder and CEO of Vista Therapeutis, Inc. , a company that is commercializing its patented nanowire-based biosensors out of Prof. Charles Lieber’s lab at Harvard to revolutionize how biomarkers are measured. Prior the Vista, Dr. Farr was also Founder and CEO of Phase-1 Molecular Toxicology, Inc. and Xenometrx, Inc. which he took public in 1995. During his career, Dr. Farr has also served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Toxicologist for Potentia Pharmaceuticals and as President of Rx-Gen Prima Tox, Inc.
Dr. Farr was a Fulbright Fellow at the Institite Jacques Monod, Paris France, and an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in the Biochemistry Department, UC Berkeley. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Molecular Toxicology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an Associate Professor of Molecular Toxicology at Harvard University and an Adjunct Professor of Toxicology at the Harvard University School of Public Health.
Chief Scientist
Abstract Title: Wafer Level Bonding Methods Compatible with
CMOS Integration
Dr. Shari Farrens has 20 years of hands-on, worldwide experience in academia and industry she is considered an expert on MEMS and 3D wafer to wafer bonding technologies. As the Chief Scientist for Suss MicroTec, Dr. Farrens is engaged in process development for next generation MEMS device fabrication and the emerging 3D markets, new tool development, and customer education.
Dr. Farrens holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, MS degrees in Materials Science and Nuclear Engineering and a BS degree in Physics from Nebraska Wesleyan University. She has published numerous articles on wafer bonding, holds several patents and has contributed to several books on wafer bonding technology.
Guillermo Fernández de la Garza 
President and Chief Executive Officer
United States - Mexico Foundation for Science (FUMEC)
Abstract Title: AERI-MEMS: Strategic Alliances and Innovation Network for MEMS.- Program promoted by CONACYT
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Guillermo Fernández de la Garza serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the United States - Mexico Foundation for Science (FUMEC), an endowed non profit organization sponsored by the U.S. and the Mexican Governments. He reports to a Board of distinguished Business, Academia and Government leaders of the two countries.
Fernández de la Garza has worked in the development of the Mexican network of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, linking industry, universities and government in the definition of strategies, the development of technical and educational infrastructure, in the organization of business – university consortia to develop new MEMS based products and in the interaction with similar networks in other countries. Before, he was advisor to UNIDO and to the governments of Brazil and Argentina in Microelectronics development strategies.
In FUMEC he has also worked to develop regional innovation clusters, high tech business incubation and strengthening networks as well as articulation mechanisms to facilitate innovation in medium and small businesses.
Fernández de la Garza has had a long experience in science and engineering education and public understanding activities. He has initiated activities related to a MEMS itinerant exhibition that is being linked to MANCEF education activities, working with specialized science centers in the United States and Mexico.
He has developed several research and technical services organizations, like the Electric Power Research Institute of Mexico, of which he was the CEO from 1976 to 1991, and others like the Metal Mechanics, Steel and Leather and Shoe Institutes, that were organized with his leadership when he was Adjoin Director of the Mexican Council of Science and Technology.
He was founder and first Chairman of the Mexican Associations of Industrial Research (ADIAT) and of High Tech Business Incubators and Technology Parks (AMIEPAT). He was on the Planning Board of the IEEE, and has had several IEEE awards and recognitions for his professional work in Latin America. He has served as Chair of the Association of University Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and is a member of the Council of the Mexican Union of Engineering Associations.
He has bachelors degrees in Engineering and in Physics of Mexico’s National Autonomous University, a Master Degree in Engineering Economics from Stanford University and advanced studies in Nuclear Engineering and Business Administration of IPN and IPADE.
Steve Fischmann 
State Senator
District 37, New Mexico
State Senator Steve Fischmann, District 37, has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Masters Degree in Business from UCLA. He worked with Levi Strauss and Company for 20 years, in a broad range of capacities ranging from financial analyst, to divisional Director of Operations, to Division President. He owned a Real Estate Brokerage before moving to New Mexico from the San Francisco Bay area in 2004. He is currently Chair of the Science Technology and Telecommunications committee in the New Mexico legislature.
Dr. Jeb Flemming
Founder / Chief Engineering Officer
Life Bioscience, Inc.
Abstract Title: Glass-ceramic substrate micro-fabrication as novel genomic and proteomic platforms
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Abstract Title: Glass ceramic for the scaled-production of precision microfabrication microfluidic devices
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Jeb serves as Life Bioscience, Inc.’s technology architect and chief engineer. While at Sandia National Laboratories, Jeb was the principal developer of the innovative µ-Post technology, which won a R&D 100 award in 2007. Jeb has been the inventor or co-inventor on more than 10 patent applications and has led the development work associated with our innovative substrates. Jeb has both a BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering and a MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UNM.
Edward R. Flynn, PhD 
President & CEO
Senior Scientific, LLC
Abstract Title: Detection and Localization of Disease with Magnetic Nanoparticles and Sensors
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Edward R. Flynn, PhD is the founder and President of Senior Scientific, LLC in Albuquerque, NM, a company developing nanomedicine applications using magnetic nanoparticles and ultra-sensitive magnetic field sensors. Dr. Flynn is a Fellow of the Los Alamos National Laboratory where he had worked for nearly 40 years. Dr. Flynn was Leader of the Nuclear Physics group. As a nuclear physicist, he published 190 papers in this field. He then founded the Biophysics Group at Los Alamos, initiated the program in brain imaging using magnetoencephalography and authored 48 publications. He received the Distinguished Performance Award at Los Alamos for his work in establishing the brain research group.
In 2000, Dr. Flynn became the founding Director of the National Foundation for Functional Brain Imaging, now called the Mind Research Network. In 2002, he began work, using biomagnetism, to develop new approaches for detecting and treating disease with a primary focus on cancer.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1977 and received the Alexander von Humboldt Prize for Senior American Scientists in 1980, spending a year at the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Berlin. He has been a NSF Fellow at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, a Visiting Professor at the University of Colorado, and Wellcome Trust Fellow at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland. He is currently a member of the University of New Mexico Cancer Center and an Adjunct Professor in the Physics Department.
Dr. Flynn has worked with scientists from around the world in nuclear physics experiments while heading up a group in Los Alamos involving fundamental excitations in nuclei. He has extensive experience in application of magnetic fields and magnetic field sensors including Superconducting Quantum Interference Detectors. He has conducted research in brain imaging, measuring magnetic fields from the brain. More recently, he has developed ultra-sensitive magnetic sensors using magnetic nanoparticles for detecting cancer and other diseases in the new field of magnetic relaxometry.
Senior Scientific was selected as a User at the Center for Integrative Nanotechnologies (CINT) a DOE facility at Sandia National Laboratory in a development collaboration of magnetic nanoparticles and measurements of their magnetic properties. As such, Dr. Flynn has given presentations at CINT meetings representing the importance of CINT to small businesses.
Edward R. Flynn, Ph.D. received his B.S. degree at the University of Illinois and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of New Mexico.
Eric W. Forsythe
Staff Physicist
Army Research Laboratory
Abstract Title: US Army applications for flexible electronics
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Eric W. Forsythe is a staff physicist at the Army Research Laboratory. Dr Forsythe is the Team Leader for Flexible Displays and Electronics and is the Deputy Program Manager for the Army’s Flexible Display Center. Prior to joining the Army Research Laboratory, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Rochester, in both the Physics Department and the Chemistry Department, where he worked on electronic interfaces and carrier transport in organic light emitting devices in collaboration with the Eastman Kodak Company. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Univ. of Texas, Dallas. Dr. Forsythe has more than 40 published papers in organic electronics and one US Patent issued three patents filed. He has received an Army Research Development (RDA) for his contributions to blue emitting organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and an Army SBIR Achievement Award for management of the small business research program developing environmental barrier for OLEDs. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Society for Information Displays. Dr Forsythe received his Ph.D. in Physics from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ in 1996.
Carrie Freeman
Director of sustainable business innovation
Intel Eco-Technology Office
Abstract Title: Green/Clean Innovation in Cities & Tech Parks Panel
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Carrie Freeman, director of sustainable business innovation, Intel Eco-Technology Office, is responsible for developing the business opportunities for Intel’s digital sustainability solutions in the areas of environmental monitoring and natural resource management. In her previous role as corporate sustainability strategist, she directed corporate wide strategic sustainability efforts working with stakeholders across the company to ensure that Intel continues to build upon its industry leadership in sustainability. Since joining Intel in 1998, Carrie has been a regional environmental relations manager working to drive corporate and community initiatives, as well as an engineering manager and technical program manager in the most technically advanced manufacturing facility in the world. She holds an MBA in environmental policy and planning.
Greg Frye-Mason, Ph.D. 
Vice President of R&D,
ICx Biodefense
Abstract Title: Bioaerosol Concentrator, Collector and Pyrolyzer for Mass Spectrometric Detection
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Greg Frye-Mason obtained his BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington in 1987. Prior to joining Nomadics (which became part of ICx Technologies) in 2002, he had over fourteen years of experience at Sandia National Laboratories where he was the principal investigator for the gas analysis system of Sandia's miniature chemical analysis systems (ChemLabTM) program. This system provides unprecedented analytical capability based on microfabricated sampler preconcentrators, GC columns and acoustic sensor arrays. Dr. Frye-Mason has experience in leading and managing a large and diverse technical team. His broad background enables him to direct development ranging from chemically selective materials to analytical chemistry methods to microfabrication of components and modules to system design and engineering. He has demonstrated an ability to solve complex problems and to develop and patent novel microfabricated components, sensing and gas chromatographic (GC) separation techniques, and microsystem designs. He is an inventor on 28 granted patents, with the majority of these being in the field of microsensors and microfabricated fluidic, preconcentration, GC separation and detection components. He has more than 90 publications including one book and three review articles on surface acoustic wave sensors. His current position is vice president of research and development for ICx Biodefense.
Michael Gaitan, Ph.D.
Project Leader of the MEMS Project,
Semiconductor Electronics Division,
Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory,
NIST
Michael Gaitan received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1988 from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the Project Leader of the MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) Project, Semiconductor Electronics Division, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, NIST. He directs the MEMS Project activities in providing industry with standardized MEMS test structures and test methods for characterizing the thermo-electro-mechanical properties of thin-films used in IC and MEMS technologies; works with IC foundries to improve accessibility of MEMS manufacturing; and heads research and development of novel measurement applications of MEMS technology for our new programs in BioElectronics and Single Molecule Manipulation and Measurement (SM3).
The measurement standardization effort at this time is primarily focused with the ASTM subcommittee E.08.05. Three new standards have just been published: E2244-02 Standard Test Method for In-Plane Length Measurements of Thin, Reflecting Films Using an Optical Interferometer, E2245-02 Standard Test Method for Residual Strain Measurements of Thin, Reflecting Films Using an Optical Interferometer, and E2246-02 Standard Test Method for Strain Gradient Measurements of Thin, Reflecting Films Using an Optical Interferometer.
Dr. Gaitan has been active in developing standard manufacturing practices and is recognized for developing the cif-MEMS (CMOS Integrated Circuit Foundry MEMS) process with the MOSIS service, one of the first MEMS foundry services in the US.
He is also active with international standardization activities for MEMS including the SEMI MEMS effort, is the chief US delegate to the International Micromachine Summit, and is active with the International Micromachine Standardization Forum organized by Japan's Micromachine Center (MMC).
