Past Lectures
"Trends in Cardiovascular Devices"
Mr. Matt Birdsall, Cardio Vascular S&T Director of Engineering & Bakken Fellow, Medtronic
"Deep packet inspection, net neutrality and you"
Mr. Jim Sackman, VP of Access Development Strategy, Tellabs
"MEMS In The 21st Century"
Mr. Mike Powers, Engineering Scientist, Agilent Technologies
"Breaking the Error Floor of LDPC codes"
Prof. Venkat Anantharam, EECS Dept., UC Berkeley
"Modern methods for testing RF components"
Dr. Joel Dunsmore, R&D Fellow, Agilent Technologies
"Energy Technology and the Carbon Imperative: The Case for an Audacious New Vision"
Prof. Alexandra Von Meier, Environmental Studies & Planning Dept., SSU
"Restriction on Hazardous Substance (ROHS)"
Dr. Don Estreich, RoHS Coordinator, Advanced Development, Technology and Services, Agilent Technologies
"Telecom 2020"
Dr. Patrick Pfeffer, Director of Strategy and Planning, Juniper Networks
"Signal Integrity Challenges and the Engineering Tools that Solve These Problems"
Mr. Mike Resso, Product Manager, Signal Integrity Applications, Component Test Division, Agilent Technologies
"Pen-based Computing at SSU"
Prof. RaviKumar, CS and ES Departments, SSU
"Municipal wireless mesh as a broadband platform"
Dr. Mudhafar Hassan-Ali, System Architect, Zhone Technologies
"Cool Technologies to Save Energy, Improve Air Quality and Counter Global Warming"
Dr. Hashem Akbari, Group Leader and Senior Scientist, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory
"An Overview of the Principles of Speech Coding"
Prof. Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, EE, Santa Clara University
"Ad-hoc Wireless Sensor Networks"
Prof. Ali Kooshesh, CS, SSU
"Challenges of Hardware Design at Microwave Frequencies"
Dr. Mario Righi, R&D Project Manager, Agilent Technologies
"Ethernet PON and Fiber Access"
Mr. Ed Boyd, Chief Technology Officer, Teknovus
"Test and Measurement Challenges in the Digital Communications Era"
Dr. Salam Marougi, Expert Engineer, Agilent Technologies
"An overview of IT Security Forensics"
Prof. Manu Malek, Stevens Institute of Technology, IEEE Fellow & Distinguished Lecturer
"Xtreme science and engineering-a national level research and technology overview"
Dr. Mo Dehgani, Div. Leader of New Technologies Engineering Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
"Optical Access Deployments, Trends and Future Considerations"
Mr. Jim Sackman, VP and CTO, Tellabs
"Thin is Beautiful: Thin Film Transistor Technology and Circuits for Driving OLED Displays"
Prof. Robert Bowman, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
"Voice and Video Over Wireless Networks"
Prof. Jerry Gibson. UC Santa Barbara
"Bioinformatics in the Drug Development Process"
Dr. Thomas Wu, Genentech
"Error Reduction Techniques in MIMO Wireless Communications"
Professor Zhi Ding, UC Davis
"Lasers: Magic, Wavelengths and Pulsewidths"
Dr. Will Grossman, JDS Uniphase
"Video Convergence for Mobile Industry"
Mr. Unmesh Mehta, Dilithium Networks
"Wireless Mesh Networks: An Application Perspective"
by Dr. Prasant Mohapatra, UC Davis
"Optical Filters and Their Applications"
by Mr. Robert Sargent, JDS Uniphase
"The Upcoming Revolution in Construction"
by Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis, USC
"DRUG ELUTING STENTS - Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and Pharmacology" by Dr. Josiah N. "Cy" Wilcox, Vice President and Resident Scholar of Science & Technology at Medtronic Vascular.
“Molecular Scale Measurements” by Dr. Jim Hollenhorst, Vice President and Director of the Molecular Technology Lab, Agilent Technologies.
“Buck Starts Here” by Dr. James Kovach, President and COO, Buck Institute for Age Research.
To access slides of past lectures, please send a request to Engineering Science Department.
The ES Lecture Series has been designed to benefit the Sonoma State student and faculty in the School of Science and Technology, high tech and biotech industries and related businesses and community in the North Bay Region.
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The Lecture Series will cover a broad range of topics with focus on recent developments and trends and will provide a platform for interaction and exchange of ideas among the audience.
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Attendance is open to the students, faculty and staff of SSU and other academic institutions, engineers and scientists from the industries, members of the Business Community and members of the Community, in general.
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Days & Dates: First and Third Thursday of every month
Venue: Cerent Engineering Science Complex, Salazar Hall Room #2009A
Reception: 4:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Lecture: 4:30 to 5:15 p.m.
Q&A: 5:15 to 5:30 p.m.
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For more information, please contact the ES Department at (707) 664-2030 or engineering@sonoma.edu.
