Conferences

Conference Presentations

2008

• "Enhanced fluorescence via photonic crystal slabs incorporating nanorod structures," W. Zhang, N. Ganesh, P.C. Mathias, and B.T. Cunningham, Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics, San Jose, CA, May, 2008.

• "Vertically emitting distributed feedback laser for active label free biosensing," M. Lu, S. Choi, C.J. Wagner, J.G. Eden, and B.T. Cunningham, Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics, San Jose, CA, May, 2008.

• "Distance dependant amplification of molecular fluorescence via photonic crystal slabs," N. Ganesh, P.C. Mathias, W. Zhang, and B.T. Cunningham, Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics, San Jose, CA, May, 2008.

• "A general method for discovering inhibitors of protein-DNA interactions using SRU BIND optical biosensor microplates," L.L. Chan, M.F. Pineda, J.T. Heeres, P.J. Hergenrother, and B.T. Cunningham, SBS Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 2008.

• “Photonic Crystal Biosensors," B.T. Cunningham, SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, FL, March 2008. (invited).

• "Optical Resonators for Label-Free Detection: Photonic Crystals, Microrings, and Lasers," B.T. Cunningham, SBS Symposium on Label-Free Technologies in Drug Discovery, June 2008, Dresden, Germany. (invited).

• "Photonic crystal optofluidics for high throughput biosensing," C.J. Choi, and B.T. Cunningham, Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics, May 2008, San Jose, CA. (invited).

• "Tunable photonic crystal reflection filters on flexible plastic substrates," B.T. Cunningham, Tri-Service Information Exchange on Laser Protection, Hilton Head, SC, April 2008. (invited)

2007

• "High Sensitivity Photonic Crystal Biosensor Incorporating Nanorod Structures for Enhanced Surface Area," W. Zhang, N. Ganesh, I.D. Block, and B.T. Cunningham, 2007 MRS Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2007.
• "Resonant enhancement of fluorescence from Quantum Dots on a Photonic Crystal Slab," N. Ganesh, W. Zhang, P.C. Mathias, and B.T. Cunningham, 2007 MRS Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2007.
• "Photonic crystal enhanced fluorescence," N. Ganesh and B.T. Cunningham, 2007 CLEO/QELS Conference, Baltimore, MD, May, 2007.
• "High Throughput Cytotoxicity Screening using Photonic Crystal Biosensors," L.L. Chan, S. Gosangari, K. Watkin, and B.T. Cunningham, Transducers 2007 Conference, Lyon, France, p. 799-803, June, 2007.
• "Photonic Crystal Biosensor Microplates with Integrated Fluid Networks for High Throughput Applications in Drug Discovery," C.J. Choi, L.L. Chan, M.F. Pineda, and B.T. Cunningham, SPIE Optics and Photonics 2007, Special Session on Optofluidics, San Diego, CA, August, 2007.
• "Advances in Screening the Cytotoxic Properties of Plant Extracts," K. Watkin, B.T. Cunningham, I. Ahmad, H. Fouly, and F. Abassi, Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, BIOLOGICAL SENSORICS: Critical Technologies for Future Biosystems, June 2007.
• "Detection of Phakopsora pachyrhizi Spores Using Photonic Crystal Biosensors,” R.Vittal, W.Zhang, L.L. Chan, B.T. Cunningham, G.L. Hartman, American Phytopathological Society (APS) Annual Meeting, Lafayette, Indiana, June 2007.
• "Voltage-tuned resonant reflectance optical filter for visible wavelengths fabricated by nanoreplica molding," F. Yang, G.Yen, and B.T. Cunnigham, IEEE LEOS Conference, Orlando, FL, October, 2007.
• "Combined Enhanced Fluorescence and Label-Free Biomolecular Sensing with a Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal." P.C. Mathias, N.Ganesh, and B.T. Cunningham, IEEE LEOS Conference, Orlando, FL, October, 2007.
• "Wavelength detection using photonic crystal reflectance filters," N. Ganesh, A. Xiang, N.B. Beltran, D.W. Dobbs and B.T. Cunningham, IEEE LEOS Conference, Orlando, FL, October, 2007.

2006

• “Fabrication and Characterization of High Sensitivity Visible Light Photonic Crystal Biosensors,” N. Ganesh, and B.T. Cunningham, Proc. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) 2006, Cambridge, MA.
• “Optically Tunable Photonic Crystal Reflectance Filter,” D. Dobbs and B.T. Cunningham, Proc. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) 2006, Cambridge, MA.
• “Photonic Crystal Biosensors and Applications in Drug Discovery,” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, Portland, OR, July, 2006.

2005

• “Photonic Crystal Optical Biosensor Incorporating Structured Low-Index Porous Dielectric,” I.D. Block, L.L. Chan, and B.T. Cunningham, Proc. IEEE Sensors 2005 Conference, Irvine, CA.
• “Large-Area Submicron Patterning of Porous Low-k Dielectric Films and Applications to Photonic Crystal Biosensor Fabrication,” I.D. Block, L.L. Chan, and B.T. Cunnnigham, Proc. 2005 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA.
• “Photonic Crystal Biosensors,” OSA Information Photonics, Charlotte, NC, June, 2005.
• “Biosensor Applications in Neuroscience Research and Drug Discovery,” Dartmouth Conference on Translational Research in the Neurosciences, Cambridge, MA, October, 2005

2004

• “Biosensor Multiwell Microplate with Self-Reference Capability,” IEEE Sensors 2004, Vienna, Austria, October 15, 2004.
• “Label-Independent Detection Using Photonic Crystal Biosensors and Applications in Homeland Security” US Army Natick Soldier Center Seminar, June 9, 2004.
• “Label-Independent Detection Using Photonic Crystal Biosensors and Applications in Homeland Security” CNST Nanotechnology Homeland Security Workshop, Champaign, IL, May 7, 2004.
• “Photonic Crystal Biosensors for Direct Pathogen Detection and Rapid Diagnostics Testing,” Army Research Office Workshop for On-Chip Detection and Identification of Biological and Chemical Molecules, Raleigh, NC, April 29, 2004.
• “Nanostructured biosensors manufactured by the square yard and applications in pharmaceutical discovery,” Nanobiotechnology Conference, San Francisco, CA, April, 2004.
• “Label-Free Assays on the BIND System,” Lab Automation 2004 section on Emerging Technologies, San Jose, CA, February, 2004.

