nanotech and new materials workshop 10.29.15

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Nanotech and New Materials Innovation Workshop October 29, 2015 One Main Street, Cambridge, MA

AGENDA 8:30am Coffee and Registration

8:45am Welcome: “MIT’s Nanotech and New Materials Startups,” Trond Undheim, Ph.D., Lead, MIT Startup Exchange (STEX), Event host

9:00am Introductory remarks: “Connecting Industry to Research, Innovation, and Startups” Karl Koster, Executive Director, MIT Industrial Liaison Program

9:10am Keynote I: "The Emerging Nanotech Landscape," Dr. Venkateswara (Venkat) Pallem, R&D Group Manager, Air Liquide

9:20am Lightning Talks – (MIT-connected startups, ILP member companies, MIT innovators, etc.) Marcie Black, CEO & Co-Founder, Advanced Silicon Group; John Cahalen, VP of Engineering, Xtalic; Adam Paxson President & CEO, DropWise Technologies Corp.; John Ritter, EVP of Product Development, QD Vision

9:30am Coffee break (20 min)

9:50am Keynote II: “MIT's Nanotech Horizon," Prof. Vladimir Bulovic, Associate Dean for Innovation, MIT Innovation Initiative & Lead, MIT.nano

10:00am Keynote III: "The Oil & Gas Industry's Search for New Materials," Matt Miller, Engineering Manager, Schlumberger

10:10am Keynote IV: “Materials Innovation at MIT and beyond," Professor Kripa Varanasi, Head of the Varanasi Research Group at MIT

10:20am Coffee break (10 min)

PANEL DISCUSSION

10:30am Panel Discussion: The Industrial Future of Nanotech and New Materials Having built a renewed awareness among workshop participants of trends in nanotech, panelists will address how best to act on these trends and the new challenges/opportunities they bring:

• Where are there opportunities for collaboration among industry, universities, governments, and startups, and what challenges do these potential collaborations face?

• How can both established and emerging companies overcome barriers to new technology adoption? • Is this the 'nanotech decade'? What are the most promising paths to commercialization?

Panelists: • Moshe Alamaro, CEO, More Aqua, Inc. • Prof. Vladimir Bulovic, Associate Dean for Innovation, MIT Innovation Initiative & Lead, MIT.nano • John Cahalen, VP Engineering, Xtalic • Dr. Venkateswara (Venkat) Pallem, R&D Group Manager, Air Liquide • Adam Paxson, President & CEO, DropWise Technologies Corp • John Ritter, EVP of Product Development, QD Vision • Prof. Kripa Varanasi, Head of the Varanasi Research Group at MIT

The panel will be moderated by Dr. George ("Buzz") Kenny, Sc.D., S.M. S.B., Co-Founder and President of EntraTympanic, LLC

About us: MIT Startup Exchange connects corporations to MIT startups, fostering quality interactions that lead to strong partnerships with impact across the MIT innovation ecosystem. The STEX web community platform and database has 1000+ active MIT startup companies at all stages of development and representing seven technology clusters: Tech/ICT, Biotech, Nanotech, Energy Tech, Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Hybrid Innovation. See https://startupexchange.mit.edu for more information.

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Panelists

Moshe Alamaro, CEO, More Aqua, Inc Moshe Alamaro is the Founder and CEO of More Aqua, Inc. that is developing a nano monolayer film to suppress evaporation from water reservoirs. The technology is applicable especially in subtropical

regions where the climate is hot and dry but also volatile requiring large reservoirs to store water from wet years to later years. He has a mechanical engineering degree and M.S. in atmospheric sciences both from MIT, and he has continued his work at MIT as a research scientist and research affiliate for the past 19 years. He is a prolific inventor in a variety of fields, including energy and water systems. His work has received extensive media coverage including in Nature, The New York Times, The Economist, Le Mond, The Boston Globe and numerous international media.

Professor Vladimir Bulović, Associate Dean for Innovation, MIT Innovation Initiative & Lead, MIT.nano Vladimir Bulović is the Associate Dean for Innovation in MIT’s School of Engineering. He is a Professor of

electrical engineering at MIT, holding the Fariborz Maseeh Chair in Emerging Technology, leading the Organic and Nanostructured Electronics laboratory, co-leading the MIT Innovation Initiative and co-directing the MIT-ENI Solar Frontiers Center. Bulović’s research interests include studies of physical properties of organic and organic/inorganic nanocrystal composite thin films and structures, and development of novel nanostructured optoelectronic devices. He is an author of over 150 research articles (cited over 20,000 times) and an inventor of over 70 U.S. patents in areas of light emitting diodes, lasers, photovoltaics, photodetectors, chemical sensors, programmable memories, and micro-electro machines, majority of which have been licensed and utilized by both start-up and multinational companies. He is a founder of QD Vision, Inc. of Lexington MA, producing quantum dot optoelectronic components; of Kateeva, Inc. of Menlo Park CA, focused on development of printed organic electronics; and Ubiquitous Energy, Inc., developing nanostructured solar technologies. Bulović received his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He is recognized as an authority in the field of applied nanotechnology.

