Nano and Giga Challenges
in Electronics and Photonics
From Atoms to Materials to Devices to System
Architecture
Symposium and Spring School
(Tutorial Lectures)
Phoenix, Arizona, March 12-16, 2007
http://www.AtomicScaleDesign.Net/ngc2007
or
http://ngc2007.asu.edu
Co-Chairmen
Herb Goronkin
(Advisory Board)
Stephen Goodnick
(Program Committee)
Anatoli Korkin
(General Chair)
Advisory Board
Phaedon Avouris
Robert Chau
Dan Dascalu
Alastair Glass
Jan Labanowski
Nasser Peyghambarian
Jun'ichi Sone
Andreas Wild
Hiroshi Yokoyama
Chunli Bai
Nina Couzin
David Ferry
Takeo Hattori
Serge Luryi
Jammy Raj
Jason Sydow
Gary Witting
Alexander Zaslavsky
Enrique Calleja
Sorin Cristoloveanu
Donald Fitzmaurice
Yoshiro Hirayama
Pawitter Mangat
Ron Schott
Bo Varga
Jimmy Xu
Victor Zhirnov
Program Committee
Erica Forzani(Secretary)
Magdalena Lidia Ciurea
Oksana Fesenko
Konstantin Likharev
Peter Mueller
Federico Rosei
NJ Tao
Anatoly Zayats
Gennadi Bersuker
Jeff Drucker
Thomas Frauenheim
George Maracas
Toshio Naito (Japan Liason)
Victor Ryzhii
Trevor Thornton
Yong-Hang Zhang
Alex Bratkovski
Natascha Hebell-Fernando
Predrag Krstic
Tom Miller
Wolfgang Porod
David Smith
Koichi Yamashita
Organizing Committee remove all assignments
Jody Seeling
(Conference Manager)
Zhongfang Chen
(China Liason)
Leonardo Fonseca
(South America Liason)
Janna Lorenzen
(Social Program)
Maria Oseeva
(Meeting Registration)
Iris Visoly-Fisher
Michael Berman
(University of Arizona Liason)
Gary Covert
(Exhibition)
Tapas Kar
(India Liason)
Dawn Nagle
(Canada Liason)
Alex Smith
(Public Relations)
Preethi Sowjanya Botta
(Web Development)
Herbert Finkelstein
(FSE ASU Liason)
Simone Lange
(Europe Liason)
Kristin Olafsdottir
(Accomodation & Venue)
Svetlana Tsarjova
(Russian Federation Liason)
Invited Speakers
SCHOOL SPEAKERS (TUTORIAL LECTURES)
Israel Baumvol
Alex Demkov
Stephen Goodnick
Roland Kawakami
Lynn Loo
Serge Luryi
Sanjay Mathur
Nasser Peyghambarian
Mark Reed
Elisa Riedo
Zhong Lin Wang
Peidong Yang
SYMPOSIUM: SCIENCE SPEAKERS
Levon Asryan
Phaedon Avouris
Harold Baranger
Dimitri Basov
Jeremy Baumberg
Gennadi Bersuker
Nicolaas Bloembergen
John Boland
Alex Bratkovsky
(Nobel Laureate)
Markus Buttiker
Gianfranco
Leonid Chernozatonskii
Cerofolini
Boris Chichkov
Magdalena Lidia
Sorin Cristoloveanu
Ciurea
Alek Dediu
Giorgos Fagas
Leonardo Fonseca
Erica Forzani
Thomas
Toshimasa Fujisawa
Frauenheim
Takashi Fukui
Eric Garfunkel
Hong Guo
Evgeni Gusev
Yoshiro Hirayama
Hiroshi Iwai
Wei Jiang
Ki-Bum Kim
Stephan Koch
Patrick Lenahan
Yuri Lozovik
Gerald Lucovsky
Samuel Mao
George Maracas
Kazuhiko Matsumoto
Vincent Meunier
Peter Mueller
Montserrat Nafria
Toshio Naito
Michael Niemier
Taiichi Otsuji
Steve Pennycook
Zoran Petrovic
Marcos Pimenta
John Polanyi (Nobel Laureate)
Danny Porath
Wolfgang Porod
Manijeh Razeghi
Gareth Redmond
Mark Reed
Federico Rosei
Wolf Gero Schmidt Thomas Schulthess
Zhigang Shuai
Charles Stafford
Dmitri Strukov
John Suehle
Wilman Tsai
Svetlana Tsarjova
Robert Wallace
Stanley Williams
Koichi Yamashita
Rui Yang
Qing Zhang
Xiaoguang Zhang
Yong-Hang Zhang
Nikolai Zhitenev
Radomir Zikic
Clinton Ballingers
Michael Kersker
Sean Murdock
Cynthia Selin
BUSINESS SPEAKERS
Alastair Glass
David Huff
Matt Kim
Vahe Mamikunian
Alan Porter
Jim Prendergast
Charles Jirauch
Cyrus Mody
Dietram Scheufele
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Spring School (March 12 & 13)
Each 45 minute lecture is followed by 15 minutes of questions/break. Lectures start at the
top of the hour (XX:00am/pm).
March 12, Monday (Murdock Hall)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm : Lectures
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm : Lunch
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm : Lectures
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm : Dinner & Networking @ the University Club
March 13, Tuesday (Murdock Hall)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm : Lectures
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm : Lunch
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm : School Lectures @ MH and MDFES2007 Workshop @ SCOB150
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm : Poster Session (SCOB)
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm : Dinner & Concert @ the University Club
Symposium (March 14-16)
March 14, Wednesday (morning @Murdock Hall, afternoon @SCOB)
8:30 am - 9:00 am : Opening Ceremony
9:00 am - 10:30 am : Plenary Lectures
10:30 am - 11:00 am : Coffee Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm : Plenary Lectures
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm : Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm : Parallel Sessions
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm : Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm : Parallel Sessions
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm : Reception & Concert @ ASU Art Museum
March 15, Thursday (morning @ Murdock Hall, afternoon @SCOB)
9:00 am - 10:30 am : Plenary Lectures
10:30 am - 11:00 am : Coffee Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm : Plenary Lectures
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm : Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm : Parallel Sessions and ASU Nanotechnology Labs Tour
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm : Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm : Parallel Sessions and Agilent Workshop @ SCOB150
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm : Poster Session
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm : Dinner & Networking @ the University Club
March 16, Friday (morning @ Murdock Hall, afternoon @SCOB)
8:30 am - 10:30 am : Plenary Lectures
10:30 am - 11:00 am : Coffee Break
11:00 am - 1:00 pm : Plenary Lectures
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm : Lunch
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm : Parallel Sessions
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm : Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm : Parallel Sessions
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm : Conference Banquet @ TBD
PROGRAM OVERVIEW replace by overview page
ORAL SESSIONS
March 12: School Session I (9:00AM-5:00PM)
Co-Chairmen: Serge Luryi and Yong-Hang Zhang
9:00AM-10:00AM
Mark Reed, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Electronics Off the Roadmap: What Happens after 2016?
10:00AM-11:00AM
Nasser Peyghambarian, Arizona University, Tucson, AZ, USA
Novel Materials and Devices for Optoelctronic/Photonic Applications
11:00AM-12:00PM
Peidong Yang, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Semiconductor Nanowires: Applications in Electronics and Photonics
12:00PM-2:00PM
LUNCH
2:00PM-3:00PM
Stephen Goodnick, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Transport in Nanostructures
3:00PM-4:00PM
Alex Demkov, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Density Functional Theory of High-K Dielectric Gate Stacks.
4:00PM-5:00PM
Elisa Riedo, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Nanomechanics Fundamentals and Application in NEMS Technology
March 13: School Session II (9:00AM-5:00PM)
Co-chairmen: Mark Reed and Federico Rosei
9:00AM10:00AM
Israel Baumvol, University of Caxias do Sul, CCET and Federal University of Rio
Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Surfaces, Films and Interfaces Analysis with Low, Medium and High Energy Ion
Beams
10:00AM11:00AM
Serge Luryi, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA
Semiconductor Scintillator and 3D Integration
11:00AM12:00PM
Roland Kawakami, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
MgO Heterostructures for Metal and Semiconductor Spintronics
12:00PM2:00PM
LUNCH
2:00PM-3:00PM
Lynn Loo, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Materials Considerations and Patterning Strategies for Organic Thin-Film Electronics
3:00AM4:00PM
Sanjay Mathur, Leibniz-Institut fuer Neue Materialien, Saarbruecken, Germany
Chemically Designed Nanomaterials: Controlled Growth, Applications and Devices
Zhong Lin Wang, Georgia Institute of Technolgy, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Piezoelectric Nanogenerators for Self-Powered Nanosystems
4:00PM5:00PM
March 14 (Symposium)
March 14: Plenary Session I(9:00AM-12:00PM)
Nanoelectronics and Photonics I
Co-chairmen: Steve Goodnick and Herb Goronkin
9:00AM-9:30AM
Nicolaas Bloembergen (Nobel Laureate), University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona, USA
From Millisecond to Attosecond Laser Pulses
9:30AM10:00AM
Wilman Tsai, Intel, Portland, Oregon, USA
Challenges and Opportunities of Emerging Nanotechnology for Future
Electronics Applications
10:00AM10:30AM
Hiroshi Iwai, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
CMOS Challenge for Nano and Giga Scale
10:30AM11:00AM
COFFEE BREAK
11:00AM11:30AM
Jeremy Baumberg, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Assembling NanoPhotonic Materials by Casting at the Nanometer Scale
11:30AM12:00PM
Hong Guo, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Theory and Modeling of Alternating and Transient Current in Molecular Scale
Conductors
March 14: Afternoon Session I (2:00PM-6:00PM)
Nanodevices: Design and Characterization
Co-chairmen: Gennadi Bersuker and Magdalena Ciurea
2:00PM2:30PM
Eric Garfunkel, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Interfaces in Nanoelectronics
2:30PM3:00PM
Gerald Lucovsky, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina,USA
Chemical Self-Organization Scales of Order in Non-Crystalline Alloys
3:00PM3:30PM
Sorin Cristoloveanu, ENSERG, Grenoble, France
Innovating SOI Memory Devices Based on Floating-Body Effects
3:30PM4:00PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:00PM4:30PM
Stephen Pennycook, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
USA
From 3D Imaging of Atoms to Macroscopic Device Properties
4:30PM-
Peter Bennett, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
5:00PM
In situ Resistance Measurement of Endotaxial Silicide Nanowires
5:00PM5:20PM
Lifeng Hao, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Schottky Barrier of Nanoscale CoSi2 Islands on Si.
5:20PM5:40PM
LinGfeeng Zhang, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Scanned Gate Microscopy of a One-Dimensional Quantum Dot
5:40PM6:00PM
Milutin Stanacevic, Sony Brook University, NY, USA
Design of Mixed-Signal Circuits for Wireless Communication Systems and
Implanted Neural Devices in 3D Technology
March 14: Afternoon Session II (2:00PM-6:00PM)
Lasers: Science and Technology
Co-chairmen: Jeremy Baumberg and Nasser Peyghambarian
2:00PM2:30PM
Stephen Koch, University of Marburg, Marburg,
Germany Generation of Terahertz Radiation with Semiconductor
Heterostructures
2:30PM3:00PM
Taiichi Otsuji, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Terahertz Emission from High-Electron Mobility Transistors Stimulated by Optical
Signals
3:00PM3:30PM
Cun-Zheng Ning, Arizona State University,Tempe, Arizona, USA
Nanolasers: How Small Can They Be?
3:30PM4:00PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:00PM4:30PM
Rui Yang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Mid-Infrared Interband Cascade Lasers and Their Applications
4:30PM5:00PM
Levon Asryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg,
Virginia, USA
Operational Limits of High Power Quantum Dot Lasers
5:00PM5:30PM
Alex Bratkovski, HP Labs, Palo Alto, California, USA Negative Index
Metamaterials at Optical Frequencies
5:30PM6:00PM
Peter Mascher, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Light Emission from Si-Nanocluster Based Materials
March 14: Afternoon session III (2:00PM-6:00PM)
Molecular and bioelectronics I
Co-chairmen: Harold Baranger and Hong Guo
2:00PM2:30PM
Danny Porath, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Towards DNA-Based Nanoelectronics
2:30PM-
Vincent Meunier, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
3:00PM
Using large-Scale computing for the simulation and prediction of novel phenomena
at the nanoscale
3:00PM3:30PM
Charles Stafford , Arizona University, Tucson, Arizona, USA
The Quantum Interference Effect Transistor
3:30PM4:00PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:00PM4:30PM
Zhigang Shuai , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,
China
Atomic Scale Modeling of Electron Transport in Molecular Devices and Organic
Materials
4:30PM5:00PM
Radomir Zikic, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Electric Properties of the DNA Nucleotides
5:00PM5:30PM
Fang Chen, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA Effect of Anchoring
Groups in Single Molecule Conductance: A Comparative Study of Thiol, Amine and
Carboxylic Acid Terminated Molecules
5:30PM6:00PM
Zhifeng Huang, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA Current-Induced
Local Heating in Single Molecule Junctions
March 14: Afternoon session IV (2:00PM-6:00PM)
Fabrication of Nanomaterials and Devices
Co-chairmen: Jeff Drucker and Toshio Naito
2:00PM2:30PM
Takashi Fukui, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Epitaxial III-V Semiconductors: Nanowires and Nanotubes
2:30PM3:00PM
Federico Rosei, University of Quebec, Varennes, Canada
Strategies for the Controlled Assembly of Nanostructured Materials
3:00PM3:30PM
John Boland, University of Dublin Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Dynamics of Nanoscale Contact Formation
3:30PM4:00PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:00PM4:30PM
Ki-Bum Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
The Electron-Beam Projection Lithography Based on Crystalline Lattice Images
and its Applications in Nano-Devices
4:30PM5:00PM
Toshio Naito, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Photo-Induced Metal-Insulator Transition of a Molecular Crystal
5:00PM5:20PM
Zoran Petrovic, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia
Plasma Etching for Fabrication of New Generations of Integrated Circuits and
future Nanodevices
5:20PM5:40PM
Michael Krispin, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany Local Crystal
Structure of Iron Oxide Nanopaticles synthesized from Ferritin
5:40PM6:00PM
Christoph Lemell, Technical University Wien, Wien, Austria Nanostructuring
with Highly Charged Ions: Opportunities and Challenges
March 15 (Symposium)
March 15 (Symposium): Plenary Session II (9:00AM-12:00PM)
Nanoelectronics and Photonics II
Co-chairmen: Sorin Cristoloveanu and Stanley Williams
9:00AM9:30AM
Phaedon Avouris, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY,
USA Carbon Nanotube Electronics and Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits
9:30AM10:00AM
John Polanyi (Nobel Laureate), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Molecular Imprinting: Stabilising Self-Assembled Patterns by Chemical Reaction
10:00AM10:30AM
Markus Buttiker, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
The GHz Frontier of Nanoelectronics
10:30AM11:00AM
COFFEE BREAK
11:00AM11:30AM
Yoshiro Hirayama, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Nuclear Spintronics in Semiconductor Hetero and Nanostructures
11:30AM12:00PM
Wolfgang Porod , University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA Magnetic
Logic Devices Based on Field-Coupled Nanomagnets
March 15: Afternoon session V (2:00PM-6:00PM)
Photonics Applications
Co-chairmen: Taiichi Otsuji and Anatoly Zayats
2:00PM2:30PM
Boris Chichkov, Lazer Zentrum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
High Resolution 3D Laser Technologies and Applications
2:30PM3:00PM
Wei Jiang, Omega Optics, Austin, Texas, USA
Photonic Crystals: Physics, Devices, and Applications
3:00PM3:30PM
Weidong Zhou, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
Photonic Crystals for Spectrally Selective Infrared Silicon Photonics
3:30PM4:00PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:00PM4:30PM
Evgeni Gusev, Qualcomm, San Jose, California, USA
Interferometric Modulator Displays (iMoD): MEMS-based Technology Inspired by
Nature
4:30PM5:00PM
Manijeh Razeghi , Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois , USA SelfAssembled Semiconductor Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetector Operating at
Room Temperature and Focal Plane Array
5:00PM5:30PM
Yong-Hang Zhang, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Electroluminescent Refrigerator: Would a Light Emitting Diode Ever Become a
Cooler?
5:30PM6:00PM
Ampere Tseng, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA Modeling and
Fabrication of Nanostructures Using SPM Induced Oxidation with Potential
Applications in Optoelectronics
March 15: Afternoon session VI (2:00PM-6:00PM)
Organic Materials and Devices
Co-chairmen: Alex Bratkovski and Peter Mueller
2:00PM2:30PM
Nikolai Zhitenev, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA
Defects, Interface Topography and Chemical Reactions in Molecular Junctions
2:30PM3:00PM
Gareth Redmond, Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland
Organic Nanowires: Building Blocks for Nanoscale Photonics and Electronics
3:00PM3:30PM
Alek Dediu, CNR ISMN - Istitute of Nanostructured Materials, Bologna, Italy
Spin Injection at Organic-Inorganic Interfaces
3:30PM4:00PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:00PM4:30PM
Dimitri Basov, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Polarons in Electrostatically Doped Polymers
4:30PM5:00PM
Peter Mueller, IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland
Optoelectronic Devices Based on Organic Materials
5:00PM5:30PM
Volodymyr Maslyuk, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Witenberg, Halle, Germany
One Dimensional Half-metallic Wire:a Way to Create Molecular Spin Filter
5:30PM6:00PM
Miguel FuentesCabrera, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, USA
Synthetic DNAs: their structural, electronic and conductivity properties
March 15:Afternoon session VII (2:00PM-6:00PM)
Modeling and Simulation
Co-chairmen: Thomas Frauenheim and Koichi Yamashita
2:00PM2:30PM
Thomas Frauenheim, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science,
Bremen, Germany
Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Materials Properties and Functions
2:30PM3:00PM
Thomas Schulthess, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Electronic Structure and Magnetic Exchange of Wide Band Gap Dilute Magnetic
Semiconductors
3:00PM3:30PM
Leonardo Fonseca, Werner von Braun Center for Advanced Research, Campinas,
Brazil
Atomistic Simulation of Carrier Transport at Semiconductor/Oxide Interfaces: The
Impact of Point Defects
3:30PM4:00PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:00PM4:30PM
Wolf Gero Schmidt, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Organic Molecules on Solid Surfaces: Understanding Physics of Future Devices
4:30PM5:00PM
Philippe Jacquod, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Mesoscopic Spin Hall Effect
5:00PM5:30PM
Zhongfang Chen, Univerity of Georgia at Athens, Athens, Georgia, USA
Controlling the Band Structure of Carbon and BN Nanotubes by Chemical
Modifications - a Computational Study
5:30PM6:00PM
Timothy Cale, Rensellaer Politechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA Grain-Focused
Mechanical Modeling and Simulation
March 16 (Symposium)
March 16: Plenary Session III (8:30AM-1:00PM)
Nanoelectronics: System Architecture
Co-chairmen: Konstantin Likharev and Wolfgang Porod
8:30AM9:30AM
Stanley Williams, HP Labs, Palo Alto, California, USA
Crossbar Nanocomputers: Memory and Logic with Arrays of Hysteretic Resistors
9:30AM10:30AM
Gianfranco Cerofolini, STMicroelectronics,Catania, Italy Mole-Nano-Micro
Electronics: Challenges and Solutions at the Reach of the Current Silicon
Technology
10:30AM-
COFFEE BREAK
11:00AM
11:00AM12:00PM
Michael Niemier, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Architectures and Killer Applications for Quantum-dot Cellular Automata
12:00PM1:00PM
Dmitri Strukov, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
Hybrid Semiconductor-Molecular Integrated Circuits for Digital Electronics:
CMOL Approach
March 16: Afternoon session VIII (2:30PM-6:00PM)
Characterization and Reliability of Electronic Devices
Co-chairmen: Eric Garfunkel and Stephen Pennycook
2:30PM3:00PM
Robert M. Wallace, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA High-k Gate
Stack Stability at the Nanoscale
3:00PM3:30PM
John Suehle, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg,
Maryland, USA Reliability and Characterization Challenges for Nano-Scale
Electronic Devices
3:30PM4:00PM
Montserrat Nafria, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Gate
Dielectrics Reliability from a Nanoscale Approach
4:00PM4:30PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:30PM5:00PM
Magdalena Lidia Ciurea , National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest,
Romania Trapping Phenomena in Nanocrystalline Semiconductors
5:00PM5:20PM
Patrick Lenahan , Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance Studies of MOS Devices Based Upon
Alternative Materials
5:20PM5:40PM
Pavel Dorozhkin, NT-MDT, Moscow, Russia
AFM Characterization Of Nanostructures
5:40PM6:00PM
Ulrich Abelein, Military University at Munich, Neubiberg, Germany Doping Profile
Dependence of the Vertical Impact Ionization MOSFET?s (I-MOS) Performance
March 16: Afternoon session IX (2:30PM-6:00PM)
Molecular and Bioelectronics II
Co-chairmen: Predrag Krstic and Danny Porah
2:30PM3:00PM
Harold Baranger, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Issues in Single Molecule Conduction
3:00PM3:30PM
Toshimasa Fujisawa, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Atsugi, Japan
Single Electron Dynamics in Semiconductor Nanostructures
3:30PM4:00PM
Giorgos Fagas, Tyndall Nantional Institute, Cork, Ireland
Simulation of Electron Transport at Nanoscale from First Principles
4:00PM4:30PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:30PM5:00PM
Stuart Lindsay, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Can Molecules be Wires?
5:00PM5:20PM
Koichi Yamashita, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Efficient ab initio Method for Electron Transport and Nonadiabatic Interactions in
Molecular Junction/Interfaces
5:20PM5:40PM
Xiaoguang Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Modeling of Electron and Spin Transport in Nanosystems
5:40PM6:00PM
Nikita Simonian, Stony Borrok University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Universal Negative Differential Resistance in Single-Electron Transport through
Atoms and Molecules
March 16: Afternoon session X (2:30PM-6:00PM)
Carbon nanotubes: Design and Applications
Co-chairmen: Takashi Fukui and Gareth Redmond
2:30PM3:00PM
Marcos Pimenta, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Optical Properties of Carbon Nanostructures
3:00PM3:30PM
Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Carbon Nanotube Devices and Applications
3:30PM4:00PM
Leonid Chernozatonskii, Institute of Biochemical Physics, Moscow, Russia
Multi-Terminal Junctions of Carbon Nanotubes: Architecture, Synthesis and
Functionalities
4:00PM4:30PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:30PM5:00PM
Yuri Lozovik, Institute of Spectroscopy, Troitsk, Russia
Nanotubes: Electronic Properties and NEMS Applications
5:00PM5:20PM
Qing Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore From Carbon
Nanotube Assembly to the Electronic Devices
5:20PM5:40PM
Svetlana Tsarjova, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia,
Moscow, Russia Carbon Nanostructures Formation at Catalytic Pyrolysis of
Benzene
5:40PM6:00PM
Zoran Miskovic, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Ion Irradiation of Carbon Nanotubes
March 16:Afternoon session XI (2:30PM-6:00PM)
Molecular, Nano and Bio Sensors
Co-chairmen: George Maracas and Trevor Thornton
2:30PM3:00PM
George Maracas, Motorola, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Carbon Nanotubes Based Chemical and Biological Sensors
3:00PM3:30PM
Mark Reed, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Atomic and Molecular Scale Electronic Transport
3:30PM4:00PM
Erica Forzani, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Conducting Polymer FET Nanosensors
4:00PM4:30PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:30PM4:45PM
Nikola Pekas, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Detection of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Microfluidic Systems with Embedded
Spin-Valve Sensors
4:45PM5:00PM
Leo Petrossian, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Silicon-On-Insulator Nanopore Arrays for Ion Channel Sensors
5:00PM5:15PM
Bharath Takulapalli, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
High Sensitivity Molecular Detection using SOI MOSFET Nano Sensor
5:15PM5:30PM
Gary Withey, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
DNA-programmed assembly of a scalable, renewable, multiplexed redox proteincarbon nanotube biosensor
5:30PM5:45PM
Yang Liu, Michigan State University, USA
Carbon Nanotube/Polylactide Nanocomposites for Wearable Strain Sensors
5:45PM6:00PM
David Mitlin, NINT NRC and University of Alberta, Edmonton,Canada
Fabrication and Testing of NEMS Components made from Nanocomposite Ni-Mo
and Al-Mo Films
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, March 13, 6:30-8:30 pm
1
Asghar Asgari, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
II-Nitride-Based Ultra-High BitRate Optoelectronic Semiconductor NanoDevices for Operating at Fiber-Optics Telecommunication Wavelengths
2
B.M. Askerov, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan
Impurity Scattering and Electrical-Conductivity Anisotropy of a Quasi-TwoDimensional Electron Gas
3
Levon Asryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg,
Virginia, USA
Maximum Operating Temperature of Quantum Dot Laser
4
Andreas Assmuth, University of the German Armed Forces Munich,
Neubiberg, Germany
Laser-Assisted Silicon Substrate Cleaning for UHV Systems
5
Rustam Bashirov, Daghestan Scientific Center of RAS, Makhachkala, Russia
Terahertz Luminescence of Charge Carriers in Silicon at Uniaxial Elastic
Deformation
6
Krzysztof Boron, University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Thermal Matrix for the Blind
7
Alexey Bykov, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Microwave Photoresistance in High-Density High-Mobility 2D Electron
Systems at Large Filling Factors
8
Megha Chadha, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Annealing Effects On Sequentially Sputtered Co - HfO2 Granular Films
9
Hung Chang, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
The Mathematical Model for the Electric Field Effect on Counterion Number in
the Double Layer Surrounding a DNA
10
Taina Cleveland, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Design, Synthesis and Characterization of 3-Dodedyl-2,5Poly(thienylenevinylene) Polymer
11
Corey Cochrane, Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
Pennsylvania, USA
Negative Bias Stressing Observations of Interface Trapping Centers in Fully
Processed Metal Gate Hafnium Oxide Field Effect Transistors Using Spin
Dependent Recombination
12
Ding Ding, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Determination of Internal Quantum Efficiency in Semiconductors Suitable for
Luminescence Refrigeration
13
Alexander Gavrilenko , Norfolk State University, Norfolk,Virginia, USA
First-Principles Study Of Ethanol Adsorption On Hydrogen-Terminated Si(111)
14
Ashok Goel , Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
Designing Nanotechnology Circuits - The Interconnect Problem
15
Michael Granger, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Giant Magnetresistive Sensors for Chip-Scale Biorecognition: Towards ChipScale Platforms with Ultrahigh Address Densities
16
XingJian Guo, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
Microstructural Investigations on Ohmic Contacts to p-Type GaN by HRTEM
and Related Techniques
17
Jin Heo, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Negative Differential Resistance in Polyaniline Nanodevice
18
Helmut Hermann, Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden,
Germany
Molecular Design of New Low-k Insulating Materials for Microelectronic
Applications
19
Alexis Hernandez, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Nonlinear Transport in Ballistic Mesoscopic Systems: B-field Symmetry
20
Joshua Hihath, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Conductance Measurements of Single Biological Molecules
21
Katsuhiro Hondou, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido,
Japan
Role of Water in Appearance of Ferromagnetism in Rb2Ni3S4
22
Soon-Ku Hong, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
Structural and Optical Properties Of Nonpolar ZnO Films Grown By PlasmaAssisted Molecular-Beam Epitaxy
23
Zhifeng Huang, Arizona State University, Tempe. Arizona, USA
Current-Induced Local Heating in Single Molecule Junctions
24
Tariel Ismailov, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan
Current Carrier Capture by a Quantum Well in a CdTe-xCdxTe-CdTe Double
Heterostructure
25
Fauzia Jabeen, Universita` de Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Growth of Mn-Catalysed GaAs Nanowires by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
26
Nafees Kabir, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NewYork, USA
Quantum-Dot-Array Based Terahertz Detectors
27
Valentin Karasiev, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Design and Theoretical Study of Silicon Suboxides: Plane Interfaces and
Nanowire
28
Seiya Kasai, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Topological Implementation of Logic Functions on GaAs-based Nanowire
Networks by Decision Diagram Technique
29
Savas Kaya, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
Reconfigurable Threshold Logic Gates with Nano-Scale DG-MOSFETs
30
Liqin Ke, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Breakdown of a Au Nanowire between Electrodes
31
Hyung Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Kyunggi-do, Korea
Formation of latticed nanostructures by Surface-Patterning Technique for the
Application to Nano-Device
32
Dong-Hyun Kim, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
Nanomagnetic Simulation of Interacting Magnetic Vortices in Rectangular
Pattern
33
Lauren Klein, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Germanium Nanowires: Growth and Applications
34
Yuksel Koseoglu, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey
Size and Surface Effects on Magnetic Properties of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles
35
Ram Kripal, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
EPR and Optical Study of Mn2+ Doped Lithium Hydrogen Oxalate
Monohydrate Single Crystals
36
V. Kumar, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India
Dielectric Properties of Ternary Chalcopyrite Semiconductors
37
Karen Kwarta, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Thrombin Detection Using Aptamers and Surface Enhanced Raman
Spectroscopy (SERS)
38
Xiulan Li, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Electrochemical-Gate Controlled Transport in Redox Molecules
39
Meghann Palmer, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Nonradiative Transitions in Tetraphenylsiloles
Thursday, March 15, 6:30-8:30 pm
40
Aaron Franklin, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Semi-Vertical SWNT FETs: Steps towards Verticality and Manufacturability
41
Jennifer Granger, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Mercaptobenzene Films-A Versatile Modification Strategy for Carbon
Substrates
42
Guangshe Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, China
On Room-temperature Ferromagnetism of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors:
Magnetic Crossover of NiO Nanocrystals
43
Zhi-Quan Liu, National Institute for Materials Science, Sakura, Tsukuba, Japan
Fabrication and Investigation of Supertips on Tungsten AFM Probe
44
Bo Liu, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
A Preliminary SERS-MCBJ Study on Molecular Junction on Chip
45
Jun-Qiang Lu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA
Tunable Spin Hall Effect by Stern-Gerlach Diffraction
46
Leonardo Miotti, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre,
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Mixing and Decomposition of Al2O3(2 nm)/HfO2(2.5 nm) Stacks on Si Induced
by Rapid Thermal Annealing
47
D. Mohanta, Tezpur University, Napaam, Assam, India
Stochiometry Variable Semiconductor Nanocrystal (NCs)-Biomolecule
Entanglement and Time-Resolved Emission Process
48
Radha Narayanan, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Extrinsic Raman Labels for SERS Readout in Immunosorbent Assays: Cubic
and Spherical Gold Nanoparticles
49
Svetlana Neretina, McMaster University,Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Vertically Aligned Wurtzite CdTe Nanowires Derived from a Catalytically
Driven Growth Mode
50
Marianna Nikolaeva, Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, St. Petersburg,
Russia
Metallic Conductivity in a Polyamidine Film
51
Hiroshi Okuda, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
Experimental Observation of Huge Deformation of Laguerre-Gaussian Beams
Reflected and Transmitted at Dielectric Interface
52
Nicholas Orf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA
Multimaterial Fibers with Optical and Optoelectronic Functionalities
53
Xavier Oriols, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
A Novel Proposal for a Terahertz Multiplier Based on Electron Driven
Tunneling Phenomena
54
Anatoliy Pinchuk, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Focusing a Laser Beam with Left-Handed Metamaterials
55
Felipe Pinheiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Adiabatic Pumping through Interacting Quantum Dots in the Coulomb
Blockade Regime
56
Birgit Plochberger, University Linz, Linz Austria
Barium Doped C60 Field Effect Transistors
57
Mohammed Rahman, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea
Synthesis and Applications of ZnO Nanonail Crystals by Thermal Evaporation
58
Inna Rebane, University of Tartu,Tartu, Estonia
Radiative Line Width of a Single-Impurity Molecule in a Birefringent Crystal
59
Jason Ryan, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania,
USA
Magnetic Resonance Studies of Silicon Nano-Crystal Flash Memory
Structures
60
Peter Semig,Jr., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Giga-scale Analog Computation on High Density CCD Array
61
Krishna Singh, UC Riverside, California, USA
Sonoelectrochemical Synthesis of Crystalline Semiconducting Copper Sulfide
Nanorods
62
