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When: June 08 -10, 2010

 

 

June 8th

WORKSHOP PROCESS (Click to download a PDF copy)

6:30  pm

Registration and Reception - Outside the  Senate Lounge

 

7:15  pm

 

Dinner - Senate Lounge

 

June 9th

 

7:30 am

Registration - Outside the Meeting Room-206

 

7:30 - 8:00 am

 

Continental Breakfast and networking time Meeting Room-206

 

8:00 - 8:15 am

 

Welcome remarks by Dr. M. Kavehrad and introduction - Meeting Room-206

 

8:15 - 8:30 am

 

Welcome remarks: Dr. P. Schiffer, Associate VP for Research, and

Dr. A. Atchley, Associate Dean for Research, The Pennsylvania State University-UP.

 

8:30 - 9:15 am

 

Vision and Capabilities of the Center (Dr. M. Kavehrad, Dr. V. Joyner, Dr. D. Xu)

 

9:15 - 10:00 am

 

NSF I/UCRC Presentation: I/UCRC NSF Program Director (Dr. R. DasGupta) and 

 

 

10:00 - 10:15 am

Evaluator (Mr. S. McGregor)

 

BREAK

 

10:15 – 11:00 am

 

Project Presentation / Posters  (University of California - Riverside)

 

Dr. Zh. Xu: (C10-1) LED-based Optical Wireless Comm. Performance  Study.

(LIFE form review)

                             

11:00 – 12:00 pm

Project Presentations / Posters (Tufts University)

 

Dr. V. Joyner: (T10 - 1) Monolithic, Multi-Gb/s Imaging Receivers in CMOS for

(LIFE form review)                                    Visible Light Communication.

 

 

Dr. T. Vandervelde: (T10 - 2) Novel Materials for Communication Wavelengths.

(LIFE form review)

 

12:00 - 1:10 pm

LUNCH - The Gardens Restaurant

 

 

1:10 – 2:20 pm

 

 

Project Presentations / Posters  (The Pennsylvania State University)

 

Dr. M. Kavehrad: (P10 -1) Optical Wireless Networked-Systems for 

 (LIFE form review)             Comm., Navigation and Imaging with Optimized

                                             Transceivers.

 

Dr. S. Yin : (P10 - 4) Smart Optical Transmitter, Beam Controller, and Receiver for

(LIFE form review )           Optical Wireless Comm. / Imaging.

 

Dr. T. Kane: (P10 - 2) Underwater Optical Communications.

(LIFE form review)

 

Dr. Zh. Liu: (P10 - 3) Optical Wireless Comm. Using White Light Supercontinuum.

(LIFE form review)                                 

 

 

2:20 – 2:35 pm

 

 

BREAK

 

2:35 - 5:30 pm

Industry Workshop (involves discussion of projects & company needs)

 

Panel Speakers:

 

  Dr. Ph. Gatt                            Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies

Dr. W.P. Krug

The Boeing Company

Dr. D. Neilson

Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent

Dr. A. Ng'Oma

Corning Incorporated

Mr. D. E. Raible

NASA Glenn Research Center

Dr. R. Roberts

Intel Labs (Intel Corporation)

Mr. S. Thompson

Oberon Incorporated

 

 

 

5:30 – 6:00 pm

 

BREAK

 

6:00 - 7:15 pm

 

Poster Session - Technical Forum and Networking - Presidents Hall-3

 

7:15 pm

 

Reception and Dinner - Presidents Hall-3

 

June 10th

 

7:30 - 8:00 am

Continental Breakfast - Meeting Room-206

 

8:00 - 9:30 am

 

9:30 - 10:50 am

 

Feedback from Industry Workshop (Moderator: Dr. Alex Schwarzkopf - NSF)

 

LIFE form review and Discussion - Mr. Stephen McGregor, Evaluator

(LIFE = Level of Interest, Feedback and Evaluation)

 

 

10:50 - 11:00 am

 

11:00 - 11:30 am

BREAK

 

NSF Closed Session with Industry

 

11:30 - 11:50 pm

 

Remarks by Penn-State Industrial Research Office Director (Mrs. T. Pugh)

 

11:50 - 12:10 pm

 

Closing Remarks (Dr. M. Kavehrad)

 

12:15 - 1:30 pm

 

 

LUNCH - The Gardens Restaurant

1:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

Where:

 

The program will be held at The Penn-Stater Conference Center Hotel, one of the largest university-based conference center hotels of its kind in the country. The Penn-Stater, part of Penn State's Innovation Park, features recently renovated rooms, extensive meeting facilities, and excellent restaurants.

A limited number of guest rooms has been set aside at the Penn-Stater for workshop participants, at a rate $99 per night before taxes and fees for single occupancy and $109 per night double occupancy. Call or fax The Penn- Stater to make your room reservation. Be sure to identify yourself as a participant in the Optical Wireless Applications Workshop. Please give the registration clerk the following reservation identification number: WORF10A. Reservations must be made by May 8, 2010 to insure access to the rooms that have been set aside. The cost of lodging is the responsibility of the individual participant. It is not part of the registration fee.

 

To reserve your room or for additional information, contact Penn State Hospitality Services at:

Phone: 800-233-7505 or 814-863-5000

Fax: 814-863-5002

Web site: Click on this link

 

Cost:

 

Registration fee:  $ 75.00

 

Registration:    Click on this link

 

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