Locally, Dr. Gaitan has worked to establish the MEMS Alliance, an alliance of companies, universities, and government laboratories in the Washington DC metropolitan area whose mission is to create a group that networks expertise, capabilities, and research to facilitate the development of new applications and commercialization of miniaturization technologies.
In December 2002, Dr. Gaitan received the Department of Commerce Silver Medal Award for "spearheading the development of new measurement capabilities and novel technologies for the microelectromechanical systems industry."
Dr. Gaitan is a member of Tau-Beta-Pi, Eta-Kappa-Nu, Sigma-Xi, is a senior member of the IEEE, and serves as treasurer of the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM).
Dr. Hans H. Gatzen
University Professor
Leibniz Universität
Abstract Title: Tool Considerations for the Nanoproducts Fabrication
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Hans Gatzen holds a Master’s degree equivalent in Mechanical Engineering from the Technische Universität München (TUM) in Munich, Germany and a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering (Precision Mechanics/Dynamics) from the RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany. From 1976 until 1983 he worked for the Siemens Corporation, first in Munich, Germany, and after 1980 in Anaheim, California. His responsibilities included the development, pilot production, and production transfer of recording heads for disk files and tape drives, as well as the development of flexible disk drives. In 1983 he joined Seagate in Scotts Valley, California, where he had corporate technical responsibility for recording heads and head components. After joining Conner Peripherals San Jose, California, in 1989, he developed a system for measuring the engineering progress and for ensuring product integrity of new products developed in a concurrent engineering mode. In 1992 he accepted a position of a Professor at the Hanover University, in Hanover, Germany where he founded the Institute for Microtechnology (imt) and served as its director until his retirement at the end of 2009. He taught classes on micro and nano technology, micro and nano electro-mechanical systems (MNEMS), micro and nano technology in biomedicine, mechatronic systems, and concurrent engineering (CE). His research centered on manufacturing, assembly, and application of MNEMS with emphasis on utilizing magnetic effects, ultraprecision machining and assembly, microtribology, and management of technology (MOT). Between 2007 and 2009, he attracted in average 1.6 million € annually in research funding and employed approx. 18 Ph.D. students and post-docs. From 1985 until 1998 he was an adjunct lecturer and part time faculty member of the Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. He holds 15 patents and has published 12 tutorials as well as over 300 papers in various refereed journals and proceedings. In 2005, he was elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Since 2007, he is a Member of acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering. He also is a member of IEEE and VDI.
He still is a professor at the Leibniz University and also co-operates with the Institute for Microstructure Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Yogesh B. Gianchandani, Ph.D.
Professor, EECS Department Joint Appointment,
Mechanical Engineering Dept.
University of Michigan
Abstract Title: Microsystems for Health-Care and Environmental Sensing: Transformational Technologies for the Twenty First Century
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Professor Yogesh B. Gianchandani serves as the deputy director for the Center for Wireless Integrated Microsystems (WIMS) at the University of Michigan. He has published more than 200 papers in microsystems-related conferences and journals and has more than 30 patents issued or pending. From 2007 to 2009, he served at the National Science Foundation, as the program director for Micro and Nano Systems within the Electrical, Communication, and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Division. Dr. Gianchandani was a Chief Co-Editor of Comprehensive Microsystems: Fundamentals, Technology, and Applications, published in 2008, and served as a General Co-Chair for the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) in 2002. Dr. Gianchandani is a Fellow of IEEE.
Robert Giasolli 
Founder
Innovasc
Mr. Giasolli is a microsystem and manufacturing engineer with 10 years of executive experience and 19 years of engineering experience. He has product development and design experience developing RF/Optical, Sensor, Biomedical and MEMS modules. He has successfully developed multiple high technology, electromechanical products in high-volume manufacturing and startup environments.
Career
After leaving academia for industry, he has served as a consultant, lead designer, and project engineer for numerous products spanning optical, RF, biomedical, and software enabling patent portfolio growth. He was a Solutions Architect in charge of numerous foundries and projects in Asia and North America while employed by Coventor. He is an entrepreneur that has co-founded a series of innovative companies including WiSpry, a telecommunications company, In-home Service Professionals, a nation-wide window covering installation logistics company, Educate For Tomorrow, developing products to teach advance sciences through products that include software gaming components, and most recently Innovasc, an innovative biotech start-up designing a new generation of intravascular devices.
Education
Robert acquired his BS in Applied Physics from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1998. After several years of work including teaching primary school in Hawaii he returned to his own schooling to achieve an MS in Manufacturing Systems Engineering with an emphasis in micro and nano Engineering from Louisiana Tech University.
The direction of vocational education, understanding teaching strategies that work, and establishing standards to aid in accreditation are also important to Robert. To support efforts in these areas he sits on several educational focused boards and advisory committees including Purdue Discovery Learning Center as an external advisory board member, and Central New Mexico's Southwest Center for Microsystems Education also as an external advisory board member. In addition, Robert is a sitting committee member for the Orthodontic Review Committee of the Commission on dental Accreditation.
Dr. Jost Goettert 
Director of Microfabrication
Center for Advanced MicroStructures & Devices
LSU
Abstract Title: 10 Years LIGA Service – A Brief Review
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Jost Goettert is directing the Microfabrication Program at Louisiana State University’s (LSU) Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD) - the only university-operated and state-funded Synchrotron Radiation Research Facility in the US entertaining an active LIGA program. Under his direction his team of researchers and students has established key capabilities in LIGA and supports about half a dozen of SME companies in their efforts to develop prototype devices utilizing high aspect ratio LIGA metal and polymer structures. In their efforts the CAMD team is closely collaborating with LIGA research groups worldwide, especially Germany, Canada, and Singapore.
The team is also closely collaborating with faculty and students from LSU’s Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems developing lab-on-a-chip solution for a variety of applications including early cancer detection and forensic. Besides a strong focus on research and hands-on student training and education our joint efforts are also geared to provide services to external users and to promote commercialization and product development.
General Director
CIMAV Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados
Abstract Title: Overview of Nanotechnology in Mexico and the Nanotech Regional Innovation System in the State of Nuevo Leon
Jesus Gonzalez received his undergraduate degree in Physics from the Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas of IPN, his master´s degree in Science from the Physics Department of the CINVESTAV and his Ph.D. from Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Dr. Gonzalez has obtained several awards such as: National Award in Food Science and Technology (1994); Annual Award of the Mexican Surface and Vacuum Society (1995); Annual Award of the Mexican Physical Society (1999); National Award in Science and Arts (1999) and “Presea Lazaro Cardenas Award” (2002), which is awarded by the President of Mexico; Level III Researcher (highest ranking) within the “Sistema Nacional de Investigadores” (SNI) Mexico´s National System of Researchers.
Dr. Gonzalez has published 264 articles, and 15 book chapters, more than 30 review articles, with more than 3000 citations.
He has been invited as a keynote speaker in more than 50 International Conferences. Dr. Gonzalez is author of 15 Mexican and 11 international patents. He has lectured and published widely in the research areas nanotechnology, coatings and thin films for optoelectronic applications.
Dr. Jesus Gonzalez is currently the General Director of the CIMAV, Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C. in Chihuahua, Chih, Mexico since 2004.
Abstract Title: Impact of Nanotechnology on Photovoltaic Technology and Commercialization
Stephen M. Goodnick (M’88-SM’91-F’04) received the B.S. degree in engineering science from Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, in 1977, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, in 1979 and 1983, respectively.
He was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow with the Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, and the University of Modena, Modena, Italy, in 1985 and 1986, respectively. He was a faculty member from 1986 to 1997 with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, and served as Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering with Arizona State University, Tempe, from 1996 to 2005. He served as Deputy Dean for the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering during 2005-2006, served as Associate Vice President for Research for Arizona State University from 2006-2008, and currently is Director of the Arizona Initiative for Renewable Energy at ASU. He has coauthored over 190 journal articles, books, and book chapters related to transport in semiconductor devices and nanostructures. Dr. Goodnick was President of the Electrical Computer Engineering Department Heads Association in 2003-2004, Co-Chair of the 2001 IEEE International Microwave Symposium in Phoenix, and was the Program Chair for the Fourth IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology in Munich in August 2004, and July 2009.
James Lloyd Grimsley is the President, CEO and founder of Design Intelligence Incorporated, LLC (DII). Mr. Grimsley started DII in 2003 in order to create a high-technology research and development company that would be indispensable to clients. DII’s current and past customers and clients include Pfizer, the U.S. Air Force, United Technology Corporation (UTC) as well as other large and small corporations. DII’s offices and laboratory facilities are located in Norman, Oklahoma.
Mr. Grimsley completed a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1990 and later an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1993. Both degrees are from the University of Oklahoma (OU) College of Engineering. Mr. Grimsley has also completed all coursework toward a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and has served as an engineering instructor for the OU School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. While in graduate school Mr. Grimsley also served as an engineering consultant to the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry.
Mr. Grimsley’s first professional position was as an electronics engineer with the United States Air Force. Mr. Grimsley was involved in maintenance of the operational flight software (OFS) of the Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM), the Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) and the Advanced Cruise Missile (ACM). Mr. Grimsley was also involved in the interface development for the Air Force Mission Support System (AFMSS).
Prior to starting DII, Mr. Grimsley was a Division Chief Engineer and later an Assistant Vice President with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). While at SAIC, Mr. Grimsley was directly involved in the capture of over $4 billion in contract ceiling wins. Mr. Grimsley worked with both commercial and government clients while at SAIC including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Department of Defense, and U.S. Department of Transportation.
Mr. Grimsley has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed papers and articles for engineering and technical journals and has also served as a session co-chair for the World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Mr. Grimsley also serves as the Manager of Unmanned Systems for the Oklahoma Aerospace Institute (OAI) which is responsible for establishing the Oklahoma aerospace research agenda for the State of Oklahoma. Mr. Grimsley is also Chairman of the Unmanned Systems Alliance of Oklahoma (USA-OK).
Abstract Title: Nanobiotechnology: Academic, Biotech, Regulatory and Investment Perspectives
Dr. Piotr Grodzinski is a Director of NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. He coordinates program and research activities of the Alliance which dedicated $144M over next 5 years to form interdisciplinary centers as well as fund individual research and training programs targeting nanotechnology solutions for improved prevention, detection, and therapy of cancer.
Dr. Grodzinski is materials scientist by training, but like many others found bio- and nanotechnology fascinating. In mid-nineties, he left the world of semiconductor research and built a large microfluidics program at Motorola Corporate R&D in Arizona. The group made important contributions to the development of integrated microfluidics for genetic sample preparation with its work being featured in Highlights of Chemical Engineering News and Nature reviews. After his tenure at Motorola, Dr. Grodzinski was with Bioscience Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory where he served as a Group Leader and an interim Chief Scientist for DOE Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT). In his current capacity at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), he is also co-chairing Trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force, which is coordinating the nanotechnology efforts across 27 institutes of the agency with the budget over $200M/year.
Dr. Grodzinski received Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in 1992. He is an inventor on 15 patents and published 47 peer-reviewed papers, 7 book chapters, and delivered over 100 invited conference presentations. Dr. Grodzinski has been an invited speaker and served on the committees of numerous bio- and nano-MEMS conferences in the past years.
