Biology, Computer Science departments co-host seminar

The Biology and Computer Science departments will be co-hosting a seminar at 4:10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Hoffman Hall, Room 112.

The speaker, Harry D. Rowland, co-founded Endotronix in June 2007. He currently serves as Endotronix’s Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for strategic planning and execution of technology development, overseeing all engineering operations.

He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering and an M.A. in economics from the University of California-Santa Barbara in 2002.

Dr. Rowland has been active in research and development of micro- and nanotechnology fabrication methods for the past seven years. His projects have led to invited research at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico and Trinity College, Ireland, where he co-developed local temperature-controlled instrumented nanoindentation for the study of polymer manufacturing processes on the molecular scale. Dr. Rowland has authored or presented over 15 conference and journal papers in internationally recognized peer-reviewed publications such as Science and Nano, among others.

The title for his talk is “Engineering Challenges & Biology: A Closer Look at Implantable Wireless Sensor Development.”