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MIT Tech Forum
Posted: 10/13/2005
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MIT will present a telecast next wednesday at 6 PM. The subject is MIT Technology for Tomorrow's Ventures and is further described below.
Participation is free.
This will be an interactive forum when transmitted live. If you can attend the live telecast next wednesday and would like to get the address to view it locally, please contact:
Esteban Peynado
estebanp@att.com
(813) 878-4325
The MIT Club of Tampa Bay will get a DVD copy for future showing. If you are interested in seeing a recorded copy of the forum please contact me at: jlcoppen@alum.mit.edu
Jose L. Coppen
President
MIT Club of Tampa Bay
Lab Fab: MIT Technology for Tomorrow's Ventures
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
STATA CENTER, Room 123 (Kirsch Auditorium), 32 Vassar Street
Calling all entrepreneurs, investors, and technologists interested in cutting-edge MIT science and technology research! Join us for a rare view into some of the ongoing research work at MIT that will shape the future of entrepreneurship.
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Introduction From:
Alice Gast, Vice President of Research, MIT.
Speakers:
Professor Sangeeta Bhatia, presenting her work in tissue engineering
Liver Tissue Engineering at the Microscale
I will describe how our efforts in engineering liver tissue for therapeutic applications led to the development of an in vitro model of liver tissue for drug development. Our fundamental interest is in how the structure of tissue modulates its function. To this end, we have adapted microfabrication tools from the semiconductor industry to perturb and study the effect of the microenvironment around hepatocytes (liver cells). Recently, we used these same tools to optimize and miniaturize human liver tissue into a multiwell format that is amenable for use in preclinical testing of new drug candidates. In vitro tissues of this kind may provide technological solutions to ease the economic burden associated with predicting drug safety and efficacy.
Professor Yoel Fink, presenting research in material science/photonics
My talk will introduce the new field of multimaterial, integrated fibers. Until recently a barrier has existed between the processing technologies for electronic and optoelectronic devices and those used to produce optical or textile fibers. The former employs a variety of elaborate wafer based
processes which allow for small features on the one hand and the incorporation of conducting, semiconducting, and insulating materials on the other but are restricted to planar geometries and limited coverage area. In contrast, the process of making fibers is much simpler in principle and
involves the assembly of a macroscopic preform from which extended lengths of fiber is drawn. So far this technique has been limited to insulating materials and large features incommensurate with high-level device functionality. In my talk I will describe recent efforts to surmount this barrier. Careful theoretical analysis, materials design and process development, has demonstrated that fibers containing functional arrangements of metals, insulators, and semiconductors can in-fact be fabricated. This while achieving features below 20nm that are uniform along kilometer length scales. We are motivated by the prospect of achieving the sophisticated functionality typical of semiconductor devices, at length scales, uniformity, robustness and production costs associated with optical and textile fibers. Applications to high power laser transmission for non-invasive surgery, directional light detection and spectrometric fabrics will be presented.
Professor Timothy Swager presenting research in the Chemistry area
Molecular Architecture: Ultimate Control of Soft-Materials Properties
I will describe how novel molecular designs can give rise to new materials with technologically useful properties. Novel molecular structures are powerful in defining intellectual property and can lead to powerful composition of matter patents. New emerging markets in displays, sensors, and electronics that require only small amounts of performance enhancing materials provide a new playing field for chemists with an eye for molecular designs. Future materials will involve molecular architectures with increasing complexity. I assert that in the near future many large markets will ultimately be dependent upon minuscule qualities of ultra-high value soft materials.
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