Robert Haak
Managing Director
Insight interAsia Pte Ltd
Abstract Title: Nanotechnology funding comparisons in Asia
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Insight interAsia Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based pan-Asia consulting firm specializing in semiconductor, MEMS/nano, and biomedical device markets. The company’s customers are small advanced technology companies that want to expand their businesses throughout Asia.
Robert’s formal educational includes a B.S. in Engineering from Tulane University (New Orleans) and an MBA in Corporate Finance and Management of Technology from the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque) where he studied MEMS commercialization. His on-the-street education includes 20 years of traveling constantly throughout the entire Asia/Pacific region and successfully selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of semiconductor equipment and materials.
Before Robert founded Insight interAsia, he was employed by the Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP) where he served as General Manager of Asian Operations. Prior to ATIP, he was employed by Emcore Corporation as their Director of Asian Sales and Operations. Before that, he began his career working for the Nippon Sanso Group of Japan as their International Sales Manager. During his career in Asia, he has been based in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. He has traveled extensively in over 60 countries.
He is very active in the American Chamber of Commerce throughout Asia and serves as co-chair of the SME Committee of AmCham Singapore, working closely with other regional Chambers of Commerce and the Singapore government to highlight the issues facing smaller technology-based businesses.
Robert is married with three children and resides in Singapore. He is an avid golfer and brings his clubs wherever he goes in Asia.
Researcher
Abstract Title: Reliable and Low Cost Medical and Environmental Detection System for DNA and Bacteria, Based on Capacitive Electrical Sensors
Luis Moreno Hagelsieb, born in Guadalajara, México, Chemical Engineer, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1999 from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) CINVESTAV area in Mexico, from 1992 to 2001 he worked as a new product introduction, problem solving, line transfers, product/process design at Motorola Inc in Guadalajara, Mexico in different areas like Wafer processing, Front and Back packaging processes and Metal finishing in the semiconductor areas specially on Schottky diodes, Thyristor, SCR and TMOS devices, he finished his PhD and is working as a researcher at the microelectronics department at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium since 2001, emphasizing his work on Sensor technologies, CMOS and MEMS processing, and DNA biosensors as well as in their commercialization.
Abstract Title:MicroTech Innovation and Norwegian Centres of Expertise– developing a micro- and nanotechnology entrepreneurial ecosystem
Stein Hansen is presently CEO of MicroTech Innovation, a commercialization company focusing on the MNT area. He is also managing the Norwegian Centres of Expertise Micro- and Nanotechnology
He received his B.Eng. Hons degree in Electronic Systems and Microcomputer Engineering in 1987, his M.Sc in Optical Information Technology in 1988, and his Ph.D in Optoelectronics in 1993 from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He worked as a senior scientist at the Norwegian Telecom R&D Institute from 1991 to 1997.
Stein Hansen worked at SensoNor in Horten, Norway from 1997 to 2003, where he developed and led a new business area as VP SensoNor MEMS Foundry. Stein Hansen joined Microtech Innovation in Horten as Technology Manager and responsible for the MTI incubator.
He was Senior Technology Counselor and Industry Attaché to Boston Massachusetts from 2003 to 2006, with sector responsibility for micro- and nano-technology for Innovation Norway. In this position he collaborated with US industries and academia to help Norwegian companies in their efforts to evaluate technologies, partners and markets. Stein Hansen worked closely with Boston University School of Management and local industries to establish academic and internship programs for students of the Norwegian School of Entrepreneurship at BU.
Stein Hansen was appointed Professor of microsystems technology at Vestfold University College (VUC) in 2005 and has served in this position from August 2006. He has been managing efforts to establish a new research, innovation and industrial centre for MNT in Vestfold, and from 2007 to 2008 Stein Hansen was manager for the Regional Innovation unit at Vestfold University College.
Stein Hansen has broad experience from national and international collaboration, working groups and organizations. He is author or co-author of several international publications and overview papers in the area of semiconductor technology and micro-systems, and has held a number of international presentations on commercialization of micro-systems. He has also served on organizing committees for international workshops and conferences, and has acted as European Commission reviewer within the EEC Framework 5 Program. He has also worked as project manager for a number of European projects. He is a member of the Micro and Nano Commercialization Education Foundation, and has been part of the Nordic delegation to the World MicroSystem Summit (MMS).
Erol Harvey 
CEO
MiniFAB (Aust) Pty Ltd
Abstract Title: Frogs and Princesses II: The Fairytale Land of Industry and University Collaboration
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Erol Harvey is CEO of MiniFAB (Aust) Pty Ltd and Professor of MicroTechnology at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.
An initiator of the Master of Engineering Course in MicroSystem Technology, Erol also organizes industry awareness seminars designed to inform, promote and enthuse companies, particularly SMEs in microtechnology.
MiniFAB specializes in contract product development, particularly in polymer processes including microfluidic design. Through the MiniFAB facility, new ventures and startups are encouraged in micro, nano and bio technology where 22 new companies are presently being incubated.
MANCEF Contributions
Dr. Harvey is currently a General Board (Asia-Aus-Pac) member, a member of the MANCEF Marketing and Strategic Alliances Committees, and a COMS conference series attendee over the past three years. He has been instrumental in building MANCEF initiatives in Australia including Asia-focused commercialization workshops.
Career
Originally trained as a physicist, his postdoctoral work was as Operations Manager of the SPRITE Ultra high power excimer laser facility of the SERC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford.
In 1990 he moved to Exitech Limited, a spin-out company from the Rutherford Laser Facility, where he was Principal Development Engineer and Head of System Design and Fabrication of the Advanced Excimer Laser Micromachining systems.
In this role he worked closely with customers around the world developing commercial applications of excimer laser micromachining. Examples of some industrial development projects Dr. Harvey worked on include:
- Ink jet printer nozzles
- Bio medical devices
- Thin flim transistor annealing for advanced lap-top computer LCD displays
- Ultra-high density electronic packaging
- The first Hubble Space Telescope Rescue Mission
- 248 / 193 nm lithography for sub-0.18µm Semiconductor fabrication
- Hard disk fabrication
- Thin film deposition
- Solar panels and packaging applications for the pharmaceutical industry
After returning to Australia he was part of the founding team for the CRC for microTechnology, a 7-year $70M collaborative research co-operative involving local and multinational companies, government and universities.
Abstract Title: MEMS Fabrication using Ink Jet Technology
Donald J. Hayes holds a BS and MS in Physics from Louisiana State University and a PhD. in Materials Science from Rice. He has over 30 years experience managing research and development of process driven manufacturing for ink-jet printers, semiconductor devices, and electronic assemblies while at MicroFab, Polaroid, Mead Office Systems, Texas Instruments, and Boeing. Dr. Hayes has been awarded 56 patents and has 1 patent applications outstanding. He is a member of the Engineering Counsel for the Eric Johnson School of Engineering at the Univ. of Texas at Dallas, a member of the Industrial Advisory Committee at the University of Arkansas and an advisor on Materials Technology Review Board, Texas State Technical Institute.
Dr. Hayes founded MicroFab Technologies, Inc. in 1984 as a research and development company focusing on applications of ink jet technology. Since then MicroFab has developed a line of Jetting Hardware and Printing Platforms.
Anders Hedberg 
President
Hedberg Consulting, LLC
Abstract Title: Filling the Talent Pipeline for the Micro and Nanotechnology Sector – Challenges and Opportunities
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Anders Hedberg, Ph.D., is a former corporate executive
with thirty years of experience in pharmaceutical R&D, corporate affairs and advocacy for science, health and education. He is now translating his corporate social responsibility and strategic philanthropy expertise into a visionary private consultancy for global talent development and workforce preparation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
In his recent position as Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Corporate Philanthropy, Dr. Hedberg led the worldwide science education program of Bristol-Myers Squibb. For ten years his office administrated grant support and strategic program development for numerous educational institutions ranging from pre-K to higher education, as well as programs for global health education and unrestricted biomedical research grant support. Under his leadership, the BMS Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Council was established to implement and coordinate global philanthropy with emphasis on education and alleviation of health disparities.
In addition to being a leader in corporate philanthropy and CSR, he serves on several boards, including the National Science Resources Center’s International Coalition, (Chair), the R&D Council of New Jersey, the New Grange School and the Rider University Science Advisory Board (Chair emeritus). He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, and has made numerous invited keynote presentations.
Prior to his appointment in Corporate Affairs, Dr. Hedberg served for six years as Director, Center for Science Education with responsibility for science communication, education, and training of Bristol-Myers Squibb Research & Development (BMS R&D) scientists worldwide. In that capacity, he also developed a comprehensive science outreach program for Bristol-Myers Squibb, with focus on improvement and support of elementary and middle school science education where BMS operates in the US, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Sweden. From his position, Dr. Hedberg established strong alliances between BMS and leading national and international science education agencies in government, private, and non-profit sectors.
Dr. Hedberg earned his Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, University of Göteborg, Sweden. He has taught and conducted research at the Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, U. of Göteborg, AstraZeneca, Göteborg, Sweden, Universitätsklinikum Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Frankfurt a/M, Germany, University of Colorado Medical School in Denver, and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he also completed a three-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
Daniel Joseph Christian Herr 
Director of Nanomanufacturing Science Research
Semiconductor Research Corporation
Abstract Title: Trends in nanomanufacturing, smart materials, and self assembly: Leveraging Nature’s nanofabrication hierarchy
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Dr. Herr is Semiconductor Research Corporation’s Director of Nanomanufacturing Science Research. He leads an international team that provides vision, guidance, and leveraged support for a number of the top collaborative interdisciplinary university research programs on emerging nanoelectronics related materials and assembly methods, environmentally benign high performance manufacturing, and enabling nano-characterization technology options. He also is exploring emerging research opportunities in bioelectronics, ultra low power systems, and energy harvesting. He held senior engineering positions at Honeywell Corporation, during the VHSIC program, and Shipley Company, in Japan, where he helped an R&D facility on-line. He also founded Avatar R&D Corporation, a materials design consulting firm.
Dr. Herr serves as Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, where he co-developed and co-teaches an interdisciplinary graduate level course on The Materials Science of Nanoelectronics. He provides ongoing technical leadership for the Semiconductor Industry Association's Technology Lithography, Metrology, and ESH Working Groups and is co-founder and co-chair of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors [ITRS] International Technology Working Group on Emerging Research Materials. He also Chairs the SPIE conference on Alternative Lithographic Technologies and serves as Senior Editor for IEEE Transactions in Nanotechnology, Associate Editor for the Journal of Nanoparticle Research, and Reviewer for JVST.
Dr. Herr’s technical accomplishments include a suite of product optimization software, more robust than Taguchi’s methodology, and foundational patents/disclosures, in areas such as: defect tolerant patterning, controlled nanotube synthesis and placement, deterministic semiconductor doping, and ultimate CMOS devices. More recently, he was elected to the grade of Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering for specific achievements in the design, development, and commercialization of two early families of chemically amplified resists and addressing critical patterning and control challenges in the deep nano-domain. His publications cover topics from mechanistic chemistry to strategic industry trends in nanoelectronics. He has given over 90 invited presentations and seminars, nationally and internationally.
Abstract Title: From Microelectronics and MEMS to Quantum Computing
Gilbert V. (Gil) Herrera is the Director of Microsystems Science, Technology, and Components at Sandia National Laboratories. His responsibilities include the management of a large (~600 person/$150M) research and development center with expertise in silicon and III-V compound semiconductors, optoelectronic devices, micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) systems, advanced sensors, and component engineering. Among the facilities under his management is the MESA complex, the largest capital investment in the history of Sandia. The MESA complex includes major semiconductor fabrication and compound semiconductor fabrication facilities house in a 100,000 ft2 clean room. His prior assignment was Director of Manufacturing Science and Technology. He has served in management positions in Microsystems, Materials Science, Technology Transfer, and Government Relations.
