Sensors from the Nano-Scale to Infinity and Beyond

EECS Colloquium

Featuring Stuart Kleinfelder, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
UC Irvine

Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium
Free and open to the public

Abstract:
From electron microscopes that image viruses and proteins in 3-D, to neutrino astrophysics experiments at the South Pole, to high speed optical imaging, to observing the conditions at the time of the big bang, scientific sensors are of key importance across the entire spectrum of science and industry. UC Irvine is developing these sensors for biological and nano-imaging, astronomy, particle physics and more. These range from sensors for direct detection of charged particles, to high-speed image sensors that contain an analog to digital converter or in-situ frame storage on every pixel, to 3-D particle physics cameras, to sensors that turn cubic kilometers of the South Pole ice into a gigantic particle astrophysics detector. The increasing scope and ubiquity of such sensors are yielding massive payoffs to society, and may even lead to a tipping point in human evolution.

Kleinfelder is interested in applications for digital camera technologies in science, industry and medicine, including high-speed digital video cameras, infrared cameras, x-ray cameras, and large charged-particle sensor arrays.  Kleinfelder earned a M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Please visit the EECS Colloquium website for a complete list of lectures.