The Foundry’s User Executive Committee followed its annual tradition of hosting a town hall session to give users an opportunity to ask questions of the UEC and to hold a discussion amongst Foundry users and staff. This year, prime topics of discussion, derived from comments made in last year’s User Questionnaire, were on the issues […]
Read More »Saving electronic materials with antioxidants and managing pivots in industry
August 21, 2019 by
Antioxidants have long been talked about in the health sector, but did you know they can also protect flexible electronics materials from damage? Brooke Kuei from Penn State uses electron microscopy to understand molecular scale assembly of semiconducting polymers that are used to make organic electronic devices including solar cells and OLEDs. However, the electron […]
Read More »Challenges and Opportunities Beyond Moore’s Law
August 21, 2019 by
Cherry Murray, Professor at the University of Arizona, opened the morning plenary session of the User Meeting as our first keynote speaker. Professor Murray has outstanding experience in policy and the development of scientific strategy. In her talk, she discussed her recent work and participation in a DOE “Basic Research Needs” workshop on microelectronics. (The […]
Read More »A Foundry Update from the Interim Director
August 21, 2019 by
The day started off with a welcome from UEC Chair Francesca Toma and Energy Sciences Area Director (and Foundry “Director Emeritus”) Jeff Neaton and an introduction to the Foundry’s Interim Director, David Prendergast. David has been the Facility Director of the Foundry’s Theory Facility for the past 6 years, and is looking forward to leading […]
Read More »Get ready for the 2019 annual User Meeting!
August 20, 2019 by
We’re getting all set for the 2019 annual User Meeting which starts tomorrow! We’ve got a great agenda planned, including keynote talks from Cherry Murray (U of Arizona) and John Rogers (Northwestern U)! Attendee check-in starts at 8:00 am at the Building 50 auditorium and breakfast will be served in the tent outside. Don’t forget […]
Read More »Thanks for joining us!
August 16, 2018 by
The 2018 Annual User Meeting came to a successful conclusion today, August 16, with over 300 attendees. Our congratulations go to the User Executive Committee, and in particular Francesca Toma, Greg Su, and Valerie Leppert for putting together an excellent meeting!
Read More »Industry research at the Foundry
August 16, 2018 by
Early-stage product research and development is a challenge and benefits from the technical expertise, instrumentation, and collaborative environment available at user facilities. The Foundry successfully supports a gamut of users and projects with industrial connections focused on product research, development, and technical de-risking.
Read More »Poster Competition Winners!
August 16, 2018 by
Out of the 300+ attendees at the user meeting, we had over 90 poster presentations! Several of these presenters entered our annual poster competition. With two categories, students and postdocs, judges from the User Executive Committee scored each entry.
Read More »Nanoscience can unlock the quantum revolution
August 16, 2018 by
As we are starting to enter the quantum era and we are beginning to see that the possibilities ahead look limitless. In a standing-room only session at the Foundry’s Annual User Meeting, a symposium on quantum information science delved into the types of nanoscale investigation techniques and qubit fabrication capabilities that must be developed in order for fully functioning quantum information systems to be realized.
Read More »AUM Day 2
August 16, 2018 by
Welcome back for another great day of nanoscience at the Foundry’s Annual User Meeting! Some participants signed up for a tour of the Foundry facilities early this morning, but returned to the auditorium in time for the start of today’s program.
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