MEETING NOTICE Pacific Northwest Chapter · Society for Information Display

WEDNESDAY May 20, 2009 - 6:00 PM Bowen Room 204 Fluke Hall University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195

Building a Display on a Contact Lens Babak A. Parviz Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering University of Washington

Abstract: The presentation briefly explores the possibilities offered by converting a conventional contact lens to a multi-functional miniature system. A number of applications may be imagined for such a system ranging from immersive augmented reality to interfaces with mobile devices. The group at the University of Washington has taken steps to explore the design and construction of functional contact lens systems. It has been able to produce a set a micro-components (silicon circuits, photodetectors, LEDs, etc) and has developed methods to incorporate them onto unconventional substrates such as glass and plastic. It has used this technology to build the first generation of functional contact lenses. Speaker Biography: Babak Parviz is an associate professor of Electrical Engineering and the Associate Director of the Micro-scale Life Sciences Center at the University of Washington. His areas of research include nano and microfabrication, bionanotechnology, and MEMS. He is a senior member of the IEEE, a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, and a 2007 selectee by MIT Technology Review as one of the top innovators in the world under the age of 35. Seminar Information: The Seminar is free. Please join the speaker for a no-host dinner after the seminar. Directions to the restaurant will be provided at the seminar. Non-Members are welcome. RSVP to Gary Johnson Gary.Johnson@tek.com or (503) 627-1985. Please indicate if you plan to participate in the dinner. Directions & Map to University of Washington

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