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Hotels
Hampton Inn
- 1200 W. University Ave., Urbana, IL
- A block of rooms has been reserved through April 8, 2014. For guests from Tsinghua University, the rooms will be held until April 12.
- Rates: Two queen beds or One king bed - $133.28/night
- 217-337-1100; mention "Nanotechnology" to receive the discounted rate.
- Online reservation form
- The Hampton is located on the north side of University Avenue, about a five-minute walk from the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (208 N. Wright Street).
Holiday Inn Express
- 1003 Killarney St., Urbana, IL
- A block of rooms has been reserved through April 8, 2014.
- Rates: Two queen beds or one king bed - $110.88/night
- 217-328-0328; mention "Nanotechnology" to receive the discounted rate.
- Online reservation form
- The Holiday Inn Express is near Interstate 74, about a 15-minute shuttle drive from the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (208 N. Wright Street). Shuttles are provided by the hotel.
Illini Union Hotel
- 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, IL
- A block of rooms has been reserved through April 15, 2014.
- Rates: Two double beds - $118.72/night; two queen beds - $124.32/night; or one king bed - $122.08/night
- 217-333-3030; mention "Nanotechnology" to receive the discounted rate.
- Online reservation form
- The Illini Union Hotel is in the heart of campus, about a 10-minute walk from the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (208 N. Wright Street).
NOTE: Information isprovided here for the convenience of visitors, and no endorsement is express or implied by the University of Illinois and Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology.
Parking
Parking is available in various campus locations at metered spaces, which charge $1/ hour.
Campus options include:
- Metered parking on the first level of the North Campus Parking Deck at 1201 W. University Ave., directly across the street from the Hampton Inn and between Mathews Ave. and Goodwin Ave.
- Parking meters within walking distance of the symposium on Mathews Ave., Clark St., Wright St., and Springfield Ave. -- all close by the MNTL. Be aware that some meters have one- or two-hour limits, while others allow parking for up to 10 hours, depending on which street or area you select.
Maps
Contact Carrie Kouadio, Program Coordinator, CNST, ckouadio@illinois.edu, if you have questions.
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LAST UPDATED APRIL 10, 2014
Illinois-Tsinghua
Nanotechnology Symposium
Jointly held with the
CNST 12th Annual Nanotechnology Workshop
Symposium Contacts
Carrie Kouadio, Program Coordinator, CNST, ckouadio@illinois.edu
Irfan Ahmad, Executive Director, CNST, and Organizing Committee Co-Chair, isahmad@illinois.edu.
Sponsors
- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), University of Illinois
- Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center (TFNRC)
- Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL), University of Illinois
Organizing Committee
- Rashid Bashir, CNST, MNTL, Bioengineering, University of Illinois; Chair
- Shoushan Fan, Tsinghua University; Co-Chair
- Jimmy Hsia, Mechanical Science and Engineering, MNTL, CNST, University of Illinois; Co-Chair
- Irfan Ahmad, CNST, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois; Co-Chair
- Brian Cunningham, MNTL, Bioengineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois
- Kaili Jiang, Physics, Tsinghua University
- Xiuling Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MNTL, University of Illinois
- Dongsheng Liu, Chemistry, Tsinghua University
- John Rogers, Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Research Lab, University of Illinois
- Placid Ferreira, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
- Carrie Kouadio, CNST, University of Illinois
Co-Sponsors
University of Illinois
- Office of the Provost
- Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory
- Coordinated Science Laboratory
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Institute for Genomic Biology
- NSF nanoBIO Node at Illinois
- NSF I/UCRC-Center for Innovative Instrumentation and Technology
- NSF IGERT-Cellular and Molecular Mechanics and BioNanotechnology
- NIH/NCI-Midwest-Cancer Nanotechnology Training Center