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  Workshop Speakers | Last updated January 13, 2004
 


Abbie Gregg

Abbie Gregg
Abbie Gregg, Inc.

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Abbie Gregg, Inc.
Engineering Consultant


Abbie Gregg holds a B.S. in Materials Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Maine.
Abbie Gregg's background includes eighteen years as an Engineering Consultant, specializing in microelectronics process analysis and startup/ restructuring of laboratories and manufacturing facilities. Abbie Gregg, Inc. is her consulting firm, specializing in programming and design of cleanrooms and advanced technology laboratories. Layout, Room Conditions, Utility Matrix, and Specialty Systems design have been provided for Industrial and University Clients. Her previous experience is in process engineering, operations management, and technical strategic planning for major semiconductor device manufacturers. Her areas of specialization include Integrated Circuits, Flat Panel Displays, TVS Devices, and Multichip Modules. Consulting projects have included yield enhancement, improved operations effectiveness, and many facets of start up consulting. She developed systems and programs for computer aided layout and design of Clean Rooms. Abbie's team also developed software models for semiconductor and FPD product cost, outsourcing analysis, cost of ownership and factory simulation. She has done extensive turn-around consulting, assisting technical operations in project management, and implementing continuous improvement methods.

Several recent AGI Research and University Projects have included design and consulting on multidisciplinary and Nanotechnology Labs and Cleanrooms. These are: Sandia National Labs MESA Project (Si IC's, MEMS and Compound Semiconductors) Argonne National Labs Center for Nanoscale Materials, Motorola Biochip Labs and Production areas, MIT Microphotonics Laboratory and Cleanrooms, Harvard University Laboratory for Interface Science and Engineering, University of California at Berkeley CITRIS Microlab Cleanroom, University of Michigan Solid State Electronics Lab Cleanroom Expansion, Arizona State University ERC Renovations, New Cleanroom, and AZ Bio Design Institute, Wayne State University Microelectronics Cleanroom, and Duke University, Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering and Applied Sciences .

 
PRESENTATION:
THE RIGHT LEVELS OF "CLEAN" FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS
PART I - ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

Nanoscience research facilities do not require the same level of "clean" that microelectronics production plants do. Creating "clean" space is costly, so you want to make sure you don't specify higher levels of "clean" than are necessary, or more clean space than you need. Here Abbie Gregg and Craig Rossrucker set out a strategic planning process for deciding levels of cleanliness. This presentation addresses the questions that users need to ask and implications of the answers.

Future presentations will illustrate how to achieve those levels at the lowest possible cost. Using current project information, they examine the spectrum of options ranging from cost-effective cleanroom designs to micro-environments, and set out guidelines for making "clean-cost-flexibility" decisions.

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Ahmad Soueid
RA, NCARB
Moderator

Ahmad Soueid
HDR Architecture, Inc.

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HDR Architecture, Inc.
Principal, Senior Vice President


Ahmad Soueid is a Principal / Senior Vice President of HDR Architecture, Inc. He joined HDR over twelve years ago as a registered architect after working for architectural firms in New York, Connecticut and Texas. He focuses exclusively on the design and construction of advanced technology facilities for both private and public sector clients.

Ahmad Soueid is a registered architect that offers creative solutions to technically challenging nanotechnology facilities. Mr. Soueid is a leader in the design of nanotechnology facilities and he serves as a hands-on Principal for a prestigious list of nanotechnology projects such as the NIST Advanced Measurement Laboratory, a 511,070 square feet $175M state-of-the-art laboratory; Purdue University's $47M Birck Nanotechnology Center as well as Brookhaven National Laboratory's $28M Center for Functional Nanomaterials.

Mr. Soueid also consulted as a nanotechnology facilities advisor to Mexico's Centro Nacional de Metrología as well as the U.K.'s National Physical Laboratory. Mr. Soueid was co-chairman of the Buildings for Advanced Technology Workshop (January 2003) organized in part under the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in conjunction with NIST and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) as well as the Buildings for Advanced Technology Workshop II (January 2004), sponsored by Arizona State University.

Mr. Soueid's is a frequent speaker at technical conferences. Mr. Soueid's presentation on the "Technical Challenges of designing Bio-Nano spaces in a Cleanroom environment" was a featured case study at a recent Tradeline Conference on Nanotechnology facilities. Other presentations include a variety of topics, including "High Accuracy Temperature Control in Metrology Laboratories" at the Quality Manufacturing 2000 Conference in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and a presentation at the "New Trends in Metrology Workshop" the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, United Kingdom as well as "A Case Study for Designing for Nanotechnology" to the Ottawa Valley Chapter of ASHRAE in Canada.

Mr. Soueid graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington where he received both a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Architecture degree.

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Dr. Allan Chasey
Moderator

Allan Chasey

Arizona State University

CREATE

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Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University
Associate Professor

CREATE
Director


Dr. Chasey is an Associate Professor in the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University. He received a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech, a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and a BS in Civil Engineering from Arizona State University. He is Director of CREATE, Construction Research and Education for Advanced Technology Environments, a research consortium of 30 companies representing the Advanced Technology design and construction industry.

Prior to joining the ASU faculty, Dr. Chasey spent 21 years as a civilian in the United States Air Force Civil Engineering. His last position was Chief of the Contract Management Section for the 836th Civil Engineering Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona where he was responsible for the contract management and inspection of all construction, repair, modification, and alteration projects on the base valued at $20 - 30 million/year.

He has developed a graduate program in Controlled Environments Construction, (Cleanrooms) in conjunction with the leading experts in semiconductor manufacturing from Intel, Motorola, Acorn Consulting, Kinetics, DPR Construction, Performance Contracting, Fluor Corp., Abbie Gregg Inc, and Ionics Pure Solutions, to name a few. The Cleanroom Construction course is a one of a kind that focuses on the construction process for high-technology manufacturing facilities.

He is a registered Professional Civil Engineer in Arizona and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Construction Research Council of ASCE. He is also a member of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE), the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE), and the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST).




Amir Yazdanniyaz, PE

Amir Yazdanniyaz, PE
ARUP

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ARUP
Principle Acoustics Consultant


Amir is a Principle Acoustic Consultant and Associate Principal of Arup. He has 19 years experience consulting in California, and throughout the U.S. He has experience in all aspects of building acoustics, building mechanical noise and vibration control, environmental noise assessment, and transportation noise analysis.

In particular, he has provided acoustics consulting services to architects and building engineers for numerous laboratory buildings and hospitals. He has developed an expertise in designing noise and vibration control schemes for building mechanical equipment.

Amir has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas Sate University and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University Certified Acoustical Consultant, County of Orange.

 
PRESENTATION:
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS NOISE ISSUES -- CASE STUDIES

Noise and vibration are inherent products of building mechanical ventilation systems especially for advanced technology buildings, such as, research laboratories and manufacturing facilities, which required large volume of air movement. Potential noise impacts include building occupants, vibration sensitive equipment, and neighboring communities. Case studies will be presented to discuss noise issues associated with the building mechanical design and provide solutions to address these issues. The following case studies will be discussed:

· Noise impact due to mechanical system effects: Address the impact of noise generation due to the various mechanical system effects, which are not generally shown during the design stage.

· Noise impact on vibration sensitive equipment: Address the noise generation due to air ventilation duct system on vibration sensitive equipment (electron microscope), discussion of the manufacturer site noise criteria and room certification.

Mechanical plant noise impact on the neighboring communities: Address the noise impact due to outdoor mechanical equipment of a manufacturing plant to the neighboring communities.

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Brett Dominguez



Brett Dominguez

DPR Construction

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DPR Construction
Preconstruction Manager


Brett Dominguez has 15 years experience in the construction industry and is leading the preconstruction and estimating efforts for Arizona BioDesign Institute Phases I and II. Brett’s career began in the field as a project engineer and project superintendent which has provided him with a sound understanding of construction techniques including procurement, scheduling, sequencing, cost management and quality. These qualities that Brett brings to the Arizona BioDesign Institute make him not only an asset to the preconstruction efforts, but also the day-to-day construction operations efforts.

Brett has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from California Polytechnic State University.


