Program

	Computer Mechanics Laboratory 20th Annual Sponsors’ Meeting January 28 & 29, 2008 University of California, Berkeley Program
Monday, January 28, 2008
8:30 – 9:00	Coffee and Rolls
9:00 – 9:15	Director David Bogy
	WELCOME AND 2007 ANNUAL REPORT
Session I	Head/Media Tribology
9:15 – 10:00	Professor Komvopoulos
	Ultra-thin carbon films directly deposited on magnetic layer by cathodic vacuum arc deposition, Hanshen Zhang Lapping Nanomechanics of Ceramic Heads, Huaming Xu 2008 RESEARCH PROPOSALS
10:00 – 10:30	Professor Devine
	Corrosion of Magnetic Disks, Professor Thomas Devine 2008 RESEARCH PROPOSALS
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 - 11:20	Professor Bogy
	Discrete Media Patterning Using Plasmonic Lithography, Liang Pan 2008 RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Session II	Servos and Actuators
11:20 -11:45	Professor Horowitz
	Robust H2 Controller Synthesis Techniques for Multirate Dual-Stage Control, Richard Conway 2008 RESEARCH PROPOSALS
11:45 – 1:15	Lunch Catered to 120 Bechtel
Session II	Servos and Actuators (continued)
1:15 - 2:00	Professor Horowitz
	Instrumented Suspensions for Vibration Suppression, Sarah Felix Dual-Stage Track-Following Control Design and Implementation, Jianbin Nie 2008 RESEARCH PROPOSALS
2:00 – 2:15	Break
2:15 – 3:30	Professor Tomizuka
	Iterative Learning Control Design for Self-Servowriting Using H_infinity Approach, Shang-Chen Wu Servo Control Design for Self-Servowriting Using 2-D System Theory, Nancy Dong Direct Adaptive Rejection of Narrow-Band Disturbances Based on the Youla-Kucera Parameterization, Qixing Zheng 2008 RESEARCH PROPOSALS
3:30 – 5:30	Lab Tours and Poster Discussions 5113, 5119, 5121, 5147, 5149 & 5151 Etcheverry Hall
6:00 – 6:30	Cocktails, Seaborg Room Patio, The Faculty Club
6:30 – 8:30	CML Banquet, Seaborg Room, The Faculty Club

Tuesday, January 29, 2008
8:00 – 9:00	Coffee and Rolls
Session III	Numerical Simulation of Air Bearing Sliders
9:00 – 10:15	Professor Bogy
	CML Finite Element Static Air Bearing Simulator, Puneet Bhargava CML Finite Element Dynamic Air Bearing Simulator Puneet Bhargava Effect of Flexibility of Spinning Disk on Slider Dynamics During Operational Shock, Rahul Rai CML Software 2007, Brendan Cox New Simulator for ABS and Heater Design of TFC Sliders, Jing Lin Zheng 2008 RESEARCH PROPOSALS
10:15 – 10:30	Break
Session IV	Drive and Component Dynamics
10:30 - 12:00	Professor Bogy
	Numerical Investigation of Bouncing Vibrations of a Partial Contact Slider, Du Chen Reducing the Bouncing Vibration of a Partial Contact Slider, Du Chen Gas Rarefaction Effect on Particle Motion in the Head-Disk Interface, Nan Liu Gas Rarefaction Effect on Heat Transfer in the Head-Disk Interface, Nan Liu Experimental Study of Triboloy and Dynamics of TFC Slider, Ning Li 2008 RESEARCH PROPOSALS
12:00 – 1:15	Lunch Catered to 120 Bechtel
Session IV	Drive and Component Dynamics (continued)
1:15 – 2:00	Professor Bogy
	Contact Induced Slider Dynamics, Sripathi Canchi Slider-Lubricant Interactions at the Head-Disk Interface: Molecular Weight and Additive Effect on Lubricant Modulation, Sean Moseley Slider-Lubricant Interactions at the Head-Disk Interface: Thermal Fly-Height Control, Sean Moseley Critical clearance and lubricant instability at the head-disk interface of a disk drive, Rohit Ambekar 2008 RESEARCH PROPOSALS
2:00 – 3:00	Open Forum Discussion (120 Bechtel) Future of University-Industry Research in Data Storage Systems
3:00 – 3:15	Break
3:15 – 4:30	Lab Tours and Poster Discussions 5113, 5119, 5121, 5147, 5149 & 5151 Etcheverry Hall
3:15 – 4:30	Advisory Council Meeting FANUC Room – 6th Floor, Etcheverry Hall
4:30 pm	2008 Sponsors’ Meeting Concludes

Booklets:

Research Presentations
Annual Report

Program:

Booklets:

Research Presentations Annual Report

Program:

Research Presentations
Annual Report