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WELCOME
Welcome to the 2014 Industrial Physics Forum
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Given the globalization of advanced technological development, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) have joined together with FAPESP and UNICAMP to host the 2014 Industrial Physics Forum (IPF). This IPF follows up on the successful Industrial Physics Forum held at ICTP, Trieste in April 2012. The goal of this IPF is to enlarge the regional impact of basic and applied research by promoting links between scientists, industry, and societal needs as key strategies for sustainable technological advancement. The theme of the IPF is “Industrial Physics in Emerging Economies” and will focus on a set of technical and policy topics closely related to scientifically-driven economic development in Brazil, and across the globe. The IPF will have a rich array of sessions on the following topics:
Physics and Diplomacy will explore the role of scientists in diplomacy, development, and sustainability.
Trends in Industrial Physics in Emerging Economies will examine ways that physical scientists contribute to economic development, and respond to the opportunities and challenges encountered in emerging economies.
Innovation in a Global Company will feature companies that have a global market place and do R&D globally. Speakers will illustrate how the physical sciences contribute to innovations, products, and economic growth.
The Entrepreneurial Professor will feature current or former university professors from around the world who have started their own companies.
Physics in the Brazilian Economy will focus on companies with a Brazilian presence that are thriving due in part to the contributions of physical scientists.
Physics in the Oil Field will focus on the science and technology employed in Brazil’s oil industry.
Global Industrial Physics will illustrate the diversity of applications and industries in which physical sciences play a role in the successes of a range of companies.
Brazil-US Scientific Partnerships will explore how the United States is working with scientists in Brazil to advance common research and development goals.
Field Experience Participants will visit organizations where industrial physics plays a critical role in the mission, providing compelling examples of how the physical sciences are contributing to Brazil’s economy.
The IPF will also include a short course on entrepreneurship for scientists. The short course will consist of talks, hand-on sessions, and small group breakouts. The organizers extend their gratitude to the following organizations and individuals who funding and support have made the Industrial Physics Forum possible: FAPESP, UNICAMP, ICTP, AIP, Frank Levinson, IBM, Schlumberger, and AIP Publishing
Thank you for your participation,
Newton Frateschi, Universidade Estadual de Campinas Carlos Henrique Brito Cruz, Universidade Estadual de Campinas Joe Niemela, International Centre for Theoretical Physics Philip W. Hammer, American Institute of Physics
CONTENTS
2014 IPF PLANNING COMMITTEE
Douglas Arion, Carthage CollegeSolomon Assefa, IBM
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Universidade Estadual de CampinasAmy Flatten, American Physical Society
Newton Frateschi, Universidade Estadual de Campinas Katharine B. Gebbie, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Philip W. Hammer, American Institute of Physics Hilda Cerdeira, Institute for Theoretical Physics - UNESP
Jim Hollenhorst, Agilent TechnologiesSteven Lambert, American Physical Society
Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, University of WaterlooDuncan Moore, University of Rochester
Joe Niemela, International Centre for Theoretical Physics Catherine O’Riordan, American Institute of Physics
Martin Poitzsch, SchlumbergerAnna Quider, Northern Illinois University
Caroline Taylor, University of Bath/UC BerkeleyRichard Wiener, Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Joseph York, American Institute of Physics
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PROGRAM
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ABSTRACTS + BIOS
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ContentsPlanning Committee
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PROGRAM
SITE LOCATION: ESPAÇO TERRAZZA
7:00pm Welcome Reception
8:00pm Opening Remarks
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP
Joe Niemela, ICTP
Philip W. Hammer, AIP
8:20pm “Is Your Electron Out-of-Round?”
Eric Cornell, National Institute of Standards and
Technology & University of Colorado
SITE LOCATION: MEDICAL SCIENCES AUDITORIUM (FCM) UNICAMP
9:00am IPF Introduction
Newton Frateschi, UNICAMP
TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL PHYSICS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES:
Joe Niemela - Session Chair
Thissessionwillexploretopicsfromapolicyandtechnicalperspective,
surveyinghowphysicalscientistscontributetoeconomicdevelopment,
andrespondtotheopportunitiesandchallengesencounteredin
emergingeconomies.
9:15am “Innovation with Social Responsibility: Combining Necessity with Opportunity”
Vanderlei Bagnato, IFSC-USP
9:45am “Catching the Wave: Emerging Trends in Growth Markets”
Caroline Taylor, University of Bath/UC Berkeley
10:15am “Growing Fast and Becoming Resilient to Natural Catastrophes
and Climate Change in Latin America: The Role of Physical
Scientists in the Re/Insurance Industry”
Nidia Martinez, SwissRe
10:45am Break
Sunday, Sept. 28
Monday, Sept. 29
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11:15am “Microsoft Research’s Strategy for Cooperative R&D in Brazil
and Latin America”
Daron Green, Microsoft Research
PHYSICS AND DIPLOMACY: Katharine B. Gebbie - Session Chair
11:45pm “The Role of Science and Scientists in Advising Governments, Advancing
Diplomacy, and Contributing to Sustainability”
E. William Colglazier, former Science and Technology
Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State
12:15pm Panel with Trends & Diplomacy Speakers: Anna Quider - Session Chair
12:45pm Lunch and Networking
INNOVATION IN A GLOBAL COMPANY: Jim Hollenhorst - Session Chair
ThissessionwillfeaturecompaniesthathaveaglobalpresenceanddoR&D
globally.Thespeakerswillillustratehowthephysicalsciencescontributeto
arangeofinnovations,products,andservices,leadingtoregionaleconomic
growthandopportunitiesforscientistsfromthoseregions.
2:30pm “Research and Development: Vital to Agilent’s Success”
Darlene Solomon, Agilent Technologies
3:00pm “Physical Sciences Research at IBM: Still at the Cutting Edge”
Thomas Theis, IBM
3:30pm “New Business Models for Growth Markets:
Enabling the Transformation in Telecommunications Market”
Kumar Sivarajan, Tejas Networks4:00pm Break
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSOR I: Caroline Taylor - Session Chair
Thissession,andsessionIIonthistopic,willfeaturecurrentorformer
universityprofessorsfromaroundtheworldwhohavestartedtheir
owncompanies.
4:30pm “The Challenges of a Healthcare Biotech Company in Brazil: Recepta’s Case”
José Fernando Perez, Biopharma Recepta & George Washington University
4:45pm “Inexpensive, Efficient Approaches for Energy Storage”
Amy Prieto, Prieto Battery, Inc. & Colorado State University
5:15pm “Challenges in Biometrics”
Iron Daher, Griaule Biometrics
5:45pm Panel Discussion
6:15pm Adjourn
6:45pm Conference Dinner, Restaurante Táboa das Marés
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Tuesday, Sept. 30
SITE LOCATION: MEDICAL SCIENCES AUDITORIUM (FCM) UNICAMP
PHYSICS IN THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMY: Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan - Session Chair ThissessionwillfocusoncompanieswithaBrazilianpresencethatarethrivingdueinparttothecontributionsofphysicalscientists.
9:00am “Optronics for Agriculture; Case of AgriOS” Jarbas Caiado de Castro Neto, Instituo de Física de São Carlos
9:30am “Setting-up an Industrial Research Group in Brazil” Claudius Feger, IBM Brazil
10:00am “The Brazilian tropical agriculture: competitiveness and sustainability based on Science and Innovation” Silvio Crestana, EMBRAPA
10:30am “Padtec: A Brazilian Experience from Basic Theory to the Market” Jorge Salomão Pereira, Padtec
FIELD EXPERIENCE-SEEPG.10-11FORDETAILS Participantswillspendtheafternoonvisitingorganizationswhereindustrialandappliedphysicsplaysacriticalroleinthemission,providingcompellingexamplesofhowthephysicalsciencesarecontributingtoBrazil’seconomy.
11:00am Participants will choose from one of the following four tours to visit local companies: CompanieswithinCampinas:
• BRPhotonics/CPqD, Padtec, LNLS (Synchrotron Light Source) • Amyris, IFGW • Embrapa Satellite Monitoring, Embrapa Informatics SãoJosédoCampos: • Embraer 7:00pm Reception and Conference Dinner, Estancia Grill
SITE LOCATION: MEDICAL SCIENCES AUDITORIUM (FCM) UNICAMP
PHYSICS IN THE OIL FIELD: Newton Frateschi - Session Chair Brazil’spetroleumresourceshavebeenamajordriverofitseconomicgrowth,andglobalcompaniesarepartneringwithBrazilinthesesuccesses.ThissessionwillfocusonthescienceandtechnologyemployedinBrazil’soilindustry.
Wednesday, Oct. 1
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9:00am “Physics Research, Development and Innovation in Oil Field NMR” Tito Bonagamba, Instituo de Física de São Carlos
9:30am “An Example of Innovation Driven by Scientific Research” Martin Hürliman, Schlumberger
10:00am Panel Discussion10:15am Break
GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL PHYSICS: Jim Hollenhorst - Session Chair Thissessionwillillustratethediversityofapplicationsandindustriesinwhichphysicalsciencesplayamajorroleinthesuccessesofarangeofcompanies.
