2010 ECEDHAAnnual Conference & ECExpo

BREAKOUT Session II

Multi-Disciplinary Programs

Moderator: S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University

PANELISTS:

Khalil Najafi, University of Michigan

Thomas Ortmeyer, Calrkson University

Susan E. Conry, Clarkson University

Ken Jenkins, Pennsylvania State University

Many application areas require collaborations across traditional disciplines:(Basic Research System Engineering)

•Electromechanical energy conversion systems

•Biomedical digital signal processing

•Sensors and wireless networks

•Software engineering, soft computing

•MEMS and Mechatronics

•Intelligent control systems

• Optical Metamaterials

• Adaptive Cognitive Maps for Autonomous Systems

• • Non-linear Mediums Converting Frequencies

of Propagating E/M and Pressure Waves

• Biofuels: Microbial Communities, Biogeochemistry and Surface Interactions

• Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Electro-Active Polymers for Dielectric Energy Storage

•Reasoning for Image Understanding in Uncertain Environments

•Fundamental Study of High- and Low-K Dielectrics for III-V Electronic Devices

•Provably-Safe Perception-Based Control for Autonomous UAS Operations around Complex, Unstructured Terrain

•Dynamical Systems Theory in 4D Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

•Hyperspectral, Radar and EO/IR Signatures in the Littorals