PRESENTATION:
PROJECT DELIVERY OF ARIZONA BIO-DESIGN INSTITUTE AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY


The first two phases of the Arizona Bio-Design Institute totals 344,000 square feet of laboratory, vivarium and office space for cutting edge research in areas such as neural rehabilitation, genomics, molecular biophysics, neutraceuticals and edible vaccines, and nano-scale bio-optics and bioscience. The research will be interdisciplinary in nature with a focus on the life sciences, bio-engineering and biotechnology. A primary aim in building this facility is to accelerate the pace of discovery and innovation. The facility has been designed to meet the most stringent demands by experimental programs in biotechnology and nanotechnology; to enhance communication and collaboration between researchers with an open, shared lab design and a central atrium linking all floors; to be flexible allowing for rapid reconfiguration of space and equipment to meet the changing demands of the research programs; and to be a hub providing the linkage between the multi-disciplinary research groups and those from leading industries and regional institutions.

The joint venture of Sundt Construction and DPR Construction are the CM at Risk for Arizona Bio-Design Institute Phases I and II. Phase I is scheduled for completion in Fall of 2004 and Phase II is scheduled for completion in the Fall of 2005.

 



Brett Helm



Brett Helm

DPR Construction

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DPR Construction
Construction Manager


Brett Helm is one of DPR Construction’s Phoenix leaders and is the Construction Manager on the new Arizona BioDesign Institute Phases I and II at Arizona State University. Brett has over 15 years of experience in the design and construction of challenging and unique laboratory, vivarium and technical projects. His projects include facilities for IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Advanced Cardiovascular Systems/Eli Lilly, Apple Research and Development and Rockwell. Brett is dedicated to teamwork, collaboration and is results-oriented delivering fast track projects.

Brett has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from Purdue University.

 

PRESENTATION:
PROJECT DELIVERY OF ARIZONA BIO-DESIGN INSTITUTE AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY


The first two phases of the Arizona Bio-Design Institute totals 344,000 square feet of laboratory, vivarium and office space for cutting edge research in areas such as neural rehabilitation, genomics, molecular biophysics, neutraceuticals and edible vaccines, and nano-scale bio-optics and bioscience. The research will be interdisciplinary in nature with a focus on the life sciences, bio-engineering and biotechnology. A primary aim in building this facility is to accelerate the pace of discovery and innovation. The facility has been designed to meet the most stringent demands by experimental programs in biotechnology and nanotechnology; to enhance communication and collaboration between researchers with an open, shared lab design and a central atrium linking all floors; to be flexible allowing for rapid reconfiguration of space and equipment to meet the changing demands of the research programs; and to be a hub providing the linkage between the multi-disciplinary research groups and those from leading industries and regional institutions.

The joint venture of Sundt Construction and DPR Construction are the CM at Risk for Arizona Bio-Design Institute Phases I and II. Phase I is scheduled for completion in Fall of 2004 and Phase II is scheduled for completion in the Fall of 2005.





Chris Case, PE



Chris Case

Affiliated Engineers

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Affiliated Engineers
Project Manager


Chris Case is a Project Manager with Affiliated Engineers and is also the Process Group Leader in the San Francisco Bay Area office. He graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. In his 20 years of mechanical engineering, he has established an expertise in cleanroom laboratory design and bio-containment facility design. Chris has engineered and managed the University of Wisconsin Engineering Centers Nanotechnology cleanroom design (12,000 sf under filter); University of California at Berkeley, Hearst Memorial Mining Building (140,000 sf); AlleCure Fill Suite; and Bayer cGMP production facility. Recent research facility and BSL related projects/clients that Chris has managed or engineered include ICN Pharmaceuticals, Chiron, AlleCure and Blood Centers of the Pacific.

 
PRESENTATION (Norm Toussaint, William Acorn and Chris Case):
OUTLINING TRENDS AND DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS: MECHANICAL AND PROCESS SYSTEMS

Buildings that are designed and constructed to support advanced technology needs can differ greatly from conventional institutional and industrial facilities. Examples of these building types include forensics laboratories, biological research laboratories, and nanotechnology laboratories. Differences range from environmental (temperature and humidity criteria) to functional (for example, the desire to locate "interactive spaces" close to laboratories, with resulting concerns about hazardous material or contaminant migration and effect of non-controlled adjacent spaces on sensitive equipment and operations). It is critical that the owner and design team clearly understand these differences. The decisions necessary to meet advanced technical requirements must frequently be made during the programming and early design process, and the solutions are frequently multi-discipline in nature.

