Program Schedule

Thursday, August 27, 2026

The program is preliminary and may be subject to minor changes.

Registration | Atrium

Tutorial

Chair : Boris Lamontagne, National Research Council Canada

Materials | Room 224

Chair: TBD

10:00-10:30 AM | Break (Room 117)

MEMS | Room 224

Chair: Ricardo Izquierdo, École de technologie supérieure

Organics | Room 201

Chair: Chang-Hyun Kim, University of Ottawa

12:00-1:00 PM | Lunch (Room 117)

Photonics 3 | Room 224

Chair: Karin Hinzer, University of Ottawa

Keynote | Room 224

Chair: Karin Hinzer, University of Ottawa

3:00-3:30 PM | Break (Room 117)

Characterization | Room 224

Chair: Norman Fong, TechInsights

Quantum and Nano 2 | Room 201

Chair: TBD

Student Awards | Room 224

Chair: Ksenia Dolgaleva, University of Ottawa

Closing Remarks | Room 224

Lab Tour | University of Ottawa

Advance registration required. Deadline: August 3, 2026.

Program Schedule

Thursday, August 27, 2026

The program is preliminary and may be subject to minor changes.

Registration | Atrium

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration

Tutorial

8:30 AM | Pierre Berini, “Nanofabrication Techniques in Nanophotonics”

Materials | Room 224

9:00 AM (Invited) | Abderraouf Boucherif, “Freestanding Semiconductor Membranes for Optoelectronics”

9:20 AM | K. Scott A. Butcher, D. Georgieva, V. Georgiev, “Latest Advances with ALD using Canadian Made Hollow Cathode Gas Plasma Sources“

9:35 AM (Invited) | David Cooke, “Ultrafast Light-Induced Phase Transitions in Polar Semiconductors Seen by THz Spectroscopy”

10:00-10:30 AM | Break (Room 117)

MEMS | Room 224

10:30 AM (Invited) | Frédéric Nabki, “Intelligent Microelectromechanical Systems: From Devices to Applications”

10:50 AM | Aixi Pan, “Batch fabrication of ultra-sharp atomic force microscope probes with stair-shaped handles for high-precision imaging”

11:05 AM | Masoud Aminzare (1, 2), B. Abdul (1), I. Stateikina (3) and S. Ecoffey (1, 2), “Multimodal Characterization and Localized Stress Mapping of Ion Beam Trimmed Nitride Thin Films on 200 mm Wafers”

11:20 AM | Catherine Marsan-Loyer (1), E. Kert (2), and S. Tang (2), “Process-Level Carbon Footprint as a Lever for Eco-Design in MEMS Manufacturing”

11:35 AM (Invited) | Behraad Bahreyni, “Beyond Linear Limits: Nonlinear Architectures for High-Performance Inertial Sensors”

Organics | Room 201

10:30 AM | Shiva Ashoori and Ravi Prakash, “Novel Organic Electrolyte-Gated Field Effect Transistors with Polycaprolactone”

10:45 AM (Invited) | Salima Alem, “Printable Organic Photovoltaics for Lightweight Flexible Power: Materials, Interfaces, and Scalable Manufacturing”

11:05AM | Hyung Woo Choi (1), S. Wei (2), A. Nathan (2, 3), J. Karib (1), M. K. Rahmani (1), H. M Mofarah (1), J. Yu (2), G. Jabbour (1), “Inkjet-Patterned Organic Semiconductor Photodetectors for Amplifier-Free Wearable Pulse Sensing”

11:20 AM | Rossel Wendji Liendji (1), B. Galliano (2), S. Chambon (2), E. Orgiu (1), “Charge transport in water-dispersed organic core-shell nanoparticles films ”

11:35 AM | Shrivani Pandiya (1), S. Ecoffey (1), I. De Sousa (2), D. Drouin (1), “Development of a hybrid additive manufacturing process for high-density interconnects on organic substrates”

12:00-1:00 PM | Lunch (Room 117)

Photonics 3 | Room 224

1:00 PM (Plenary) | Kelvin Prosyk, “Advanced Photonics for Coherent Optical Communications”

1:30 PM (Plenary) | Joyce Poon, “Co-packaged Optics and Optical Interposers for AI Infrastructure”

2:00 PM (Invited) | Omid Salehzadeh Einabad, “Telecom/datacom Laser Fabrication and Reliability”

Keynote | Room 224

2:20 PM | Mohamad Nasser-Eddine, From Scientific Excellence to Strategic Impact: Evolving Research Infrastructure to Strengthen Canadian Innovation

3:00-3:30 PM | Break (Room 117)

Characterization | Room 224

3:30 PM | Zoé Viéron-Lepoutre (2, 3, 5), R. En-Nadir (3, 5), I.E. Mokeddem (3,5) , A. Boucherif (3, 5), A. Bartasyte (1, 2, 4), “Compliant Porous-Silicon Substrate for High-Frequency LiNbO₃ RF Filter Integration”

3:45 PM | H.-Y. Tu (1), C.-W. Wu (2), Z.Wan (3, 4), T.-C. Chang (2), S. Li (4), Guangrui Xia (3), “Development of a Thermal Resistance Analysis Testboard for Packaged pGaN HEMTs via the Transient Thermal Method”

4:00 PM | Sophie E. Bierer, T. R. Smith, A. Mafi, S. Wang, C. Liao and R. B. Lewis, “Strain Relaxation and Spontaneous Nanopatterning in SiGe Layers Grown by Oxidative Solid Phase Epitaxy for III-V Heteroepitaxy”

Quantum and Nano 2 | Room 201

3:30 PM | Declan Walden, B. Khromets, and J. Baugh, “Dipolar Ising coupling between electron and hole spin qubits in ambipolar SiMOS quantum dots”

3:45 PM | Sigurd Flågan (1), N. J. Sorensen (1), E. Zohari (1, 2), S. McNaney (1), C. Coutts (1), J. Itoi (1), V.K. Kavatamane (1), P. E. Barclay (1), “Defects in Diamond: Unlocking Novel Nonlinear Photonics”

4:00 PM | Zhiqiao Yang, H. Ghosh, S. Sivoththaman, “Influence of Temperature and Additives on Syntheses of Indium Phosphide Core Quantum Dots”

4:15 PM (Invited) | David Northeast, “Enhancing Emission Properties of Nanowire Quantum Dots through Hybrid Integration”

Student Awards | Room 224

4:45 - 5:00 PM | Student Awards Ceremony

Closing Remarks | Room 224

5:00 - 5:15 PM | Karin Hinzer

Lab Tour | University of Ottawa

5:30 - 7:00 PM | Thursday evening lab tour