Karl F. Koster, Executive Director, MIT Office of Corporate Relations/Industrial Liaison Program Karl F. Koster is the executive director of the MIT Office of Corporate Relations. The Office of Corporate Relations at MIT includes the Industrial Liaison Program, which

celebrated 60 years of service to the Institute and its corporate partners in 2008.

In that capacity, he and his staff work with the senior administrative and faculty leadership of MIT in developing and implementing strategies for enhancing corporate involvement with the Institute. Mr. Koster has been involved with faculty leaders in

identifying and designing a number of major international programs for MIT. Many of these programs focus on institutional development and are characterized by the establishment of strong, international, programmatic linkages between universities, industry, and governments.

Mr. Koster graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in geology and economics in 1974, and received an M.S. from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1980. At the Sloan School he concentrated in international business management and the management of technological innovation. Prior to returning to MIT, Mr. Koster worked as a management consultant for seven years in Europe, Latin America, and the United States on projects for private and public sector organizations.

Matt Miller, Ph.D., Engineering Manager, Schlumberger Matt Miller joined Schlumberger in Midland Texas in 1994, after graduating from the University of Michigan with a Ph.D. in Chemical

Engineering. Throughout his career, he has focused on well completion and stimulation technology developments that enable production companies to maximize their reservoir value and lower the environmental and social impacts of their operations. He has held leadership roles in operations technology application, established and led a new product development center in Russia focused on hydraulic fracturing technologies, lead Schlumberger’s chemistry research in Cambridge, England, and served as the Well Services global portfolio manager for Stimulation chemistry and materials. He is currently the engineering manager for the development of new well construction and well stimulation materials and processes.

Venkateswara Pallem, Ph.D., Fine Chemical Synthesis & Surface Science Group Manager, Air Liquide Venkat Pallem is the group manager for Fine

Chemical Synthesis & Surface Science division at the R&D center in Air Liquide, United States located in Newark, Delaware. His research group focuses on developing novel precursors/gases for Atomic Layer Deposition and Etching (continuous and Atomic Layer Etching) processes for semiconductor applications. He has 14+ years of experience in research and development areas, where he held several technical and project management positions. His contributions as a researcher mainly encompass IP in High-k precursors/process development and in novel etching molecules/process.

Venkat received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. He then moved to Harvard University, Cambridge, MA as a post-doctoral researcher where his research work focused on bioinorganic chemistry and later in development of precursors for electronic materials.

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Adam Paxson, President, CEO, DropWise Technologies Corp Dr. Paxson (MIT Course II Ph.D. ’14, S.M. ’11, S.B. ’09) is an expert on advanced dropwise condensation technologies, with 6 years experience with advanced

hydrophobic coatings. He previously co-founded LiquiGlide, which won the 2012 MIT $100K Audience Choice and was one of the TIME Magazine Best Inventions of the Year. He completed his Ph.D. in the lab of Prof. Kripa Varanasi in mechanical engineering, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, MIT Energy Fellow, and Martin Family Sustainability Fellow, co-author of 9 journal publications, and co-inventor of 11 patents.

Trond Undheim, Ph.D., Lead, Startup Initiative, MIT Industrial Liaison Program Trond heads up the Startup Initiative at MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), facilitating

productive relationships between industry and MIT’s startup ecosystem. He is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Trond is a serial entrepreneur with Scandinavian roots and is currently the founder of Yegii, Inc., the insight network, and managing director of Tautec Consulting.

Trond is a leading expert on technology development across industries such as IT, Energy, and Healthcare. His knowledge spans entrepreneurship, strategy frameworks, policymaking, action learning, virtual teamwork, knowledge management, standardization, and e-government. He wrote the book Leadership From Below (2008). Trond speaks six languages and is a frequent public speaker on business, technology, and wine. Trond was a strategy/business development executive at Oracle Corp. (2008-12) and a policymaker in the EU (2004-8) where he built the ePractice.eu web platform with 120,000 members. He has worked with multinational companies, with mid-caps and startups in Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Indonesia, Norway, the UK, and the U.S.

Trond holds an M.A. in sociology and a Ph.D. in sociological technology and policy studies from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Kripa Varanasi, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Dr. Varanasi received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in MechE from MIT in 2002 and 2004 and his M.S. in

EECS from MIT in 2002. Prior to joining MIT, Dr. Varanasi was a lead researcher and project leader at the GE Global Research Center. The primary focus of his research is in the development of nano-engineered surface, interface, and coating technologies that can dramatically enhance performance in energy, water, agriculture, transportation, medical, and consumer devices. Dr. Varanasi has received numerous awards for his work including NSF Career and DARPA Young Faculty Award. Dr. Varanasi has co-founded two startups, LiquiGlide in 2012 to commercialize super-slippery coatings, then featured in Time and Forbes magazines. This year he co-founded DropWise, to commercialize an advanced coating material that increases efficiency in power plant desalinization and refrigeration systems. DropWise was a Gold Winner at the 2014 MassChallenge Accelerator Program Awards. Moderator

George “Buzz” Kenney, Sc.D., S.M., S.B., Co-founder and President of EntraTympanic, LLC Dr. Kenney is currently the Co-founder and President of EntraTympanic, LLC, a medical device company

developing a patented device and in-office procedure that provides immediate pain relief, accelerates recovery, and eliminates the use of antibiotics.

A serial entrepreneur, technologist and CEO, Buzz brings to the medical device ecosystem his decades of advanced materials, high tech and engineering experience at MIT and industry in developing innovative technologies and platforms via domestic and international partnerships, collaborations and strategies for financing R&D and its translation to commercial applications and products.

Educated at MIT, he earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s ‘75, and Doctor of Science ‘78 in materials science and engineering while minoring in both economics and law.

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Lightning Talk

Marcie Black, Ph.D., Co-founder/CEO, Advanced Silicon Group Marcie Black is CEO and Co-founder of Advanced Silicon Group. Prior to founding ASG, Marcie was the

President and Co-founder of Bandgap Engineering, which focused on increasing the deployment of solar generation by lowering the cost of solar technologies. Before joining Bandgap, Marcie was a technical staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory a prestigious Director’s Funded Post Doc, developing organic and nano solar cells. Marcie has a Ph.D. from MIT in electrical engineering, under the supervision of Institute Professor, Mildred Dresselhaus. In 2009, she was awarded an R&D 100 award for her contributions to work at LANL. Marcie also was honored as one of the ten “Women-to-Watch in 2010” by Mass High Tech. Marcie has over 30+ papers and more than 15 issued patents with many more pending.

John Cahalen, VP Engineering, Xtalic John joined Xtalic in November 2007 to lead the commercialization of the Xtalic product lines and development of the electronic’s applications area. John has more than 20 years of experience in R&D and

Commercialization of industrial materials. Prior to joining Xtalic he was the metallization manager for the newly formed Photovoltaic’s business group within the Rohm and Haas, electronic materials business unit. From 1994 until 2007 he worked for Shipley Company/Rohm and Haas in their electronic materials division developing and commercializing products and processes in the metallization, surface finish, and photolithography areas. John holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University.

Adam Paxson, President, CEO, DropWise Technologies Corp Dr. Paxson (MIT Course II Ph.D. ’14, S.M. ’11, S.B. ’09) is an expert on advanced dropwise condensation technologies, with 6 years experience with advanced

hydrophobic coatings. He previously co-founded LiquiGlide, which won the 2012 MIT $100k Audience Choice and was one of the TIME Magazine Best Inventions of the Year. He completed his Ph.D. in the lab of Prof. Kripa Varanasi in mechanical engineering, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, MIT Energy Fellow, and Martin Family Sustainability Fellow, co-author of 9 journal publications, and co-inventor of 11 patents.

John Ritter, EVP Product Development, QD Vision John Ritter has more than 22 years of experience in developing and commercializing new technologies, and is responsible for all aspects of product development at

QD Vision. Prior to joining QD Vision, John was Vice President of Development at E-Ink where his responsibilities encompassed materials, process, and product development and engineering. In this capacity, he successfully developed E Ink's front plane laminate (FPL) product, and transferred the necessary materials, processes and systems to E Ink's manufacturing operations and partners. He also worked closely with E Ink's direct customers (display makers) and end customers (set makers) to ensure that the FPL product functioned in the intended application.

Ritter has an additional 17 years of experience with Corning Incorporated, where he held a variety of technical and leadership positions in development, engineering and manufacturing functions in the optical fiber, photonic components, flat panel display glass, and semiconductor materials businesses. He has significant international business experience, including a three-year work assignment in France.

Ritter holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from MIT.