MTL Annual Research Conference • January 29, 2013 • Cambridge, MA

Presentation Sessions

Session I (11:00am – 12:00pm, tentatively):
Circuits & Systems
Electronic & Photonic Devices

Sessions 1-2
Name Abstract Title Category Poster #
John Lee An Ingestible Pill for Ultrasound Imaging of Small Intestine CS 1.01
Li Yu Virtual Source MOSFET Model: Parameter Extraction, Statistical Modeling and Application CS 1.02
Bonnie Lam System Energy Model for a Digital Ultrasound Beamformer with Image Quality Control CS 1.03
Rahul Rithe Reconfigurable Processor for Computational Photography CS 1.04
Yildiz Sinangil An Embedded Energy Monitoring Circuit for an SRAM with Body-Biased Sense Amplifiers CS 1.05
Sunghyuk Lee A 10b 1GS/s Time-Interleaved SAR ADC with a Background Timing-Skew Calibration CS 1.06
Samantha Gunter Methodology for the Optimal Design of PEV Charging Systems with Multiple Chargers and Distributed Resources CS 1.07
Wardah Inam High Efficiency Resonant dc/dc Converter Utilizing a Resistance Compression Network CS 1.08
Alexander Jurkov Lossless Multi-Way Power Combining and Outphasing for Radio-Frequency Power Amplifiers CS 1.09
Wei Li Integrated Low-Voltage Converter Architecture with Ac Power Delivery CS 1.10
Seungbum Lim Two-Stage Power Conversion Architecture for an LED Driver Circuit CS 1.11
Sabino Pietrangelo An Electronically Steered, Wearable Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound System CS 1.14
Jonathan Leu Erbium Silicon Photonic Integrated Oscillators and Radar (ESPIOR) CS 1.15
Amr Suleiman Beyond Equalization: Model Predictive Control CS 1.17
Andy Wright Numerical Computation Platform Designed for Optimization CS 1.18
Yan Li High-throughput Digital Baseband for mm-Wave Outphasing Power Amplifiers CS 1.19
Ujwal Radhakrishna GaN HEMT Transport and Charge Model for Performance Projection EP 2.02
Faraz Najafi Membrane-integrated Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors for near-field sensing applications EP 2.04
Kristen Sunter Using Cavities on SNSPDs to Increase Mid-IR Absorption EP 2.05
Alex Guo Nano-scale Metal Contacts for Future III-V CMOS EP 2.06
Luke Guo Enhancing p-channel InGaSb QW-FETs via process-induced uniaxial strain EP 2.07
Xin Zhao Towards a Superlattice-Source Nanowire FET with Steep Subthreshold Characteristics EP 2.08
Robert Bicchieri Oxford-100: A New PECVD/RIE Tool in ICL EP 2.09
Eric Jones Nanoscale Stress State Characterization of InAlN/GaN Nanoribbon HEMT Structures EP 2.10
Winston Chern High Mobility Asymmetrically-Strained Germanium Nanowire Trigate p-MOSFETs EP 2.11
James Teherani Tunneling Transistors for Low Power Electronics EP 2.12
Tadahiro Imada Correlation between Trap Characteristics and Dynamic-on-Resistance of GaN-HEMT EP 2.15
Sameer Joglekar Towards Normally Off GaN based HEMTs for Power Switch Applications EP 2.16
Dong Seup Lee High Frequency Performance of GaN HEMTs at Cryogenic Temperature EP 2.17
Elison Matioli Ballistic Transport in GaN-based HEMTs EP 2.19
Daniel Piedra GaN-based Transistors for Power Electronics EP 2.20
Yu-Hsin Chen Photonic Processor-DRAM Interface EP 2.24
Benjamin Moss A Monolithically-Integrated Optical Carrier-Injection Ring Modulator and All-Digital D river Circuit in Commercial 45nm SOI EP 2.25
Michael Swanwick High-Current Field Emission Cold Cathodes with Temporal and Spatial Emission Uniformity EP 2.26
Michael Swanwick Ultrafast Photo-assisted Field Emission from Silicon Nanostructured Cathodes for Coherent X-ray Generation EP 2.27

Session II (3:00pm – 4:00pm, tentatively):
MEMS & BioMEMS
Nanotechnology & Energy Applications