From 1997 to 1999 on a leave of absence from Sandia, Mr. Herrera was the Chief Operating Officer of SEMI/SEMATECH, an Austin-based consortium of U.S. suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials. Also on leave from Sandia, he was on the White House Staff of President George H. Bush from 1991 to1992, serving as an AAAS/Sloan Foundation White House Science Fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). During his service at OSTP, Mr. Herrera worked on policy issues related to industrial competitiveness, technology transfer, and government-industry partnerships. He serves on several advisory boards, including the Army Science Board.
Andrew Hollowell
Electrical Engineering Student
University of New Mexico
Abstract Title: Flexible Implementation of Rigid Solar Cell Technologies
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Andrew Hollowell is in his senior year at the University of New Mexico perusing his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He has two years of experience in metal micromachining where he has quickly learned high level skills and become a proficient asset to the metal micromachining team at Sandia National Labs. He has recently distinguished himself at the IEEE region 6 southwest section student paper contest when his paper on the “Flexible Implementation of Rigid Solar Cell Technologies” finished in first place.
Director of Engineering
ASE (US) Inc
Abstract Title: Synergism Between MEMS and Wafer Level Packaging
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John is Director of Engineering, Product Promotion, at ASE (US) Inc., and provides technical support for the Introduction, Marketing, and Business Development activities for all Advanced Wafer Level Packaging Technologies at ASE.
Prior to joining ASE, John was Technology Development Manager at ADFlex Solutions, a Flex circuit manufacturing and assembly company; and was Research and Development Engineering Manager at both Nortel and Digital Equipment Corporations. John has over 25 years experience in various areas of manufacturing, assembly and testing of electronics components and systems, with emphasis on the development of new technologies and processes.
John holds a BS degree in chemistry from Rutgers University, and an MS in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Administration from the University of Central Florida.
James (Jim) Hyder 
Module Team Training Leader
Southwest Center for Microsystems Excellence, University of New Mexico
Abstract Title: Broadening the Impact to Industry/Education: Utilizing the Synergy Project to Lean Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME) Workshops and Instruction
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James (Jim) Hyder is currently a Module Team Training Leader (Training Program Manager/Instructional Designer), Advanced Lean Practitioner, Kaizen facilitator, and Lean Simulation Coordinator within the semiconductor manufacturing industry. In this capacity he is responsible for all of the training readiness of 100 Manufacturing Technicians, 20 Engineers across multiple functional areas within a fabrication environment, and provides lean education across the factory. Academically, he is also pursuing his PhD in Education with a specialization in Training and Performance Improvement from Capella University. To this end, he is active with the Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME). There he serves as an Industry Liaison and Innovation Coach (via the “Research, Practice, and Transformation through Synergy” program sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Department of Undergraduate Education (DUE) grant #0903224). Specifically, he is studying how the “pre-lean” Training Within Industry methods of industrial training can be used within educational settings to make NSF funded Advanced Technological Education more efficient and effective!
Prior to his current role, Jim was a Shift Training Supervisor. There, he was responsible for ensuring the training readiness of 225 Manufacturing Technicians (in areas including safety, equipment preventive/corrective maintenance, remote operations, process control and peer trainer readiness). Jim has also served as an Epitaxial, Planar, Implant and Diffusion Manufacturing Supervisor; during this time he was recognized with an Operations Excellence Award. Prior to working within high volume manufacturing, Jim contributed to and published 64 training documents pertaining to 300mm semiconductor manufacturing with an emphasis in the Planar and Thin Films functional areas while in a Research and Development fabrication environment. He was also a Planar and Thin Films technician for nearly two years. Early in his career Jim served as an Electronics Technician for seven years, serving aboard two nuclear submarines.
Jim’s personal interests include serving where community college, government and the high-tech manufacturing industry intersect. In this capacity, he regularly participates on NSF Grant Proposal Review Panels, Central New Mexico Community College and the SCME Industrial Advisory Boards, and is a facilitator at SEMI’s “High Tech U”. This national participation resulted in the receipt of the Maricopa Advanced Technological Education Center’s 2006 Industry Recognition Award. Further, he collaboratively worked as a semiconductor industry representative with the American Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges and the NSF (under DUE grant #0003065) to create a report called Curriculum Renewal Across the First Two Years Workshop Report: Electronics, Telecommunications and Semiconductors. This contribution was published in the Mathematical Association of America’s publication Curriculum Foundations Project: Voices of the Partner Disciplines.
Jim holds a Bachelor of Science Degree majoring in Workforce Education and Curriculum Development (Suma Cum Laude) from Southern Illinois University and a Masters of Science Degree of Management in Science and Technology from the Oregon Graduate Institute School of Science and Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University. Jim has a Lean Enterprise Certification from the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University.
Jim lives in Rio Rancho, NM with his wife and three children.
Daniel Hyman, Ph.D
President
XCOM Wireless, Inc.
Abstract Title: RF MEMS for Mainstream ATE Switching
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Dr. Hyman is an internationally recognized expert in RF MEMS packaging and contact reliability, with over fifty papers and invited lectures and eight patents. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Case, and a B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd. He is an active member of the IEEE MTT-S Subcommittee for RF MEMS since 2001, and has served as a reliability and commercialization adviser to the NSF and Department of Defense. Dr. Hyman entered the RF MEMS industry in 1995 as a Hughes Fellow for HRL, where he designed RF MEMS for U.S. Defense communications programs. He started XCOM Wireless in 2000 to address broader RF MEMS commercialization opportunities.
Jamey Jacob 
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Oklahoma State University
Abstract Title: Power Requirements for Unmanned Air Vehicles
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Jamey D. Jacob is a professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering with sponsored aerospace research in various applications from DARPA, AFOSR, AFRL, SOCOM, NASA, NextGen Aeronautics, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and others. Main research interests include aircraft configuration optimization, low speed aerodynamics, micro- and nano-air vehicles, vortex flows, inflatable wings, active flow control, and wind tunnel and flight testing and other experimental methods, including modern measurement techniques, particularly non-intrusive global methods such as digital particle image velocimetry. He has developed and taught systems engineering classes and short courses and developed tools for integration and design optimization for UAVs. He is the author of over 50 papers and technical reports in the areas of aerodynamics, flow control, and fluid mechanics. He received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1990 and his M.S and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and 1995, respectively. He was a National Research Council Summer Faculty Fellow in the Air Force Research Laboratory at WPAFB in both 2003 and 2004. He spent 10 years as a professor at the University of Kentucky in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. He is currently an Associate Professor in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University.
Michael J. Jamiolkowski
President, CEO, and Founder
Coventor, Inc.
Established Microcosm Technologies in 1996 (renamed Coventor, Inc. in 2001) to commercialize promising MEMS design automation technology from MIT. Coventor is a leading provider of design software for MEMS product development. Coventor software is used by 11 of the top 15 MEMS companies.
Prior to Coventor, Mr. Jamiolkowski cofounded Integrated Silicon Systems, (ISS) in 1985 and served as VP ASIC’s and then VP Marketing and Business Development.
ISS became the leader in IC physical verification with the industry’s first hierarchical verification product. The company had a successful IPO in February 1994. ISS continued to grow and merged with Arcsys to form Avant! in a $283M deal. Avant! was later purchased by Synopsys.
Mr. Jamiolkowski, holds a BSEE and spent five years with Motorola and General Electric in IC design engineering and project management.
Mr. Jamiolkowski is active in the MEMS community participating on multiple company boards, as well as industry associations; including the Governing Council of the MEMS Industry Group.
Doug Jamison 
Chairman, CEO & Managing Director
Harris & Harris Group, Inc
Abstract Title: Nanobiotechnology: Academic, Biotech, Regulatory and Investment Perspectives
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Doug Jamison is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a Managing Director of Harris & Harris Group, Inc., a publicly traded venture capital company listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (NASDAQ: TINY). Harris & Harris Group focuses solely in making initial investments in “tiny” technologies, which it defines as nanotechnology and microsystems.
He has previously held the positions of President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Harris & Harris Group, Inc. He is also currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Harris & Harris Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris & Harris Group. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Ancora Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., and a Board observer in Solazyme, Inc., and Metabolon, Inc., privately held nanotechnology-enabled portfolio companies of Harris & Harris Group. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of "Nanotechnology Law & Business." He is Co-Chair of the Advisory Board, Converging Technology Bar Association, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Nano-Bio Interface Ethics Advisory Board, and a member of the Advisory Board, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Nanotechnology Venture Forum. Prior to joining Harris & Harris Group, he was a Senior Technology Manager at the University of Utah Technology Transfer Office, where he managed intellectual property in physics, chemistry and the engineering sciences. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (B.A., 1992) and the University of Utah (M.S., 1999).
DJ DevCorp
Abstract Title: Potential of SUEX Negative Laminate Resist for X-Ray Lithography and LIGA MEMS Applications
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Dr. Johnson has recently formed DJ DevCorp which is focused on developing specialty new materials for MEMS applications. He is also founder and past President of MicroChem and managed the company through its growth and development. He has led the commercialization efforts on MicroChem’s epoxy resists and has over thirty years of experience in research and development, product and process development and product market analysis.
Joe Johnson 
Business Development Manager
IntelliSense
Joe Johnson is the Business Development Manager at IntelliSense. He has a broad knowledge base that spans MEMS design, sales and marketing, and customer education/training. Joe has been instrumental in fostering IntelliSense’s global business relationships and bringing value to IntelliSense’s clients and partners. Joe has extensive CAD expertise and a strong mechanical/structural engineering background. He has collaborated on a broad array of customer design projects including inertial sensors, thermal actuators, and fluidic devices. Joe holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.
Eric Jolivet 
Associate Professor of Business Strategy
Toulouse Graduate School of Management (IAE)
Abstract Title: Embedded Entrepreneurship in an emerging industry: the case of entrepreneurs in Japan and French Bio-start up firms
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Eric Jolivet is an Associate Professor of Business Strategy at the Toulouse Graduate School of Management (IAE), University of Toulouse-1-Capitole (France) since 2002. He specialised in the Management of Science and Technology. He obtained his PhD from the University of Aix en Provence with a comparative study on the strategic management of innovation in large steel companies in Japan and France and spent two years as a visiting researchers at the University of Tokyo. He then worked as a researcher at the Ecole des Mines de Paris, Centre for the Sociology of Innovation for several years before he finally joined Toulouse Graduate School of Management in 2001.
Abstract Title: Mining and Refining Nano Minerals
Phil Jones earned his bachelor’s degree in Physics from King’s College, University of London in 1970 and a Ph.D. in Physics (Solid-state properties of synthetic kaolins) from the University of London. In 1975 he joined English China Clays plc . (English China Clays is now a part of Imerys) In 1979 he transferred to ECC International’s lab in Sandersville, Georgia where he progressed to become Vice President, Technology. In this role he built the Imerys Technology Center for studying pigment applications in paper, polymers, paints and ceramics. His work has concentrated on developing and understanding the mechanisms for white mineral pigment performance where pigment characterization and ways of structuring mixed mineral systems have allowed micro and nano-engineering in a range of applications. His current role links the global technology strengths of Imerys to the major paper companies in N America, generating new avenues of business.
