2018 DSSC Fall Technical Review
October 4-5, 2018
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.
Register: Online registration is now available.
Agenda
Day 1
| Thursday, October 4 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 | ||
| 9:00-9:15 | HAMR Strategy Overview James A. Bain |
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| 9:15-9:30 | High Efficiency Dielectric Resonator Coupling to NFT Structures James A. Bain |
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| 9:30-9:45 | NFT Designs for Improved ADC and Thermal Management in HAMR Cheng-Ming Chow |
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| 9:45-10:00 | Massively Parallel Direct Write E-beam Lithograpy for Patterned Media Rick Carley |
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| 10:00-10:15 | Application of Machine Learning for Data Detection in HAMR Yuwei Qin |
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| Morning Break | ||
| 10:15-10:45 | Break and Poster Session | |
| Session I: HAMR (cont'd) | ||
| 10:45-11:00 | Pump-Probe Measurement of Gilbert Damping Constant Zhengkun Dai |
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| 11:00-11:15 | The effect of adding BN in the grain boundaries for controlling grain size distribution in HAMR media Bing Zhou |
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| 11:15-11:30 | Understanding of the ordering of hexagonal Co3Pt Xiao Lu |
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| 11:30-11:45 | Estimates of Thermal Transport Across the Air Bearing Gap Jon Malen |
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| 11:45-12:00 | Fabrication of Ideal Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Media Tong Mo |
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| Lunch and Poster Session | ||
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch and Poster Session | |
| Session II: Memory and Logic | ||
| 1:30-1:45 | Memory and Logic Strategy James A. Bain/Jimmy Zhu |
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| 1:45-2:00 | RRAM Cell Concepts for Logic in Memory Oscar (Liting) Shen |
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| 2:00-2:15 | Models of NDR in Threshold Switches Edward (Yuezhang) Zou |
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| 2:15-2:30 | In-Situ Imaging of Current Localization During Threshold Switching in TaOx Jonathan Goodwill |
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| 2:30-2:45 | Elemental Redistribution in Emerging Memory Applications Yuanzhi Ma |
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| Afternoon Break | ||
| 2:45-3:15 | Break and Poster Session | |
| Session II: Memory and Logic (cont'd) | ||
| 3:15-3:30 | Field-free spin-orbit torque switching using an Iridium layer Yang Liu |
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| 3:30-3:45 | Spin Hall Effect Driven Perpendicular Magnetization Reversal Jimmy Zhu |
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| 3:45-4:00 | AF Spin Torque Oscillator & Application Jimmy Zhu |
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| Reception and Dinner | ||
| 4:30-5:00 | Transportation to Wyndham Hotel | |
| 5:00-6:30 | Reception and poster session at Wyndham Hotel | |
| 6:30-8:30 | Dinner at Wyndham Hotel | |
Day 2
| Friday, Oct 4 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
Telephone: 412-682-6251 (Nour Moufid, On-site Reservations Coordinator)
Online: https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/groups/hr/dssc-fall-review
Enter Arrival Date
Room Rate: $149.00/night
Group Name: DSSC Fall Review
Discount Cutoff Date: September 12, 2018
Parking: $10.00/night
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.