2009-10 CNST-Nano-CEMMS SEMINAR SERIES
Seminars are free and open to all and
are held on
Wednesdays at 4PM at 1000 Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of
Illinois, unless stated otherwise.
2009-10
Series
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 10:00 AM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Professor David Weitz
Harvard University
Rheology of Active
Biopolymer Networks
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August 31-September 1, 2009
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Center for
Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
NSF I/UCRC Planning
Workshop 2009
Sponsored by:
Center for
Nanoscale Science and Technology, and the Colleges of Engineering,
and Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, Illinois
Illinois and Purdue
and Industry
<Click for details>.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Professor James Baker, Jr. , M.D.
Director, Michigan Nanotechnology
Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences
Nanotechnology for
the Enhancement of Human Health
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2008-09
Series
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Jindrich (Henry) Kopecek
Professor
of Bioengineering, Pharmaceutics, and
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Utah
Smart Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Systems
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Jeffrey Fredberg
Professor
of Bioengineering
Harvard University
A Hard Day in the Life
of a Soft Cell
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September 2009
<tentative>
8AM to 5PM
Venue: Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
CNST
Nanotechnology
Workshop 2009
Academia and Industry
<More details to come...>
Wednesday,
TBA, 2009, 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Molly
Shoichet
Professor
of Chemical Engineering
University
of Toronto
TBA
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Sept.
4-5, 2008
8AM to 5PM
Venue:
Beckman, and Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
CNST
Nanotechnology
Workshop 2008
Academia and Industry
and
Micro
and Nanotechnology Laboratory Building Dedication
<Click for details>.
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Wednesday,
Oct. 1, 2008, 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Kinam
Park
Professor
of Pharmaceutics
Purdue
University
Macro
Issues with Nano/Micro Particles for Drug Delivery
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Wednesday,
December 3, 2008, 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Mehmet
Toner
Professor
of Surgery/Biomedical Engineering
Harvard
University
Microchip
Technologies in Biology and Medicine
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2007-08 Seminar Committee
Wednesday,
October 3, 2007, 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
Harley
Johnson
Professor
of Mechanical Science and Engineering
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Understanding
Electrical and Optical Effects of Dislocations in III-V
Semiconductors
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Wednesday,
Oct. 25, 2007, 3:30 PM
Venue:
356 Armory
Maragaret
Kosal
Visiting
Professor of Strategy, Technology, and Policy
Georgia
Institute of Technology
Will There be an AQ
Khan of Nanotechnology?
Anticipating Future Proliferation
Threats in a Globalized World
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P.S.
Seminar co-sponsored with the
UIUC
Program for Arms Control and Disarmanent, and International Security
(ACDIS)
Wednesday,
November 7, 2007, 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
Dwight
Streit
Vice
President, Technology Development
Northrop
Grumman Space Technology
Technology
Directions for Future RF Applications
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Wednesday,
November 28, 2007, 4:00 PM
Monsanto
Room, ACES Library
Graciela
Padua
Professor
of Food Science and Human Nutrition
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Corn
Zein-based Nanostructured Biomaterials
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Wednesday,
December 5, 2007, 4:00 PM
1000
MNTL
Laura
Greene
Professor
of Physics
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
High
Temperature Superconductors: Playgrounds for Broken Symmetries
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Wednesday,
February 6, 2008, 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Max
Lagally
Professor of Materials Science
and Engineering
University
of Wisconsion
Silicon
Nanomembranes
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Wednesday,
February 20, 2008, 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Michael
Thorpe
Professor
of Physics
Arizona
State University
The
Flexibility Window in Materials
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Wednesday,
April 23, 2008, 4:00 PM
1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Kam
Leong
Professor
of Biomedical Engineering
Duke
University
Optimizing
Gene-delivery with Quantum Dot-FRET Technology
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2006-07
CNST-Nano-CEMMS SEMINAR SERIES
Seminars are scheduled for
Wednesdays at 4PM
2005-06 Seminar Committee
Wednesday,
October 11, 2006, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Robert
Averback
Professor
of Materials Science
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ion
Beam Self Induced Nanostrutures in Metal Thin-Films
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Wednesday,
November 15, 2006, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Raffi
Budakian
Professor
of Physics
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Single
Spin Detection Using Magnetic Resonance
Force Microscopy
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Wednesday,
December 6, 2006, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Jian-Min
Zuo
Professor
of Materials Science and Engineering
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Atomic
Structure of Nanotubes and Nanoclusters
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Wednesday,
March 14, 2007, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Eric
Jakobsson
Professor
of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nanoscale
Technologies using Membranes Supported on Nanoporous Substrates
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Wednesday,
April 18, 2007, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Shuming
Nie
Professor
of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia
Tech and Emory University
Nanotechnology
and Bioengineering for Personalized Medicine
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May 3-4, 2007
8AM to 5PM
NCSA
Auditorium
CNST
Nanotechnology
Workshop 2007
Academia and Industry
<Click for details>.