He has served 2 terms as a member of the Board of Directors of Tappi (Technical Association of Pulp & Paper Industries), as well as on the Executive Committee, is a Tappi Fellow and past chairman of the Tappi Research Management Committee. and previously on the Board of the Empire State Research Associates at Syracuse NY.
He has been, until recently, Vice-Chairman of the Industry Advisory Board of CPBIS at Georgia Tech (Sloan Center for Paper Business Industry Studies). He is also a member of the Board of Executives of the Institute of Paper Technology (IPST) @ Georgia Tech. He has been a member of the NSF visiting committee to the Nano-fabrication Center at Pennsylvania State University and also on the AF&PA/TAPPI review committee at the Forest Products Lab in Madison WI.
In 2008 he served as an expert panelist for the Canadian Government’s Business-Led Centres of Excellence Program which reviewed the proposal by FP Innovations for a Nanotechnology program. This has since been approved and funded.
In October 2004 he helped organize and co-chaired a workshop on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, which resulted in a roadmap being published in March 2005. In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 he co-chaired the Tappi International Nanotechnology Conference for the Forest Products Industry and is working on the 2010 Conference in conjunction with Scandinavian Nanotechnology initiative. He is Co Chair of the Nanotechnology subcommittee of the Agenda 2020 program at AF&PA and a member of the Consultative Board for Advancing Nanotechnology (CBAN) in the Forest Products Industry which interfaces with Government Agencies such as OSTP, DOE, NSF, USDA and DOD through the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI).
Scotten W. Jones 
President
IC Knowledge LLC
Abstract Title: Cost Modeling of “MEMS Systems”
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Mr. Jones has over 28 years of experience in the semiconductor and MEMS industries, 17 of those in senior management positions. He holds a BS in Physics from the University of Rhode Island, has published over a dozen papers, holds two patents and is the author of several books and book length
reports. His career focus has been on manufacturing and process development.
His responsibilities have included manufacturing, engineering, IT,
technology development, finance and accounting.
Mr. Jones has built or upgraded several wafers fabs and has extensive experience in manufacturing execution systems, cost modeling, IP licensing agreements, outsourcing and foundry relationships. Mr. Jones' positions have includes Vice President and Co-General Manager of a Semiconductor Division, Vice President of Operations at a Semiconductor Company and Vice Presidents of Engineering and Vice President of Operations at a MEMS Company. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the Electrochemical Society and SEMI. Mr. Jones is also listed in the 2010 edition of Who's Who. In addition to serving as President of IC Knowledge, Mr. Jones serves as a Director of the Georgetown Education Foundation.
Esteve Juanola-Feliu 
Innovation Manager - Micro@Nanosystems Engineering Centre
University of Barcelona (CEMIC-UB)
Abstract Title: Market challenges facing academic research in commercialising nano-enabled implantable devices for in-vivo biomedical analysis
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Esteve Juanola-Feliu is innovation manager at the Micro@Nanosystems Engineering Centre of the University of Barcelona (CEMIC-UB). After obtaining his degree in Physics from the UB (1995), he went on to complete a Researcher Proficiency Degree in Engineering, Electronic Materials and Optics (UB, 1997) and a Master in Human Resources Management, majoring in Lifelong Learning and Organization Training (UB, 2002).
His main research interests and activities focus on regional innovation systems, the knowledge-based economy, knowledge ecosystems, urban clusters, adding value to technology and training skills. After a period in the private sector as a R&D engineer, he joined in 1998 the Electronics Department (UB) where worked as a researcher and associate professor. In the 2000 he joined the CEMIC-UB -an interdisciplinary research centre member of the Catalan Innovation Network- which covers the demand for R&D&I in electronics and ICT. He was visiting research fellow at the University of Western Sydney (Australia), University of Montreal (Canada) and LAAS-CNRS laboratory (France). He is author of several scientific articles and chapters in books. He has participated in over 30 Spanish and European research projects as a manager and analyst (2001-2010) fostering the CEMIC-UB technology commercialisation, entrepreneurship culture and spin-off creation.
Wes Jurey
President and CEO
Arlington Chamber of Commerce
Wes Jurey was appointed President and CEO of the Arlington (Texas) Chamber of Commerce October 1, 2001. Recognized nationally as a leader in the “Innovation Economy”, he established the Center for Innovation at Arlington in 2002, as a catalyst for technology based economic development, focused on developing the “commercialization infrastructure and entrepreneurial ecosystem” necessary to support technology led economic development. The Center’s support of the University of Texas at Arlington has enabled their emergence as a nationally recognized research institution. In the past six years, externally funded research has grown from $20 to $66 million annually; invention disclosures from 2 to 60 annually, with 11 companies created; and over $266 million secured to expand research facilities, attracting more than 140 new research oriented faculty.
He previously served as President and CEO of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce from 1990-2001; where he launched the “Paso del Norte Technology Initiative”, focused on developing the resources necessary to support the emergence of technology related jobs and industries in the West Texas region. This included establishment of the Paso del Norte Angel Investor Network, which currently boasts more than 100 member/investors.
He earned his B.A. in Education from Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma, in 1972; is a graduate and former faculty member of the Boy Scouts of America's National Executive Institute; and a Certified Fundraising Practitioner.
His 42 year career in non-profit management began in 1968, and includes the Methodist Church, the Oklahoma Department of Institutions, the YMCA, and the Boy Scouts of America, prior to entering the Chamber profession in 1990.
Selected in 2009 as a Ford Foundation Fellow, he currently serves on the Advisory Boards of the Schools of Business and Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington; the U.S. Department of Labor Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship; Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee for the North Texas Regional Center for Innovation and Commercialization; chair of the North Texas Commission Committee on the Innovation Economy, and Chairman of the Texas Workforce Investment Council.
In 2009 he was one of 25 commissioners appointed by the Business Roundtable to serve on the Springboard Project, which provided recommendations to the Obama administration on workforce development, and was appointed in 2010 to the Council on Competitiveness’ Workforce Advisory Group.
He is active in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, serving as Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, a 501 (c)(3) affiliate of the U.S. Chamber; member of the U.S. Chamber’s Education, Employment and Training Committee; and the Board of Directors of the National Chamber Foundation.
He is a past member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, the Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives, the Texas Association of Business, past chair of the Texas Chamber Metro Cities Council, and co-founder and past president of the North Central Texas Chamber of Commerce Executive Association.
Abstract Title: Directed Energy – Capabilities for the Warfighter-A Government, Industry, Professional Organizations, and Academic Educational Partnership
Ms. Cynthia H. Kaiser is the Chief Engineer of the Directed Energy Directorate of the
Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. With an
annual budget of more than $300 million, the Directorate is responsible for all Air Force
research and development of laser and high power microwave technologies.
The Directorate conducts advanced technology research in support of major
programs such as the Airborne Laser. Ms Kaiser previously served as the
Technical Director and Deputy Director of the Nuclear Weapons Directorate.
Ms Kaiser was born on January 17, 1954 in Wiesbaden, Germany. She began
her career in the Air Force in 1981 as an officer candidate at Officer Training
School at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. In 1989, she left active duty to
become a civilian engineer at the Air Force Flight Test Center, where she
led a talented group of engineers and technicians as the Instrumentation
Branch Chief for the B-2 Combined Test Force. Her dynamic leadership and
technical expertise was directly responsible for the successful initial launch
and testing of the first six B-2 Stealth Bombers. Her diverse background
and expertise includes duties as Chief Engineer, Technical Director, Director
of Engineering, Deputy Director, Division Chief, Supervisory General Engineer,
Director of Systems Engineering, Technical Analysis and Integration Team
Co-lead, Supervisory Electrical Engineer, Commander, Deputy Commander,
Configuration Control Board Chairperson, Engineering Modification
Authority, Program Manager, Instrumentation Branch Chief, Flight Test
Engineer, and Adjunct Professor.
Ms Kaiser resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her husband, Paul A. Kaiser.
They have two adult children.
EDUCATION:
2008 Masters of Business Administration, Management of Technology, University
of NM, Anderson School if Business
1984 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
1981 Post Graduate Work, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ.
1977 Bachelor of Science, Radiology Technology, Fairleigh Dickinson
University, Madison, NJ.
1977 Bachelor of Science, Biology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ.
1977 Associate of Science, Radiology Technology, Fairleigh Dickinson University,
Madison, NJ.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2004 AFRL/DE Quarterly Team Award Winner
2003 Special Act or Service Award
2000 Meritorious Civilian Service Award
2000 Space and Missile Command Nominee to Air Force Material Command
for the Technical and Engineering Management Award
2000 The Airborne Laser Team Member of the Month
2000 The Airborne Laser Team Member of the Month
1995 Exemplary Civilian Service Award
1995 Notable Achievement Award
1995 Special Act or Service Award
1991 Notable Achievement Award
1989 Air Force Achievement Medal
1988 Air Force Commendation Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
APDP Certified Level III Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering, June 23, 2000.
APDP Certified Level III Test and Evaluation, October 7, 1994.
APDP Certified Level I Program Management, October 7, 1994.
Edvard Kälvesten 
COO & Board Member
Silex Microsystems
Abstract Title: Introducing NEW RF-MEMS MET-CAPTM PLATFORM
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Edvard Kälvesten has more than 18 years experience of the MEMS industry. He started his MEMS engagement being MEMS Research Manager at Acreo, a Swedish company. He also held an R&D position at RADI Medical where he developed the worlds smallest blood pressure sensor used for blood pressure measurements in the coronary arteries. This sensor has now been sold in volumes of more than 1 million. He has filed some 20 patents and patent-pending applications. Edvard Kälvesten founded Silex Microsystems in 2000. The company now has more than 70 customers, 130 employee and two fully equipped MEMS fabs (one 6-inch and one 8-inch).
Suleiman K. "Sul" Kassicieh 
Distinguished Professor of Management
Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico
Abstract Title: Programs That Lead To Commercialization And Funding
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Suleiman K. "Sul" Kassicieh is Distinguished Professor of Management and the Anderson School of Management Endowed Chair in Economic Development at the Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico. He is the founder of the Management of Technology program at the Anderson Schools which was ranked in the top 10 in the US (Journal of Product Innovation Management study by Linton). He is the developer of the UNM Business Plan Competition where student teams compete for $40K in annual prizes with a top prize of $25,000.
He consults with a number of national and international organizations in areas such as economic development based on technology, technology commercialization, strategic planning and venture funding. He serves on a number of small high tech company boards. His book "From Lab to Market: Commercialization of Public Sector Technologies" was published in 1994 by Plenum. He has published over 100 technical and management papers in such journals as Operations Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Technology and Engineering Management, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Journal of Technology Transfer and California Management Review. His full vitae is at http://www.mgt.unm.edu/mot/vita/skassicieh.pdf
Dr Trevor Keel
Project Manager - Industrial Applications
World Gold Council
Abstract Title: Gold nanoparticles – from the Lycurgus cup to cutting-edge technology
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Trevor Keel is a project manager in the World Gold Council’s Industrial Sector. He manages a range of research and marketing projects for the council, and has particular interest in the use of gold in the fields of medicine/diagnostics, catalysis and nanotechnology. Previously, Trevor was a principal chemist at the healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline, and he holds a PhD in pharmaceutical nanotechnology and a degree in chemistry.
