GAFOE

2008 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Program

Kai Sundmacher, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
Tresa M. Pollock, University of California, Santa Barbara
April 25, 2010
Nanotechnology for Medical Therapies
Wolfgang Fritsche, IABG
Justin Hanes, Johns Hopkins University
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  • Optical Addressable Nanostructures for Medical Therapies
  • Towards Minimally Invasive Treatments of Breast Tumors by Magnetically-Induced Heating
    • Ingrid Hilger, Universitätsklinikum Jena
    • Venue: 2008 GAFOE Symposium
  • Nanoparticle Formulations for the Systemic Administration of siRNA
    • Jeremy Heidel, Calando Pharmaceuticals,Inc.
    • Venue: 2008 GAFOE Symposium
  • Shape and Flexibility at the Nanoscale for Drug Delivery and Stem Cell Control
April 26, 2010
Micromanufacturing / Micro Process Engineering
Patrick J. Moyer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Voker Hessel, Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz (IMM)
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  • Microfluidic Devices
    • Daniel Chiu, University of Washington
    • Venue: 2008 GAFOE Symposium
  • Converting Colloidal Particles into Multifunctional Materials and Devices
  • Laboratory Chip Microreactors: Analysis, Design, and Optimization of Chemical Reactions
    • Stefan Löbbecke, Fraunhofer Institut für Chemische Technologie ICT
    • Venue: 2008 GAFOE Symposium
  • Pilot-Scale Micro Process Technology
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  • Prometheus (un)chained – Micro Energy Technologies for Energy-Autonomous Micro Embedded Systems (EAMES)
    • Peter Woias, Universität Freiburg
    • Venue: 2008 GAFOE Symposium
  • Biomechanical Energy Harvesting for Electricity Generation
  • Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems
    • Henry Sodano, Arizona State University
    • Venue: 2008 GAFOE Symposium
  • Nanostructuring in Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: A Time to Harvest?
April 27, 2010
Advanced Imaging Technologies
Peter N. Belhumeur, Columbia University
Til Aach, RWTH Aachen University
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  • Computational Photography: From Image Enhancement to Computational Cameras
    • Fredo Durand, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Venue: 2008 GAFOE Symposium
  • Navigating the World's Photographs
    • Steven Seitz, University of Washington
    • Venue: 2008 GAFOE Symposium
  • The Transport of Energy, Mass, and Momentum: Advanced Imaging Technologies as Vital Tools for Research in Complex Dynamic Systems
    • Venue: 2008 GAFOE Symposium
  • Current Challenges in Medical Image Computing
    • Horst W. Hahn, Darmstadt University of Technology
    • Venue: 2008 GAFOE Symposium