8.1: Presentation session: Welcome/administrative comments

Biographical Sketch: Gary Alley has been the Deputy Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory´s (ORNL) Biomedical Science and Engineering Center (BSEC) since 2008. Mr. Alley also serves as the Group Leader for the Monolithic Systems Development Group in the Measurement Sciences and Systems Engineering Division (MSSED). The group´s major emphasis continues to be the development of application specific integrated circuits and systems. for a wide variety of application domains including biomedical measurements and instrumentation. Additionally, he has responsibility for MSSED´s nanoscale science and technology research facilities, which includes a cleanroom and SEM laboratory. He is also responsible for many of MSSED´s biomedical research and development programs. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Tennessee. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and has served as Guest Editor and Short Course Program Chairman for the Nuclear Science Symposium, Chairman of the Continuing Education Committee of the IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) and as an elected member of the NPSS AdCom. Mr. Alley has also served as a member of the Industrial Advisory Board for the Biomedical Engineering Dept. at Vanderbilt University. He received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University in 1978. He received his MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee (UTK) in 1982. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Tennessee.