You're invited to join an upcoming webinar!
This one-hour webinar will feature two talks from prominent thought-leaders in the area of flexible hybrid electronics (FHE).

The first talk, from Dr. Ahmed Busnaina, distinguished professor at Northeastern University, will introduce us to a new additive manufacturing technology for making micro and nanoelectronics that proposes to significantly reduce the cost of current conventional semiconductor manufacturing. 
 
Our second talk will feature Dr. Jonathan Nichols from Lockheed Martin’s space site in Billerica, MA. Dr. Nichols will share an overview of current and past Lockheed Martin FHE projects for defense and intelligence applications.
 
There will be time built in to ask questions to stay on top of this emerging technology.

Monday, January 24th | 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Talk 1: High-throughput Printing of Ultrafine Resolution Electronics, Sensors and Wafer Level Packaging on Rigid and Flexible Substrates

Dr. Ahmed Busnaina will introduce to us a new additive manufacturing technology for making micro and nanoelectronics that is estimated to cost one to two orders of magnitude less than the current conventional semiconductor manufacturing.
 
This new technology will enable the fabrication of nanoelectronics and allow device designers the use of any organic or inorganic semiconducting, conductive or insulating material on flexible or rigid substrates. The team has already demonstrated the printing of several devices including transistors, inverters, diodes, displays, chemical and biosensors, and interconnects.
Talk 2: Flexible Hybrid Electronics In Space

The Lockheed Martin Space site in Billerica, Massachusetts is tasked to develop, demonstrate, assess and transition leading-edge and novel electronics for defense and intelligence applications. The facility has 5,000 square feet of cleanroom space and was designed and built to accommodate a high mix of integrated circuit research and development projects including GaN RF devices, high temperature and radiation tolerant electronics, flexible thin-film electronics, nanomaterial coatings and synthetic biology. Dr. Jonathan Nichols will discuss potential applications that could benefit from Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) technology and give an overview of current and past Lockheed Martin NextFlex projects.
Speakers
Dr. Ahmed Busnaina
William Lincoln Smith Chair 
Professor, Distinguished University Professor 
Northeastern University

Ahmed A. Busnaina, Ph.D. is founding Director of the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, the Advanced Nanomanufacturing Cluster for Smart Sensors and Materials at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. He is also the founder and CTO of Nano OPS, Inc. Dr. Busnaina is internationally recognized for his work on nano and microscale defects mitigation and removal in semiconductor fabrication. He specializes in directed assembly-based nano and microscale printing of inorganic and organic conductors, semiconductors and dielectrics for making micro and nanoscale interconnects, FETs, sensors, LEDs, sensors and various other devices.
Dr. Jonathan Nichols
Senior Staff Materials Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Dr. Nichols has 20 years of experience in the design, fabrication, testing, and integration of thin-film microelectronics and has collaborated with government and university partners to advance and transition new technologies. He has performed research and development on thin films, nanomaterials, and flexible electronics for sensors, non-volatile memory, and displays. Prior to joining LM in 2008, Jonathan worked at 3M’s Corporate Research Materials Laboratory developing roll-to-roll manufacturing of thin-film microelectronics and at Nantero developing carbon nanotube based electronic devices.
Hosted by:
Farhad Vazehgoo
The Center for Advanced Manufacturing at MassTech Collaborative
Director, Advanced Technology Programs & Workforce Development
vazehgoo@masstech.org
Joey L. Mead, Ph.D.
University of Mass. Lowell
Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Professor, Plastics Engineering
Joey_Mead@uml.edu
You can find out more about the NextFlex Massachusetts Node here or the national NextFlex organization here. If you would like to become a NextFlex Massachusetts member, apply here.
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