KNI20: KNI 20th Anniversary Celebration
On March 7-8, 2024 the KNI celebrated a significant milestone – twenty years of innovation and impact! – along with current and former community members, friends, and supporters of our nanoscience and nano-engineering research center.
The event featured talks and presentations by luminaries in battery technology, quantum computing, semiconductor manufacturing, and energy science & engineering, among many other specialized fields in nanoscience.
Watch all the presentations on the KNI YouTube page, or click on the links below:
KNI20 Session One: "Next-Generation Energy Storage Materials and Architectures"
"Materials Innovation and Interfacial Science for Better Batteries", Dr. Shirley Meng (University of Chicago) with an introduction by Dr. Jennifer Dionne (Ph.D., APh '09).
KNI20 Session Two: "Utilizing Quantum Computational Advantage"
"Fabrication of Utility-Scale Quantum Computers", Dr. John Martinis (University of California, Santa Barbara) with an introduction by assistant professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics Dr. Mohammad Mirhosseini.
KNI20 Session Three: "Breakthroughs in Semiconductor Technology and Manufacturing"
"Innovation Accelerated: Disruptive Approaches for the Next Era of Semiconductor Manufacturing", CEO and President of Lam Research Timothy Archer (B.S., APh ‘89), with an introduction by professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics Dr. Austin Minnich.