2008 German-American Frontiers of Engineering

ELEVENTH ANNUAL GERMAN-AMERICAN FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM

Co-chairs:
Tresa Pollock, University of Michigan
Kai Sundmacher, Max-Planck-Institute


Nanotechnology for Medical Therapies
Organizers: Wolfgang Fritzsche, Institute for Physical High Technology, and Justin Hanes, Johns Hopkins University

Optical Addressable Nanostructures for Medical Therapies
Gereon Hüttmann, University of Lübeck, and Medical Laser Center Lübeck GmbH

Towards Minimally Invasive Treatments of Breast Tumors by Magnetically-Induced Heating
Ingrid Hilger, University of Jena

Nanoparticle Formulations for the Systemic Administration of siRNA
Jeremy Heidel, Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Shape and Flexibility at the Nanoscale for Drug Delivery and Stem Cell Control
Dennis Discher, University of Pennsylvania


Micromanufacturing / Micro Process Engineering
Organizers: Patrick Moyer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Volker Hessel, Institute for Microtechnology Mainz

Microfluidic Devices
Daniel Chiu, University of Washington

Converting Colloidal Particles into Multifunctional Materials and Devices
Steve Foulger, Clemson University and Tetramer Technologies

Laboratory Chip Microreactors: Analysis, Design, and Optimization of Chemical Reactions
Stefan Löbbecke, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology, Pfinztal

Pilot-Scale Micro Process Technology
Steffen Schirrmeister, Uhde GmbH, Dortmund


Energy Harvesting
Organizers: Christopher Hebling, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, and James Simpson, GE Global Research Center

Prometheus (un)chained – Micro Energy Technologies for Energy-Autonomous Micro Embedded Systems (EAMES)
Peter Woias, University of Freiburg

Biomechanical Energy Harvesting for Electricity Generation
Patrick Chapman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems
Henry Sodano, Arizona State University

Nanostructuring in Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: A Time to Harvest?
Sabine Schlecht, Free University of Berlin


Advanced Imaging Technologies
Organizers: Peter Belhumeur, Columbia University, and Til Aach, RWTH Aachen University

I. Computational Photography

Computational Photography: From Image Enhancement to Computational Cameras
Fredo Durand, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Navigating the World's Photographs
Steve Seitz, University of Washington

II. Medical and Environmental Imaging

The Transport of Energy, Mass, and Momentum: Advanced Imaging Technologies as Vital Tools for Research in Complex Dynamic Systems
Christoph Garbe, University of Heidelberg

Current Challenges in Medical Image Computing
Horst Hahn, MeVis Research

 

April 25, 2008 12:00 PM – April 27, 2008 12:00 PM
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center
Irvine, California