Illinois-Tsinghua Nanotechnology Workshop, July 25-26, 2013

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Tuesday, April 15

 
  • 9:00 AM-noon
    ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS
    with faculty and campus administrators
  • Noon-1:30 PM
    LUNCH
    Illini Union (By invitation only)
  • 1:30-4:00 PM
    LAB TOURS
    Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, Material Research Lab, Mechanical Engineering Lab, UI Research Park
  • 4:00-6:00 PM
    SIDNEY LU INVESTITURE AND RECEPTION
    Beckman Institute Auditorium (Room 1025)
 

Wednesday, April 16

LOCATION: Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, 208 N. Wright St., Urbana

  • 7:00-8:00 AM
    REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
    MNTL Atrium
  • 8:00-10:00 AM
    PLENARY SESSION
    Co-Chairs: Rashid Bashir, Bioengineering/CNST, University of Illinois
    Jimmy Hsia, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
    Shoushan Fan, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 8:00 AM
    INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
    nano@illinois: Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST)
  • 8:05 AM
    WELCOME REMARKS
    Ilesanmi Adesida, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois
    Sidney Lu, CEO, Foxconn Interconnect Business Technology Group
    Shoushan Fan, Director, Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center
    Brian Cunningham, Interim Director, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois
    Rashid Bashir, Co-Director, CNST, and Department Head, Bioengineering, University of Illinois
    Irfan Ahmad, Executive Director, CNST, and Research Faculty, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 8:35 AM
    Introduction to Tsinghua-Foxconnn Nanotechnology Research Center (TFNRC)
    Shoushan Fan, Director, TFNRC; and Professor, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 9:10 AM
    Functional DNA Nanotechnology: Precise Spatial and Dynamic Control of Nanomaterials Assembly and Applications in Sensing, Imaging and Medicine
    Yi Lu, Professor, Chemistry, University of Illinois
  • 9:35 AM
    DISCUSSION, GROUP PHOTO, AND BREAK
  • 10:20 AM-noon
    TECHNICAL SESSION I: Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing
    Co-Chairs: David Ruzic, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois
    Kaili Jiang, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 10:20 AM
    Capillary Forming of Carbon Nanotubes
    Sameh Tawfick, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 10:45 AM
    Multiform Large-strain Bendings from Carbon Nanotube Buckypaper-polymer Bilayer Electrothermal Actuators
    QingWei Li, Research Associate, Physics, TFNRC, Tsinghua University
  • 11:10 AM
    Micro Transfer Printing
    Placid Ferreira, Professor and Department Head, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 11:35 AM
    Digital Manufacturing
    William King, Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, and CTO, Digital Lab for Manufacturing, Chicago
  • Noon-2:00 PM
    LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION
    CNST Graduate Students Initiative and Tsinghua
  • 2:00-5:15 PM
    TECHNICAL SESSION II: Bionanotechnology and Nanomedicine
    Co-chairs: Princess Imoukhuede, Bioengineering, University of Illinois
    Dongsheng Liu, Chemistry, Tsinghua University
  • 2:00 PM
    Biomedical Micro and Nanotechnology: From Lab-on-a-chip to Building Systems with Cells
    Rashid Bashir, Professor and Department Head, Bioengineering; and Co-Director, CNST, University of Illinois
  • 2:25 PM
    Tuning Enzyme Cascade Reaction by DNA Molecular Machine
    Dongsheng Liu, Professor, Chemistry, Tsinghua University
  • 2:50 PM
    Development of Anticancer Polymeric and Silica Nanoconjugates
    Jianjun Cheng, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 3:15 PM
    DISCUSSION AND BREAK
  • 3:40 PM
    Fabrication of All-carbon Nanotube Electronic Devices on Flexible Substrates
    Qunqing Li, Professor, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 4:05 PM
    Optical Sensors in Life Science and Medicine
    Brian Cunningham, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Interim Director, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois
  • 4:30 PM
    Bionano Systems for Molecular Manipulation, Sensing, and Delivery
    G. Logan Liu, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering, University of Illinois
  • 4:55-5:30 PM
    OPEN DISCUSSION
  • 5:45-7:00 PM
    POSTER SESSION AND RECEPTION
    MNTL Atrium
  • 7:30-9:00 PM
    DINNER (By invitation only)
    Beckman Institute Atrium
 