In this forum, the panel will highlight current trends in mechanical and process system requirements for advanced technology facilities, and discuss solutions that address these requirements.

Among the topics that will be discussed:

- Questioning the need or appropriate class of cleanrooms for critical R&D, metrology, and assembly functions
- Definition of temperature and humidity stability criteria
- Evaluation of alternative fume hood technologies
- Energy conservation strategies, and compliance with energy codes such as ASHRAE 90.1
- Requirements for hazardous material storage and handling, and implications for user facilities
- Comparison of central vs. distributed process systems
- Baselining and improving water use efficiency

A number of solutions to these and other design challenges will be presented in the form of case studies of recent advanced technology facility projects.




Dr. Clayton Teague



Clayton Teague

National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

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National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
Director


Dr. Teague is Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office. This is a position in the National Science and Technology Council to which he was appointed in April 2003 as an agency representative for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He is on assignment from his position at NIST as Chief of the Manufacturing Metrology Division in the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory.

At NIST since 1972, Dr. Teague has designed, constructed, and used
precision instrumentation for ultra-high accuracy dimensional metrology of surfaces and micrometer to nanometer-scale features. Beginning with his metal-vacuum-metal tunneling work in the 1970's, he continued to work with such precision instrumentation as scanning tunneling microscopes, atomic force microscopes, displacement and phase-measuring interferometry, stylus instruments, flexure stages, and light scattering apparatus. Because the laboratory and building environments were always factors in the ultimate performance of these instruments, the subject of this workshop has been an ongoing topic of great interest.

Dr. Teague is a member of the American Society for Precision Engineering, has served twice as the Society's President, and is a fellow of the UK Institute of Physics. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Nanotechnology for ten years and is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the journal. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a PhD in physics from the University of North Texas. He has authored or coauthored 70 papers, has presented 50 invited talks in the technical fields described, and jointly with colleagues, has six patents. Dr. Teague has received the Gold Medal, Silver Medal, and Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award from the Department of Commerce, the Kilby International Award by the Kilby Awards Foundation, and an IR-100 Industrial Research and Development Award for his work.




Dave Bechtol, PE


Dave Bechtol
HDR Architecture, Inc.

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HDR Architecture, Inc.
Senior Vice President
Professional Associate
Electrical Section Manager


Mr. Bechtol is a Senior Vice President and a Professional Associate of HDR and the Electrical Section Manager. He has over 23 year of experience in the planning and design of lighting, power and communication systems for laboratory, institutional, health care and justice facilities.

Mr. Bechtol has designed laboratory electrical systems for the Department of Defense and the Food and Drug Administration. His university laboratory experience includes Johns Hopkins, Duke, UNC and UVA. At the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Measurement Laboratory, Mr. Bechtol developed a power distribution system to provide two sources of clean isolated power to each lab to reduce the effects of power disturbances from adjacent labs and from building equipment including lights, elevators and mechanical equipment. He is currently the lead electrical engineer for the Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center.

Mr. Bechtol received a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree from Penn State in 1979. In 1984, he received his Professional Engineer's license. He is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the International Association of Electrical Inspectors.

 
PRESENTATION:
ELECTRICAL POWER, EMI and GROUNDING
A panel will discuss issues and methods to mitigate problems associated with power disturbances, extremely low frequency (ELF) and radio frequency (RF) interference, and/or grounding issues.

Power disturbances from external and internal sources may affect the performance of sensitive electronic equipment. These affects may be mitigated by the application of various types of power conditioning equipment and/or by varying the configuration of the power distribution system in a way to provide cleaner power to the sensitive equipment.

With good preplanning, many of the common extremely low frequency (60 hertz) magnetic field sources found in a laboratory building can be located away form the laboratory spaces. Where magnetic field sources are required in or near the lab as part of its basic operation, a mixture of shielding techniques using various construction materials and methods along with actual shielding materials can be provided to maintain the necessary environment. Radio frequency shielding may be required at sensitive labs and/or at the building envelope.

