Hilton Head Workshop 2022: A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop

June 5-9, 2022 at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Sonesta Resort
130 Shipyard Drive
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Phone: 1-843-842-2400
Fax 1-843-842-6503
www.sonesta.com/HiltonHeadIsland

The 20th in the series of Hilton Head Workshops on the science and technology of solid-state sensors, actuators, and microsystems will take place June 5 – 9, 2022 at the Sonesta Resort on Hilton Head Island, SC. This exciting multidisciplinary event has occurred biennially since 1984. Hilton Head Island, the beachfront workshop hotel, and the casual, comfortable, seaside environment with nearly all meals included allows for relaxed exchanges, collegial interactions, and many fruitful discussions. The Hilton Head Workshop has historically been a regional meeting restricted to professionals living in North or South America as well as past attendees of previous Hilton Head Workshops. Beginning in 2020, the meeting opened to international colleagues beyond the Americas. We continue to welcome researchers worldwide to submit high-quality abstracts (contributed and late news) for consideration by the submission deadlines. International authors will be invited to participate in the workshop if their abstract is accepted.

The Hilton Head Workshop draws 350-500 academic, industry, and government participants from diverse engineering and scientific backgrounds, including chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, biology, bioengineering, etc. Previous workshops have provided a highly interactive forum for researchers to present and discuss recent advances in microfabrication technologies for sensing and actuation devices and microsystems for physical, chemical, and biological applications. Hilton Head 2020 was unfortunately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and interestingly (but perhaps not coincidentally), its theme focused on healthcare grand challenges. Given the events of the past year and in consideration of future science and technology directions, HH 2022’s workshop theme will continue the great work in this direction with a focus on “Preparation and Prevention: Tackling our Grand Challenges,” which we hope will inspire our community, encourage new collaborations and ideas, and explore the potential for MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) to impact a variety of global issues and grand challenges.

General Chair
Reza Ghodssi, University of Maryland

Program Chair
Jenna F. Chan, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory