Program

Program

All times listed are Eastern Time (ET). 

8:30 a.m. Registration begins with coffee (In-person)
9:00 a.m. Welcome remarks
9:20 a.m. Session 1: Vision and mission of ASRC Nanofabrication Facility
Session Chair: Samantha Roberts, Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY
9:20 a.m. ASRC Nanofab 2008 BC (before construction) to Today – from Blueprint to Polaritonics
Vinod Menon, The City College of New York, Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI)
9:45 a.m. Evolution of the Cornell NanoScale Facility – Community and Continuity
Michael Skvarla, Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility
10:10 a.m. MicroLEDs for display and non-display applications
John Kymissis, Columbia University
10:35 a.m. Break
10:50 a.m. Panel on Pathways to Industry
Moderated by Tavis Ezell, ASRC CAT, CUNY
10:50 a.m. James Scholtz, Founder and CEO of Vyir
John Kymissis, Columbia University
Jacob Trevino, CEO of Chemeleon
Aykut Aksit, Co-founder & CEO – Haystack Medical
11:45 a.m. Session 2: Metasurfaces and Fabrication
Session Chair: Salam Elhalabi, Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY
11:45 a.m. Nanofabrication of Topological Metasurfaces
Svetlana Kiriushechkina, University of Michigan, Lurie Nanofabrication Facility
12:10 p.m. Precision Nanofabrication for Photonic Innovation: From Resonators to Metasurfaces and BIC
Viktoriia Rutckaia, Photonics Laboratory Facility Director, ASRC
12:35 p.m. Sponsor Remarks
12:45 p.m. Lunch, Dessert and Coffee!
2:00 p.m. Session 3: Multidisciplinary Research
Session Chair: Emma Anquillare, Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY
2:00 p.m. High-resolution Nanofabrication of Bio-chips and Metasurfaces
Haogang Cai, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
2:25 p.m. Design and Fabrication of Hollow Microneedles for the Murine Inner Ear
Daniella Hammer, Columbia University, New York
2:40 p.m. High-Precision Holographic Metasurfaces for Large-Scale Single-Atom Optical Tweezer Arrays
Yuan Xu, Columbia University, New York
2:55 p.m. Light-Harvesting Semiconductor Metasurfaces for the Enhancement of Photocatalytic Activity
Anton Kyrylenko, Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY, New York
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Session 4: Electronics and Optics
Session Chair: Shawn Kilpatrick, Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY
3:30 p.m. Robust Ultra-Wide-Bandgap Microelectronics for New Frontiers in Harsh Environments
Savannah Eisner, Columbia University, New York
3:55 p.m. Advanced Nanofabrication Techniques for Realizing Quantum Computing Devices
Maryam Barzegar, Center for Quantum Information Physics (CQIP), NYU, New York
4:10 p.m. Spin-momentum Locked Thermal Metasurfaces
Lin Jing, Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY, New York
4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
4:45 p.m. Poster Session Walkthrough + Cocktail + Awards Ceremony
6:45 p.m. End of the day

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