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2005-06 CNST-Nano-CEMMS SEMINAR SERIES
Seminars are scheduled for
Wednesdays at 4PM
2005-06 Seminar Committee
Wednesday,
October 5, 2005, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Steven
Sligar
Professor
of Biochemistry
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Self-Assembled
Nanometer Scale Lipid Bilayers for
Drug Discovery and Therapeutic Delivery
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Wednesday,
November 2, 2005, 4:00 PM
B02
CSL
Bruce
Wheeler
Professor
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and
Interim Head, Department of Bioengineering
University
of Illinois
Engineering
Cultured Neuronal Networks
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Thursday,
November 3, 2005, 4:00 PM
112
Chem Annex
Taeghwan
Hyeon
Professor
of Chemistry
Seoul
National University
Synthesis,
Characterization, and Applications of Uniform-sized Nanocrystals
and Nanoporous
Carbon Materials
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Seminar co-sponsored with
UIUC
Department of Chemistry
Wednesday,
November 30, 2005, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Taekjip
Ha
Professor
of Physics
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Single
Molecule Views of Nature's Nano-machines
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Wednesday,
December 7, 2005, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Hongjie
Dai
Professor
of Chemistry
Stanford
University
Recent
Results and Directions with Carbon Nanotubes
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Wednesday,
January 18, 2006, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Michael
Strano
Professor
of Chemical Engineering
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Detection
of Biomolecules using the Band-Gap
Fluorescence of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
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Wednesday,
February 15, 2006, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Narayan
Aluru
Professor
of Mechanical Engineering
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Molecular
Understanding of Fluids in Nanochannels: Computational Studies
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Wednesday,
February 22, 2006, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Vicki
Colvin
Professor
of Chemistry
Rice
University
Structure-Function
Relationships of Nanomaterials and their Toxicity
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Wednesday,
March 1, 2006, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Phaedon
Avouris
Manager
of Nanoscale Science and Technology Group
IBM
Carbon
Nanotube Electronics and Optoelectronics
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Wednesday,
March 29, 2006, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Scott
McNeil
Director,
Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
NIH
Preclinical
Characterization of Nanomaterials
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Wednesday,
April 12, 2006, 4:00 PM
Law
College Auditorium
Robin
Wilson
Professor
of Law
University
of Maryland
Regulating
Nanotechnology
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P.S.
Seminar co-sponsored with UIUC
College of Law
Wednesday,
May 4-5, 2006
8AM to 5PM
Beckman
Institute Auditorium
CNST
Nanotechnology
Workshop 2006
Academia and Industry
<Click for details>.
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CNST-Nano-CEMMS Fall
Seminar Series Announced
Urbana, Ill., September 22, 2004.
The CNST Seminar Series
was inaugurated ..Read
more >>
Seminar Committee
P.S. Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held at 4:00
p.m. in B02 (Auditorium, lower level) Coordinated
Science Laboratory.
Wednesday,
September 8, 2004, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Karl
Hess
Professor
of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nanotechnology:
Feynman's "Room at the Bottom" and the Tyranny of the
Large Systems
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Wednesday,
September 29, 2004, 3:00 PM
Beckman
Institute Auditorium
Mildred
Dresselhaus
Professor
of Physics and Electrical Engineering
MIT
Perspectives
on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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Wednesday,
October 13, 2004, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Evelyn
Hu
Professor
of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
University
of California Santa Barbara
Engineering
Optical Performance at the Nanoscale: Quantum Dots and Photonic
Crystal Resonators
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Wednesday,
October 27, 2004, 4:00 PM
ACES
Library Monsanto Room <click
for map>
Matthew
Wheeler
Professor
of Animal Science
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Microfluidic
Technology for Assisted Reproduction
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Wednesday,
December 1, 2004, 4:00 PM
1005
Beckman Institute
Alexey
Bezryadin
Professor
of Physics
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Magnetic
Field Conversion of Carbon Nanotubes between Metallic and
Semiconducting States
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Wednesday,
February 2, 2005, 4:00 PM
B02
CSL
James
Coleman
Professor
of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Patterned
InGaAs Quantum Dot Lasers
by Selective Area Growth
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Wednesday,
February 9, 2005, 4:00 PM
B02
CSL
Blake
Simmons
Research
Scientist
Sandia
National Laboratories
Polymeric
Insulator-Based Dielectrophotesis (iDEP)
for the Monitoring of Water-borne Pathogens
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Wednesday,
February 16, 2005, 4:00 PM
B02
CSL
Keith
C. Schwab
University
of Maryland
Experiments
with Nanomechanical Resonators
