ECE Seminar October 7: Printed Electronics for Air Force Applications

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boise State University invites you to attend a free public seminar hosted on Zoom. This week's seminar features Dr. Emily Heckman, a Senior Research Engineer at Air Force Research Laboratory.

October 7 @ 10:30 am
https://boisestate.zoom.us/j/92994002201

ABSTRACT | This talk will provide an overview of the field of printed electronics and ongoing research efforts in this area at the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate. Printed electronics is a subset of additive manufacturing that uses technologies such as inkjet and aerosol jet printing and various other direct-write tools to additively print electronic devices on flexible, conformal and traditional substrate platforms. The AFRL Sensors Directorate is currently exploring this technology for application areas such as RF circuits and antennas, optoelectronic devices, sensors, and rapid prototyping. Challenges such as post-processing, repeatability, and reliability will be discussed.

SPEAKER BIO | Dr. Heckman is a Senior Research Engineer in the Air Force Research Laboratory. Her research focuses on the fabrication of electronic devices using additive manufacturing to provide agile response and conformal electronic devices to our Nation’s warfighters. Dr. Heckman has given numerous invited talks both nationally and internationally, is the author of over 50 journal articles, co-authored several book chapters, and has filed several patents related to her work in printed electronics.

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The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boise State University invites you to attend a free public seminar hosted on Zoom. This week's seminar features ECE PhD Candidate Sohel Rana. September 16 @ 10:30 am https://boisestate.zoom.us/j/92994002201 ABSTRACT | As traditional electronic systems are beginning to hit a wall in terms of interconnect speed and performance, it is believed that optics presents a blue sky with immense potential for technology innovations and widespread adoption in the areas of communication, security, energy, sensing, computing, etc in the not-too-distant future. Optical fiber systems have found a plethora of promising and potential applications in significant fields due to their low loss and wide bandwidth. Following these, we are developing fiber optic sensors that may survive in harsh environments such as high radiation field and high temperature and provide useful information regarding temperature, pressure, and strain. SPEAKER BIO | Soh

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ECE Seminar Sept 23: Secure Cellular Communication Services Using Blockchain

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boise State University invites you to attend a free public seminar hosted on Zoom. This week's seminar features Dr. Ben Arazi, Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben Gurion University. September 23 @ 10:30 am https://boisestate.zoom.us/j/92994002201 ABSTRACT | Blockchain is the technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. It has expanded to redefining the meaning of trust, authorization, and other fundamental security issues in open networks. The principle is skipping here the need for trusted third parties. Blockchain is rated as #1 in the LinkedIn list of “skills companies need most in 2020”. According to Forbes, “Blockchain shows massive potential for the Telecom industry.” Blockchain serves here in subscription identity; settling accounts; roaming management; identity-as-a-service and data management’ and more. This seminar will focus on research activities in these areas. SPEAKER BIO |

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