PRISM Symposium Talks and Abstracts
PRISM/PCCM/MIRTHE/CNSA
March 17-18, 2008
101 Friend Center, Princeton University
Keynote Session
Keynote: Managing Climate Risks: The Role of Innovative Technologies
Brian P. Flannery, Science, Strategy and Programs Manager, Safety, Health & Environment Department, ExxonMobil Corporation
Keynote: Our Energy Future: Science and Technology Challenges for the 21st Century
Thomas J. Meyer, Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Invited: Efficient Energy Conversion Devices Based on Nanostructured Organic
Thin Films
Stephen R. Forrest, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Physics;
Vice President for Research, University of Michigan
Re-engineering Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells for Simplified Robust
Operation
Jay B. Benziger, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
Invited: Organic Solid State Lighting: The Materials Opportunity
Paul E. Burrows, Principal, Reata Research
Solution-processed Active Materials for Thin-film Electronics
Lynn Loo, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
Keynote Session
Keynote: Electrical Energy Generation and Storage: Fuel Cells, Lithium Ion Batteries and SuperCaps
Héctor D. Abruña, Director of the Cornell Fuel Cell Institute, Cornell University
Bioinspired Catalysts for Water Oxidation: Photoelectrolysis of Water for
Renewable Hydrogen Fuel Production
G. Charles Dismukes, Chemistry, Princeton University
New High-performance Materials for Flexible Displays
Sigurd Wagner, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
Invited: Molecular Thermoelectrics: Potential for Inexpensive Power from Heat
Rachel Segalman, Chemical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley
Invited: Ionic Liquids for Carbon Capture
Joan F. Brennecke, Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Chemical Carbon Mitigation: Using Light to Convert Carbon Dioxide to a
Value Added Product
Andrew B. Bocarsly, Chemistry, Princeton University
Efficient Transition Metal Catalysts for the Photogeneration of Hydrogen
Stefan Bernhard, Chemistry, Princeton University
Directed Evolution and Adaptation of Bacteria
Robert H. Austin, Physics, Princeton University
Keynote Session
Keynote: The DARPA Coherently-Combined High-Power Intelligent Single Mode Emitters (COCHISE) Program: Progress in Scaling Diode Laser Power and Brightness,
George W. Turner, Group Leader, Electro-Optical Materials and Devices Group MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Quantum Cascade Laser Open-Path System for Trace Gas Analysis of
the Urban Environment
Anna P. Michel, MIRTHE and PRISM, Princeton University
Invited: Enhancing Security and Stability of Free-space Optical Communication
Links Utilizing Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers
Rainer Martini, Physics & Engineering Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology
Laser Spectroscopy from the Laboratory to the Stratosphere: New Instrumentation for Understanding Global Climate Change
Mark A. Zondlo, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Search for Life in Extreme Environments
Tullis Onstott, Geosciences, Princeton University
Invited: II-VI Optoelectronics
Maria C. Tamargo, Chemistry, The City College of New York,
Excited State Quantum Cascade Lasers and Lasing in K-Space
Kale J. Franz, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, and PRIMIS
Invited: Environmental Sensor Networks
Katalin Szlavecz, Earth and Planetary Science, The Johns Hopkins University
Technical Session
Paul R. Prucnal, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
Keynote Session
Keynote: Next Generation Network
Nick Satomi, Executive Vice-President, NEC America Laboratories
The Value of Collaboration
Robert Calderbank, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
Network Security in OCDMA Network
Mable P. Fok, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
Invited: Coverage Verification Without Location Information for Sensor Networks
Yigal Bejerano, Technical Staff Member, Networking Research Lab, Bell Lab, Alcatel-Lucent
Multi-access Sensor Networks Based on Optical CDMA
Yanhua Deng, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
Nonlinear Recovery of Noise Hidden Signals at Low Levels Light
Jason Fleischer, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
Invited: Ultrafast Optical Information Processing for RF-Photonic and Sensing Applications
Rob Saperstein, Research Staff Member, NEC America Laboratories
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