2016 DSSC Fall Technical Review
September 27-28, 2016
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 27 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 | ||
| 8:30-8:50 | Welcome & State of the DSSC Jimmy Zhu |
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| Session I: HAMR | ||
| 9:00-9:10 | HAMR Strategy Overview James Bain |
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| 9:10-9:25 | High Efficiency Dielectric Resonator Coupling to NFT Structures Joe Liang |
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| 9:25-9:40 | Measurement of Thermal Transport across the ABS: Effect of Radiation VS Conduction Minyoung Jeong |
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| 9:40-9:55 | Thermal Stability and Optical Loss of Ultra-Thin Adhesion Layers for Au Cheng-Ming Chow |
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| Morning Break | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break and Poster Session | |
| Session I: HAMR (cont'd) | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Chemical Stability of NFT/Dielectric Interfaces Jon Malen |
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| 11:00-11:15 | HAMR: Correcting Transition Curvature Hai Li/Jimmy Zhu |
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| 11:15-11:30 | HAMR Media Characterization by Pump-Probe Method Zhengkun Dai |
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| 11:30-11:45 | MgO Grain Refinement Using C for FePt-C granular layer Varaprasad Bollapragada |
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| Lunch and Poster Session | ||
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch and Poster Session | |
| Session II: Solid State Memory | ||
| 1:30-1:45 | Improving write endurance in resistive memories through new coding strategy Vijayakuma Bhagavatuula |
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| 1:45-2:10 | Spin Hall Effect Driven: All-Magnetic Non-Volatile Memory Arrays Based on Four-Terminal mCell Devices Jimmy Zhu |
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| 2:10-2:15 | RRAM Stategy Overview James Bain |
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| 2:15-2:30 | Integrated Threshold Switches: Physical Insights into Threshold Events Darshil Gala |
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| 2:30-2:45 | Switching Speed Measurements in Phase Change Memory Min Xu/James Bain |
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| Afternoon Break | ||
| 2:45-3:15 | Break and Poster Session | |
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Session II: Strategic Directions for DSSC (Talks & Discussion) This session will have talks and some discussion led by Prof. Jimmy Zhu. The goal will be identify stretegic areas to invest to support our sponsors interests and to identify new areas for investment, possibly far out. |
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| 3:15-3:30 | BER advantages of 2D sectors with alternating fat and narrow tracks in BPMR Yao Wang |
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| 3:30-3:45 | Highlights of New DSSC Projects and Directions Jimmy Zhu |
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| 3:45-4:15 | Discussion of Current DSSC Directions: Responsiveness to Industry Need All (Zhu/Bain to Lead) |
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| 4:15-4:45 | Discussion of Future DSSC Directions: How DSSC Can Lead Industry All (Zhu/Bain to Lead) |
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| Reception and Dinner | ||
| 4:30-5:15 | Transportation to Wyndham | |
| 5:30-6:30 | Reception and poster display at Wyndham | |
| 6:30-8:30 | Dinner at Wyndham | |
Day 2
| Wednesday, September 28 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.
Telephone: 1-800-864-8287
Room Rate: $149/night.
Group Code: 09256841DS
DSSC Fall Review Discount cut off date September 11, 2016.
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 24 | |
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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, September 25 | |
| 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.