10:45am “Capacitor Technology for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators” Mark Viste, Medtronic
11:15am “NMR Applications in Oil Exploration” Austin Boyd, Schlumberger
11:45am Panel Discussion
12:15pm Lunch and Networking
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSOR II: Caroline Taylor - Session Chair Thissessioncontinuesthepresentationsbycurrentorformeruniversityprofessorsfromaroundtheworldwhohavestartedtheirowncompanies.
2:00pm “Founding Galileoscope LLC: A Venture to Improve Science Education Worldwide” Douglas Arion, Galileoscope LLC and Carthage College
2:30pm “A Challenge from Oil & Gas Industry: Robust In-Line Multi-Phase Flow Metering” Daniel Pusiol, Spinlock and the University of Mendoza
3:00pm “Nanophotonics Enabling Low Cost Sensing” Simarjeet Saini, Altanet Communications and the University of Waterloo
3:30pm “Clean Gas Innovation: Nanocatalysts and Low Temperature Plasma Reactors to Neutralize Greenhouse Gases” Guilherme Gonçalves, Limpgas Tecnologia
4:00pm Panel Discussion4:30pm Break
BRAZIL-US SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIPS: Anna Quider - Session Chair 4:45pm “Brazilian Research Partnerships
with the US Office of Naval Research and Other US Government agencies” Augustus Vogel, US Office of Naval Research
5:15pm Concluding remarks, with transition to Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Short Course
7:00pm Cocktail Reception and Conference Banquet, Espaço Terrazza Remarks and Introduction Catherine O’Riordan, Vice President, American Institute of Physics “Physics in Brazil: Development and Partnership with Industries” Ricardo Galvão, President, Brazilian Physics Society
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Thursday, Oct. 2
SITE LOCATION: PHYSICS INSTITUTE AUDITORIUM
8:30am Registration9:00am Introduction Douglas Arion, Carthage College9:20am Welcome Comments
Joe Niemela, International Centre for Theoretical Physics9:45am Entrepreneurship: Motivations and Mission Hands-on Session: Developgoals/mission/mantraforbusinessconcept10:30am Break11:00am Product Lifecycle Hands-on Session:Identifythestateoftheindustryandproductsofinterest,
andidentifyareasofimprovement/needfordevelopment.12:30pm Lunch2:00pm Ideation and Creativity Hands-on Session: Methodsofformallateralthinkingwillbepresentedand
groupswillideatenewproductideas.Methodsofevaluating/rankingideaswillbepresentedandutilizedtoselectoptimumconcepts.
4:00pm Break4:30pm Summary of Day One Group discussion of key concepts and approaches – Q and A session.5:00pm Social Hour6:00pm Entrepreneurship in Brazil:
Panel Discussion of Successful Brazilian Entrepreneurs Iron Daher, Griaule Biometrics
Júlio Oliveira, BR Photonics Additional Speakers, TBD
7:00pm Dinner
Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Short Course
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Friday, Oct. 3
PROGRAM
SITE LOCATION: PHYSICS INSTITUTE AUDITORIUM
8:30am Registration9:00am Introduction Douglas Arion, Carthage College9:15am Intellectual Property
“Protecting Ideas for Commercialization” Sergio Medeiros Paulino de Carvalho, INPI
10:30am Break11:00am Finance
“Finance in Brazil for New Ventures” Fernando Reinach, Pitanga Fund
12:00pm Small Business Funding in Brazil “Funding for Small Businesses” Sergio Queiroz, FAPESP
12:30pm Lunch2:00pm Business Plans and Strategic Planning Introduction to Business Plans: Uses, organization, and structure3:00pm Break3:30pm Business Plan Preparation Hands-on Session: Outline business plans for new business concepts4:30pm Summary of Day Two
Group discussions on key concepts. Hand out and collect evaluations – Q and A session.
5:00pm Adjourn
Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Short Course
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TRIP ROUTES
Field Experience
Route 1, Embraer11:00am Bus leaves Campinas to Embraer
(2 hours travel to São José dos Campos)
2:00pm Check-in. Presentation (Embraer, Products and Technology) Visit to a jet final assembly line http://www.embraer.com
4:30pm Bus returns to UNICAMP (FCM) and hotels
Route 2, CPqD and LNLS1:00pm Bus leaves to CPqD
1:30pm Check-in. Overview of CPqD technology center (includes PadTec and BrPhotonics) Lab tour - Optical Communications Lab - Wireless Lab - PadTec www.cpqd.comwww.padtec.com
3:30pm Bus leaves to LNLS
4:00pm Check-in. LNLS overview Challenges in developing advanced instrumentation locally Syncrontron Lab tour http://lnls.cnpem.br
6:00pm Bus returns to UNICAMP (FCM) and hotels
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Route 3, Amyris and Phys. Inst. at Unicamp1:00pm Bus leaves to Amyris
1:30pm Check-in. Overview of Amyris, its technology and operations in Brazil Pilot plant tour www.amyris.com
3:30pm Bus leaves to UNICAMP
4:00pm Check-in. Overview of the Physics Institute Lab tour - Optical Communications lab - Devices Research lab - Bio-photonics lab - Ultrafast phenomena lab - Materials and Low Temperatures lab http://portal.ifi.unicamp.br/en/
6:00pm Bus returns to UNICAMP (FCM) and hotels
Route 4, Embrapa1:00pm Bus leaves to Embrapa
Monitoring via Satélite
1:30pm Check-in. Presentation Embrapa Satellite Group Tour https://www.embrapa.br/en/monitoramento-por-satelite
3:30pm Bus leaves to Embrapa Informática/Unicamp
4:00pm Check-in. Presentation Embrapa Informática Group Tour www.cnptia.embrapa.br
6:00pm Bus returns to UNICAMP (FCM) and hotels
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Abstracts + Bios
Name: Douglas N. Arion
Title: Founding Galileoscope LLC: A Venture to
Improve Science Education Worldwide
Abstract: With the impetus of the 2009
International Year of Astronomy, Galileoscope
LLC was founded to design, manufacture,
distribute, and support a high quality, very low
cost telescope kit. The venture aimed to promote
science education around the world, in countries
rich and poor, and thus had serious constraints
on costs, delivery, and communications. To date,
the company has delivered over 200,000 units
to 106 countries, and continues to operate as a
successful venture. The success of the company
has been despite a variety of stumbling blocks
and problems, which will be described in this
presentation on how such a venture is originated,
funded, and operates.
Bio: The Industrial Physics Forum short course is
presented by Dr. Douglas Arion, Donald Hedberg
Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies
and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at
Carthage College. He received his AB in physics
from Dartmouth College, and MS and PhD degrees
in physics and astronomy from the University of
Maryland. From 1983 to 2000 he was employed by
Science Applications International Corporation as
Senior Scientist, Head of the Applied Physics and
Engineering Division, and Assistant Vice President.
In 1994 he joined the faculty at Carthage College
and created the ScienceWorks entrepreneurial
studies program, the first program to teach
the skills and knowledge needed for successful
technology businesses. He is active with the
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators
Alliance, economic development organizations,
and many regional firms. Arion helped found the
Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation,
a non-profit economic development organization
to help businesses re-tool and develop new
products and services. In 2008 he started
Galileoscope LLC.
Name: Vanderlei Bagnato
Title: Innovation with Social Responsibility:
Combining Necessity with Opportunity
Abstract: We shall present the philosophy of
Innovation within the University of São Paulo
and the procedure where we have used the
competence of the university community to induce
solutions for social problems. In those cases, this
creates the necessary market opportunity for the
innovation to be a success.
The model in which University provides
governance and the companies the execution
and management will be discussed. Examples on
education and health care will be provided. The
originated park of companies as well as the new
opportunities will be presented.
Bio: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, is PhD from
MIT (1987). Double major in Material Science
Engineering (Universidade Federal de São Carlos
- Brasil - 1981) and Physics (Universidade de São
Paulo - Brasil - 1981). Livre - Docent by University
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of São Paulo (1989) and Full Professor by
University of São Paulo (1993). Has his activities
based on laser cooling and trapping of neutral
atoms and applications of optics and laser
in dentistry and medicine. Maintain close
international relation with many institutions
around the world and belongs to the editorial
board of several international journals. Promotes
many programs for Science diffusion among
general public and students. Received many prizes
and is member of Brazilian Academy of Sciences,
World Academy of Sciences for the world in
development (TWAS), Pontifical Academy of
Science of Vaticano and The National Academy
of Science (USA)
Name: Tito Bonagamba
Title: Physics Research, Development
and Innovation in Oil Field NMR
Abstract: Researchers from the São Carlos
Institute of Physics (IFSC) – University of São
Paulo (USP) – have been working intensively on
aspects of research, development and innovation
(RDI) over the last few decades. For this reason,
the institute is considered to be one the most
traditional points of reference in this area in
Brazil. Our RDI activities are not limited to pure
physics, but extend to areas such as materials
science, structural biology, medicine, dentistry,
computer science, etc. In order to cover this
wide range of research activities, our institute
counts on academic staff members and specialists
from many different fields of interest, including
engineers, computer scientists, biochemists,
biologists, chemists, pharmacists, and dentists.
