Ever dream of making your own computer? Learning about heat transfer and cooling? Machining and building custom computer parts? Join us in our traditional all night event  and learn how to overclock a professional rig or your personal computer.

Overclock ‘till you drop is a club tradition and where many of our best members started out, This is a great opportunity to jump in to the club and learn in a casual situation. Rigs will include two liquid nitrogen cooled and one closed loop.

All majors and abilities welcome! Pizza, drinks, snacks, and overclocking expertise will be provided.

Inaugural meeting of the Oregon Section Chapter of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council

Date: Friday, December 6

Time: 1:00-5:30 pm

Location: Portland State University, EB-103, Engineering Building, 1930 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97201

This is the kick-off meeting of the new IEEE Nanotechnology Council Chapter. After introductions, elections for chapter officers will be held.

This will followed by a workshop featuring three distinguished lecturers.

John Yeow, University of Waterloo: "Highly Miniaturized Biomedical Imaging Devices"

John T. W. Yeow is currently a Professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. His current research interests are in the field of developing miniaturized biomedical instruments.

Jean-Pierre Leburton, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: "2D Nano-Electronic Materials for Bio-sensing"

Professor Leburton is the G. Stillman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is involved with research in nanostructures modeling and in quantum device simulation. His present research interest encompasses non-linear transport in quantum wires and carbon nanotubes, and molecular and bio-nanoelectronics. He is author and co-author of more than 300 technical papers in international journals and books, and served in numerous conferences committees.

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University: "Straintronics: Boolean and Non-Boolean Computing with Tiny Nanomagnets Switched with Electrically Generated Mechanical Strain"

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay is Commonwealth Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University where he directs the Quantum Device Laboratory. Research in the laboratory has been frequently featured in national and international media (newspapers, internet blogs, magazines, journals such as Nature and Nanotechnology, and internet news portals).

Robert Toppel and his team will talk about bringing the pr0t0n arm to market. e1ectr0n is a spinoff of Axiom Electronics who has been hosting our meetings. pr0t0n is targeted at high-mix, low-volume manufacturing. It is focused at skilled workers who can train the arm for repetitive tasks. A goal is to mitigate the shortage of the high skilled worker required for low-volume manufacturing.

pr0t0n supports two training methods: game controller precision movements and keyboard code tasks. It is driven by a dual-core ARM processor with an FPGA embedded PID controller. It supports real time inverse kinematics and 5-axis movement. An effector roll servo adds another axis. Its rated payload is 4.4 pounds with a reach of 21.5 inches.

See https://www.e1ectr0n.com for details.

We will also provide a build report by members assembling the Robotis Open Manipulator. It employs Dynamixel X series servos. ROS supports its OpenCR controller. It has a 500 gram payload with a 14.9 inch reach.

See http://emanual.robotis.com/docs/en/platform/openmanipulator_x/overview/ for details.