Past Events

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April 25, 2025

Quantum Science and Technology with Rare Earth Ions and Nano-Photonics

Prof. Andrei Faraon

William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

April 18, 2025

Designing Magnetic Manipulation at the Nanoscale

Prof. Amal El-Ghazaly

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University

April 4, 2025

Epitaxial Integration of Dissimilar Semiconductors for Infrared Optoelectronics

Prof. Kunal Mukherjee

Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

March 21, 2025

New Dimensions in Phase Contrast Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Prof. Colin Ophus

Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

March 14, 2025

A Tutorial on the Confluence of Photonics and Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Young-Kai Chen

Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Coherent

March 7, 2025

Career Insights: Accelerating R&D with Industrial Problem Solving

Dr. Chris Olsen

Managing Director, Front End Products (FEP) Group, Applied Materials

February 28, 2025

DRAM – Challenges and Opportunities

Dr. Siwoo Lee

Executive Vice President, DRAM Path Finding, Samsung Semiconductor Inc.

February 7, 2025

Foundry Enabled Chip-Scale Photonics Technology and Applications

Prof. Yeshaiahu Fainman

Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego

January 31, 2025

Optical Mode Engineering in Semiconductor Diode Lasers

Prof. Kent Choquette

Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

December 6, 2024

Commercial Microelectronics for Defense Applications

Victoria Coleman

CEO & Head of Research and Technology for North America, Acubed (Airbus Silicon Valley Innovation Center)

November 22, 2024

Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and Efficient World

Sebastian Fernández

Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

November 14, 2024

2024 Fall Workshop and Technical Advisory Board Meeting

November 1, 2024

Assembly and Direct Deposition Manufacturing Research for Complexity and Sustainability

Eugene Chow

October 25, 2024

Data-Comm for Artificial Intelligence

Adit Narasimha

Vice President of Emerging Technologies, Astera Labs

October 11, 2024

Quantum Error Correction Below the Surface Code Threshold

Julian Kelly

Quantum Hardware, Google Quantum AI

October 4, 2024

A Path to On-Chip Scalable Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits: Spatially Ordered Mesa Top Single Quantum Dots

Anupam Madhukar

Nanostructure Materials and Devices Laboratory, University of Southern California

September 27, 2024

3D Integration of 2D Devices for Advanced Memory, Logic, and Bio-inspired Computing

Saptarshi Das

Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University

September 20, 2024

Achieving Optical Transparency in Live Tissues with Absorbing Molecules

Mark Brongersma

Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

September 19, 2024

Strain-Engineered van der Waals Materials for Deformable Electronics

SungWoo Nam

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Irvine

September 13, 2024

Defect-Engineered Photonic and Superconducting Quantum Circuits

Alp Sipahigil

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley

May 16, 2024

Spring 2024 Workshop