Good grounding practices can solve or reduce many power quality problems. The use of ground buses at the lab benches, bonded directly to the local transformer ground, can provide the reference ground sensitive lab equipment requires.

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David Gibney


David Gibney
HDR Architecture, Inc.

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HDR Architecture, Inc.
Sustainable Design Coordinator

David Gibney is Sustainable Design Coordinator for HDR. Since joining HDR in 2000 Mr. Gibney has provided sustainable design consultation to multiple federal agencies including the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the National Park Service. His state agency experience at HDR includes the California Department of General Services and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

Mr. Gibney's laboratory experience includes both private and public agency clients. He is currently providing sustainable design and LEED coordination for Sandia National Laboratories Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) in Albuquerque, and the LIGA Technologies Facility at SNL's Livermore campus. He is also the sustainable design/LEED consultant for the County of Santa Clara Forensics Lab. Each of these projects is using the LEED Application Guide for Labs as a design aid.

As an early Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional, Mr. Gibney has developed multiple LEED and sustainable design training materials for HDR. He recently finished a HDR process manual for administering LEED. He is a finalist candidate for the United States Green Building Council's LEED Application Guide Core Committee.

Mr. Gibney holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Idaho

 
PRESENTATION (Tom Gerbo, Ken Filar, David Gibney):
CAUSE AND EFFECT: TRENDS IN RESEARCH FACILITY DESIGN

More and more Requests for Qualifications/Proposals are coming out for world class, integrated interdisciplinary research facilities. What are the driving forces behind this kind of facility? Understanding these forces have led to a variety of design solutions. Science and technology is converging at a rapid pace under the umbrella of nanotechnology. Scientific breakthroughs such as the development and commercialization of the carbon nanotube, the atomic force microscope, and mapping the human genome have led to a new brand of science bridging the basic and applied sciences. Environmental conditions in the laboratory are becoming more restrictive. Social factors such as vertically integrated research groups and a generational shift in work philosophy, as well as steep competition among institutions have had a profound impact on the types of spaces and the configuration of those spaces. Geopolitical forces have influenced safety and security. New regulations and standards are also having an effect on the design of research facilities. Finally, budgets are getting tighter whole instrumentation costs are rising.

In this session Tom Gerbo, Ken Filar and David Gibney will look at the root causes and resulting effects for these facilities and design solutions that have been employed to address these unique requirements of the nanoscience facility. Mr. Gerbo and Mr. Filar will address the programmatic drivers behind these facilities and discuss specific projects that are designed to these parameters. David Gibney will look in depth at the impact of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and will discuss the requirements of LEED certification.


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Dr. David Janes


David Janes
Purdue University

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Purdue University
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

David B. Janes received the B.A. degree in Physics from Augustana College in 1980 and the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1980, 1981 and 1989, respectively. From 1981 to 1985, he worked as a research scientist in microwave devices at the Research Division of Raytheon Company. Since 1989, he has been at Purdue University, where he is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. From 2002-2003, he was Research Program Coordinator for the Birck Nanotechnology Center. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing, a NASA-supported center. His research involves nanoelectronic devices, molecular electronics components and metal/molecule/semiconductor nanostructures.

 
PRESENTATION:
THE BIRCK NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY

This presentation will overview the research and educational programs in nanotechnology at Purdue, and describe design of the Birck Nanotechnology Center. The challenges involved in defining a state-of-the art and sustainable university nanotechnology building and the approaches employed to meet these challenges will be described.

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Frederic Zenhausern

Arizona State University

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Applied Nanobioscience Center Arizona State University
Director & Associate Professor

Dr. Frederic Zenhausern (B.Sc in Biochemistry and Ph.D in Applied Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland; MBA in Finance, Rutgers University, NJ) is the founder, Director and Associate Research Professor at the Center for Applied Nanobioscience at the AZBioDesign Institute, Arizona State University.

