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Track Plenary

Engineering. Dean Boyce earned her BS degree in engineering science Track 13: Micro- and Nano-Systems Engineering and Packaging
and mechanics from Virginia Tech, and her MS and PhD degrees in 13-18-2: HIGH-BANDWIDTH PACKAGING CHALLENGES IN A
mechanical engineering from MIT CONNECTED WORLD
Thursday, November 17, 8:00AM–9:45AM
224A, Phoenix Convention Center
Track 12: Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids High-Bandwidth Packaging Challenges in a Connected World
12-25-2: PLENARY AND SPECIAL LECTURES (IMECE2016-68801)
Wednesday, November 16, 10:30AM–12:15PM
226C, Phoenix Convention Center Dr. Lesley Polka
Intel Corporation
Why Fracking Works and Why Not Better
(IMECE2016-68757) Biography: Lesley Polka is a Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation in the
Assembly and Test Technology Division (ATTD) in Chandler, Arizona. She
Prof. Zdenek Bazant received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., all in electrical engineering, from Arizona
Northwestern University State University (ASU), with a graduate research focus in computational
electromagnetics. She joined Intel in 1994 and has worked on a wide
Biography: Born and educated in Prague (Ph.D. 1963), Bažant joined
Northwestern in 1969, where he has been W.P. Murphy Professor since 1990 variety of package and interconnect technologies, primarily focused on
and simultaneously McCormick Institute Professor since 2002, and Director electrical challenges and package technology development. She is
of Center for Geomaterials (1981-87). He was inducted to NAS, NAE, Am. presently the ATTD Foundry Packaging Electrical Program Manager,
Acad. of Arts & Sci., Royal Soc. London; to the academies of Italy, Austria, responsible for addressing all electrical aspects of delivering package
Spain, Czech Rep. and Lombardy; to Academia Europaea and Eur. Acad. of solutions for Intel’s Custom Foundry customers. Lesley has taught at ASU
Sci. & Arts.Honorary Member of: ASCE, ASME, ACI, RILEM. Received: as an engineering adjunct / guest instructor. She is also a Senior member
Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art I. Class; 7 honorary doctorates of IEEE active in the Phoenix section. She is the Vice-chair of the IEEE
(Prague, Karlsruhe, Colorado, Milan, Lyon, Vienna, Ohio State); ASME Phoenix Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group and was a member of
Timoshenko, Nadai and Warner Medals; ASCE von Karman, Newmark, Biot, the local organizing committee for the 2015 IEEE IMS Symposium where
Mindlin and Croes Medals and Lifetime Achievement Award; SES Prager she chaired the High School Invitational, a STEM outreach activity for local
Medal; RILEM L’Hermite Medal; Exner Medal (Austria); Torroja Medal (Madrid); students.
?Sol´?n and Bažant, Sr., Medals (Prague), etc. He authored six books: Scaling
of Structural Strength, Inelastic Analysis, Fracture and Size Effect, Stability of
Structures, Concrete at High Temperatures, and Concrete Creep. H-index: Track 14: Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis
111, citations: 51,500 (on Google, July 2016, incl. self-cit.), i10 index: 540. In 14-2-1: SAFETY ENGINEERING: PERSPECTIVES AND INNOVATION
2015, ASCE established ZP Bažant Medal for Failure and Damage Preven- Monday, November 14, 1:30PM–3:15PM
tion. He is one of the original top 100 ISI Highly Cited Scientists in Engrg. 224A, Phoenix Convention Center
(www.ISIhighlycited.com).Home: http://cee.northwestern.edu/people/bazant/ Teaching the Elements of Safety Engineering in Mechanical Design:
More Than Calculations
(IMECE2016-68772)
Track 13: Micro- and Nano-Systems Engineering and Packaging
13-2-1: MEMS PLENARY Prof. Dennis Guenther
Wednesday, November 16, 10:30AM–12:15PM Ohio State University
222B, Phoenix Convention Center Biography: Dennis Guenther is Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State
Designer DNA Architectures for Programmable Self-assembly University where he taught Mechanical Design in the Mechanical
(IMECE2016-68865) Engineering Department for 41 years. His passion for teaching is matched
by his dedication to safety in mechanical systems. His interest in safety is
Dr. Yan Liu supported by his work in reconstruction of vehicle and product accidents.
Arizona State University This work not only assisted interested parties in understanding the cause
of a particular accident, but also provided insight into the mechanical
design and failure modes that contribute to accident occurrence. His prolif-
Biography: Yan Liu received her BS in Applied Chemistry from Shandong ic involvement in reconstructing accidents provided extensive examples
University (1993) and PhD in Physical Chemistry from Columbia University of safety considerations in mechanical design for his students. Not only
(2000). She did one-year and three-year postdoctoral research in did he bring the mechanical design aspects of safety into the classroom,
Rockefeller University and Duke University, before joining the faculty of but his experience in testifying in court about his reconstructions provided
Arizona State University in 2004. She is currently an Associate Professor his students with the real word consequences of mechanical design safety
in the School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute at ASU. decisions. During his tenure as a Professor at OSU, he oversaw more than
Her research interests focus on physical chemistry aspects of DNA 120 Master’s and 15 Ph.D. candidates. As testament to his dedication to
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self-assembly, and nano-photonics based on DNA-directed assembly. safety education, his graduates are responsible for the handling and
stability programs in vehicle manufacturers throughout the world. He has

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