TEXMEMS IX
September 17th, 2007
Texas Tech University
Schedule (revised 08/31/07)
7:30 - 11:30 am Registration
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast [Sponsored by MicroFAB]
8:30 - 8:45 am Welcome
TTU College of Engineering Dean Pamela Eibeck
TEXMEMS IX Chair Tim Dallas, Texas Tech University
Session I: Digital Micromirror Devices and Applications [8:45 - 10:00 am]
Invited Talk I: Patrick Oden
Texas Instruments
"Smoke & Micro-Mirrors": DLP Products MOEMS - A Case Study in Massively Paralleled Systems to Fool the Human Brain
Daniel Bullock, Toni Sauncy, and Tim Dallas
Angelo State University
Holographic Data Storage with a Digital Micromirror Device
K.C. Pan and P. I. Oden
Texas Instruments
Characterizing Micro Mirror Array Structural Dynamics Using Laser Doppler Vibrometry
Sue Gong
Texas Instruments
Innovative DMD Pixel Architectures
Break I: Sponsored by Coventor [10:00 - 10:15 am]
Session II: Patterning, Packaging, and Assembly [10:15 am - 12:00 pm]
Invited Talk II: C. Grant Willson
University of Texas - Austin
Multilayer Structures by Imprint Lithography
Jung Moo Hong
Texas A&M University
Contact Printing of Micro Arrays with Variable Pixel Size and Density Using a New Micromachined PDMS Tip Array Stamp
Brandon Weeks
Texas Tech University
Dip-Pen Nanolithography
Manuel Carreon
Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
Fixtures and Preparations for Optical Fiber Interfacing and Assembly
Cody Moody
Raytheon Advanced Product Center
Wafer Level Hermetic Packaging Using In-Au and Au-Sn Metallic Layers
Juan Luis Ibarra Dominguez and Jose Mireles Garcia
Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
Bonding Alternative to Increment the Initial Capacitance in an Accelerometer Fabricated with PolyMUMPS Process
Lunch: Sponsored by Texas Instruments
Session III: Devices and Applications [1:15 - 2:45 pm]
Mike Baker
Sandia National Laboratories
Design and Reliability of a MEMS Thermal Rotary Actuator
Sung-Hoon Cho
University of Texas - Dallas
A new SU8-based Grooved Microelectrode Array for Improved Extracellular Recording
Karthik Colinjivadi
University of Texas - Dallas
Polymer Chopstick Gripper for Repeatable Cell Manipulation
Murat Yapici
Texas A&M University
Magnetic Micro-Manipulation of Biocompatible Droplets
A. Garcia-Uribe
Texas A&M University
Non-Invasive Skin Cancer Classification Using a New Micromachined Oblique Incidence Reflectometry (OIR) Probe
Jung-Moo Hong
Texas A&M University
Novel Micromachined Shadow Mask Techniques with Self Alignment Capability
Break II: Sponsored by LEEDS and Crockett Southwest [2:45 - 3:00 pm]