He has a joint faculty appointment with the Electrical and Chemical Engineering department at the Fulton School of Engineering. During his over 4 years as a research scientist at IBM's Watson Research Center (Yorktown Heights, NY), Frederic co-developed the apertureless near-field optical system for applications ranging from DNA sequencing to high density mass data storage. Afterward, he held research positions, including: Head of Physical Measurements group (Firmenich Inc.), Vice President Advanced Technology (Alpha-MOS, Inc.) and more recently Manager of Microdevice Physics (Motorola Labs). He is the co-Founder of Nanobiomics Inc. and a Scientific Board Advisor of Mediagnost Inc. He is also affiliated to the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) led by Dr. Jeffrey Trent. During the last 3 years, with funding support from various governmental agencies (e.g. DARPA, NIMA, FBI…), his team has successfully transferred integrated nano/micro-system technologies to product platforms. More recently, his interest has been directed to the executive leadership in R&D for flexible displays. Frederic has co-authored more than 35 scientific publications and thirteen U.S. patents comprising several publications and pending disclosures in nanotechnology, bioscience, clinical diagnostics technology.

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Greg Parker

Greg Parker

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Currie & Brown, Inc.
Vice President

Greg has a BSc. in Quantity Surveying and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, with over 20 years experience in construction cost and procurement management.   His knowledge of construction sectors including commercial, retail, airport, technology, energy and pharmaceutical, helps ensures that Currie & Brown manage service delivery to meet the owner’s requirements of quality, timeliness, budget and risk. He has worked with both world’s largest computer chip manufacturer and Ernst & Young to develop smart procurement and construction administration guidelines.

He is recognized for his knowledge of “client focused cost estimating” and “intelligent procurement.” This has included being an adviser to Corporate Taskforce working with Primavera to develop Prime Contract.

Greg is an active member of ACE (Alliance for Construction Excellence), GPEC (Greater Phoenix Economic Council) and BABC (British American Business Council). Greg previously led Currie & Brown’s airport market sector and was part of British Airport Authorities strategic team responsible for master planning and preliminary studies for new construction at all their airports.

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Hal Amick, PE

Hal Amick
Colin Gordon and Associates

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Colin Gordon and Associates
Vice President, Technology Development


Mr. Amick received a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Architectural Engineering from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, a Master of Science. in Structural Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, California and a Master of .Engineering. In Civil Engineering from the University of California in Berkeley, California. Mr. Amick works on problems related to structural and soil dynamics, rail and transportation vibrations, mechanical vibrations, and community or workplace vibrations. He is experienced in signals processing, finite element modeling and many aspects of structural and soil dynamics. Hal Amick has worked extensively in the design of low vibration environments for advanced technology facilities.

Hal Amick joined Colin Gordon & Associates in 1996, after spending eleven years with Bolt Beranek & Newman and Acentech. Prior to 1990, he worked closely with Colin Gordon at BBN. At Colin Gordon & Associates he focuses on the design and maintenance of low-vibration environments for vibration-sensitive facilities used for research, development and production of microelectronics as well as those used for nanotechnology, optics research, advanced physics and bioscience studies. His early consulting work involved a wide variety of structural settings, including nuclear power plant seismic analysis, container crane design, and structural failure analysis. Since 1993 he has served as vibration consultant for design and renovation of laboratories at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Mr. Amick’s selected project experience includes: Advanced Measurement Laboratory (NIST); M. D. Anderson Cancer Research Center; Genentech Hall (Building 24), University of California, San Francisco, Mission Bay Campus;Knudsen Hall West, UCLA; Huntsman Cancer Research Center, University of Utah; California Nano Systems Institute, University of California at Santa Barbara; Birck Nanotechnology Research Center, Purdue University; P-050 Nano Science Research Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory; and Seagate Research Center.

Hal Amick has written and presented many papers and reports, and has published extensively.

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Jack Stellern, PE

Jack Stellern
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Senior Project Manager


Mr. Stellern has a professional background of over 20 years in engineering project management. He has managed major engineering and construction projects at both Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Mr. Stellern was the project manager for the 250,000 square foot Spallation Neutron Source - Central Lab and Office Building at ORNL and is currently managing the design and construction of the ORNL Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences facility.

Mr. Stellern received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Missouri at Rolla and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Tennessee.

PRESENTATION:
The DOE Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) facility at ORNL is the first of five DOE Nanotechnology facilities. The CNMS will provide the research infrastructure and environment needed for a user facility with highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research. The user community will include resident scientific collaborators and both long- and short-term visiting scientists. The CNMS will also provide the necessary infrastructure for the research including technical support personnel, synthesis and characterization facilities, high quality and novel research materials, properties measurement facilities, and nanofabrication capabilities, within its research focus areas. This will permit assembling teams to tackle research problems of a scope, disciplinary breadth, and complexity that cannot be done by small-group efforts. More than half the users of the Center will be researchers from academia, industry, and other national laboratories.

The CNMS is four stories and has 80,000 square feet of lab, office and cleanroom space. This facility used close coordination between the representative user team and the engineering design team to ensure the current and future research needs would be fulfilled by the facility. The user team was involved from the initial programming through design and continues to be closely involved during the construction.
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Dr. James Murday

James Murday

Naval Research Laboratory

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Office of Naval Research
Chief Scientist



Dr. James S. Murday received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Case Western Reserve in 1964, and a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from Cornell in 1970. He joined the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in 1970, led the Surface Chemistry effort from 1975-1987, and has been Superintendent of its Chemistry Division since 1988. From May to August 1997 he served as Acting Director of Research for the Department of Defense, Research and Engineering. He is a member of the American Physical Society, the American Chemical Society and the Materials Research Society; and a fellow of the American Vacuum Society (AVS), and the UK Institute of Physics. For the AVS, he has served as trustee for 1981-1984, director for 1986-1988, representative to the American Institute of Physics Governing Board 1986-1992, president for 1991-93, and representative to the Federation of Materials Societies 1998-present.

His research interest in nanoscience began in 1983 as an Office of Naval Research program officer and continues through the NRL Nanoscience Institute. He has organized numerous International STM/NANO conferences and their proceedings. Under his direction, both the AVS and the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technology and Applications created a Nanometer Science/Technology Division. He is Executive Secretary to the U.S. National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science Engineering and Technology (NSET) and Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordinating Office.


 
   
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Ken Filar, AIA, LEED

Ken Filar

M+W Zander

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M+W Zander
Senior Architect



Ken Filar is a LEED-accredited Senior Architect whose 22 years in planning and design of science and technology projects includes a special focus on R&D and manufacturing facilities for advanced and emerging technologies. His microsystems and nanotechnology projects, in particular, involve strategic and master planning, programming and schematic design for cleanrooms, non-clean laboratories, conventional laboratories, and associated facilities for investigation, modeling, developing, prototyping, and manufacture of materials and resulting fabricated systems. Mr. Filar's projects range from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS); Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM); Albany NanoTech at University at Albany (SUNY); NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Stanford University Advanced Materials Research Laboratory; UCLA's Chemical and Biological Sciences, East Wing, Young Hall; as well as public and private industry projects for clients such as AMD and Micron Technology.

 
PRESENTATION (Tom Gerbo, Ken Filar, David Gibney):
CAUSE AND EFFECT: TRENDS IN RESEARCH FACILITY DESIGN

More and more Requests for Qualifications/Proposals are coming out for world class, integrated interdisciplinary research facilities. What are the driving forces behind this kind of facility? Understanding these forces have led to a variety of design solutions. Science and technology is converging at a rapid pace under the umbrella of nanotechnology. Scientific breakthroughs such as the development and commercialization of the carbon nanotube, the atomic force microscope, and mapping the human genome have led to a new brand of science bridging the basic and applied sciences. Environmental conditions in the laboratory are becoming more restrictive. Social factors such as vertically integrated research groups and a generational shift in work philosophy, as well as steep competition among institutions have had a profound impact on the types of spaces and the configuration of those spaces. Geopolitical forces have influenced safety and security. New regulations and standards are also having an effect on the design of research facilities. Finally, budgets are getting tighter whole instrumentation costs are rising.

In this session Tom Gerbo, Ken Filar and David Gibney will look at the root causes and resulting effects for these facilities and design solutions that have been employed to address these unique requirements of the nanoscience facility. Mr. Gerbo and Mr. Filar will address the programmatic drivers behind these facilities and discuss specific projects that are designed to these parameters. David Gibney will look in depth at the impact of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and will discuss the requirements of LEED certification.

 
   
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Lou Vitale


Lou Vitale