Fortunately, our NMR research group is found
within this rich environment of basic and applied
research. NMR perfectly fits the profile of the
institute as well as the needs of several different
industries, since this technique has applications
to both basic and applied research. In the case of
the NMR group, we are working on several fronts,
including its quantum mechanical foundations, the
development of new pulse sequences, materials
science and instrumentation. In order to undertake
research in such diverse areas of NMR, our group
has a small team of professionals including
theoretical and experimental physicists, engineers
and technicians. We also count on the support of
several collaborators from other universities and
companies as well as pos-docs and undergraduate
and graduate students. Particularly in the area
of physics research in Oil Field NMR, we are
taking several approaches in collaboration with
researchers from USP and other universities,
CENPES/Petrobras and Schlumberger. The main
topics under investigation are: i) construction of an
NMR spectrometer dedicated to the study of rock
cores and live oil, in partnership with the American
company Tecmag – Technology for Magnetic
Resonance, ii) elaboration of new NMR pulse
sequences, iii) development of software for signal
processing iv) development of computational
simulation for understanding NMR data from fluids
immersed in porous media, and v) preparation of
artificial porous media. Finally, it is also important
to mention that our group is developing research
in collaboration with other companies, including
Engemasa – Engineering & Materials and
Faber-Castell, both located in São Carlos.
During the talk, details about our projects in
the area of Oil Field NMR will be presented.
Bio: Tito J. Bonagamba received his BSc, MSc and
PhD in Physics from the São Carlos Institute of
Physics (IFSC) – University of São Paulo (USP) and
developed post-doctoral researches at University
of Massachusetts (Amherst) and Iowa State
University (Ames), USA. He was also researcher
at Ames National Laboratory, USA, and visiting
professor several times at Université Paris-Sud
11 (Orsay), France, and Martin-Luther University
Halle-Wittenberg (Halle), Germany. Currently he
is full professor at IFSC/USP. He has experience
in condensed matter physics, working mainly
on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and its
applications, especially in porous media, magnetic
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materials, polymers and quantum information. He
also works in the field of NMR instrumentation,
performing research, development and
technological innovation in collaboration
with several companies in Brazil and abroad.
Name: Austin Boyd
Title: NMR Applications in Oil Exploration
Abstract: NMR sensors are now routinely utilized
to help evaluate oil and gas reservoirs in terms
of their potential productivity. Essential reservoir
properties such as porosity, permeability and
capillary bound water saturation can be estimated
from NMR logging sensors and the accuracy of
these measurements can be significantly improved
by analyzing core and fluid samples from the
reservoirs using Lab NMR to calibrate the NMR
logs. Additional reservoir properties such as
wettability and relative permeability can also be
estimated from NMR logs and these properties
require additional, more complex laboratory
measurements for calibration. Examples will be
presented from reservoirs in the Middle East
and Brazil where NMR logs were acquired and
calibrated to laboratory measurements of core
and fluid samples to provide a variety of
parameters that are essential for determining
the productivity of oil and gas reservoirs.
Bio: Austin Boyd is the Petrophysics Program
manager at Schlumberger Brazil Research and
Geoengineering Center in Rio de Janeiro. Prior
to moving to Rio, he was Petrophysics Program
manager at Schlumberger-Doll Research Center in
Cambridge, Massachusettes and has held a variety
of positions with Schlumberger in field operations,
product development, research and engineering.
He joined Schlumberger in 1981 as a field engineer
after graduating from Dalhousie University with
a degree in Electrical Engineering.
Name: Sergio Medeiros Paulino de Carvalho
Title: Protecting Ideas for Commercialization
Bio: Bachelor’s at Economy from Universidade
Federal Fluminense (1979), master’s at Scientific
and Technological Policy from Universidade
Estadual de Campinas (1995) and doctorate
at Scientific and Technological Policy from
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2003). Has
experience in Economy, focusing on Technological
Changes, acting on the following subjects:
technological innovation, intellectual property and
agriculture, partnership and intellectual property,
plant variety protection, innovation systems and
research networks.
Researcher at Rio de Janeiro’s Agriculture
Research Institute (PESAGRO-RIO), acting at
Brazilian Industrial Property National Institute
(INPI). Head of Economic Advisory Area
Name: Jarbas Caiado de Castro Neto
Title: Optronics for Agriculture; Case of AgriOS
Abstract: I will talk about a new startup that I am
involved in, dedicated to the use of modern optical
techniques in the agribusiness. The new company,
called Agricultural Optronics Systems (AgriOS)
is 1.5 years old and is a case of company that can
only exist if physics specialists are involved. I will
show that the Institute of Physics of Sao Carlos
of USP plays a central role in the development
of several companies that employ physical
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specialists, from small ones like AgriOS to
medium ones like Opto Eletronica SA that has
about 400 employees.
Bio: Idealizer, entrepreneur and partner of several
Hi-Tech businesses including Opto Eletronica SA,
Eyetech Equip. Ophthalmic, ARtech, WaveTec
Equipamentos oftamicos OticaOnLine, OptoGlobal
Holdings, Agrios Agricultural Optronics and other
small business. Jarbas Castro is a full professor of
physics at the Instituto de Fisica at the University
of Sao Paulo in the campus of Sao Carlos-Brazil.
He received his bachelors in Physics at the IFSC-
USP in Sao Carlos, and his PhD in Physics at MIT-
Boston-USA. He is Chairman of the Board of Opto
Eletronica SA and CEO of OptoUSA Corp – Miami,
FL-USA. He is also Director of the FIESP, the state
of Sao Paulo industry confederation.
Name: E. William Colglazier
Title: The Role of Science and Scientists in
Advising Governments, Advancing Diplomacy,
and Contributing to Sustainability
Abstract: Nearly every issue with which nations
are confronted on the national, regional, and
global level has an important scientific and
technological component. This is true whether the
issue concerns economic development, health,
environment, national security, homeland security,
energy, communication, food, water, climate
change, disaster preparedness, or education.
With the accelerating pace of scientific and
technological change and the global spread of
expertise and knowledge, capability in science
and technology on a world-class level has
become essential for every country seeking to be
an innovative knowledge-based society and to
compete in this highly interconnected world. As
a result, scientists have become more important
advisers on public policy issues, and science has
become an important component of foreign
policy and diplomacy. Ensuring a more
peaceful, secure, and prosperous world will
require energetic international engagement
by scientists everywhere.
Bio: Dr. E. William Colglazier served as the fourth
Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary
of State from 2011 to 2014. His role was to provide
scientific and technical expertise and advice in
support of the development and implementation
of U.S. foreign policy. From 1994 to 2011, he served
as Executive Officer of the National Academy of
Sciences (NAS) and the National Research Council
(NRC) where he helped to oversee the studies
that provide independent, objective advice on
public policy issues. He received his Ph.D. in
theoretical physics from the California Institute
of Technology in 1971, and prior to 1994 worked
at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the
Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the
Center for Science and International Affairs at
Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and
the University of Tennessee. While at Harvard, he
also served as Associate Director of the Program
in Science, Technology, and Humanism of the
Aspen Institute. In 1976-77, he was an AAAS
Congressional Science Fellow. He is past chair of
the Forum on Physics and Society of the
American Physical Society and a Fellow of
the AAAS and APS.
Name: Eric Cornell
Title: Is Your Electron Out-of-Round?
Abstract: If your ball bearing is out-of-round, then
your machinery may grind to a halt. But if your
electron is not out-of-round, then your machinery,
your factory, and indeed the entire universe
may never exist. With such profound industrial
consequences as a motivator, we are
attempting a new experiment to measure
the electron’s electric dipole moment to
unprecedented precision.
Bio: Eric Cornell received his B.S. from Stanford
University in 1985, and his PhD from MIT in 1990.
His doctoral research, with Dave Pritchard, was
on precision mass spectroscopy of single trapped
molecular ions. Cornell went to JILA in Boulder,
Colorado in 1990. Since 1992 he has been a senior
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scientist with the National Institute of Standards
and Technology. He is a Fellow of JILA and
Professor Adjoint in the Physics Department of
the University of Colorado.
Research interests include various aspects
of ultracold atoms -- in particular, Bose-Einstein
condensation, strongly interacting Bose gases,
and chip-based atom traps. He is also working
on using precision molecular spectroscopy to
explore possible extensions to the Standard
Model of particle physics. His most recent research
includes a project to measure the electric dipole
moment of the electron, a project designed to
investigate the particle physics concept known
as “supersymmetry.”
Cornell received the Stratton Award from
NIST in 1995, the Carl Zeiss Award in 1996, the
Fritz London Prize in 1996, the Presidential Early
Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in
1996, the 1997 I.I. Rabi Award, the 1997 King Faisal
International Prize for Science, the 1995-96 AAAS
Newcomb-Cleveland Prize, the 1997 Alan T.