Young-Yeal Song, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
Ferromagnetic Behavior of Mn:ZnO System Doped with Metal Manganese
63
Charles Stafford, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Simulations of Chiral Multishell Structures of Magic Cylindrical Nanowires
64
Linda Stearns, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Organizing Electronic Circuits with Nanometer-scale Precision
65
Takuji Takahashi, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Photovoltage Mapping on Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cells by KFM with
Piezo-resistive Cantilever
66
Takuji Takahashi, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Quantitative Current Evaluation around Artificial Current Networks by
Magnetic Force Microscopy
67
Rahman Touhidur, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
A Reagent-less Enzymatic Amperometric Alcohol Biosensor Using the
Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofiber (VACNF)
68
Rahman Touhidur, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Interface and Integration of Vertically Aligned Carbon NanoFiber with CMOS
for Sensor Applications
69
Jill Uhlenkamp, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
A Novel Approach to Dramatically Decrease Binding Times in Sandwich-Type
Immunoassays
70
Marina Vroubel, Technical University Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
Observation of Multiple Spin Wave Resonances in Thin Permalloy Patterns
Using Inductive Loop Measurements
71
Tuoc Vu, Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
First Principle Investigation of Pseudomorphic Domain-Matching HeteroInterface
72
Qiangbin Wang, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Highly Photoluminecent Silica Nanotube with Embedded CdSe@ZnS QDs
73
Jeff Weiss, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Symmetry of Charge and Thermal Transport in Normal-Metallic /
Superconducting Micro-structures
74
Kevin West, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Low Temperature Preparation of Highly Oriented Vanadium Oxide (VO2) Thin
Films on Sapphire (0001) Substrates by Reactive-Biased Target-IonbeamSputter Deposition
75
Starre Williams, Norfolk State University, Virginia, USA
First Principle Study of Water Molecules Absorbed on Silver Surface
76
Gwomei Wu, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Enhanced Light Extraction Efficiency by Photonic Crystal Arrays Using Blue
InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Wells
77
Gwomei Wu, Chang Gung University, Kweisn, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Nanostructure and Photo-luminescence in InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Wells
on Silicon
78
Jian Xiong, University of Hanover, Hanover, Germany
Challenges of Nano-scaled RF CMOS Devices and Circuits
79
Betsy Jean Yakes, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Novel Detection Method For Mycobacterium Avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis
Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Based Immunoassays
80
Shuiqing Yu, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Impacts of Electronic Density of States to Electroluminescence Refrigeration
Technology-Business Interface
March 14 (2:00 PM - 6:00 PM):
Business Session I: Roadmap from Science to Technology to Business
Co-chairmen: Tom Miller and Jason Sydow
2:00PM-3:30PM Keynote Presentations
Alastair Glass, Ministry of Research & Innovation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A Global Prospective on Innovation from Ontario
Jim Prendergast, Dupont, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
An Integrated Science Perspective on Driving Innovation with Materials at the Nanoscale
David Huff, Optoelectronics Industry Development Association, Washigton, DC, USA
Perspectives on Emerging Nanophotonics Markets
3:30PM-4:00PM Coffee break
4:00PM-6:00PM Panel Session
Michael Kersker, JEOL, Peabody, MA, USA
Developing Nano-Characterization Picks and Axes for the Coming Nano-Gold-Rush
Matt Kim, QuantTera , Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Nano-Engineering of Semiconductors
Sergey Pushko, NT-MDT, Moscow, Russia
March 15 (2:00 PM - 6:00 PM):
Business Session II: Intellectual Property and Investment
Co-chairmen: Natascha Hebell-Fernando and Gary Witting
Keynote speakers: Clinton Ballinger, Charles Jirauch and Vahe Mamikunian
2:00PM-3:30PM Keynote Presentations
Clinton Ballinger, Evident Technologies, Troy, New York, USA
Nucleating and Growing a Nanotech Business
Vahe Mamikunian, Lux Research, San Francisco, California, USA
Nanotech Commercial Trends and Forecast for Success
Charles Jirauch, Quarles & Brady, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
International Licensing of Nanotechnology
3:30PM-4:00PM Coffee break
4:00PM-6:00PM Panel Session
Michael Kozicki, Axon Technologies, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Brenda McCaffrey, White Mountain Labs, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Doug Goodman, Ridgetop Group, Tucson, Arizona, USA
March 16 (2:30 PM-6:00 PM):
Business Session III: Nanotechnology and Society
Co-chairmen: Herb Finkelstein and Alex Smith
Keynote speakers: Sean Murdock, Alan Porter, and Dietram Scheufele
2:00PM-4:00PM Keynote Presentations
Sean Murdock, Nano Business Alliance, Washington, DC, USA
Nanotech meets the Real World: How will Public Policy, Media Coverage and Consumer
Experience Shape Our Nano-Enabled Future
Alan Porter, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Profiling Nano R & D
Dietram Scheufele, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Public Perceptions and Understandings of Nanotechnology
3:30PM-4:00PM Coffee break
4:00PM-6:00PM Panel Session
Cyrus Mody, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Molecular Electronics and the Microelectronics Origins of Nanotechnology
Cynthia Selin, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Scenarios of Nanotechnology Development
Social Program
NGC2007 Organizers offer a diversified program of networking and social events to meeting
participants and guests. Please, visit this page for updates while planning your trip in Arizona. We
welcome the ideas, contributions and feed back from our participants and guests to help us all
together make the 3rd Nano & Giga Forum in Arizona a productive, pleasant and memorable
event!
