Boston Photonics Society Chapter - Seminars

Abstract:  There's a new display technology on the block, and its optical properties are a lot more like print on paper than the backlit LCD displays in your TV or computer screen.  The use of electrophoretic display technology is growing and can be widely seen today in electronic readers.  In fact, Amazon just disclosed that for the first time, electronic books are outselling hardcover paper books from their website.  And yet the technology is still in its technical infancy with non e-book applications increasing and full color and flexible displays on the horizon.  The origins and characteristics of electrophoretic displays will be discussed, the technical roadmap for future advancements presented, and multiple product applications including those for flexible displays will be shown.

Biography:  Michael McCreary is the Vice President of Research and Advanced Development of E Ink Corporation where his responsibilities include the creation of advanced technologies that is enabling a new generation of flexible, ultra-low power, daylight-readable displays.  Dr. McCreary is a 37-year veteran of the imaging industry.  He previously held a number of leadership positions with the Eastman Kodak Company including General Manager of Kodak's Microelectronics Technology Division, a semiconductor business unit that developed high performance solid state image sensors.  Dr. McCreary also serves on the Board of Directors of FlexTech Alliance and has served as a board member of the ASU Flexible Display Center.  He earned a B.S. with Honors in Chemistry from Principia College, a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and additional coursework in solid-state physics from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

This meeting begins at 7:00 PM Thursday, Sept 16th, 2010 and will be located in the cafeteria at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, MA 02420.  The meeting is free and open to the public.  All are welcome.  Prior to the meeting there will be a speaker's dinner at 5:30pm at Lemon Grass Thai restaurant in Lexington Center (1710 Mass Ave., Lexington, MA‎). Please join us if you can (RSVP helpful). For more information: contact Reuel Swint, Chair, IPS Boston Chapter chair at swint@ieee.org, or visit the Boston IEEE Photonics website at www.bostonphotonics.org.

Location:  MIT Lincoln Laboratories
 

Directions:  
244 Wood Street

Lexington, MA 02420

Directions to MIT Lincoln Laboratory: (from interstate I-95/Route 128)

From Exit 31B

Take Exit 31B onto Routes 4/225 towards Bedford - Stay in right lane

Use Right Turning Lane (0.3 mile from exit) to access Hartwell Ave. at 1st Traffic Light.

Follow Hartwell Ave. to Wood St. (~1.3 miles).

Turn Left on to Wood Street and Drive for 0.3 of a mile.

Turn Right into MIT Lincoln Lab, at the Wood Street Gate.

From Exit 30B

Take Exit 30B on to Route 2A - Stay in right lane.

Turn Right on to Mass. Ave (~ 0.4 miles - opposite Minuteman Tech.).

Follow Mass. Ave for ~ 0.4 miles.

Turn Left on to Wood Street and Drive for 1.0 mile.

Turn Left into MIT Lincoln Lab, at the Wood Street Gate.

To get to the Cafeteria, proceed toward the Main Entrance of Lincoln Laboratory.  Before entering the building, proceed down the stairs located to the left of the Main Entrance.  Turn right at the bottom of the stairs and enter the building through the Cafeteria entrance.  The Cafeteria is located directly ahead.