In this talk astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin will examine the possibilities. Starting with a discussion of the present-day breakthroughs, we will take a deeper look at where it leads: to ultrafast global travel through suborbital space, to new industries on orbit, and to human settlement of the Moon, Mars, the asteroids, the outer solar system, and ultimately the stars. All these things are possible, and he will explain how to achieve them. Then he will look at what such mastery implies: what we will gain by undertaking this grand adventure, and what we would lose by failing to do so. Co-sponsored by: Orange County AIAA and also Orange County Sigma Xi Speaker(s): Robert Zubrin, Agenda: The talk will be from noon to 1pm followed by no more than 30 minutes of open Q&A. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/347373

Two free pre-symposium tutorials: One Profiling the Open Chiplets Economy (1:00 PM); the other on three NIST-sponsored Roadmaps (2:30 PM); no registration fee. In-Person only, in Milpitas, CA USA. (Register separately if you wish to attend the HI Symposium, at: (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/336609) For program updates, speaker names and topics, etc, visit : https://r6.ieee.org/scv-eps/?p=3003 Bldg: (in-person only), SEMI World Hdqtrs, 673 S Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas, California, United States, 95035

Abstract: Conventional gas sensors are designed as zero-order analytical instruments with a single-output response (e.g. resistance, current, light intensity). Under variable ambient conditions such sensors suffer from cross-sensitivity from interferent gases and from fluctuations (drift) of their response because single-output sensor designs mathematically do not allow gas-selectivity and/or drift correction. We break this status quo by developing a new generation of gas sensors, known as multivariable sensors with several independent responses. By our designs, these sensors are first-order analytical instruments. In this talk, we will show that individual multivariable gas sensors quantify several gases and reject interferences, which is mathematically not feasible using conventional sensor designs. Next, we will show that such multivariable gas sensors have the ability for self-correction for sensor drift. Our multivariable gas sensors operate in the radio-frequency (RF) and optical portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. We self-correct for the baseline drift by sensor operation at more than one frequency of wavelength. Our approach for the drift self-correction should allow implementations of gas sensors in diverse applications that cannot afford weekly, monthly, or quarterly periodic maintenance, typical of traditional analytical instruments. Speaker(s): Dr. Radislav A. Potyrailo, Agenda: 6:30 – 6:50 PM Zoom Registration & Networking 6:50 – 7:00 PM Announcements & Polling 7:00 – 7:45 PM Invited Talk 7:45 – 8:00 PM Questions & Answers Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/347326