October/November Section Meeting
The Future of Wearable Biosensors for Industry, Medicine and Sport
DATE: Thursday, NOVEMBER 01, 2018 (PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE)
PLACE : University of Cincinnati (see below for directions)
TIME : 6:30 p.m. – Dinner (Please allow 15 min to walk from garage)
6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. – Presentation
COST: No Cost
ABOUT THE MEETING:
Join us for our annual meeting at the University of Cincinnati. The presentation and discussion will be on wearable biosensors. This is a great topic of interest as these devices affect all of us.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Dr. Jason C. Heikenfeld, Ph.D. Co-founded Eccrine Systems, Inc. and serves as its Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Heikenfeld co-founded Extreme Photonix Corp in 2001 and served as its Principal Scientist from 2001 to 2005. Dr. Heikenfeld is an internationally-known expert in electrofluidics and flex-electronics, with work spanning displays, lab-on-chip and wearable sensors. He has launched his company, Gamma Dynamics. He has been a Member of Medical Advisory Board at Tauriga Sciences, Inc since October 2013. He served as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Tauriga Sciences, Inc. since October 31, 2013. He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati and also working with his second start-up company in color-video electronic paper. He is an award winning educator at UC and has lead the creation of programs and coursework at the University of Cincinnati. In 2005 he returned to the University of Cincinnati as a Professor in the Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering. He was an Assistant Professor of University of Cincinnati and quickly propelled UC into a position of international leadership in electrofluidic technology. He has greater than 150 publications and his inventions have resulted in over 10 granted patents. Since 2006, he has secured more than $12,000,000 in funded research, including a prestigious NSF CAREER award and a AFOSR Young Investigator Award (one of only 21 nationally in 2006, across all sciences). Dr. Heikenfeld is a recipient of NSF CAREER and AFOSR and Sigma Xi Young-Investigator awards. he is a Senior member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a Senior member of the Society for Information Display and a member of SPIE. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. Degrees from the University of Cincinnati in 1998 and 2001, respectively. 2013.
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LOCATION: University of Cincinnati in 427 ERC (Engineering Research Center), 2901 Woodside Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45221 Parking garages can be found next to ERC.
The nearest parking garage is Library Woodside Garage or the Campus Green Garage. There is also on street parking on Martin Luther King Blvd and Clifton Ave.
1.From the parking garages head inside campus
2.You will then get to ERC (big orange-ish building with smoke stack like roof)
RESERVATIONS: https://ieeecincinnati.org/meetings/. Please click on the appropriate link and complete the reservation. (Note: Meeting list on webpage is slow to load on some browsers)
Reservations close at 11:59 PM on Sunday October 30, 2018.
DINNER RESERVATION CANCELLATION POLICY
An email to Reservations@ieeecincinnati.org prior to the close of reservations is required to properly cancel your reservation.
All Reservations must be made by October 30th, 2018
WALK-INS (those without reservations): Walk-ins welcome
PE CREDITS: Depending on the subject matter, attendance at IEEE Cincinnati Section Meetings now qualifies the attendee for Professional Development Hours towards renewal of Professional Engineers Licenses. Required documentation will be available following the meeting if qualified! The Section Meetings also provide a great opportunity to network with fellow engineers in the area.