D. Webster Keogh, Ph.D. 
Lab Director
University Multispectral Laboratories
Abstract Title: Enabling the Next Generation of UAS with Nanosensors
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D. Webster Keogh, Ph.D. (UML, Lab Director) - Dr. Keogh is a skilled leader, technical expert, manager, and business strategist with over 16 years of direct experience as a scientist and executive. His skills have been developed through a set of diverse and unique academic, scientific, and operational experiences. Dr. Keogh is responsible for transitioning analytical, technical and tactical capabilities and resources into business strategies across the consortium.
Prior to forming the TKG consortium, Dr. Keogh was the Deputy Operations Manager and Chief Scientist for Applied Marine Technology, Inc. which was purchased by Science Applications International Corporation. In these roles, Dr. Keogh developed and implemented the strategic direction for the company with specific focus on the scientific, technical, and intelligence analysis programs within the company. He cultivated new strategic business areas; designed new business models to enhance profitability; developed and recruited a new employee base; and built a scientific and analytical infrastructure from the ground floor. During his tenure and assisted by his leadership, the company grew from less than 200 employees with $40 million in revenue to more than 500 employees and $150 million.
Dr. Keogh has also served as Senior Scientific Advisor to the Director and Associate Directors of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology. In 1997 Dr. Keogh was appointed as a technical staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory. While there, he was appointed as the Director of the Glenn T. Seaborg Institute for Transactinium Science. In 2005 and 2006, Dr. Keogh was an appointee to the Joint Commission on Technology and Science of the Commonwealth of Virginia where he served on key advisory committees. Dr. Keogh earned a bachelor of science in chemistry from Saint Joseph’s University 1992 and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1996.
Michelle Khine 
Assistant Professor
UC Irvine
Abstact Title: Think Big then shrink
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Abstract Title: Print and shrink: a new strategy for printable electronics?
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Michelle is currently an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at UC Irvine and scientific founder of Shrink Nanotechnologies (Carlsbad, Ca; Nasdaq:INKN). She was an Assistant & Founding Professor at UC Merced (‘06-’09). Michelle received her BS and MS from UC Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering (’99 and ’01, respectively) and her PhD under Luke P Lee in Bioengineering (’05) from UC Berkeley and UCSF. She co-founded Fluxion Biosciences (South San Francisco, Ca) while in graduate school. Michelle was the recipient of the TR35 Award and named one of Forbes ’10 Revolutionaries’ in 2009.
Donna K. Kidwell 
Program Manager
IC2 Institute’s Global Commercialization Programs
The University of Texas in Austin
Abstract Title: From Functional Leader To Knowledge Broker – The Role And Practices Of Principle Investigators In Nanotechnology
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Donna K. Kidwell is a doctoral candidate at the Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM).
Her research areas are in the processes of commercialization of science and technology, new venture creation, the role of entrepreneurial activities in the commercialization process, and the cultural contexts of entrepreneurship and innovation that impact the commercialization process. She is particularly interested in nanotechnologies and virtual world/video gaming.
She is also the Program Manager with the IC2 Institute’s Global Commercialization Programs at The University of Texas in Austin. She directs the UT – Gyeonggi Innovation Program U.S. activities, a program sponsored by Governor Kim Moon-soo to develop small to medium enterprises in the Gyeonggi Province. She engages in technology assessment, manages innovation competitions, conducts entrepreneurial training and develops market entry strategies with participants of the program. With IC2, she developed a training curriculum and program for developing effective technology transfer capabilities in emerging regions. She has worked with GCG programs in Egypt, Mexico, Hungary, India and Korea.
She has had a role as an international technology and software consultant for nearly 20 years and has worked with clients in oil & gas, semiconductors, and non-profits organizations. Prior to joining the IC2 Institute, she was the Technology Innovations Director for Keller Williams Realty, International, the third largest residential real estate company in North America. She worked with the executive team to develop technology roadmaps for the franchise and directed the R&D team.
She is the co-founder of the League of Technology Voters, which seeks to use technology to bring visibility to policy and legislation, and the former President of Her Domain, Austin, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting women in science and technology based careers. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Science, Technology Engineering and Math High School in Manor, TX.
BRUCE A. KIRCHHOFF, Ph.D. 
Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Abstract Title: The Contribution Of Small Business Research To Economic Policy In The U.S.
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Abstract Title: What Job Creation Research Means to Public Policy Today
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Bruce A. Kirchhoff is Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Technological Entrepreneurship Program at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ. His prior credentials include service as Chief Economist for the U.S. Small Business Administration, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Director of Research in Babson College's Entrepreneurship Center. Dr. Kirchhoff earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Utah where he also earned an MBA. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Case Institute of Technology.
His book, Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capitalism, The Economics of Business Firm Formation and Growth (Prager, 1994), describes how entrepreneurship contributes to economic growth. Prior to receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Kirchhoff spent seven years in sales and marketing and three years as area manager of international operations for Envirotech Corporation. He has served on the faculties of Chalmers Institute of Technology – Sweden; Jonkoping International Business School – Sweden; Fairleigh Dickinson University; Babson College, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Purdue University; and California Polytechnic University.
Mikhail E. Kozlov, Ph.D,
Research Scientist 
NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas
Abstract Title: Carbon Nanotube Assemblies for Energy Conversion and Storage
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Abstract Title: Carbon Nanotube Assemblies for Sound Generation and Heat Dissipation
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Mikhail E. Kozlov, Ph.D, Research Scientist at the NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas. He is an expert in nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, nano-diamond, graphene and their emerging industrial applications. He is involved in development of novel electro-mechanical actuators, photo- and thermo-acoustic transducers, supercapacitors, carbon nanotube fibers, sensors, advanced composites. He has over 20 years of experience in the area of materials and advanced instrumentation design. Prior to joining NanoTech Institute, Dr. Kozlov was a member of the technical staff of the R&D Division, JDS Uniphase Corporation in NJ. In 1998-2001 he was affiliated with the R&D Center of Honeywell Inc in Morristown, NJ, where he worked on novel carbon materials and diverse photonic systems.
HONORS: Nanotech Briefs' Nano 50 Award in Technology category (2007), five Awards of Scientific Fellowships by Japanese Scientific Agencies (1993-1996). PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS: 85 publications and 11 Patents.
Narendra Lakamraju 
MEMS engineer
Arizona state University
Abstract Title: Peak shock detection sensor system fabricated on a flexible substrate
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Narendra Lakamraju is a MEMS engineer with a PhD and Masters from Arizona State University and Bachelors from Bangalore University, India. He has been working in the design and fabrication of MEMS sensors for several years including MEMS switches, transportation shock sensor and sensors on flexible substrates to add functionality to flexible displays being tested by the Army. Patents have been applied for some sensor designs developed for flexible substrates. He has presented his work in several international conferences and received the best graduate research paper in IMAPS 2005 for work on a “Bi-stable RF MEMS switch with low actuation voltage”.
Troy Lapsys 
CEO
Incitor Incorporated
Abstract Title: Chemical vat for assembly of nanoscale devices
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Troy Lapsys has over 15 years of experience leading high-technology businesses, ranging from enterprise software to VoIP operations. At New Mexico Software as President of the Server Division, he reinitiated the enterprise division, generating a new distribution and reseller network. Prior to New Mexico Software, he served as VP of Business Development for NextDay Networks, Inc., a virtual distributor of computer and electronics products, opening new affinity markets to rapidly grow revenue. Founding and serving as CEO for Danu Technology, Inc., a company offering VoIP and ISP services in the Philippines, he led telecommunications termination services across the Pacific Rim. He also has held the position of CIO for Device Dynamics, Inc., a global semiconductor manufacturing outsource company. As chief technology officer with eMedius, Inc., he led an international development team of more than 100 engineers to design the first demand chain management platform for OEM sourcing of semiconductor products. Lapsys holds a B.A. from Stanford University and is a Masters in Software Engineering candidate from the Rabb School at Brandeis University.
Ron Lawes
Director
MiniFAB
Abstract Title: Large Scale Manufacturing Tolerances with LIGA
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Abstract Title: Cost Analysis - An Essential Tool for MEMS Design and Manufacture
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Ron Lawes retired as Director of Engineering at the Rutherford Appleton and Daresbury Laboratories, CCLRC in 2003. A key responsibility was Head of the Central Microstructure Facility, which he founded in 1977 and developed into a major centre of excellence for new microtechnology and nanoscience.
He is currently a Director of MiniFAB, a bio-orientated MEMS company in Australia and of SSTRIC, a commercial spin-out from Edinburgh University specializing in MEMS R&D for industry.
He maintains his academic interests as Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London and Birmingham University and through lectures at various other UK universities.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a Chartered Engineer and a chartered Physicist.
MANCEF Contributions
Prof. Lawes was the organizing chair of COMS 2001 in Oxford, England. He was a Chapter leader on the 1st Edition MANCEF International Micro Nano Roadmap and a member of the Education Committee. He has served on the Technical Committee for each COMS meeting since 2001. Prof Lawes is currently an Associate VP – Africa and Europe.
Professor Richard Leach
BSc MSc PhD CPhys CSci FInstP FIoN
Principal Research Scientist
Mass & Dimensional Group
Engineering Measurement Division
National Physical Laboratory
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Abstract Title: Problems remaining in micro-CMM probing research
Education
· BSc 1989 Applied Physics with Microelectronics and Computing (Kingston University)
• MSc 1994 Industrial Measurement Systems (Brunel University)
• PhD 2000 Surface metrology (University of Warwick)
• Fellow of the Institute of Physics
• Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology
I hold the position of Principal Research Scientist in the Mass & Dimensional Group, Engineering Measurement Division. This role involves project leadership, staff mentoring, project formulation and knowledge transfer. I am currently the lead scientist on three BIS National Measurement System Engineering Measurement Programme projects: areal surface texture and structured surfaces metrology, development of low force transfer artefacts and probes for micro-coordinate measuring machines. I am also lead scientist on projects funded by BIS Measurement for Innovators (MfI), EPSRC and EU. I am the Measurement Service Manager for the Engineering Nanometrology Measurement Service at NPL.
Dr. YC Lee 
Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Director
DARPA Center on Nanoscale Science and Technology for Integrated Micro/Nano-Electromechanical Transducers (iMINT) at the University of Colorado - Boulder
Abstract Title: Atomic Layer Deposition for Li-Ion Batteries
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Dr. Lee is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of DARPA Center on Nanoscale Science and Technology for Integrated Micro/Nano-Electromechanical Transducers (iMINT) at the University of Colorado - Boulder. iMINT’s research activities include 1) design, fabrication and testing of atomic layer deposition(ALD)/molecular layer deposition(MLD)-enabled inorganic/organic multilayers; 2) 3-D, all solid state embedded Li-ion batteries; 3) defect-free GaN nanowires; 4) wafer-scale integration of graphene switches; 5) flexible thermal ground planes; and 6) micro cryocoolers. Dr. Lee is also the Administrative Director of the university’s Nanomaterials Characterization Facility. He was the Chair of ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) from 2004 to 2005.
From 1993 to 2002, he had been an Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Packaging of Microwave, Optical and Digital Electronics, University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to joining the University in 1989, he was a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Dr. Lee was an Associated Editor of ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging from 2001 to 2004 and a Guest Editor for IEEE Transaction on Advanced Packaging in 2003, 2005 and 2007.