at the Quantum Mechanical Limit
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Wednesday,
March 30, 2005, 4:00 PM
Monsanto
Room, ACES Library
Harvey
C. Hoch
Cornell
University
Integrating
Nanotechnology and Plant Pathology:
Toward Understanding the Biology of Plant Pathogens
co-sponsored
by the Soybean Disease Biotechnology Center
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Wednesday,
April 6, 2005, 4:00 PM
5602
Beckman Institute
Nicole
Grobert
University
of Oxford
Understanding
Carbon Nanotube Growth
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APRIL
20 SEMINAR CANCELLED
Wednesday,
April 20, 2005, 4:00 PM
B02
CSL
Eric
D. Isaacs
Argonne
National Laboratory
TBA
Wednesday,
May 5-6, 2005
8AM to 5PM
Beckman
Institute
Micro
and Nanotechnology Laboratory and CNST
Nanotechnology
Workshop 2005
Academia and Industry
on
Nanoelectronics,
Nanodevices, Nanomaterials, and Bionanotechnology Applications
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2003-04 CNST SEMINAR SERIES
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Seminar Committee
P.S. Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held at 4:00 p.m. in B02 (Auditorium, lower level)
Coordinated Science Laboratory.
Wednesday,
September 24, 2003, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Kent
D. Choquette
Professor
of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nanotechnology
in Photonic Research
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Wednesday,
October 1, 2003, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Taher
Saif
Professor
of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Guided
Self Assembly of Nano Wires and Channels
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Wednesday,
October 8, 2003, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
(co-sponsored
by the CSL Decision and Control Laboratory)
Richard
D. Braatz
Professor
of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Multiscale
Systems Engineering with Applications to Electronic Devices
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Wednesday,
October 22, 2003, 4:00 PM
Beckman
Institute Auditorium
Chih-Ming
Ho
Professor
of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering; and
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
University
of California at Los Angeles
Bio-Nano
System Technologies
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Wednesday,
November 12, 2003, 4:00 PM
Beckman
Institute Auditorium
Robert
Austin
Professor of
Physics
Princeton
University
Nanofluidics
and Biological Physics
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Wednesday,
December 10, 2003, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
John
Randall
Chief
Technology Officer
Zyvex
Corporation
Assembly
Manufacturing at the Micro and Nano Scales
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Wednesday,
January 21, 2004, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Robert
Hamers
Evan P. Helfaer Professor of Chemistry
University
of Wisconsin-Madison
Interfacing
Biological Molecules with Nanostructured and Nanoscale Materials
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Wednesday,
February 18, 2004, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Mark
Lundstrom
Scifres
Distinguished Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering; and
Director, NSF Network for Computational Nanotechnology
Purdue
University
The Ultimate Transistor:
Is it the Silicon MOSFET?
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Wednesday, March
10, 2004, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
John
Rogers
Founder
Professor of Materials
Science and Engineering
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Soft
Materials and Nanopatterning Techniques for Electronics
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Wednesday, March
17, 2004, 4:00 PM
ACES
Library Monsanto Room <click
for map>
Rashid
Bashir
Professor
of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue
University
Integration
of Biology and Engineering at the Micro and Nanoscale: From
Integrated Biochips to Self-Assembly of Electronics
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Wednesday,
April 7 , 2004, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Pierre
Wiltzius
Professor
of Materials
Science and Engineering; and
Director, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Colloidal
Self-Assembly, Multi-Beam Interference Lithography, and Photonic
Crystals
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Wednesday,
April 21, 2004, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Paul
McEuen
Professor
of Physics
Cornell
University
Electronics
and Mechanics of Single Molecules
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Wednesday,
April 28, 2004, 4:00 PM
B02,
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Susan
Lindquist
Professor
of Biology; and Director Whitehead Institute
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Taking
Advantage of Evolution's Bounty: Nanoscale Electric Circuits from
Self-Assembling Amyloids
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May
6-7, 2004
College
of Veterinary Medicine Auditorium
CNST
Nanotechnology in Homeland Security Workshop
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Keynote
Speaker: Melvin Bernstein
Director, University Research Program
Department of Homeland Security
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Workshop Brochure>
(Click
for Registration and More Details ...)
SPRING 200Friday,
May 9, 2003, 8:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Levis
Faculty Center
CNST
Nano Industry Workshop
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Keynote
Speaker: Jim Murday
Director,
National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
Chief
Scientist, Office of Naval Research
(Click
for More Details ...)
