We will hold an IMG Kickoff meeting on Friday August 22nd in Larsen 310, starting at 1 pm, immediately after our Friday BBQ. This meeting is mandatory for all IMG personnel. We will provide an overview of IMG to new students, review lab organization/training, emphasize importance of the wiki, and review safety information.
Prof. Gary K. Fedder from Carnegie Mellon University will be presenting an ECE seminar title "Nonlinearities in Resonant Microsensors" at 1:00 PM on Thursday, October 24 in Larsen 234. All are encouraged to attend.
As part of the Fall 2013 ECE seminar series, this Thursday, August 29, Dr. David Arnold will be giving a talk that will highlight his group's development of microfabricated permanent magnets and their application in several functional microsystems.
To set the stage, he will first describe some basic concepts about magnets and physical scaling laws that motivate his group's efforts. He'll then discuss the advancement of two types of permanent magnet materials that has been made by the group; namely, electroplated layers and bonded powders, which overcome certain manufacturing and integration challenges. Finally, He'll showcase how these permanent magnet materials are being used for electromechanical actuators, energy harvesting devices, and generation of high-energy x-rays.
As seats will be limited, all are encouraged to be on time.
This Friday at 11:15 AM, we have an introductory workshop on AutoCAD, Solidworks and UF Apps by the IMG Tech Committee. The primary focus of the workshop will be on UF Apps, while AutoCAD and Solidworks will be used as demo examples.
UF Apps is a software licensing system which provides convenient access to softwares like MS Office, MATLAB, AutoCAD, SolidWorks and a few others. It is free for UF Gators. You can read more about it at http://info.apps.ufl.edu/.
Prospective attendees are encouraged to download and install the Citrix receiver necessary for accessing the available softwares. Remember to bring your laptops to the workshop if possible. The last fifteen minutes will be reserved for questions and laptop specific problems.
N.B.: The regular venue for the IMG Seminar series - LAR234 - is unavailable this Friday. The venue for the workshop is LAR310.
This Friday at 11:30 AM, Vishwanath Sankar will give a practice talk for his dissertation defense. The title of his talk is "Investigation and mitigation of abiotic factors affecting the reliability of chronic neural implants". All are encouraged to attend to provide support and give constructive feedback on his presentation. Following this talk, there will be weekly IMG BBQ at the Benton/Larsen lawns at 12pm.
Two talks have been scheduled for tomorrow's seminar. The first talk will be delivered by a guest speaker, Adam Monsalve from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Adam will present his work on the methods of delivering energy to surface-conjugated biomacromolecules via alternating magnetic fields to control bioactivity.
In the second talk, Pitfee Jao will give a follow-up discussion on the use of the IMG wiki from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM. All are encouraged to attend. The talks will be followed by the IMG BBQ at 12 noon.
This Friday at 11:30 am, we will have a presentation by Ololade Oniku on "Magnetic patterning of hard magnetic films for biomagnetic applications." This will be a practice talk for Ololade's upcoming conference and fellow IMGers are invited to provide constructive inputs for the presentation. The talk will be followed by the IMG BBQ at noon.
We're looking forward to having everyone together for an All-IMG Semester Kickoff Meeting 12-1:30pm in NEB 202. Lunch will be served starting at 11:45 am.
MIT Professor Dr. Jeffrey Lang will review the accomplishments of, and the lessons learned from, twenty five years of research on the development of micro-fabricated motors and generators.
This is an excellent seminar for those who are interested in MEMS. The talk will involve aspects of electromechanics, electrostatics, magnetics, air bearings, microfabrication, and power electronics. A full abstract of the talk and Dr. Lang's biosketch is attached.