Waterman Award, the Lorentz Medal in 1998,
in 1999 the R. W. Wood Prize and the Benjamin
Franklin Medal in Physics, and in 2000 was elected
as a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and
a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
In 2005, he was elected Fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2012 he
was awarded the Ioannes Marcus Marci Medal for
Molecular Spectroscopy. He shares the 2001
Nobel Prize in Physics with Carl Wieman and
Wolfgang Ketterle.
Name: Silvio Crestana
Title: The Brazilian Tropical Agriculture:
Competitiveness and Sustainability Based on
Science and Innovation
Abstract: Nowadays, Brazil is a global player in
the production of food, fibers and agri-energy. In
the last decades the country was able to reach
its food security and to transform its position of
food dependence into one of the world’s largest
agricultural commodity exporters. The Brazilian
agriculture competitiveness was reached having
science, technological and institutional innovation
as its sustaining pillars. The presentation will
highlight what was made in science and innovation
to properly manage tropical ecosystems and some
of the scientific and innovation challenges we will
face in the coming years. Particularly, at Embrapa
Agricultural Instrumentation we have several
research applications of physics in agriculture we
expect to share with the audience.
Bio: Director-President of the Brazilian Agricultural
Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) from January
2005 to July 2009, Silvio Crestana’s career
at EMBRAPA started in 1984, after which he
worked as a physicist, professor and researcher.
Dr. Crestana served as General Manager of
EMBRAPA’s Agricultural Instrumentation Research
Unit from 1992-1997, and as Coordinator of its
first virtual laboratory abroad (Labex USA)
from 1998-2001. As a scientist, he distinguished
himself internationally through pioneering work,
introducing Computerized Tomography to the field
of Soil Science. Dr. Crestana is author and
co-author of more than 150 scientific publications
and has received many awards and honours over
the years, including the Grand Cross of the
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Order of Rio Branco (Brazilian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs) and Commander of the National Order
of Scientific Merit (Brazilian Ministry of Science
and Technology). Dr. Crestana is a member of the
Superior Council of Agribusiness of São Paulo
State’s Federation
Name: Renato Cruz
Title: The Challenge of Innovation:
The Knowledge Revolution in Brazilian Companies
Abstract: Brazil has some examples of big
innovative companies - like Petrobras, Embraer
and Natura -, but the majority of Brazilian small
and medium enterprises still see innovation as
something expensive, complex and too risky.
What can be done to change this scenario? What
are the main strengths and weaknesses of
Brazilian innovation environment today?
Bio: Renato Cruz is a technology columnist at
O Estado de S. Paulo, and author of three books:
O que as empresas podem fazer pela inclusão
digital (What companies can do to help digital
inclusion), TV digital no Brasil: tecnologia versus
política (Digital TV in Brazil: technology versus
politics) and O desafio da inovação: a revolução
do conhecimento nas empresas brasileiras (The
challenge of innovation: the knowledge revolution
in Brazilian companies). He has a bachelor’s
degree in Journalism and master’s and doctoral
degrees in Media Studies at University of São
Paulo. He is a Media professor at Senac
University Center.
Name: Iron Daher
Title: Challenges in Biometrics
Bio: A researcher and entrepreneur, Iron Daher
founded Griaule Biometrics in 2002 and was able
to cross the chasm from research to market. He
was the Coordinator Researcher of projects in
biometrics funded by the São Paulo Research
Foundation (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa
do Estado de São Paulo, Fapesp) and Research
and Projects Financing, (Financiadora de Estudos
e Projetos, Finep) from 2002 to 2005. Today the
company has more than 4,000 customers in
57 countries.
Name: Claudius Feger
Title: Setting-up an Industrial Research
Group in Brazil
Abstract: Around 2010 the IBM Research
leadership decided to set up a new IBM Research
Laboratory, this one to be its first in the southern
hemisphere. The choice fell on Brazil, one of
the strong, emerging economies. Since the
Brazilian government requested that IBM include
some research activity to support its intent to
develop an electronics ecosystem in Brazil, the
Smarter Devices research team was born, and I
was asked to lead it. To begin with I studied the
commercial and academic electronics landscape.
In fact Brazil has many companies that assemble
electronics but few that innovate in electronics.
There was one company packaging Si chips for
the flash memory market and none creating
integrated circuits. There was and is however a
fair amount of microelectronics work at isolated
academic institutions; but without an industry
to commercialize the ideas this research leads
only to publications. However, news of new
enterprises cropped up: there was talk about
a plan to found a specialty chip manufacturer
(now SIX Semicondutores) and a new packaging
operation (now HT Micron). By 2012 when I
arrived in Brazil to stay, the founding of SIX Semi
was being finalized. As luck would have it, SIX
Semi contracted IBM including my team to jointly
develop the technology for a microfluidics device
for environmental and/or health care applications.
This led to first hires and the need to set up an
electronics lab.
Since IBM Research-Brazil is heavily involved
in oil and gas, we started to explore research in
this area as well and finally settled on a project
to develop nanotechnologies for enhanced oil
recovery. Work in this as in many other areas in
Brazil is undertaken with the hope of attracting
funds from one of several tax laws that have been
set up in Brazil to foster innovation.
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In this talk I will discuss some of the successes
and difficulties of setting up an industrial research
lab that requires top level scientists, advanced
experimental facilities, and external funding in
addition to internal funds.
Bio: Claudius Feger, manager of the Smarter
Devices team of IBM Research - Brazil and senior
site manager of the Rio site of the Brazil Research
Lab joined IBM Research at the T. J. Watson
Research Center, Yorktown Hts., NY, in 1984 in the
area of electronics packaging research, an area
which he eventually led for IBM Research.
He holds a diploma in chemistry and a doctorate
in polymer science from the University of Freiburg,
Germany. He taught polymer chemistry in Porto
Alegre, Brazil, followed by a post-doctoral
fellowship at UMass, Amherst. He is co-author
of over 100 research papers, holds 54 (36 US)
patents, wrote 5 book chapters, and edited four
books on polyimides. He is a Distinguished Fellow
and Past President of the Society of Plastics
Engineers and a member of several
other professional organizations. He currently
resides with his wife in Rio de Janeiro.
Name: José Fernando Perez
Title: The Challenges of a Healthcare Biotech
Company in Brazil: Recepta’s Case
Bio: 2005 to present CEO – President Recepta
Biopharma (www.receptabiopharma.com.br)
Recepta Biopharma is a start up biotech company
developing monoclonal antibodies for the
treatment of cancer.
- 2000 Medal and Grand Cross of the National
Order of Scientific and Technological Merit.
- 1993 – 2005 Scientific Director of the State of
São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP. Member
of the Board of Directors of the IMPA – National
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics.
Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Member of the Academy of Sciences of the
Developing World (TWAS). 1973 PhD by the
Eidgenössische Technische Hochshule (ETH)
Zürich. 1974 – 2004 Professor of
Physics – University of São Paulo.
Name: Ricardo Galvão
Title: RF Amplifier for the Active
Toroidal Alfvén Diagnostic System of JET
Abstract: In an ignited fusion reactor, the high
temperature of the plasma is maintained by
heating of the electrons by the alpha particles
produced in the fusion reactions. However, due
to their high velocity, the alpha particles can
also excite normal modes of the plasma, known
as Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmodes – TAEs, by a
resonant mechanism of wave-particle interaction.
These electromagnetic modes carry away energy
from the alpha particles, diminishing the energy
available for collisional transfer to the electrons,
therefore jeopardizing the ignition condition. For
this reason, these modes have been extensively
studied in tokamaks, in particular in JET (Joint
European Torus), using the technique of excitation
by an external antenna and determination of the
damping of different components of the excited
spectrum. Only modes that are weakly damped
represent a concern for fusion reactors. The
antenna system used in JET has been recently
upgraded to allow a reasonably pure spectrum
of excited modes. This system consists of two
antenna modules, with four excitation coils in
each, which have to be excited with rather precise
current amplitude and phase in each coil. The
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antenna system represents an inductive load,
which is fed by a coaxial line around 100m long,
and no matching circuit can be installed close to
the antenna to follow the varying plasma load. Due
to these stringent conditions, commercial available
sweeping RF generators, normally designed for
50 ohm resistive loads, are not appropriate. A
new RF amplifier that can work properly in these
conditions has been designed by the Plasma
Physics Laboratory of University of São Paulo, as
part of an international collaboration involving
the Plasma Fusion Center, of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and the Centre de
Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, of École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The amplifier
was built in a joint venture with POLITRON, a
Brazilian industry specialized in RF equipment, and
its first unit has been successfully tested in JET last
June. In this presentation I will discuss the involved
process of developing scientific equipment as part
of an international collaboration and the somewhat
complex interaction with industries in Brazil to
develop a new product, taking the development of
the TAE RF amplifier as an specific real example.
Bio: Ricardo Galvão was born in Itajubá, State of
Minas Gerais, Brazil, on the 21st December 1947.
