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  • Registration Begins for Spring 2005 Classes

    Mon, Nov 01, 2004

    Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs

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    Audiences: All Undergraduate and Graduate Students

    Contact: Monica De Los Santos

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  • Nonlinear Photonics in Silicon; Optical Switching, Wavelength Conversion, Light Amplification, and t

    Wed, Nov 03, 2004 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Prof. Bahram Jalali
    Professor of Electrical Engineering
    UCLARecent UCLA work on active silicon photonics including the demonstration of the first silicon laser will be presented. These devices exploit Raman and Kerr nonlinearities in tightly confined silicon waveguides to perform functions that were perceived to be impossible in pure silicon. It will also be shown that scaling the device dimensions is a priority as it enhances the efficiency of nonlinear interactions through the reduction of nonlinear absorption.Bahram Jalali is a Professor of Electrical Engineering, the former Director of the DARPA Center for Optical A/D System Technology (COAST). From 1988-1992, he was a Member of Technical Staff at the Physics Research Division of AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J. where he conducted research on ultrafast electronics and optoelectronics. He was responsible for successful development and delivery of 10 Giga bit-per-second lightwave circuits to U.S. Air Force in 1992. His current research interests are in microwave photonics, integrated optics and fiber optic ICs.
    Dr. Jalali has over 200 publications and holds 6 US patents. He is a Fellow if IEEE and the Chair of the Los Angeles Chapter of the IEEE Lasers and Electro Optics Society (LEOS). He was the General Chair for the IEEE international conference on Microwave Photonics (MWP) in 2001 and its Steering Committee chair from 2001 – present. He is also a member of the California Nano Systems Institute (CNSI).
    While on leave from UCLA from 1999-2001, Dr. Jalali founded Cognet Microsystems, a Los Angeles based fiber optic component company. He served as Cognet's CEO, President and Chairman, from the company's inception through its acquisition by Intel Corporation in April 2001. He received the BridgeGate 20 Award in recognition of his contributions to the Southern California economy. From 2001-2003, he served as a consultant in the Communication Group of Intel Corporation. Dr. Jalali serves on the Board of Trustees of the California Science Center.Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2004
    Place: Olin Hall 230 (OHE)
    Time: 12:00 – 1:00
    Refreshments will be served at 11:45
    ALL First Year EE-EP Graduate Students are REQUIRED to ATTEND

    Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 230

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Robert Mena

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  • Football @ Oregon State

    Sat, Nov 06, 2004

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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    Location: Corsica-managed By Usc Housing (COR) - vallis, Ore

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jason Dziegielewski

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  • MESA Madness

    Sat, Nov 06, 2004 @ 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM

    Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs

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    Middle School Science

    Location: E-Quad

    Audiences: MESA Students

    Contact: Larry Lim

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  • AC Performance of Nanoelectronics

    Wed, Nov 10, 2004 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Peter Burke
    University of California Irvine
    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceIn this talk I will present an overview of the high-frequency properties and applications of carbon nanotubes, one realization of nano-electronic devices, and where the challenges and opportunities lie in this new field. The study of the ac properties of nano-electronic systems is still in its infancy.
    The first step towards understanding the high-frequency electronic properties of carbon nanotubes is to understand the passive, ac impedance of a 1d quantum system. We have recently proposed an effective circuit model, currently being tested in our lab, for the ac impedance of a capacitively contacted nanotube, and a dc contacted nanotube . We also recently demonstrated the operation of carbon nanotube transistors at microwave frequencies (2.6 GHz). In our lab, we have also been able to synthesize the world's longest electrically contacted nanotubes (up to 0.4 cm in length), allowing us to elucidate the relationship between contact resistance and bulk resistance. Finally, we recently developed a model for nanotubes as antennas , which could be useful in connecting nano-electronics systems to the outside world via a wireless communications link, thus completely eliminating the need for lithographically defined contacts.Peter Burke received his PhD in physics from Yale University in 1998. From 1998-2001, he was a Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar in physics at Caltech. He has been with the University of California Irvine in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since 2001. His current research areas include high-frequency properties of carbon nanotubes, and the nano-bio interface from an electronics point of view.Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2004
    Place: Olin Hall 230 (OHE)
    Time: 12:00 – 1:00
    Refreshments will be served at 11:45
    ALL First Year EE-EP Graduate Students are REQUIRED to ATTEND

    Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 230

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Robert Mena

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  • Last Day to Drop a Fall 2004 Class With a W

    Fri, Nov 12, 2004

    Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs

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    Audiences: All Undergraduate and Graduate Students

    Contact: Monica De Los Santos

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  • Football vs. Arizona

    Sat, Nov 13, 2004 @ 07:15 PM

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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    Location: L.A. Coliseum

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jason Dziegielewski

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  • Thanksgiving recess

    Thu, Nov 25, 2004

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jason Dziegielewski

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  • Thanksgiving recess

    Fri, Nov 26, 2004

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jason Dziegielewski

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  • Thanksgiving recess

    Sat, Nov 27, 2004

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jason Dziegielewski

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  • Football vs. Notre Dame

    Sat, Nov 27, 2004 @ 05:00 PM

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    Location: L.A. Coliseum

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jason Dziegielewski

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  • Thanksgiving recess

    Sun, Nov 28, 2004

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Jason Dziegielewski

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