REMINDER: BNC Faculty Seminar, Thurs., 11/21 @ 12noon in BRK 2001. Presenter: Wenzhuo Wu Dear all, The next BNC Faculty Seminar will be Thursday, 11/21 @ 12pm (lunch provided) in BRK 2001 Presenter: Ravi and Eleanor Talwar Rising Star Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Wenzhuo Wu. Wenzhuo Wu<https://engineering.purdue.edu/IE/people/ptProfile?resource_id=126298>, Ravi and Eleanor Talwar Rising Star Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering will present an overview of his work on Hybrid nanomanufacturing of hierarchical wearables for smart user interface for the first half then the remainder will be open for questions and high-level discussion of collaboration opportunities that can lead to future center of excellence and/or also brainstorm about a shared vision for Birck. Hybrid nanomanufacturing of hierarchical wearables for smart user interface Abstract: The seamless and adaptive interactions between functional devices and their environment (e.g., the human body) are critical for advancing emerging technologies, e.g., wearable devices, consumer electronics, and human-machine interface. The state-of-the-art technologies, however, require a complex integration of heterogeneous components to interface the environmental, mechanical stimulus, which is ubiquitous and abundant in the above applications. These limitations have severely hampered the advancement and broader utilization of related technologies. Moreover, all existing technologies require a power source, which complicates the system design and limits operation schemes. In this talk, I will discuss our recent progress in developing self-powered human-integrated nanodevices through the hybrid nanomanufacturing of multifunctional materials into heterostructured nanodevices. This new class of wearable devices are conformable to human skins and can sustainably perform self-powered, non-invasive functions, e.g., physiological monitoring and gesture recognition, by harvesting the operation power from the human body. Such an operation scheme is fundamentally hinged on the polarization induced current term in Maxwell’s displacement current. This research is expected to have a positive impact and immediate relevance to many societally pervasive areas, e.g., biomedical monitoring, consumer electronics, and robotics. Please find below the BNC Fall Faculty Seminar Series Schedule. Date Faculty Topic 11/21/19 Wenzhuo Wu Ravi and Eleanor Talwar Rising Star Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering Hybrid nanomanufacturing of hierarchical wearables for smart user interface 11/28/19 Thanksgiving Break 12/5/19 Luna Lu Associate Professor of Civil Engineering with courtesy appointmen in Materials Science and Engineering Sustainable Materials and Renewable Technology 12/12/19 Finals Week Thank you! Jaime Turner Administrative Assistant to the Director Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 1027 | W. Lafayette, IN Office: 765.494.3509 | Fax: 765.496.8383 | Email: jjturner@purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> ______________________________________________________________ [https://www.purdue.edu/brand/images/Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Lea...] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps<http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps>