Science on Saturdays with Professor Mark Reed: “The Future of Electronics”

The invention of the transistor lead to a revolution in electronics that produced integrated circuits, which in many ways define our modern civilization. Yet within our lifetime, the face of electronics will change as we approach the limits of the present technology. At the same time, we are poised at the edge of another revolution where even more complex and different devices may create a radically different form of new electronics. Come hear Prof. Mark Reed tell us about the potential of this new world in his lecture “The Future of Electronics”
Yale Scientific Magazine’s /Synapse/ will lead fun hands-on science demonstrations from 10am - 11am and the talk will take place from 11am noon. Science on Saturdays is hosted by Professor Kurt Zilm. 
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About Mark Reed: Mark A. Reed received his Ph.D. in Physics from Syracuse University in 1983 and spent the following seven years working at Texas Instruments, where he demonstrated the first quantum dots device.  In 1990 Mark joined the Yale community, where he now holds the Harold Hodgkinson Chair of Engineering and Applied Science, and serves as the Associate Director of the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering.  His research has included the investigation of electronic transport in nanoscale and mesoscopic systems, artificially structured materials and devices, molecular scale electronic transport, plasmonic transport in nanostructures, and chem/bio nanosensors.  Reed holds 25 U.S. and foreign patents on quantum effect, heterojunction, and molecular devices and was elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and Who’s Who in the World.  Reed has been awarded Fortune Magazine “Most Promising Young Scientist” (1990) and the IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology (2007), among many others.
Science on Saturdays is an award-winning lecture series that features scientists whose passion for their work inspires us all. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations by Yale college students. Science on Saturdays provides an opportunity for Yale scientists and residents of New Haven and beyond to come together over a shared sense of wonder. Past topics have included “Why Birds Are Dinosaurs,” “Nu Frontiers in Neutrino Physics,” and “Chaperonins: Molecular Origami Machines.”    
Directions & Parking: Sterling Chemistry Lab is the building on the left of the driveway at 225 Prospect. Proceed into the main entrance and up the main staircase. Parking will be available on the street along Prospect, at the Yale Whale Ice Rink, and in Lot 16 at the corner of Whitney & Humphrey.