About the series
The Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center
Fall 2009 Research Review and Industrial Advisory Board Meeting
UC Berkeley Campus (Sutardja-Dai Hall in new CITRIS building adjacent to Cory Hall)
Wednesday-Thursday September 16th -17th , 2009.
Please Register by September 4, 2009 (Friday prior to Labor Day).
Agenda and Registration at http://www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/events/8754318572/agenda
(select NSF/DARPA/DOD personnel from the "BSAC affiliation" drop down list, even if your organization isn't technically listed)
Compact list of searchable abstracts of all 119 research projects are available at http://www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/publicAbstracts
Wednesday Afternoon September 16 THRUST SESSION on BSAC Research Commercialization Targets 2:00pm-6:30pm
Arrival registration /light refreshment mixer 12:00 pm-2:00 pm during which members may circulate and talk with each other and with faculty. Special lab tours and private faculty meetings by arrangement.
Thrust Session 2:00-6:30 pm; Mixer and light refreshments following 6:30pm-7:30 pm
NEW: By-invitation-only Commercialization Conference sponsored by California Energy Commission, CITRIS, BWRC. and BSAC: 8:30am-12:00pm.
BSAC Thrust Session Registrants may register & attend this event without charge through registration linkage from BSAC registration page.
Thursday September 17 RESEARCH REVIEW 8:30 am-6:30pm
Main RESEARCH REVIEW: 45-second project profiles by the researchers and two extended poster sessions for 119 BSAC projects including 15 new projects not previously reviewed. Hear twelve researcher plenary talks and an invited faculty talk by Al Pisano, BSAC co-Director.
A lunchtime review of the "MiNaSIP" DARPA MEMS/NEMS Fundamental Science & Technology projects will be held for MiNaSIP program participants.
We conclude with a mixer and sit-down Awards Banquet 6:30pm-9:00 pm where best posters and best papers are recognized, (along with a Founders' Award).
