Archives for August 2020

By Shannon Ciston Over 100 participants were in attendance to hear the latest research developments from Stephen Wu, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and of Physics, at the University of Rochester. Professor Wu described a compelling case for the power of quantum scale materials science to drive the development of new electronic devices. Today’s talk, Strain-driven […]

By Arkadeep Kumar At the Molecular Foundry’s Annual User Meeting 2020, the Keynote speaker was Dr. Jeannette (Jamie) Garcia from IBM Almaden Research center. She introduced the diversity of research topics done at IBM Research, with researchers collaborating across the globe and time zones. She presented her research on two topics aimed at solving the […]

The morning kicked off with a welcome message from the UEC meeting subcommittee Chair, Annelise Barron of Stanford University. She introduced the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Sciences and former Foundry Director, Jeff Neaton who introduced the new Director of the Molecular Foundry, Kristin Persson. Kristin discussed her passion for team science and how the […]

It’s that time of year again for our Annual User Meeting, though this time under unprecedented circumstances. Nonetheless we are excited to virtually welcome all of our attendees tomorrow! If there is a silver lining to the limitations the pandemic has posed on everyday life, it is that going virtual with our annual meeting means […]