Conformal Integration of antennas with solar panels has wide applications, from small spacecraft, Mars rovers, to self-powered wireless sensors. It is particularly beneficial when the surface real estate is a major challenge, such as a CubeSat. A strategic integration not only reduces the development cost, promotes a robust communication link, but also increases the mission capacity by allowing more science instruments to be mounted on the CubeSat. This lecture covers different conformal antenna designs for solar panel integration, from UHF to Ka band. It includes antennas integrated under solar cells, around solar cells, and optically transparent antennas integrated on top of solar cells. It also covers low gain and high gain design. The high gain design mainly focuses on reflectarray antenna, which may be beneficial to those who wishes to study the subject. As these antennas are integrated with solar panel, a unique and complex subsystem, effects of solar cells on the antenna and vice versa need to be analyzed and quantified. The lecture presents analysis of a typical space-certified solar cell, extracted model, experimental set-up to quantify the interaction between solar cells and the integrated antennas. Speaker(s): , , Reyhan Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/437285

CONSOL is one of the largest underground U.S. coal producers, located just south of Pittsburgh in Canonsburg, PA. Ironically, the transition to renewable energy sources like wind and solar energy rely heavily on coal as it will be a critical part of the steel and concrete used producing wind turbines, transmission lines and other items needed to get power to consumers. Plus, it will be much longer than people realize, if ever, that renewables can handle the baseload to meet our country’s energy needs. Coal currently represents 35% of the power produced in the world and approximately 15% in the United States. CONSOL created a public education campaign called Not So Fast that addresses this issue. It is fact-based (with references cited) and focuses on how the transition to renewables will be slower than most people think and may result in many unintended consequences. Coal will always be a viable and much-needed product. See www.thecoalhardtruth.com for more information about the campaign. Also, more than half of the coal that CONSOL produces is used for non-power generation uses like steel and concrete production, water filtration, fertilizer and many other products we all need in our daily lives. Through CONSOL Innovations, they have been working on numerous new products and solutions that are bringing coal to new commercial applications. These involve advanced carbon fibers for aerospace parts, building materials and even graphite to be used in EV batteries. Agenda: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Lunch will be provided. Room: Suite 101, 275 Technology Drive, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 15317

As the demand for high-performance computing continues to surge, driven largely by advances in artificial intelligence and other data-intensive applications, the semiconductor industry faces growing challenges in meeting these requirements. Traditional approaches, constrained by the slowing of Moore’s Law and the end of Dennard Scaling, are proving inadequate in addressing the exponential increase in compute and bandwidth needs. Silicon Photonics is emerging as a key technology to overcome these limitations. By leveraging the unique properties of silicon for optical communication, Silicon Photonics can offer significant improvements in data transmission speeds and energy efficiency compared to conventional electrical interconnects. This technology has the potential to reduce latency and power consumption, making it a compelling solution for next-generation data centers and high-performance computing systems. Advanced Packaging Technologies are equally critical in this evolving landscape. As chips become more complex and power-hungry, innovative packaging solutions such as chiplets and advanced integration methods are essential to manage power consumption and thermal issues while enhancing performance. These technologies enable more efficient use of silicon area, improved thermal management, and higher bandwidth connections between components. In this talk, we will explore how Silicon Photonics and advanced packaging technologies are not just complementary but essential to addressing the challenges of future compute demands. We will discuss the current state of these technologies, their potential to transform the semiconductor industry, and the ongoing efforts to integrate them into scalable, high-performance systems Speaker(s): Sandeep Sane, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/433612