7th Joint Annual Meeting, IEEE Magnetics Society and Nanotechnology Council Chicago Chapters

Welcome to the 7th Joint Annual Meeting of the IEEE Magnetics Society and IEEE Nanotechnology Council Chicago Chapters, to be held in a hybrid form (in-person plus on Zoom) with in-person venue at Northwestern University on Friday, November 21, 2025. The meeting will provide free breakfast & lunch and face-to-face interaction with the best local Chicago reserachers in Magnetics and Nanotechnology!
The meeting will convene local and international academics, professionals and students with broad interests in magnetics and nanotechnology. The meeting will provide a forum for highlighting the latest advances in magnetism, spintronics, nanotechnology, and nanoelectronics, and will provide opportunities to facilitate networking and collaboration.
There are no Registration Fees, but registration is required.
Zoom link for remote attendees:
TBD
Confirmed Speakers:
Yayoi Takamura (IEEE Dinstinguished Lecturer) University of California Davis
Wenzhuo Wu (IEEE Dinstinguished Lecturer) Purdue University
Jennifer Volk University of Wisconsin Madison
Adina Lucian-Mayer University of Illinois Chicago
Dirk Morr University of Illinois Chicago
Andrew Higginbotham University of Chicago
David Barton Northwestern University
Jeffrey Richards Northwestern University
Haidan Wen Argonne National Laboratory
Junyi Yang Argonne National Laboratory
Jinhyeong Jang Argonne National Laboratory
Shubham Syntiant Corp.
Sean Sullivan memQ
Additional Information about Sponsors of the event:
IEEE Magnetics Society ((https://ieeemagnetics.org/)) focus is on all matters involved in the fundamental development, design, and application of magnetic devices, including magnetic materials and phenomena. The society sponsors numerous conferences throughout the year.
IEEE Nanotechnology Council ((https://ieeenano.org/)) is a multi-disciplinary group whose purpose is to advance and coordinate work in the field of Nanotechnology carried out throughout the IEEE in scientific, literary and educational areas. The Council supports the theory, design, and development of nanotechnology and its scientific, engineering, and industrial applications.
IEEE Nanotechnology Council Young Professionals (https://ieeenano.org/category/young-professionals) is a representative branch of the Young Professionals segment inside the IEEE Nanotechnology Council, with the mission of promoting young professionals for academic success and professional connections.
Co-sponsored by: IEEE Chicago, IEEE NTC Young Professionals
Agenda:
Breakfast & coffee 8:30am-8:55am title
Opening remarks 8:55am-9:00am
Session 1: Frontiers in materials science (Chair: Yue Li, Argonne)
Yayoi Takamura (IEEE DL) UC Davis 9:00am-9:35am Tailoring Magnetic Spin Textures in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3-based Micromagnets
Adina Lucian-Mayer UIC 9:35am-10:00am Quantum functionality in 2D materials
Haidan Wen Argonne 10:00am-10:25am Exploring ultrafast collective dynamics of emergent materials
coffee break 10:25am-10:40am
Session 2: Advance in electronics (Chair: Vinod Sangwan, Northwestern U)
Wenzhuo Wu (IEEE DL, virtual) Purdue 10:40am-11:15am Tellurene Electronics and Beyond
Jennifer Volk UW Madison 11:15am-11:40am The Dance of the Magnetic Flux Quanta
Shubham Syntiant Corp. 11:40am-12:05am Sensing Sound: MEMS Microphone Technology & Applications
Lunch: 12:05am-1:20pm
Session 3: Quantum circuits and materials (Chair: Valentine Novosad, Argonne)
Andrew Higginbotham U Chicago 1:20pm-1:45pm Supercondcutor-semiconductor hybrid quantum circuit elements
Sean Sullivan memQ 1:45pm-2:10pm memQ's Scalable Path to Distributed Quantum Computing
Dirk Morr UIC 2:10pm-2:35pm Majorana Zero Modes and Quantum Algorithms inTopological Superconductors
Junyi Yang Argonne 2:35pm-3:00pm
coffee break 3:00pm-3:15pm
Session 4: Applied materials (Chair: Yuepeng Zhang, Argonne)
David Barton Northwestern U 3:15pm-3:40pm
Jeffrey Richards Northwestern U 3:40pm-4:05pm Electrical Properties of Dense Suspensions of Conductive Particles
Jinhyeong Jang Argonne 4:05pm-4:30pm Bridging semiconductors and nano-biotechnology: magneto-electro-photocatalysis
Room: Room 160, Bldg: O. T. Hogan Biological Sciences Building, , 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60208, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/493525