2003

• “A New Method for Label-Free Imaging of Biomolecular Interactions,” P. Li, B. Lin, J. Gerstenmaier, and B.T. Cunningham, Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors 2003 Conference, Toronto, October, 2003.
• “Ultra sensitive optoelectronic label-free biosensor for static and dynamic monitoring of protein interactions,” C.F.R. Mateus, M.C.Y. Huang, J.E. Foley, P.R. Beatty, P. Li, B.T. Cunningham, and C.J. Chang-Hasnain, 2003 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, Tuscon, AZ.
• “A Label-Free Direct Binding Assay System for High Throughput Screening,” American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists 2003 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, October, 2003.
• “Nanostructured Label-Free Biosensor Arrays for Biomolecular and Cellular Assays,” Northwestern University Physics Department Seminar, October, 2003.
• “A Novel Direct Binding Screening System,” Society of Biomolecular Screening 2003 Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, September, 2003.
• “High Throughput Label-Free Assays Using Plastic Biosensor Sheets Embedded in Microtiter Plates and Microarray Slides,” Screentech 2003, March, 2003.

2002

• “Colorimetric Resonant Reflection as a Direct Biochemical Assay Technique,” B.T. Cunningham, P. Li, B. Lin, and J. Pepper, Proceedings of the IEEE MEMS 2002 Conference, Las Vegas, NV, January, 2002.
• “Nanostructured Optical Biosensors and Applications in Pharmaceutical Discovery,” University of Illinois ECE Department Seminar, October, 2002.
• “Integration of Plastic Biosensors into Disposable Liquid Handling Labware,” Microfluidics 2002, San Francisco, CA, September, 2002.
• “SRU Biosystems: Formation of a BioMEMS Startup Company”, BioMEMS 2002 Workshop, Cambridge, MA, April, 2002.
• “Microreplicated Plastic Label-Free Biosensor Arrays for High Throughput Genomics, Proteomics, and Diagnostics Applications,” BioMEMS 2002, Cambridge, MA, April, 2002

2001

• “Colorimetric Resonant Reflection for Label-Free High Sensitivity HTS Assays,” B.T. Cunningham, P. Li, B. Lin, and J. Pepper, Society for Biomolecular Screening 2001 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, September, 2001.
• “Transitioning from Government Laboratory to Marketplace,” ASME Lab-on-a-Chip Workshop, Washington, DC, September, 2001.
• “The Marriage of Combinatorial Peptide Libraries and a Label Free Biosensor for Detection of Microorganisms” Boston University Bioinformatics Technology Seminar, Boston, MA, July, 2001.

2000

• “MEMS and Biology,” University of Illinois Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Seminar, Champaign, IL, April, 2000.
• “Implanted Biosensors,” Center for Innovative Minimally Invasive Therapy/Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy (CIMIT/SMIT) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, May, 1999.

1999

• “Miniature Silicon Biological Assay Chip and Applications for Rapid Battlefield Diagnostics,” B.T. Cunningham, R. Regan, M. Weinberg, C. Clapp, E. Hildebrant, and J. Williams, Proceedings of 1999 Aerosense Symposium for Aerospace/Defence Sensing, Simulation, and Controls.

1998

• “DC Magnetron Reactive Sputtering of Low Stress Aluminum Nitride Piezoelectric Thin Films for MEMS Applications,” P. Hsieh, R. Reif, and B. Cunningham, Proceedings of 1998 Material Research Society Fall Meeting.
• “Micromirror Pixel Addressing Using Electromechanical Bistability,” B.T. Cunningham, J.J. Bernstein, D. Seltzer, and D. Hom, Proceedings of 1998 Solid State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, p. 285.

1997

• “Wide Bandwidth Silicon Nitride Membrane Microphones,” B.T. Cunningham, and J.J. Bernstein, 1997 SPIE Symposium on Micromachining and Microfabrication Process Technology, p. 56-63, (1997).

1994

• "Effect of CdTe Surface Passivation Technique on LWIR HgCdTe Photodiode Performance," B.T. Cunningham, A. Mestechkin, D.L. Lee, and B.D. MacLeod, Proceedings of IRIS Detector Specialty Conference, August, 1994.
• "Bake Stability Performance of CdTe Passivated LWIR HgCdTe Photodiodes," A. Mestechkin, D.L. Lee, B.T. Cunningham, and B.D. MacCleod, Proceedings of 1994 MCT Workshop.

1991

• "Carbon Impurities in MOCVD InP," G.E. Stillman, B.T. Cunningham, S.A. Stockman, B. Lee, S.S. Bose, I. Szafranek, and J.E. Baker, Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on GaAs and Related Compounds.
• "The Preparation of InAsSb/InSb SLS and InSb Photodiodes by MOCVD," R.M. Biefeld, B.T. Cunningham, S.R. Kurtz, and J.R. Wendt, Proceedings of the 1990 MRS Fall Meeting, Vol 216, 175 (1991).
• "Low Pressure MOCVD Growth of InSb," B.T. Cunningham, R.P. Schneider, and R.M Biefeld, Proceedings of the 1990 MRS Fall Meeting, Vol. 216, 233 (1991).