SECOND GERMAN-AMERICAN FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM
Chairs:
Robert A. Brown, Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wolfram Boeck, Chair in Electrical Power and Systems Technology, Technical University, Munich
1999 German-American Frontiers of Engineering List of Participants
Program
Biological Engineering
Organizers: Hans Adler, Matt Tirrell
A Role for Chemical Engineers in Drug Discovery
K. Dane Wittrup, University of Illinois
The Role of Reaction Engineering for Biotransformations
Udo Kragl, University of Rostock
An Engineering Perspective on Functional Genomics
Michael L. Shuler, Cornell University
Artificial Biosensing Interfaces: Prototype Systems and Future Applications
Wolfgang Goepel, University of Tuebingen
Information Technology
Organizers: Robert Calderbank, Joachim Hagenauer
Data Transmission with Reliability Indication
Peter Hoeher, University of Kiel
Third-Generation Mobile Radio Systems
Martin Haardt, Siemens AG
Content Protection of Digital Media
Minerva Yeung, Intel Corporation
Internet Measurement and Data Analysis: Topology, Workload, Performance, and Routing Statistics
Kim C. Claffy, Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), UC-San Diego
Precision Engineering
Organizers: Steven Phillips, Albert Weckenmann
Non-contact Measurement Systems -- Applications in Manufacturing Metrology and Development Trends
Stefan Schmitz, Robert Bosch GmbH
Magnetically-Levitated Precision Positioning Stages
David Trumper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Precision Engineering in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO)
Dennis Coyne, Detector Chief Engineer, LIGO project, California Institute of Technology
Process Chains for Precision Engineering Using Hydroforming
Frank Vollertsen, University Paderborn
Microelectromechanical Systems
Organizers: Wolfgang Benecke, Ken Gabriel
Microsystems in Medicine: Clinical Applications and Future Directions
Bernhard Clasbrummel, BG-Krankenanstalten Bergmannsheil
MEMS for Biotechnological Applications
Michael Köhler, Institute for Physical High Technology
Microoptomechanical Devices and Systems
Ming C. Wu, University of California, Los Angeles
MEMS Manufacturing – Growth and Challenges
Karen Marcus, MCNC MEMS Application Center