He has received several awards listed below: 1) ASME Fellow, December 2002; 2) Presidential Young Investigator (National Science Foundation, 1990); 3) Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (SME, 1992); 4) Outstanding Paper Award (IEEE-ECTC, 1991); 5) Outstanding Paper Award (ASME J. of Electronic Packaging, 1993); 6) Poster Session Best Paper Award (Govern. Micro. Appli. Conf., 1988); 7) Visiting Researcher Scholarship Program (Fujitsu Labs. LTD, 1998); 8) IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging Honorable Mention Paper Award, 2003; 9) GOMACTech-03 Meritorious Paper Award, Govern. Micro. Appli. Conf, 2003; 10) CU-ME Woodward Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award, 2005-2006; 11) Team of the Year Award, Teledyne Scientific Company, 2007; and 12) ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division’s Mechanics Award in 2007.
Henry Leon 
CEO & Chairman CREATE Tech Village Corporation
COO of Aidan Capital Management, LLC
COO of Aidan Capital Management, LLC and Principal of DIAP Consulting Group. His tenure in real estate development is reflective in over 25 years of extensive focus on land development for big scale mixed-use (World Trade Centers) and business implementation of Technology Innovation properties (Tech Parks) through a US-B2B gateway consortium. His roles and responsibilities include business definition and negotiation advice (public-private), strategic planning, debt restructuring (seed capital and bridge loans for developing countries), marketing & feasibility studies, architecture master planning and project management. Business operations include structuring high experienced teams (Silicon Valley & China) to support and implement successful initiatives through long term relationships within B2BTech Trade Clusters for Innovation and Productiveness. Affairs financed through public-private agreements or grants with Latin America governments agencies for competitiveness and development. Henry received his BS in Architecture from the Architecture School of the Piloto University in Bogota. He is citizen and licensed to practice architecture in Colombia and Chile and is recognize for his work which resulted in improved economy within the regions of his projects; fluent in Spanish and conversational in Portuguese & Italian. Henry is on the Board of Directors, Instituzione Leonardo da Vinci in Colombia, and an active member of the Club Italiano di Bogota in Colombia, the AIA international committee and the Schools of the Sacred Heart (SHHS) class captain and golf committee in San Francisco. He is a devoted father and husband with young children at home, sometimes basketball coach and basketball star playing with an adult group, and skilled golfer.
Dr. Leanna Levine 
Founder
ALine Inc.
Dr. Levine, founder, of ALine, Inc. is an entrepreneur, technologist, and inventor. She founded ALine in 2003, and has since grown the business through focused attention to the needs of the Life Science and In vitro diagnostic markets. She conceived and developed ALine’s unique and proprietary enabling fabrication platform that permits rapid prototyping and volume manufacture of complex microfluidic and lab on a chip devices. This has significantly lowered the cost of product development and enables the use of complex, higher functionality devices that are robust and disposable.
Prior to founding ALine, Dr. Levine was involved in the development of bioanalytical technology to support life science research. She has 9 years experience in Monsanto's corporate R&D where her lab lead the industry in the application of fluorescence polarization for high throughput screening of enzyme targets, leading to a patent. In 1998 she joined Spectrum Laboratories as Director of Manufacturing and Product Development. During her tenure at Spectrum she developed a novel fabrication method for hollow fiber membranes, and improved the manufacture of Spectrum's hollow fiber membrane products. In 2001, she became Director of Applications Development at Nanostream, leading an effort to develop a microfluidic product for the life sciences laboratory for which she is a co-inventor.
Dr. Levine earned her PhD at Washington University, St. Louis (1986), and her BS in Biochemistry and BA in German from the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (1982). In 2003 she was a visiting scholar at the UCLA Anderson School of Business. In 2000 she was the chair of the Gordon Conference on Bioanalytical Sensors. She is the co-author on a dozen publications, and several patents.
Bruce R.Y. Lin 
PhD candidate
Graduate School of Management, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Abstract Title: Exploring Research Fronts of the Potential Ethic Issues Caused by Nanotechnology : An Integrated Approach
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Bruce R.Y. Lin is a PhD candidate (Graduate School of Management, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan) working on technology assessment / forecasting of emerging technologies, especially in flat panel display, nanotechnology and renewable energy related fields. As an industrial technology researcher, he led different kind of R&D projects to develop passive electronics, solar cell, LiFePO4 battery and OLED technologies for a couple of world-class companies over the past two decades. Currently, he is also a R&D director of Delta Electronics, Inc.
Kevin Linker 
Senior Engineer
Sandia National Laboratories
Abstract Title: Trace Explosives Detection: Using the MicroHoundTM System to Exploit Characteristics of Explosives
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Kevin Linker is a Senior Engineer within Sandia National Laboratories’ Contraband Detection Department. He has been with Sandia for twenty nine years and involved during the last fifteen years in the development of technologies for the detection of explosives for security needs. He was project leader and mechanical engineer responsible for the development of a trace personnel explosives detection portal for the Transportation Security Administration. Kevin developed the underlying sampling and preconcentration technologies widely used in the trace detection of explosives. Kevin holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a registered professional engineer. He is a recipient of several awards recognizing his work in explosives detection. Kevin holds fourteen patents; twelve relating to explosives detection.
Jonathan D. Linton holds a Ph.D. in Management Science, Schulich School of Business, York University. He is also a registered professional engineer. Dr. Linton is the Power Corporation Professor for the Management of Technological Enterprises at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. His research focuses on operational concerns associated with emerging technologies and close loop supply chains. His research articles have appeared in/ IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Interfaces, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Product Innovation Management, R&D Management, Nature Materials, Technological Forecasting and Social Change /and in a number of other refereed publications and books. Dr. Linton is the Editor-in-Chief of /Technovation: The Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technology Management /(2009 Impact Factor = 1.9). He is on the Editorial Board of /IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management/ and /Technological Forecasting and Social Change/. Prior to joining academe, he spent a number of years working as an employee of and consultant to a number of firms in technology intensive industries.
Miriam Luizink 
Technical-Commercial Director
MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology
Since 2006 Miriam Luizink holds the position of technical-commercial director of MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, since 2007 she is also director of High Tech Factory, a shared production facility for micro- and nanotech based companies.
Miriam Luizink graduated in Applied Physics at the University of Twente in 1998. From 1996 until 1998 Miriam worked at Akzo Nobel Central Research on the topic of optical switches. From 1998 until 2001 she worked at the Dutch Telecom company KPN on optical network innovations; at first as researcher in the Netherlands followed by a two-year period as consultant in Costa Rica. From 2002 till 2006 she worked as project manager for regional economic development at Development Agency East Netherlands.
Miriam Luizink is member of:
- the valorization platform of NanoNed, the Dutch research and innovation program on nanotechnology;
- the steering committee NanoLab NL, the national nanotech facility and consortium;
- the board of MinacNed, the Dutch association for micro- and nanotechnology.
Mr. Joseph Mallon 
Stanford University
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Joseph R. Mallon, Jr., received a B.S. In Science cum laude from the Fairleigh Dickinson University, and an MBA in Management, Marketing and New Venture from California State University Hayward. From 1965 to 1985 Mr. Mallon was Vice President of Engineering for Kulite Semiconductor Products, one of the earliest MEMS sensor companies. From 1985 to 1993 he was Co-President, COO, Co-Founder and Director of NovaSensor, a venture funded Silicon Valley firm that helped establish MEMS as a widely known and commercial technology. Mr. Mallon was Chairman and CEO of Measurement Specialties, a publicly traded sensor manufacturer, from 1995 until 2002. Currently he is studying and doing research at Stanford University along with his position as CEO of axept. Mr. Mallon is a pioneer in MEMS technology with forty-five patents and over sixty technical papers and presentations.
Dr. Mary Ann Maher
Chief Executive Officer
SoftMEMS
Abstract Title: Computer Aided Design for Packaging, Electronics and MEMS
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Abstract Title: MEMS Testing Challenges and Virtual Testing
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Mary Ann Maher is the CEO of SoftMEMS LLC. She received her B.S. degree (1982) from Penn State University in Computer Science, and her Ph.D. degree (1989) from Caltech in the area of semiconductor device modeling. She subsequently conducted post- doctoral studies at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) in Neuchatel, Switzerland, where she studied analog memories and low-power analog ICs with on-chip sensors for artificial vision applications. Joining Tanner Research in 1992, she began the simulation and modeling group and launched Tanner’s T-Spice analog circuit simulator product, the MEMS Pro Microsystems, and MCM Pro multi-chip module and packaging design tool suites. She moved to MEMSCAP in 1999 as an Executive Vice President and became the company’s CTO in 2001. She founded SoftMEMS LLC in 2004. Her research interests include analog and low power circuits, MEMS, IC and packaging design tools and modeling and simulation of physical systems.
Abstract Title: Leagues And Clusters In NANOTECHNOLOGIES: Towards A New Organization Of S&T
Abstract Title: Large Players In The Nanogame : Major Investments Or Option Takers?
Vincent Mangemantin is a professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM). His researches analyze the dynamics of knowledge creation and circulation in high tech industries and the related strategies of organizations involved in knowledge production. His main fields of expertise are emerging industries like biotech and nanotechnologies.
Abstract Title: MEMS-Based Chemical Analysis Systems Development at Sandia National Labs
Ron Manginell, Ph.D., is a Principal Member of the Technical team in the Integrated Microdevice Systems Department. He has worked at Sandia since 1995 on microsensors, microfabrication and microanalytical systems and has 20 patents. The last thirteen years have focused on microanalytical systems for the detection of chemical agents, explosives, and toxic chemicals. Here the emphasis was on micro gas chromatographs (GC), preconcentrators, microvalves and a variety of sensors, primarily ionization and resonator based, but also micro mass spectrometers. Ron has developed microfluidics and control systems for biological applications, including cell, antibody, DNA and protein capture and control systems. Physical micro sensor work includes photovoltaic fabrication, radiation detection and the development of a micro AC power standard that is now in use in calibration of measurement equipment. Ron was a key member of the SnifferSTAR program, a 2003 R&D100 Award winner, and the SNL MicroChemLab team. He has been the principal investigator on numerous internal and external R&D programs, a successful MEMS commercialization effort with General Electric, and leads the fabrication efforts in a variety of WFO programs such as the DARPA Micro Gas Analyzer.
Jim Mason is the Vice President for Technology Initiatives for the State Chamber of Oklahoma and is one of the founding members of the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative (ONI) in 2003 and since 2005 has been the Executive Director.
He coordinates the annual NanoFocus Conference and the “Speaking of Nano” series for the ONI. The ONI is charged with serving as the clearinghouse of information on nanotechnology for the academic, business, industrial, and financial communities in Oklahoma by the Oklahoma legislature. Mason developed and maintains the ONI website www.oknano.com.
Jim also coordinates the Oklahoma Technology Council and serves as an advocate and lobbyist for technology issues at the Oklahoma legislature. The statewide Technology Council meets quarterly and its website is www.oktechcouncil.com.
Jim received two bachelors’ degrees from Panhandle State University, a Masters Degree from Oklahoma State University (OSU), and has completed his coursework toward a doctorate at OSU. He has also completed additional advanced education from The University of Colorado, The University of Oklahoma, and Southern Methodist University.