Every participant and participating organization has different budget rules and limitations, and we
understand that many of you need to do early budget planning for your trip in Arizona. To help
you with your travel plans, we provide preliminary information about future networking and
social events and estimated costs. Once event details and prices become available, we update
information on this web page and inform you in the Newsletters. We also offer participants the
flexibility to prepay specified and unspecified networking and social events along with the
conference fee by adding a flexible ($50, $150 or $250) "activities credit" to the "basic
conference fee". Further details regarding the payment procedure are available on the Registration
Fee Payment page.

Conference Reception -- will take place Wednesday night in the fresh air at the small
square near the ASU Art Museum. Food, drinks and entertainment are included in the
conference fee. The bluegrass group Whistle Stop will be performing at our reception.
The concert is sponsored by SRP. All participants and registered guests are welcome to
join
the
meeting
reception.

Conference Night Club -- will be open on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights for
networking, dining and entertainment from 7 pm to 10 pm, hosted by the ASU University
Club. Tickets (~$25) will be sold at the registration desk and will include food and
entertainment. Bar will be open for individual purchase of alcoholic beverages. On
Tuesday, March 13th, Marina V will be performing at our night club. The concert is
sponsored
by
SRP.

Day trip to Grand Canyon ($100) -- The Grand Canyon is located about 4.5 hours
driving distance from Phoenix. One day trip takes approximately 14 hours, and meeting
participants can use time on the road as an additional networking option. Depending on
the number of travelers, we will rent a bus or a van of appropriate size. Suggested days
for the tours are March 11th (the day before the meeting), 13th, 15th and17th (the day
after the meeting). Please notify Ms.Simone Lange (lange@phys.upb.de) of your first
and second (if you have flexibility) preferences for the Grand Canyon tour. The cost of the
trip (USD 100) can be paid along with the conference fee. Please specify that you plan to
visit the Grand Canyon, the number of people taking the tour and their names when you
request an invoice for credit card payment or in your message if you pay by check or
bank wire. An early tour reservation will help you and the organizers better plan this
exciting event and will prevent cancellation of the tour because of an insufficient number
of participants. There are also many commercial tour companies which offer Grand
Canyon trips and visits to many other tourist attractions in Arizona. NGC2007
participants are most welcome to use those companies as service providers.

Renaissance festival ($50 including the $25 for the ticket) -- takes place in the "Valley of
Sun" every year from the middle of February till the end of March. The organizers will
arrange a group visit and transportation to participate in this unforgettable show! It's a lot
of fun, but do not forget sun block lotion! It may be snowing where you live, but you can
easily get sunburn in the middle of March in Arizona! Suggested dates for this event are
March 11th and 17th. The Renaissance festival is open only on the weekends. Please,
notify
Ms.
Simone
Lange
(lange@phys.upb.de)
of
your
preference.

Daily hikes ($25) -- Arizona is a hiking paradise during the spring time and there are a
few popular hiking places available within an hour drive from downtown Tempe, where
we expect most of the out-of-state participants to be accommodated. We may suggest the
following
places
for
daily
hikes:
Goldfield Mountain -- this 4 mile (6.5 km) hike is a jewel of our hiking program. It will
be led by Ted Tenny, the author of the book Goldfield Mountain Hikes. This hike is
scheduled for March 16th, Friday. Further details and hike description are available on
the
web
site
of
the
Arizona
Trailblaizers
Hiking
Club;
South Mountain Park/Preserve -- has 51 miles of trails and nice view of Phoenix from
Dobbin's
lookout
point;
Camelback Mountain -- is located close to downtown Scottsdale and offers a stunning
view of the city in all directions. Two hiking trails lead to the top with an elevation gain
of
1,200
feet
(366
m).
Piestewa Peak -- offers another opportunity for a great view of the city combined with
similar
elevation
gain
on
a
well
maintained
trail;
Siphon Draw Trail to Flat Iron -- is a great short adventure for more experienced hikers.
With an elevation gain of almost 3,000 feet (~900 m) on less than 2 miles of trail, it is
pretty good exercise with a rewarding spectacular view of the Valley from the top. No
special skills required, but good physical condition is recommended.
Please contact Ms. Janna Lorenzen (janna.lorenzen@srpnet.com) with your preferences
of date(s) and hikes listed above and general description of your hiking experience.

City Tours ($25 for transportation, admission is not included) -- are organized during the
conference
days
primarily
for
accompanied
persons
and
include:
Desert
Botanical
Garden
and
Phoenix
Zoo
March
13th;
Heard
Museum
and
Phoenix
Art
Museum
March
14th;
Shopping at Scottsdale Fashion Square and historic Old Town Scottsdale including a tour
of
art
galleries
March
15th.
City tours will start at 10 am and will take about 4-6 hours. Please, contact Ms. Janna
Lorenzen
(jann.lorenzen@srpnet.com)
for
reservations.

Camping in the mountains ($50-$150) -- adventure tour(s) will be offered to participants
and guests who are interested in combining meeting attendance with vacations with their
families
or
friends
(or
to
meet
new
friends!).

Concerts (~$20-50) -- are many during the year in multi-cultural metropolitan Phoenix,
and the organizers will shop around and review the events which are scheduled in the
Phoenix area. Check Other Events page on our web site for entertainment ideas. We will
arrange discount transportation to the most popular events and also help you commute
with other participants who have rental cars to reduce costs and avoid cumbersome
driving in a new city (and allow you to get one more margarita :)
For
more
information,
please,
contact
Ms. Janna Lorenzen (janna.lorenzen@srpnet.com)
our
social
program
coordinator,