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