He is a 29-year Chamber Management professional, having served as Chamber CEO/President in Cushing, Chickasha, and Stillwater prior to taking the position as Vice President – Technology Initiatives at The State Chamber of Oklahoma.
He is certified as a Chamber of Commerce Executive (CCE), Economic Developer (CEcD), Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP), a teacher and an educational psychologist. He has been honored as Economic Development Professional of the Year and as Chamber Executive of the Year by his peers.
Dr. Maxwell, a recognized expert in domestic and international science and technology policy, is currently the Executive Director and CEO of the Bi-National Sustainability Laboratory (BNSL), a non-profit focused on business creation and sustainable innovation-based economic development in the border region. From 1999 to 2005 Dr. Maxwell was Vice President for Research and Sponsored Projects at the University of Texas at El Paso responsible for the policies and directions of the University’s diverse research portfolio that nearly doubled during this period to more than $185 million. Previously (1990-98), he worked for the U.S. State Department as an Environment, Science and Technology Counselor serving at U.S. Embassies in Buenos Aires, New Delhi and Mexico City and earned citations for his efforts on non-proliferation and science cooperation. He was also a senior Staff Science Consultant for the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives (1977-90) and an associate professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Central University of Venezuela (1972-77). A graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso (BSc) and Stanford University (MS & PhD), Dr. Maxwell is married to Sandra Martorelli Maxwell and has four adult children. He is fluent in Spanish and enjoys dancing, running, skiing and flying among many other activities.
Robert Mehalso, Ph.D. 
President
Microtech Associates Inc.
Abstract Title: Impact Of The Global Economy On
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Dr. Robert Mehalso is internationally recognized for his pioneering and innovative approaches to the commercialization of micro/nano/biosystems – integrating the development of manufacturing approaches, the building of infrastructures, and the delivery of products to the marketplace. His focus on commercialization of micro/ nano/biosystems in the automotive, medical, and communications industries has enabled new products that include fuel-injection systems, ink-jet printheads, optical and wireless telecommunication devices, the CD ROM, various medical diagnostic devices, and sensing systems.
Dr. Mehalso founded and built the world’s first corporation dedicated to the commercialization of micro/nano/biosystems and has subsequently been involved in founding over a dozen micro/nano/biosystems companies. He was a co-founder of Ardesta, the first micro/nano/biosystems venture fund, and Small Times Media.
Dr. Mehalso has held senior management positions at RCA Corp, Xerox Corp, DT Industries, and several entrepreneurial companies. He provides advisory support to industries, universities, and governments internationally on the development of micro/nano/biosystems commercialization strategy. He has been a strategic advisor to over one hundred companies on the commercialization and business development of micro/nano/biosystems.
Dr. Mehalso holds a B.S. in Ceramic Science from The Pennsylvania State University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a University Fellow of The Pennsylvania State University and Rensselaer. Dr. Mehalso continues to lecture widely and serves on advisory boards of several academic and financial institutions, on the boards of several companies, and on
the Executive Board of MANCEF.
Dr. Peter Merz 
Project manager, MEMS development and industrialization
Fraunhofer ISIT
Abstract Title: Dual-Use of 8 inch MEMS line for R&D and production
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Dr. Peter Merz was born in Switzerland in 1972. He received the M.Eng. (Dipl.-Ing.) in materials science from the University of Kiel in October 1997. He awarded his PhD in 2003 on the development and replication of microstructures in different materials.
From 1998 on he has been working for Fraunhofer ISIT within the project management on the development and industrialization of MEMS products like sensors, through-silicon vias or micro optical components. He was technical leader for the ISIT / SensorDynamics joint development of the MEMS process platform PSM-X2 (Polysilicon Surface Micromachining process platform for vacuum-packaged sensors) which succeeded to bring the first inertial MEMS combi sensor on the market. He holds broad experience within complex process industrialization and transfer from prototype phase to volume production according to VDA 6.3 and ISO/TS 16949 as well as management of the production part approval process (PPAP). In 2009 he founded the MEMS Foundry Itzehoe as a spin-off enterprise from Fraunhofer.
Mr. Martin Mesmer 
Business development
Concentrix Solar
Mr. Martin Mesmer is a flat panel displays and photovoltaics (PV) technologist with 15 years of experience in the PV- industry. His focus has been system integration and power saving technologies for flat panel displays, as well as technology analysis of PV startups for companies such as Intel Capital.
Currently he is responsible for business development at Concentrix Solar, a manufacturer of triple junction (III-V) semiconductor based CPV (Concentrated PV) systems.
Mr. Hugh D. Miller 
CEO
Solidus Technologies, Inc
Abstract Title: Testing Dynamic Performance of Capacitive MEMS Sensors at Wafer Level
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Ron Miller
Imprint Lithography Business Development Manager and External R&D Programs Manager
EV Group
Abstract Title: Moving Microfluidics into High Volume Manufacturing
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Ron Miller has over 12 years experience in the semiconductor equipment and materials space in both large and small company environments. He has been with EV Group for nearly six years starting off in technical sales. Currently he serves two roles at EVG with world-wide responsibilities – Imprint Lithography Business Development Manager and External R&D Programs Manager. In the latter role, Ron directs EVG activities relating to universities and start-up companies, to include R&D and intellectual property development. He has co-authored numerous technical papers and articles focusing on imprint lithography equipment and processes and serves as the Chairman of the NILCOM Consortium. Ron has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Senior Technologist
Abstract Title: A Wireless Seismic Sensing Network Enabled by HP MEMS Inertial Sensors
Don Milligan is a senior researcher in the Emerging Technology Group in the Technology Development Operations Unit in Corvallis, Oregon. Since 2005, Don has been the Lead Project Engineer of the MEMS inertial sensor development team in Corvallis. This group is developing a MEMS inertial sensing platform along with researchers at HP Labs in Palo Alto, CA. In addition to very low noise accelerometers for seismic sensing, the team has developed 3-axis accelerometers and gyroscopes. Other MEMS technology development projects Don has worked on include atomic resolution storage devices, photonic crystal light emitters and thermal ink jet print heads. He holds 13 MEMS related patents. Don received an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Engineering Physics from The Ohio State University. Prior to joining HP in 1990, he worked in semiconductor process development at National Semiconductor and Intel Corporation.
Jeffrey K. Mills, Ph.D., Esq. 
Senior Associate
Fanelli Strain & Haag PLLC
Abstract Title: Preparing for Due Diligence: Getting your IP House in Order
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Jeffrey K. Mills, Ph.D. is a senior associate with Fanelli Strain & Haag PLLC, whose practice focuses on nanotechnology, pharmaceutical, drug delivery, biotechnology and medical device matters. He also has experience in clean technologies, including fuel cells and solar technology. He has extensive legal experience in patent prosecution, licensing, due diligence and opinion work, as well as experience in litigation support and interference proceedings.
Dr. Mills has presented at international meetings on nanotechnology-related legal topics including freedom-to-operate, enablement and obviousness issues facing innovators in this technical area. He has also published and presented extensively in the areas of drug delivery and biological materials characterization.
Dr. Mills graduated from Duke University (B.S.E. in biomedical engineering; certificate in genetics) and received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and materials science, also from Duke University. He received his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School, with honors. Dr. Mills is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in Virginia and the District of Columbia.
José Mireles Jr., Ph.D. 
Professor of the Electrical and Computing Department
Institute of Engineering and Technology of the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ)
Dr. Mireles is currently a Professor of the Electrical and Computing Department of the Institute of Engineering and Technology of the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Research Professor of the Electrical Engineering Dept. of the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), and Adjunct Professor of the Electrical and Computing Department of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Dr. Mireles is member of the National Research System in Mexico, and the IEEE
societies: CSS, RAS, IM, SMC, EDS, SSC. He is listed in the Strathmore's Who's Who 2002 and 2003.
Professor Mireles is co-author of book "Manufacturing Systems Control
Design: A Matrix-based Approach," which book is based on his dissertation work at UTA; he has three book chapters on Manufacturing on Discrete Event Systems (DES), twelve Journal papers and many conference proceedings publications as main author. His most current publications in Journals and conferences are mainly in the areas of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) in the Packaging and Design of MEMS devices, which are his main areas of interest.
He is currently leading in his institution two important projects for Mexico:
- Co-Principal Investigator: C. Lira, J. Mireles, J. López De Cárdenas "Fracturamiento Hidráulico de Pozos Utilizando Materiales Inteligentes", International and interinstitutional collaborative project funded by the SENER-CONACyT Mexico, $135,120,000.00 MX funding. 2010-2013. Summary of this Project to be presented in this Conference.
- Co-Principal Investigator: H. Estrada, J. Mireles, L. Villa, R.
Murphy, A. Torres, P. Garcia "Establecimiento de un Programa Nacional para el Diseño y Fabricación de Prototipos MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems)", interinstitutional Project funded by the FORDECyT program from CONACyT Mexico, $21,980,000.00 MX.
2009-2011. The main purpose of this Project is to edecate more people in Mexico about MEMS, and establish laboratory infrastructure.
Jeff Myers is a founding shareholder of, and Registered Patent Attorney with Peacock Myers, P.C., a law firm devoted to intellectual property practice. Jeff received a B.S. cum laude in Mathematics from Marietta College, an M.S. in
Computer Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a J.n. cum
laude from the University of Wisconsin. Jeff is admitted to the New Mexico and
Colorado Bars. Jeff's areas of practice are: (1) U.S. and international patent
protection of computer and optical chemical inventions; (2) federal, state, and
international protection of trademarks by search, registration applications, and
internet domain name registrations; and (3) U.S. and international copyright
protection, particularly of computer software. Jeff belongs to the American
Intellectual Property Law Association and to the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.
Peacock Myers, P.C. is a full-service intellectual property law firm (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, and litigation). Peacock Myers represents major universities, government agencies, federal laboratories, venture capital companies, and any start-up to large corporations and individuals involved in all phases of intellectual property protection, licensing and commercialization, general business law, and enforcement. Science/technology areas include materials science, biotech, optics,
electronics and electrical engineering, computers, chemical, mechanical and
Mike Nelson 
Senior Vice President, Engineering
NanoInk, Inc.
Abstract Title: Bio-Nano Convergence: Manufacturing with Biomolecules
Abstract Title: The NanoProfessor Nanoscience Education Program – Providing Undergraduate Students a Hands-on Education for Nanotech Jobs
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As the Senior Vice President, Engineering at NanoInk, Mike Nelson directs the science and engineering teams that develop hardware and software systems used for nanotechnology research and nanomanufacturing. In addition to new product design and development, he also manages several of the operational aspects of NanoInk’s business including manufacturing, quality and information technology. Over the eight years since NanoInk was founded as a spin-out from Northwestern University, products and services supporting four independent business units have been developed and brought to market. Mike is both a member of the executive management team at NanoInk, and an individual technical contributor and co-inventor on many of NanoInk’s patents.
Prior to joining NanoInk, Mike served as the Senior Vice President, Engineering at Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. At Molecular Diagnostics, Mike directed the design and development of in-vitro diagnostic screening systems to assist in the early detection of cancer. Other previous assignments include Vice President, Systems Development for AccuMed International, Inc., Director of Technology for Caremark, Director of Systems Engineering for Baxter International and Director of Engineering for the Perkin-Elmer Corporation. He earned his undergraduate degree in Biology from St. Mary’s University in Minnesota, and MS in Computer Science and MBA degrees from DePaul University in Chicago.
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