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Conference Agenda
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This is the complete agenda for both Energy Harvesting and Wireless Sensor Networks events. Conference delegates have access to all the presentations.
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010| | Keynotes |
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| 09:50 | Northrop Grumman | | 09:25 | EADS Innovation Works | | 09:00 | ST-Ericsson | | 10:15 | Coffee & Networking Break | | 12:10 | SNCF | | 11:20 | PRI Ltd | | 11:45 | Pavegen Systems ltd | | 10:55 | Rolls-Royce Control and Systems UTC | | 12:35 | Lunch |
Track 1| | Military |
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| 14:25 | SPAWAR Systems Centre San Diego |
| Track 2| | Photovoltaics |
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| 14:50 | Konarka Technologies GmbH | | 15:15 | Q-mo solar AG | | 15:40 | Coffee & Networking Break |
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| Thursday, 27 May 2010Track 1 | Track 2| | Ultra Low Power Devices |
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| 14:25 | Texas Instruments GmbH | | 15:15 | Philips Research | | 14:50 | Microdul AG | | 15:40 | Coffee & Networking Break | | 16:00 | Conference resumes in Track 1 |
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Thursday May 27, 2010Progress with Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting (14:25 - 16:35)14:25 - 14:50 "Smart Ceramics for Energy Harvesting"- Piezoceramics - the key for vibration energy harvesting
- Silicon Carbide - a new material approach for thermal generators
- Ceramics technologies for enhanced power output
14:50 - 15:15 "High Coupling Piezoelectric Thick Film Materials"- Introduction to InSensor® PZT (Lead Zirconate Titanate) thick film technology, including deposition and patterning techniques, available substrates and potential applications.
- Experimental setup, test structures of unimorphs fabricated using MEMS technology in combination with PZT thick films. Results of the measurements carried out using shaker system and reference accelerometer.
- Conclusions and summary, including prospects of manufacturing energy harvesting modules comprising sensors(e.g.accelerometers) or/and actuators leading to fully integrated energy autonomous devices when combined with wireless communication.
15:15 - 15:40 "Strategies for Increasing the Bandwidth of Vibration Energy Harvesters"- Review of methods for widening the bandwidth of inertial energy harvester.
- Introducton to frequency tuning mechanism develped at Southampton
- Self powered control system to monitor ambient frequency and adjust generator's resonant frequency.
15:40 Coffee & Networking Break 16:10 - 16:35 "Applications of Piezo and Pyroelectric Materials as Microsources of Energy Harvesting"- Piezoelectric materials as a microgenerator for harvesting energy on vibrations using the piezoelectric effect
- A microgenerator for harvesting energy on temperature variation using the pyroelectric effect.
- The harvesting power obtained from ceramic and polymer materials using the SSHI and nonlinear processing techniques and possible applications
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