2014 DSSC Fall Technical Review
September 30-October 1, 2014
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The DSSC Technical Review at Carnegie Mellon University, held once a year, is an opportunity for center members, invited guests, and DSSC personnel to be brought up-to-date on current DSSC research progress through oral presentations and poster sessions that highlight the center's project areas.
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Agenda
Day 1
| Tuesday, September 30 All sessions will be held at Carnegie Mellon University, Singleton Room, Roberts Hall, Pittsburgh Campus |
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| Breakfast | ||
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast | |
| Opening Remarks | ||
| 8:30-8:35 | Welcome Jelena Kovačević |
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| 8:35-8:50 | State of the DSSC Jimmy Zhu |
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| Session I: HAMR | ||
| 9:00-9:15 | HAMR NFT Strategy and Overview James Bain |
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| 9:15-9:30 | Thermal Resistance Reductions at Plasmonic Interfaces Jon Malen |
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| 9:30-9:45 | Integrated Lasers for Driving NFT's Joe Liang |
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| 9:45-10:00 | Optical Characterization of Near Field Transducers Cheng-Ming Chow |
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| 10:00-10:15 | HAMR Optimization with Realistic Head Field Hai Li |
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| Morning Break | ||
| 10:15-10:30 | Break and Poster Session | |
| Session I: HAMR (cont'd) | ||
| 10:30-10:45 | Understanding the Origin of the Tc Distribution in Granular FePt-L10 HAMR Media David Laughlin |
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| 10:45-11:00 | Pump-probe Method of Curie Temperature Distribution Measurements Zhengkun Dai |
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| Session II: MAMR and BPMR | ||
| 11:00-11:15 | Templated Two-Phase Growth of Magnetic Recording Media Vignesh Sundar |
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| 11:15-11:30 | Nanoparticle Patterning Sara Majetich |
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| 11:30-11:45 | MAMR: PSTO Design for High Data Rate Capability Jimmy Zhu |
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| Lunch and Poster Session | ||
| 12:00-1:15 | Lunch and Poster Session | |
| Session III: PMR and TDMR | ||
| 1:15-1:30 | L10 - MnAl Thin Films with Perpendicular Anisotropy on Si Substrates Efrem Y. Huang |
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| 1:30-1:45 | HAMR: Grain Boundary Variation Caused Heating Inhomogeneity Jimmy Zhu |
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| 1:45-2:00 | Channel investigations for handling two-dimensional interference in magnetic recording systems Vijayakumar Bhagavatula |
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| Session IV: Solid State Memory | ||
| 2:00-2:15 | Coding for handling inter-cell interference in flash memory Yongjune Kim |
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| 2:15-2:30 | Perpendicular STT-MRAM: Materials Challenges Vincent Sokalski |
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| 2:30-2:45 | m-Logic: All Spin Logic Circuits for Future Electronics Jimmy Zhu |
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| 2:45-3:00 | RRAM Switching Physics Abhishek Sharma |
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| Afternoon Break | ||
| 3:00-3:15 | Break and Poster Session | |
| Session V: Round Table Discussion | ||
| 3:15-3:45 | Setting the Stage: (Topic 1: HAMR Limitations; Topic 2: 3-D NAND Cost Trajectory) DSSC Faculty |
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| 3:45-4:30 | Industry Perspective Sponsors |
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| 4:30-4:45 | Discussion, Ranking, and Prioritization of Conclusions All |
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| Reception and Dinner | ||
| 4:30-5:00 | Transit to Wyndham | |
| 5:00-6:30 | Poster Session/Reception at Wyndham | |
| 6:30-8:30 | Dinner at Wyndham | |
Day 2
| Wednesday, October 1 All sessions will be held at Carnegie Mellon University, Singleton Room, Roberts Hall, Pittsburgh Campus |
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| Breakfast | ||
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast | |
| Advisory Board Meeting | ||
| 8:30-8:45 | IP Briefing by DSSC Leadership | |
| 8:45-11:00 | Closed Session | |
| Feedback Session | ||
| 11:00-12:00 | Feedback Session with Faculty | |
| Lunch | ||
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00-6:00 | Individual Sponsor meetings with Faculty | |
Hotel Information
Reservations can be made at the Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center.
| Address | 100 Lytton Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 | ||
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| Telephone | 1-800-864-8287 | ||
| Room Rate | $144/night | ||
| Group Name | DSSC Fall Review | ||
| Discount cutoff date | September 14, 2014 | ||
| Parking | Complimentary | ||
Transportation Service
The DSSC will provide transportation between the Wyndham and campus.
Please be in the lobby of the hotel a few minutes before departure time for morning trips to Roberts Hall.
| Tuesday, September 30 | |
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| 7:20 a.m. |
One trip from Wyndham to Roberts Hall |
| 7:45 a.m. |
One trip from Wyndham to Roberts Hall |
| 4:30 p.m. |
One trip from Roberts Hall to Wyndham for Reception and Poster Session |
| 4:45 p.m. |
One trip from Roberts Hall to Wyndham for Reception and Poster Session |
| Wednesday, October 1 | |
| 7:20 a.m. |
One trip from Wyndham to Roberts Hall |
| 7:45 a.m. |
One trip from Wyndham to Roberts Hall |
Please note that breakfast will be served starting at 7:30 a.m.