Sessions 1-2
Name Abstract Title Category Poster #
Andres Canales High Resolution Neural Recording and Stimulation Devices MS 3.01
Nathan Reticker-Flynn Development of an Extracellular Matrix Microarray Reveals Changes in Cancer Cells as they Become Metastatic MS 3.02
Apoorva Murarka Contact-printed MEMS Membranes MS 3.03
Han Wei Hou Removal of Pathogen and Inflammatory Components from Blood using Cell Margination MS 3.06
Sha Huang On-chip Erythrocyte Deformability Measurement And In Vivo Splenic Retention MS 3.07
Marco A. Cartas-Ayala Friction forces: the link between cell mechanical properties and cell passage in constricted microfluidic channels. MS 3.09
Mohammad Araghchini MEMS Toroidal Inductors for Integrated Power Electronic Applications MS 3.10
Hossein Fariborzi Designing Complex Digital Systems with Scaled Nano-electro-mechanical Relays MS 3.12
Eric Heubel Improving Plasma Diagnostics with MEMS Fabrication Methods MS 3.13
Frances Hill Batch-Microfabricated Electrospray Arrays with Integrated Electrode Stack for Ionic Liquids MS 3.14
Frances Hill Cathode for X-ray Generation with Arrays of Individually Addressable Field Emitters Controlled by Vertical Ungated FETs MS 3.15
Philip Ponce de Leon Batch Microfabricated Arrays of Electrospinning Emitters for High Throughput Generation of Nanofibers MS 3.16
Thibault Honegger AC Electrokinetic Control of Axonal Growth in Collagen Scaffold MS 3.17
Hao-Wei Su Dielectrophoretic Characterization of Cells using DEP Spring MS 3.18
Radhika Marathe Thermal Stability Of Resonant Body Transistors In Standard CMOS Technology MS 3.19
Wentao Wang Deep Trench Capacitor Drive of Unreleased Si MEMS Resonator MS 3.20
Ritchie Chen Tuning Magnetic Nanoparticle Properties for Remote Cell Membrane Heating NE 4.01
Vitor Manfrinato Resolution Limits of Electron-Beam Lithography towards the Atomic Scale NE 4.02
Sam Nicaise Lithographically-Defined ZnO Nanowire Growth NE 4.03
Patrick Brown Engineering Interfacial Energetics and Recombination in Lead Sulfide Quantum Dot Photovoltaics Through Ligand Exchange NE 4.04
Joel Jean Solution-Grown ZnO Nanowire Arrays for Quantum Dot Photovoltaics NE 4.07
Jill Macko Multijunction organic photovoltaics with a broad spectral response NE 4.09
Geoffrey Supran High-Efficiency and Brightness Near-Infrared Quantum-Dot LEDs Using Core-Shell (PbS-CdS) Colloidal Quantum-Dots NE 4.11
Jordan Chesin Light Extraction in GaN Nanowires on Si for LEDs NE 4.14
Xiang Zhou Control of GaN Nanowire Density, Structural and Optical Properties by Seed Particle Choice NE 4.15
David Jenicek Improved Carbon Nanotube Ultracapacitor Electrodes for Storage and Filtering NE 4.18
Yong Cheol Shin Hydrogen-excluded Graphene Synthesis via Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (APCVD) NE 4.21
Pamela Basto Synthetic Polymeric Nanoparticle Vaccines for Immunostimulation NE 4.23
William Gaviria Thermal and Electrical Optimization of GaN Power Transistors NE 4.24
Lili Yu Large-scale 2D Electronics based on Single-layer MoS2 Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition NE 4.25
Xu Zhang Chemical Modification of Graphene Devices NE 4.26
Alexander Bruccoleri KOH Polishing Nanoscale High Aspect Ratio Gratings NE 4.27
Corey Fucetola 3D Nanostructures by Stacking Membranes NE 4.28
Rachel Hoffman Probing Interfacial Electron Transfer Using Second Harmonic Generation NE 4.30
Anna Jolene Mork Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Colloidal Quantum Dots NE 4.31
Mark Weidman The Role of Morphology and Order in Thin Film Quantum Dot Electronics NE 4.33
Sushant Anand Lubricant Impregnated Nanotextured Surfaces for efficient heat transfer during condensation NE 4.34