He got the Bachelor Degree from Fluminense
Federal University, in December 1969, the Master
of Science Degree from the State University of
Campinas, in January 1972, both in Electrical
Engineering, the Doctoral Degree in Applied
Plasma Physics from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, in February 1976, and the “Livre
Docente” Degree in Experimental Physics from the
University of São Paulo, in 1983. He has developed
his professional carrier in fusion research, having
designed and helped the construction of the
first Brazilian tokamak, TBR-1, and coordinated
the assembling of the TCABR tokamak, currently
operating at the University of São Paulo. In 1985
he was awarded the ICTP Prize for his work in
high temperature plasmas. He is currently full
professor at the University of São Paulo and head
of the Plasma Physics Laboratory. He is member
of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the
Scientific Council of the European Physical Society.
Name: Guilherme Gonçalves
Title: Clean Gas Innovation: Nanocatalysts and
Low Temperature Plasma Reactors to Neutralize
Greenhouse Gases
Abstract: Humanity has numerous challenges to
tackle climate change nowadays. There is a clear
need for a paradigm shift and the advance of
knowledge, science and applied technology are
the only viable way to address the sustainable
development. The relation of energy to global
climate change is one of the most important
links to be made concerning the impact of a man
made system on the global environment by means
of carbon emission. In this sense, the physical
processes and innovations emerge as a realistic
alternative not only to combat the climate chance
but also contribute directly to the improvement
of the quality of life, health and environment
indicators. In this presentation we will discuss the
most innovative researches and developments
that have been developed in Brazil to neutralize
GHGs and other atmospheric pollutants generated
in the energy and industrial production.
Bio: Limpgas Tecnologia is a technology based
clean company, spin-off from the Physics Institute
of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). It is a
pioneer in Brazil in the development of innovations
in physical processes to reduce emissions of
greenhouse gases and waste treatment of
hazardous gases. We have built a business model
based on sustainable engagement of stakeholders
and experts on topics related to gases, engaged
in the reduction of environmental and social
impacts on power generation and sharing ethical
and moral principles. Limpgas intends to break
technological paradigms through the development
and apply of physical processes in replacement
of conventional chemical processes that are
inefficient or polluting. The engagement, the
management of human capital and commitment to
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improving the planet environmental welfare were
fundamental to the advancement of research and
development of the Limpgas values. Guilherme
Gonçalves - BSc Economics, Management and
Sustainability Management graduate lato sensu
(IE-Unicamp) is Executive Director and Founding
Partner at Limpgas Tecnologia, a Brazilian startup
pioneer in the development of innovations for the
reduction and treatment of greenhouse gasses and
toxic effluents and residue by physical processes.
He also develops new methodologies for strategy
and the market-entry of green innovations.
Name: Daron G. Green
Title: Microsoft Research’s Strategy for
Cooperative R&D in Brazil and Latin America
Bio: Senior Director, Microsoft Research
Connections. Dr. Green is the Senior Director of
Microsoft External Research and is responsible for
Microsoft Research’s external engagement and
investment strategy. Microsoft’s External Research
is a key part of Microsoft’s Research program
and works closely with Academia and Research
institutions in helping solve some of the world’s
most challenging scientific and social problems.
His team and global portfolio includes diverse
topics such as Health and Wellbeing, Education
and Scholarly Communications, Computer
Science and the Environment. Dr Green’s initial
research background was in molecular modeling
and equations of state for fluid mixtures—his
BSc is in Chemical Physics (1989, Sheffield) and
his Phd in molecular simulation of fluid mixtures
(1992, Sheffield). He went on to do post doctoral
research in simulation of polymer and protein
folding (1993-4, UCD). This naturally led to
application porting and optimization for
large-scale parallel and distributed computing
in a range of application domains including
computational chemistry (molecular dynamics and
quantum mechanical codes), radiography, CFD,
and FE. Dr. Green then moved more fully into HPC
and was responsible for some of Europe’s largest
HPC Framework V programs for the European
Commission, major HPC procurements in the UK
for the UK Research Councils and UK Defense
clients, he also led detailed investigations into
the maturity and adoption for European HPC
Software tools (published). From there Dr. Green
went to work for the SGI/Cray—helping to set up
the European Professional Services organization
from which he span out a small team out to
establish the European Professional Services
for Selectica Inc. Selectica specialized in on-line
configuration/logic-engine technologies offered
via Web services. Given an HPC/distributed
computing background and familiarity with the
then embryonic area of Web Services, IBM invited
Dr. Green to help establish its early Grid strategy—
this effort began in Europe, the Middle East,
and Africa but quickly broadened to be global
and he moved to the United States with IBM to
form IBM’s Grid EBO. Dr. Green joined Microsoft
Research from BT where he was responsible for all
sector-based propositions in BT’s Global Services.
As well as this, as Director for Global Sector
propositions he led the strategy and business
design activities across a range of business
areas including healthcare, security, public
sector engagement, energy management, and
sustainability (published). Specifically in terms of
Sustainability—in 2007 established and launched
BT’s Sustainability practice—responsible for BT’s
business offerings to commercial customers which
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help reduce their carbon footprints and establish
business practices which are sustainable in terms
of their social and economic impact (published).
Name: Martin Hürlimann
Title: An Example of Innovation Driven by
Scientific Research
Abstract: Conventional NMR measurements
are performed by placing the sample inside an
RF coil that is located in a strong and highly
uniform magnetic field. RF pulses are applied
and used to manipulate the spins. Any resulting
net transverse magnetization is then detected
with the same RF coil. In a typical laboratory NMR
system, the magnetic field is generated by an
optimized array of superconducting coils which
can achieve a field homogeneity B0 / ΔB0 of
over 10^8. This high homogeneity is required to
gain maximum control over the spin dynamics. In
contrast, NMR well logging and other mobile NMR
applications have to be performed with inside-out
configurations where the sample is external to the
measuring device. In such systems, the magnetic
field that can be applied to the sample is much
weaker and characterized by ΔB0 / B0 ~ 1. Such
grossly inhomogeneous fields make it impossible
to uniformly manipulate the spins across the
entire sample and any transverse magnetization
quickly dephases. Nevertheless, it is possible to
perform quantitative NMR measurements in such
set-ups and determine detailed relaxation and
diffusion properties of the sample in a robust
manner that is insensitive to the details of the
field inhomogeneities. These measurements
are based on RF sequences that are able to
repeatedly refocus magnetization. We use optimal
control theory to develop refocusing pulses and
to find matching excitation pulses that greatly
enhance the resulting signal-to-noise ratio. This
enables new applications not only in the field
of hydrocarbon exploration, but also in other
applications of mobile NMR on extended samples,
and in process control.
Bio: Martin Hürlimann is a Scientific Advisor
working in the research laboratory of
Schlumberger in Cambridge, USA. He obtained
a Dipl. Natw. degree from the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland,
and a Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University
of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, for the
development of a cryogenic hydrogen maser.
After spending two years at the University of
California in Berkeley as a postdoctoral fellow,
he joined Schlumberger – Doll research in 1992.
His work has focused on the development of new
NMR techniques for the study of porous media
and complex fluids with particular emphasis on
well logging applications. He is a fellow of the
American Physical Society and was awarded
the Christiaan Huygens Medal by the European
Geosciences Union in 2011.
Name: Nidia Martinez
Title: Growing Fast and Becoming Resilient to
NatCat and Climate Change in Latin America:
The Role of Physical Scientists in the
Re/Insurance Industry
Abstract: Over the past 50 years, great weather
disasters have caused some 800,000 fatalities
and over a trillion dollars in economic loss globally.
Even though emergency preparedness and
disaster risk management is progressing, disaster
events continue to generate increasing financial
losses alongside ongoing economic development,
population growth and urbanization. Many national
and local economies are already vulnerable to
climate events, in the form of floods, droughts,
heat waves, and tropical storms. In addition, global
warming could greatly heighten this vulnerability,
triggering more frequent and severe weather
disasters, shifts in rainfall patterns and climate
zones, and a rise in sea levels. While losses are
getting bigger, the world is getting smaller. GDP
growth rate in Latin America, led by Brazil and
Mexico, is high. More industries means highly
susceptible occupancies (electronics,
high-tech, car manufacturing) to natural
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catastrophes. Urbanization, the clustering of
properties and commercial activity and migration
to high-risk areas such as coast and flood plains
need to be closely monitored. Along with local
prevention and mitigation measures, insurance
is a powerful measure to strengthen resilience
against catastrophe events. By pricing risk and
thus incentivizing investments in prevention
measures, the reinsurance and insurance industries
can help reduce the economic and social costs of
catastrophes. Understanding natural catastrophe
risks and the impact of climate change is critical
to assessing the re/insurance business accurately
and to structuring sound risk-transfer solutions.
This is why Swiss Re, a leading and highly
diversified global re/insurance company, invests
in proprietary, state-of-the-art natural catastrophe
models and collaborates with universities and
scientific institutions. During my talk, I would
like to expand on this important topic by
showing some of the things we do in the Natural
Catastrophes team at Swiss Re, and sharing with
the audience a few stories of who we are and why
we hire scientists.
Bio: Nidia Martinez Avellaneda joined Swiss Re in
2013 as a Specialist in Natural Catastrophes with
a focus in Latin America. For the previous decade,
she has been conducting scientific research in
physical oceanography around the globe. Nidia
holds a Ph.D. in physical oceanography from the
University of Hamburg and a Licenciatura from
the University of Buenos Aires. She has done
extensive research with satellite and in-situ data
and numerical modeling. During her time at the
Institute of Oceanography and the Max Planck
Institute in Hamburg, she studied the impact of
Saharan dust in the North Atlantic circulation.
