Short courses

A list of all short courses can be downloaded as a PDF document.

IUS Tutorials

1A: 8:30–12:30, North Hall
Medical Ultrasound Transducers
Instructors: Douglas G. Wildes, L. Scott Smith, GE Global Research
1B: 8:30–12:30, Meeting Hall 4-1
Hydrophone–based Measurement of Ultrasonic Fields for Biomedical, Non-Destructive Testing, and Regulatory (US FDA) Applications
Instructors: Keith A. Wear, US Food and Drug Administration, Andrew M. Hurrell, Precision Acoustics Ltd, Peter A. Lewin, Drexel University, Volker Wilkens, Physikalisch–Technische Bundesanstalt, Bajram Zeqiri, National Physical Laboratory
1C: 8:30–12:30, Terrace 2
Signal Processing and System-on-Chip Designs for Ultrasonic Imaging, Detection and Estimation Application
Instructors: Jafar Saniie, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, Ramazan Demirli, Center for Advanced Communications, Villanova University, Erdal Oruklu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
1D: 8:30–12:30, Meeting Hall 4-2
Nondestructive Materials Characterization by Ultrasonic Techniques
Instructors: Walter Arnold, Saarland University
1E: 8:30–12:30, Meeting Hall 5
High Frequency Transducers and Their Applications
Instructors: Jeffrey C. Bamber, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Timothy Button, University of Birmingham, Christine Demore, Dundee University
1F: 8:30–12:30, Terrace 1
Biomedical Photoacoustics: From Bench to Bedside
Instructors: Stanislav Emelianov, Richard Bouchard, University of Texas
2A: 13:30–18:00, North Hall
Acoustic Tweezing: Modelling, Implementation and Applications
Instructors: Bruce W. Drinkwater, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Martyn Hill, Southampton University, Sandy Cochran, Dundee University
Download presentation (PDF, 5 MB)
2B: 13:30–18:00, Meeting Hall 4-1
Materials for ultrasound transducers
Instructors: Susan Trolier–McKinstry Materials Research Lab, Penn State University, Sandy Cochran, Dundee University
2C: 13:30–18:00, Terrace 2
Ultrasonic Characterization of Advanced Materials
Instructors: Michal Landa, Hanus Seiner, Petr Sedlak, Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2D: 13:30–18:00, Meeting Hall 4-2
Quantitative Acoustic Microscope – Measurement, Analysis, Biological and Materials Science Application
Instructors: Naohiro Hozumi, Toyohashi University of Technology, Kazuto Kobayashi, Honda Electronics, Sachiko Yoshida, Toyohashi University of Technology, Roman Gr. Maev, Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research, Fedar Seviaryn, University of Windsor Download presentation:
Roman Gr. Maev, Fedar Seviaryn: Part 1 (PDF, 6.6 MB), Part 2a (PDF, 5.8 MB), Part 2b (PDF, 5.8 MB)
Naohiro Hozumi, Kazuto Kobayashi: Presentation (PDF, 6 MB)
Sachiko Yoshida: Presentation (PDF, 6.7 MB)
2E: 13:30–18:00, Meeting Hall 5
Plane Wave Imaging and Applications for Ultrafast Doppler, Elastography, and Contrast
Instructors: Mathias Fink, Mickael Tanter, Langevin Institute, ESPCI ParisTech Download presentation (PDF, 17 MB)
2F: 13:30–18:00, Terrace 1
Ultrasound Contrast Agents: Theory and Experiment
Instructors: Nico de Jong, Erasmus MC, Michel Versluis, University of Twente

For detailed information, please see the IUS Short Courses (PDF) document.

ISAF–PFM Tutorials

Morning sessions

Club D – Basic Principles of Ferroelectricity and Piezo Force Microscopy

1A: 8:00–10:00
Fundamentals of Ferroelectrics and Piezoelectrics
Instructor: David Cann
1B: 10:30–12:30
Principles and Applications of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
Instructor: Alexei Gruverman

Club E – Theory and modelling

2A: 8:00–10:00
First principles methods
Instructor: Craig Fennie
2B: 10:30–12:30
Phenomenology of ferroelectrics
Instructor: George Rosetti

Afternoon sessions

Club D – Advanced PFM techniques

1C: 13:30–15:30
Advanced Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Modes including acoustic and ultrasonic applications
Instructor: Sergei Kalinin
1D: 16:00–18:00
Visualization and Manipulation of Electric Polarization and Charges using Atomic Force Microscopy
Instructor: Seungbum Hong

Club E: PiezoMEMS

2C: 13:30–15:30
Piezoelectric thin films
Instructor: Isaku Kanno
2D: 16:00–18:00
Piezoelectric materials for MEMS applications
Instructor: Paul Muralt

IFCS–EFTF Tutorials

Track 1 (CLub A)

1.1: 8:00–10:00
Timing for GNSS and GNSS for Timing
Pascale Defraigne, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium
1.2: 10:30–12:30
Statistical Characterisation of Clocks for Timekeeping and Navigation Applications
Patrizia Tavella, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Italy
1.3: 13:30–15:30
Fabrication Methods for MEMS-Based Frequency Control Devices
Clark T.-C. Nguyen, Berkeley, USA
1.4: 16:00–18:00 Crystal Resonators and Oscillators
John Vig, USA

Track 2 (Club B)

2.1: 8:00–10:00
Femtosecond Laser-based Optical frequency combs for frequency metrology
Yann Le Coq, LNE–SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris,CNRS, UPMC, France
2.2: 10:30–12:30
Lasers for Optical Frequency Standards
Stephen Webster, M SQUARED LASERS LTD, UK
2.3: 13:30–15:30
Frequency & Time Transfer using Optical Fibres
Gesine Grosche, PTB, Germany
2.4: 16:00–18:00
Compact Atomic Clocks
Gaetano Mileti, Laboratoire Temps – Frequence, Universite de Neuchatel, Switzerland

Track 3 (Club C)

3.1: 8:00–10:00
Crystal Oscillator Design, Analysis, Simulation and Verification
Michael M. Driscoll, USA
3.2: 10:30–12:30
The Pound Drever Hall Frequency Control Loop, Theory and Application
E. Rubiola, FEMTO-ST Institute, France
3.3: 13:30–15:30
Optical Oscillators
Lute Maleki, OEWaves, USA
3.4: 16:00–18:00 Phase and Amplitude Noise: Theory & Measurement
Craig Nelson, NIST, Boulder USA

For detailed information, please see the IFCS–EFTF Short Courses (PDF) document.