Thursday, April 17

LOCATION: Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, 208 N. Wright St., Urbana

  • 7:00-8:00 AM
    BREAKFAST
    MNTL Atrium
  • 8:00 AM-noon
    TECHNICAL SESSION III: Nanoelectronics and Nanophotonics
    Co-Chairs: J. P. Leburton, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois
    Qunqing Li, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 8:00 AM
    Recent Advances in Microcavity Plasma Science and Applications in Lighting, Water Disinfection, and Displays
    J. Gary Eden, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MNTL and CSL, University of Illinois
  • 8:25 AM
    Direct Identification of Metallic and Semiconducting Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes in Scanning Electron Microscopes
    Kaili Jiang, Professor, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 8:50 AM
    3D III-V Nanowire Transistors
    Xiuling Li, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MNTL, University of Illinois
  • 9:15 AM
    DISCUSSION AND BREAK
  • 9:35 AM
    Improving the Performance of Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors (TBC)
    Joseph Lyding, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
  • 10:00 AM
    Efficient Fabrication of Field Emitters from Super-aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays
    Yang Wei, Associate Professor, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 10:25 AM
    Bio-Integrated Electronics and Bio-Inspired Devices
    John Rogers, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, and Director, FS Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois
  • 10:50 AM
    DISCUSSION, GROUP PHOTO, AND BREAK
  • 11:15 AM
    Nano Laser for Energy/Data-efficient Optical Interconnect
    Milton Feng, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and MNTL, University of Illinois
  • 11:40 AM
    Methods and Devices for Electronic-Photonic Integration
    John Dallesasse, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and MNTL, University of Illinois
  • 12:05-1:00 PM
    DISCUSSION AND LUNCH
  • 1:15-2:55 PM
    TECHNICAL SESSION IV: Nanobiomechanics and Computation
    Chair: Arif Masud, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 1:15 PM
    Mechanobiology of Neurons
    Taher Saif, Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 1:40 PM
    Mechano-epigenetics of Tumor Repopulating Cells
    Ning Wang, Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 2:05 PM
    Modeling of Self-Assembling Structures
    K. Jimmy Hsia, Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 2:30 PM
    Computational Nanofluidics
    Narayana Aluru, Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, and Director, Computational Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 2:55 PM
    DISCUSSION AND BREAK
  • 3:15-5:20 PM
    TECHNICAL SESSION V: NanoEnergy
    Co-Chairs: David Cahill, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
    Jiaping Wang, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 3:15 PM
    Ultra-high-power Rechargeable Batteries and Photonic Crystal LED:
    Two Systems Where Deterministic 3D Nanostructures Dramatically Enhance Properties
    Paul Braun, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 3:40 PM
    Template-directed Oxide Growth on Aligned CNTs and its Application in Lithium Ion Batteries
    Yang Wu, Research Associate, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 4:05 PM
    All-carbon Graphene Electronics
    Sungwoo Nam, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 4:30 PM
    Carbon Nanotubes for High-performance Lithium Ion Batteries
    Jiaping Wang, Associate Professor, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 4:55 PM
    Addressable Micro-heater Array Made with Carbon Nanotube Film
    Peng Liu, Associate Professor, Physics, Tsinghua University
  • 5:20 PM
    DISCUSSION AND BREAK
  • 5:35-6:30 PM
    CONCLUDING SESSION
    Moderators: Rashid Bashir and Shoushan Fan
    Rapporteurs: Irfan Ahmad and Qunqing Li
     
    • Workshop Report 2014
    • Next Steps
    • Strategic Partnerships
    • Concluding Remarks
      Andreas Cangellaris, Dean, College of Engineering, and M. E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 6:30-7:30 PM
    RECEPTION

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