After completion of her studies in Germany, Nidia
moved to Scripps Institution of Oceanography in
California to work on a project about mixing in
the Tropical Pacific. She became knowledgeable
in data assimilation technics and the adjoint
of the MIT general circulation model and was
chosen to speak about her work at the 2013 NASA
MPOWIR Speaker Series at Goddard Space Flight
Center. Nidia carried out part of this project at
the University of Utah in Salt Lake City where she
became an Adjunct Professor in Atmospheric
Sciences. Now in Swiss Re, she is interested in
learning about the exposure of the fast-growing
Latin America market to earthquake, tropical
cyclones, flood and climate change in order to help
them become more resilient to these unavoidable
natural catastrophes. Nidia currently lives in New
York and enjoys traveling, scuba diving, reading
magazines and spending time with her family.
Name: Júlio César Rodrigues Fernandes
de Oliveira
Title: Entrepreneurship in Brazil: Panel Discussion
of Successful Brazilian Entrepreneurs
Bio: Degree in Electrical Engineering from the
Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG)
2003, MA and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in 2004
and 2007, respectively. Between 2004 and 2014
he served as researcher (204/206), coordinator
(2006-2010), manager of division (2010/2012)
and General Manager (2012/2014) in optical
communications division at CPqD.
Since Feb / 2014 is President / CEO of
BrPhotonics, working in research and development
aimed at the arrival of products to market in the
areas of photonic and microelectronics devices
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for optical communications (optical transmitters
and receivers operating at 100Gb and beyond).
Has participated in 14 R & D projects, coordinating
10 of them, has 10 patents (INPI), 20 journal
articles, 88 international conferences, and has
transferred to the industry over 10 technology
products. Has lead research and development
in telecommunications, mainly on topics related
to optical transmission speed (100 Gb/s),
reconfigurable optical networks, photonic
devices and ASICs for optical systems.
Furthermore acts as a co-advisor for master
and Ph.D. students.
Name: Amy Prieto
Title: Inexpensive, Efficient Approaches
for Energy Storage
Abstract: There are two main limitations to the
rate of charging Li-ion batteries: slow diffusion
of Li+ into the electrodes and slow diffusion
between them. The synthesis of high surface
area electrodes has been shown to dramatically
enhance performance because reducing the
particle size of the electrode material reduces
the distance the Li+ ions have to diffuse. The
problem of decreasing the Li+ diffusion length
between electrodes has not yet been solved.
We are working to incorporate high surface
area foams of a novel anode material into a
new battery architecture wherein the foam is
conformally coated with an electrolyte made by
electrochemical deposition, then surrounded by
the cathode electrode. The significant advantage
is that the diffusion length for Li+ between the
cathode and anode will be dramatically reduced,
which should lead to much faster charging rates
and a longer cycle life. Our goal is to fabricate this
high power density battery via environmentally
benign aqueous electrochemistry, which should
lead to less expensive manufacturing.
Bio: Dr. Prieto is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Chemistry at CSU. In addition
to her research in Li-ion batteries, she has
active projects developing nanoparticles inks
for photovoltaics, light metal nanoparticles for
hydrogen storage, and novel nanowire structures.
She earned a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the
University of California, Berkeley, where she was
a Cooperative Research Fellow supported by Bell
Labs, Lucent Technologies. Her postdoctoral
work was performed at Harvard University, where
she measured the electronic properties of single
molecules and nanoparticles. While at Harvard
she was named one of the first L’Oréal USA for
Women in Science Fellows. Her academic research
has been funded by the American Chemical
Society, the Semiconductor Research Corporation,
the National Science Foundation (including the
NSF CAREER award), the Center for Revolutionary
Solar Photoconversion, and the CSU Clean
Energy Supercluster.
Prof. Prieto founded Prieto Battery, Inc. in 2009
with the goal of commercializing a novel three
dimensional high power density lithium-ion battery
made from aqueous based electroplating baths.
In 2011 she was named the ExxonMobil Solid State
Chemistry Faculty Fellow (and ACS award), a
Presidential Early Career Awardee for Scientists
and Engineers (PECASE) and won the Excellence
in Storage Technology Commercialization Award
from the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association.
In 2012 she was awarded the Margaret B. Hazaleus
Award at Colorado State University in recognition
of her mentoring efforts.
Name: Daniel Pusiol
Title: A Challenge from Oil & Gas Industry:
Robust in-line Multi-Phase Flow Metering
Abstract: The exact determination of produced
hydrocarbon volumes is one of more important
technical challenges in the oil and gas industry.
Nowadays without physical separation of
individual fluid components in production
multi-phase flow, it is impossible to accurately
determine the flow rate of each component from
the measurement of physical properties that
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are related to the average fluid displacement
in the pipe, such as the pressure drop across
a flow restriction. The primary complication
is the existence of ‘phase slip’ between fluid
components. Since the moving fluid phases
have different densities and viscosities, they are
associated with a particular dynamic pressure.
The contrast in density, viscosity and dynamic
pressure between the fluid phases generates
instability in the fraction of the cross-sectional
area of the pipe occupied by each fluid phase. This
in turn determines the axial velocity of each fluid
phase and, therefore also the dynamic pressure
associated with this moving fluid component. As
a consequence, a non-linear system of fluid phase
velocity and cross-sectional area occupied by each
fluid phase is established during multi-phase flow,
which cannot be adequately approximated by
correlations derived from macroscopic properties
such as fluid density or pressure drop.
No single wellhead meter at reasonable cost is
currently available on the market, simultaneously
satisfying the customer’s need for accuracy
across a broad range of produced volumes
and hydrocarbon properties and operational
robustness. Insufficient high quality metering may
result in suboptimal reservoir management and
uncertainty in allocation of co-mingled production.
We discuss magnetic resonance technology
providing highly accurate, real-time quantification
of flow rates for oil, water, and gas in multiphase
flow at a broad range of flow regime. Magnetic
resonance is intrinsically sensitive to flow; however,
current applications to flow measurement are
limited to very low flow rates that are inapplicable
to oil-field applications. This new technology
employs a new principle that enables robust
3-phase flow metering with a broader operating
envelope than existing flow meters, has no sensors
in the flow stream, no radioactive source, yet
could potentially be produced at sufficiently low
cost to promote increasing numbers of well head
installations. Results obtained at a commercial flow
loop confirm a broad operating envelope, accurate
3-phase flow characterization, as well as direct
measurement of phase slip.
Bio: Daniel Pusiol have 38 years of experience in
Quadrupole and Magnetic Resonance research
and has been directly responsible for a number of
major developments in these fields, reflected in
numerous scientific papers and patents.
President and Founder of SpinLock
(www.nmr-spectrometers.com), R&D COMPANY
closely related to the National University of
Cordoba, Argentina, one of the oldest and largest
University in Latin America. The company’s focus
is on the development and sale of quadrupole
resonance and magnetic resonance based
equipment, including explosive detectors, NMR
multiphase flow meters, NMR in food applications
and dedicated research spectrometers.
Name: Sérgio Robles Reis de Queiroz
Title: Funding for Small Businesses
Bio: Sérgio Robles Reis de Queiroz, born 1956,
is an Associate Professor at the Science and
Technology Policy Department, Geosciences
Institute, University of Campinas, Brazil. He is also
a Special Advisor for Technological Innovation to
the Scientific Director at FAPESP - The State of
São Paulo Research Foundation.
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He received an engineering degree in 1978, from
the University of São Paulo, and his M.Sc. and his
D. Phil in Economics in 1987 and 1993, respectively,
both from the University of Campinas. He was a
Visiting Research Fellow at SPRU - Science and
Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex,
England, in 2000.
He has an extensive researching, teaching and
administrative experience in the University and in
the Government sector. He was Deputy Secretary
at the Secretariat for Science, Technology and
Economic Development (2006) and Coordinator
for Science and Technology at the Secretariat
for Development (2007) in the São Paulo State
Government. At Unicamp he is responsible for
undergraduate and postgraduate disciplines and
for supervision of master and doctoral students
(sixteen master dissertations and five doctoral
theses concluded). He is author and co-author of
several books, articles and research reports. He
participated in numerous administrative positions,
including head of Department for three terms.
Among other academic activities he is reviewer
of many journals such as Research Policy, World
Development, Science and Public Policy, Brazilian
Administration Review, Revista Brasileira de
Inovação, etc. He is also member of the editorial
board of Science and Public Policy and Inovação
Unicamp. He has experience as consultant in
research projects for several institutions such
as ECLAC, Ministry of Science and Technology,
Institute of Applied Economic Research,
Ministry of Health etc.
His research interests encompass learning
processes, the development of technological
capabilities, mainly in the pharmaceutical and
the automotive industries, the globalization of
technology, Foreign Direct Investment in R&D and
FDI policies, university-industry partnerships and
entrepreneurship.
Name: Fernando Reinach
Title: Finance in Brazil for New Ventures
Bio: Fernando is a general partner at Fundo
Pitanga. From 2001 to 2010 he was a general
partner at Votorantim Novos Negócios, the venture
capital and private equity arm of Votorantim,
a large private industrial group in Brazil.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of
Amyris Biotechnologies and writes a weekly
column in O Estado de São Paulo, a major
Brazilian newspaper. He holds a biology degree
from the University of São Paulo and a Ph.D.
from Cornell University Medical College. He
was a Biotechnology Research Fellow from the
Rockefeller Foundation and a Research Scholar
of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He
was a Professor at the University of São Paulo,
was involved in the creation of two technology
companies and in the coordination of the first
Brazilian Genome Project.
Name: Simarjeet Saini
Title: Nanophotonics Enabling Low Cost Sensing
Abstract: The talk will be focussed on
nanostructures for new or enhanced optical
properties and building low cost biosensing
applications around them. Our work on ordered
semiconductor nanowires and surface plasmonic
sensors will be discussed. We have developed
structural colors using surface plasmonic two
dimensional nano-gratings. The colors are
sensitive to refractive index of the material or
changes to the surface allowing the sensing to be
achieved through taking pictures with a cell-phone
and image processing. Further, the sensors also
provide surface enhanced raman spectroscopic
signals with an analytical enhancement factor of
10 million demonstrated. Applications in
monitoring the quality of water in a low cost
fashion will be discussed.
Bio: Prof. Saini has developed an extensive
research program in area of nanophotonics
ranging from fundamental studies to industrial
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applications. This has led to creation of multiple
platform technologies, many of which have
been commercialized. The research has led to 5
granted patents, 5 patents applied for (3 in last
year) and three successful start-up companies.
He has co-authored more than 160 journal and
conference publications including a book chapter.
He is recipient of SPIE educational award for long
term potential in field of photonics, Ontario Early
Researcher Award, and two best paper awards.
Prof. Saini’s research has been marked by repeated
successful technology transfers. Photonics
integration platform created during his doctoral
thesis was exclusively licensed to a start-up
company, which exists today as Thorlabs Quantum
Electronics Division and employs about 100 HQPs.
Semiconductor lasers, optical amplifiers, tunable
lasers designed and developed by him are being
used in most of the optical labs around the world.
He also co-developed a metro optical Ethernet
network technology with sub-5 ms restoration
time and successfully transferred the technology
to a major cable MSO company in 2005. He also
helped develop virtual reference interferometers
which are being commercialized by Inometrix, a
start-up based out of Hamilton. Since 2006 he
has been working extensively on bio-chemical
sensors and his work on etched-core Fiber Bragg
grating sensors is considered to be seminal. He
has worked in engineering from initial inception
of ideas to final products including project line
management and customer engagement. He is
currently working on commercializing the color
sensors for detection of water quality.
Name: Jorge Salomão Pereira
Title: Padtec – A Brazilian Experience from the
Basic Theory to the Market
Abstract: This presentation will cover the main
aspects that enable Padtec to get a distinguished
position in the optical communication market.
The presentation will discuss the importance of
understanding non-linear transmission effects and
how a simple solution enable a small company to
supply long haul DWDM system at the end of
IP bubble.
Bio: Jorge Salomão Pereira has his background
in electronical engineering and has worked in
optoelectronic devices as semiconductor lasers
and photodetector. In 2001 he was one of the
founders of Padtec.
Currently he has the President and CEO
position and his main interest is focused on
optical networking.
Name: Kumar Sivarajan
Title: New Business Models for Growth
Markets: Enabling the Transformation in
Telecommunications Market
Abstract: The number of devices connected to the
internet will increase 10x every decade and stands
close to 1.5 billion at present. Such ubiquity is
enabled by increasing the bandwidth through the
telecommunications networks while innovating to
sharply reduce the transmission cost/bit. Localized
market needs, faster development requirements,
cost structure, and increased knowledge base
in developing nations has induced large Tier
1 vendors to establish globally distributed
development centers outside their native
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countries. Tejas Networks offers a unique case
study by going one step further by founding the
company in India in 2000 with the goal of not only
addressing the fast growing telecommunication
market in India but also offering a product
development resource to Global Equipment
Vendors. This presentation will highlight the
success that Tejas has enjoyed in executing the
above strategy by becoming the largest optical
transport vendor in India and at the same time
developing a very strong white label network
appliance business by forming OEM alliances with
several global vendors.
Bio: Kumar N. Sivarajan is Co-founder and Chief
Technology Officer of Tejas Networks. Prior to
starting Tejas Networks, Kumar was on the faculty
of the Electrical Communication Engineering
Department at the Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore. Earlier he has worked with the IBM
Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown
Heights, New York.
Kumar is co-author of the textbook `Optical
Networks: A Practical Perspective’ published
in February 1998. He is a Fellow of the Indian
National Academy of Engineering, and a
recipient of the Swarnajayanti Fellowship from
the government of India, the IEEE Fortescue
Fellowship and the IEEE Baker Prize Paper Award.
Kumar holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Technology
in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT), Madras and a Doctorate from
the California Institute of Technology. He is a
distinguished alumnus of IIT, Madras.
Name: Darlene Solomon
Title: Research and Development:
Vital to Agilent’s Success
Abstract: Technology leadership based on a
culture of innovation, contribution and sustained
R&D investment has been at the core of
Agilent’s success through decades of market
and technology waves. Industry leading product
R&D investment is complemented by centralized
funding of Agilent Research Laboratories which
look beyond the evolution of current products
and platforms to create the technologies that
will underlie tomorrow’s breakthroughs. These
contributions enable Agilent customers to answer
new questions at the leading edge of life science,
diagnostics and the applied markets.
To accomplish these goals, we attract and retain
top technical talent, collaborate extensively
with global research leaders in academia,
government and industry, and promote a culture
of innovation and teamwork across our highly
multi-disciplinary staff of life scientists, physical
scientists, mathematicians and engineers. The
presentation will highlight various management
processes and practices used across Agilent’s
global R&D organization. A case study of Agilent’s
R&D investment in DNA microarray technology will
also be discussed, illustrating the value of deep
technology core competency and the quandaries
and achievements inherent in longer range R&D.
Bio: Darlene Solomon is Senior Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer for Agilent Technologies.
Her responsibilities include developing the
company’s long-term technology strategy and
overseeing the alignment of Agilent’s
objectives with its centralized research-and-
development activities.
Solomon joined Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
in 1984 as a member of the technical staff,
subsequently holding a variety of research and
management positions there. She joined Agilent
Technologies in 1999 as director of the Life
Sciences Technologies Laboratory in Agilent
Laboratories, and as senior director, research
and development/technology for Agilent’s Life
Sciences and Chemical Analysis business. Prior to
her current post, Solomon was vice president and
director of Agilent Laboratories.
Solomon received her bachelor’s degree in
chemistry from Stanford University, a doctorate
in bioinorganic chemistry from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and completed Stanford
University’s Executive Development Program.
Solomon is a member of the Board of Directors
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at Materion Corporation (publicly traded), and
a Board Observer for SomaLogic (private). She
also serves on multiple academic and government
advisory and review boards, including the National
Academies’ Board on Chemical Sciences and
Technology, NAS Forum on Synthetic Biology,
Visiting Committee for Advanced Technology
for the National Institutes of Standards and
Technology (currently VCAT Vice Chair), UK
Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Stanford
University Interdisciplinary Biosciences Advisory
Council, UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry, Wall
Street Journal’s Innovation Awards, Bay Area
Science and Innovation Consortium (BASIC)
and A-STAR Board for Singapore Economic
Development (2004-10).
Solomon was inducted into Women in Technology
International’s Hall of Fame in 2001, awarded the
YWCA Tribute to Women and Industry Award
in 2004, named to Diversity Journal’s Women
Worth Watching in 2007 and to Corporate Board
Member’s 50 Top Women in Technology in 2008.
She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi,
American Chemical Society and recognized in
numerous Who’s Who Editions.
Name: Caroline Taylor
Title: Catching the Wave: Emerging Trends in
Growth Markets
Abstract: Changes and economic trends in
the emerging and pre-emergent markets are
shaping innovation more quickly than anywhere
else. High tech applications are leading the way.
From dramatic shifts in traditional international
supply chains for existing products to entirely
new products and services, the role for physics in
the space is as fluid and dynamic as the markets
themselves. The rapid evolution of the growth
markets brings unprecedented opportunities. It
also brings unique risks and challenges. This
talk will discuss shifts in the BRICS and other key
markets and some of the issues that have arisen.
It will identify emerging trends on the horizon and
touch on how those may affect both development
and the industrial physics landscape.
Bio: Caroline Taylor is a Senior Visiting Research
Fellow associated with the Sustainable Energy
Research Team at University of Bath, a Visiting
fellow at the Energy Biosciences Institute
(EBI) at University of California Berkeley, and
Principal at Ellipsis Insight. She has written
and spoken extensively on a range of topics
including sustainability, energy and resources,
risk and uncertainty, and global bioenergy
development and impact assessment.
A former Senior Fellow with EBI’s Bioenergy
Analysis Team, Caroline has engaged with a range
of stakeholders spanning science and policy,
and participated in international scenario and
resource analysis efforts. She was also a visiting
researcher at the Laboratório Nacional de Ciência
e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), in Brazil. Prior
to EBI, Caroline was an Assistant Professor of
Chemistry and Physics (adj.) at MTU and held
visiting appointments at the Forschungszentrum
Jülich’s von Neumann Institute (now Jülich
Supercomputing Center) and the James Franck
Institute of the University of Chicago. Her research
focused on interfacial behavior in environmental
and biological systems.
Caroline holds Bachelor’s degrees in Classics
and Chemistry from the University of California at
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Irvine, a Doctorate in Chemistry (chemical physics)
from the University of Chicago, and was a
post-doctoral scholar at Cornell University.
Name: Thomas Theis
Title: Physical Sciences Research at IBM:
Still at the Cutting Edge
Abstract: The information technology revolution
is in its “build out” phase. The foundational
scientific insights and hardware inventions are
now many decades old. The microelectronics
industry is maturing. An increasing fraction of
the total R&D investment is in software and
services, as applications of information technology
transform every business and every sector of the
public and private economy. Yet IBM Research
continues to make substantial investments in
hardware technology and the underlying physical
sciences. While some of this investment is aimed
at extending the established transistor technology,
an increasing fraction is aimed at longer-term
and possibly disruptive research. A recent press
release highlighted new devices for computing,
such as tunneling field-effect transistors and
nanophotonic devices, and new architectures,
such as neurosynaptic systems and quantum
computing. This research investment is a bet that
the old foundations of information technology are
ripe for reinvention. After all, today’s information
technology devices and systems operate far from
any fundamental limits on speed and energy
efficiency. But how can IBM make risky
long-term research investments in an era of global
competition and stockholders focused on the near
term? The short answer is partnerships. Since it’s
early days, IBM Research has pursued innovation
in information technology and innovation in
the ways it conducts the business of research.
By continuously evolving new models for R&D
partnerships, it has extended it’s global reach,
increased its impact on IBM’s customers, and
expanded the breadth and depth of its research
project portfolio.
Bio: Dr. Thomas Theis is on assignment from the
IBM Corporation to serve as the Executive Director
of the Semiconductor Research Corporation’s
Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), and
is based at the Thomas J. Watson Research
Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. The NRI
supports university-based research aimed at new
devices with the potential to take computing
beyond fundamental limits associated with
the field effect transistor. Tom joined the IBM
Watson Research Center in December of 1978
to pursue research on the electronic properties
of materials. He contributed as a manager and
technical strategist to the development of
technology products including IBM’s introduction
of copper wiring technology in the late 1990’s.
As IBM’s world-wide director for research in
the physical sciences from 1998 to 2010, he
championed successful new research initiatives
in nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, exploratory
memory devices, quantum computing, and special
projects addressing energy, the environment, and
infrastructure. In June of 2010, he was named
Program Manager, New Devices and Architectures
for Computing, and assumed his present position
in July of 2012. He is a Fellow of the American
Physical Society, a Fellow of the IEEE and serves
on numerous advisory boards and committees. He
has authored or co-authored over 70 scientific and
technical publications.
Name: Mark Viste
Title: Capacitor Technology for Implantable
Cardioverter Defibrillators
Abstract: Medtronic designs and manufactures
implantable medical devices. Devices supporting
heart electrical function are a core part of the
business, including implantable cardioverter
defibrillators (ICDs). Fibrillation occurs when
heart tissues fail to act in synchrony throughout
the heart, resulting in quivering muscle and
ineffective circulation. Atrial fibrillation reduces
blood flow, sapping vitality, while ventricular
fibrillation effectively stops blood flow and can
be abruptly fatal. An implanted cardioverter
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defibrillator monitors the heart’s electrical function
and can respond to avert or to reverse fibrillation.
Transvenous electrical leads may be used to
connect the device to key heart tissue.
If fibrillation is indicated, a series of low voltage
pacing pulses may be used initially to coax
the heart back into rhythm. If this pacing is
ineffective, a much larger burst of electrical energy
is delivered. As much as 40 J may be required for
a transvenous defibrillation therapy which delivers
a life-saving high-power electric pulse directly into
the heart tissue via a lead into the heart.
While pacing can be supplied directly with
battery power, a capacitor is required to supply
the high power needed for defibrillation therapy.
This capacitor is charged by the battery when a
need for therapy is suspected, then discharged
to provide therapy when the need is confirmed.
To be effective, the energy must be delivered in
a time on the order of 5-10 msec (a short time
compared with the heart rhythm). Because the
heart tissue has an effective electrical resistance of
about 50 Ohms, therapy delivery time constants
determined by the ResistanceΔCapacitance
product require a capacitance of about 100 µF.
The energy requirement of as much as 40 J and
the capacitance requirement of 100 uF in turn
lead to the need for a capacitor operating at about
800 V for a transvenous device.
In addition to the electrical requirements,
small device size is important for patient comfort.
Primary or non-rechargeable battery technology
is used exclusively in the implantable defibrillator
industry. Hence, low energy loss during operation
is needed to conserve valuable battery capacity
and to speed the capacitor charging which must
be completed before therapy is available. Most
of all, highly reliable and predictable operation is
critical for this life preserving application.
Electrolytic capacitor technology has been the
best choice for ICDs since their early development.
An individual electrolytic capacitor contains two
capacitors in series, connected internally with a
conductive electrolyte. This electrolyte penetrates
and coats porous electrodes, facilitating use of
high surface area materials. Energy is stored on an
aluminum or tantalum electrode with an anodically
grown oxide dielectric. With a high capacitance
counter electrode, applied voltage falls primarily
on the oxide dielectric, promoting efficient energy
storage within the capacitor.
Early ICDs adopted aluminum photoflash
capacitors widely used in cameras in the last
decade of the 20th century. The cylindrical shape
resulted in wasted volume, both in the empty core
of the capacitor and in inefficient packaging within
the ICD. By replacing the coiled material with
individual cut plates, flat electrolytic capacitor
designs were developed, contributing to a
significant reduction in ICD size.
More recently, tantalum capacitors have been
introduced at Medtronic for further improvements
in volume and shape flexibility. Traditional
aluminum anodic oxide materials provide high
surface area by etching tunnels into a thin sheet
of aluminum foil. By contrast, tantalum metal is
processed as a powder. Powder processing allows
higher surface area structures to be built, and
it removes the requirement that electrodes be
planar. Moreover, the more open powder structure
can be built into thicker electrodes without losing
frequency response, reducing the amount of space
needed for counter electrodes. These factors
allow tantalum capacitors to be made with greater
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energy density.
In addition to designing for increased energy
density, the ICD capacitor manufacturer must
model and control energy loss mechanisms
including dielectric relaxation and oxide hydration/
deformation. Both of these mechanisms can
take place in the days or months the capacitor
is unused between charges, and they can cause
more time and energy to be used while charging
the capacitor when preparing for therapy. These
losses are characterized during capacitor design,
and life test samples are regularly retained
from production to ensure that performance is
understood and maintained.
Bio: Mark Viste received a BA from Augustana
College majoring in physical sciences and English.
He spent a year as a Fulbright scholar in Munich,
Germany studying the history of science and
enjoying the incomparable Deutsches Museum.
His PhD is from the University of Chicago for
physical chemistry work with Professor Steve
Sibener on surface scattering from a rhodium
single crystal. Since graduation, Mark has been at
Medtronic, in Minneapolis, MN, USA. Currently, he
is a Principal Scientist working at the Medtronic
Energy and Component Center, working on
capacitor and occasionally battery technologies.
Name: Augustus Vogel
Title: Brazilian Research Partnerships with the
US Office of Naval Research and Other US
Government Agencies
Abstract: Beyond initiatives lead by universities,
S&T partnerships between Brazil and the United
States are also being generated by governmental
programs. These include, among others,
projects co-funded by national science funding
agencies (Centro Nacional de Pesquisa and the
National Science Foundation), partnerships in
university education (Ciência Sem Fronteiras
and EducationUSA), and collaborative projects
in ocean science, geology, energy, and space
technology. The US Office of Naval Research
(ONR) has also recently opened an office in
Brazil, located at the US Consulate in São
Paulo. This office provides funding to perform
scientific travel, support conferences, and initiate
basic research in a diversity of areas, including
nanotechnology, materials science, virtual reality,
oceanography, coastal geosciences, sustainable
energy production and biofuels, and robotics. This
presentation will summarize some of the different
government programs, as well as describe in more
detail the new ONR office and how it works with
Brazilian programs.
Bio: Augustus Vogel is an Associate Director for
the International Branch of the Office of Naval
Research (ONR Global). He runs the São Paulo
office and covers projects principally in Brazil,
Chile, and South Africa. In January 2014 he and
his family moved to Brazil, after completing a
three year tour in Chile for ONR Global. Augustus
has a doctorate from the University of Southern
California where he studied oceanography and
marine genetics.
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