Inorganic Seminar
Wednesday,
April 30, 2003, 4:00 PM
112
Chem Annex
Metalloid
Aluminum and Gallium Clusters: Nanoscaled Element Modifications
Professor
Dr. Hansgeorg Schnoeckel
Universitaet Karlsruhe
Wednesday,
April 2, 2003, 3:00 PM
5602
Beckman Institute
James
R. Heath
Elizabeth
W. Gilloon Professor of Chemistry
California
Institute of Technology
A
Systems Approach to Molecular Electronics
Wednesday,
March 12, 2003, 4:00 PM
Beckman
Institute Auditorium
Charles
M. Lieber
Mark
Hyman, Jr. Professor of Chemistry
Harvard
University
Nanoscience
and the Pathway Towards Nanocomputing
Wednesday,
February 26, 2003, 4:00 PM
ACES
Library Monsanto Room <click
for map>
Barbara
A. Baird
Professor
of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Director,
Nanobiotechnology Center
Cornell
University
Application
of Micro- and Nanotechnology to Solve Problems in Biology
Tuesday,
January 28, 2003, 4:00 PM
ACES
Library Monsanto Room
Franco
Cerrina
Professor
of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Director,
The Center for NanoTechnology
University
of Wisconsin at Madison
Photon-based
Lithography From DRAM to DNA Chips, and Beyond
FALL 2002 SEMINAR SERIES
Dr. Ali Yazdani - December 11, 2002
Fine-Tuning Electronic States in Carbon Nanotubes
Dr. Richard W. Siegel - November 20, 2002
Nanomaterials: The Substance of Nanotechnology
Dr. Chad Mirkin
- November 6, 2002, Beckman Auditorium
Massively Parallel Dip Pen
Nanolithography: Towards Combinatorial Nanotechnology
Dr. Jeffrey S. Moore
- October 23, 2002
Folded Chain Molecules as Nanoscale Objects: Assembly and Function
Dr. Joseph W. Lyding - October 9, 2002
Silicon-based Molecular Nanotechnology
Dr. Leslie M. Phinney- September 25, 2002
Stiction in Surface-Micromachined Microelectromechanical Systems
(MEMS)
Seminar Committee 2009-10
Irfan Ahmad, CNST/Agricultural
and Biological Engineering;
co-Chair
Rashid Bashir, Electrical
and Computer Engineering,
and Bioengineering
J J Cheng, Materials
Science and Engineering
Timothy Fan,
College of Veterinary Medicine,
Matthew Gilbert, Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Willliam King,
Mechanical Science
and Engineering
Kimani Toussaint,
Mechanical Science
and Engineering
Milton McAllister, Veterinary
Pathobiology
Joon Kong, Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering
Xiuling Li, Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Charles Schroeder,
Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering
Nahil Sobh,
NCN/NanoHub/CEE
Peter Wang,
BioEngineering
Seminar
Committee 2007-08:
Irfan Ahmad, CNST;
co-Chair
Ioannis Chasiotis, Aerospace
Engineering
J J Cheng, Materials
Science and Engineering
Kent Choquette, Electrical
and Computer Engineering/ Nano-CEMMS/MNTL
Iwona Jasiuk,
Mechanical Science
and Engineering
Milton McAllister, Veterinary
Pathobiology
Daniel Pack, Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering
Eric Pop, Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Umberto Ravaioli, Electrical
and Computer Engineering/COE
Peter Wang,
BioEngineering
Ken Watkin,, Applied
Health Sciences
Seminar
Committee 2006-07:
Ning Wang, Committee Chair; Mechanical
Science and Engineering
Irfan Ahmad, CNST
Nick Fang, Nano-CEMMS,
Mechanical Science
and Engineering
Kent Choquette, Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Kris Lambert, Crop
Sciences
Nadya Mason, Physics
Graciela Padua, Food
Science and Human Nutrition
Ken Watkin,, Applied
Health Studies
Seminar
Committee 2005-06:
Joseph Lyding, Committee Chair; Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Irfan Ahmad, CNST
Andrew Alleyne, Nano-CEMMS,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Kent Choquette, Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Lila Vodkin, Crop
Sciences
Ken Watkin, Applied
Life Studies/Medicine
Seminar
Committee 2004-05:
Yi Lu, Committee Chair; Chemistry
Alexey Bezryadin, Physics
Placid Ferreira, Nano-CEMMS,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Dominique Griffon, Veterinary
Bioscience
Thomas Mackin, Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering
Michael Strano, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Moonsub Shim, Materials Science
and Engineering
Jeff White, FS
Materials Research Laboratory
Min-Feng Yu,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Irfan Ahmad, CNST
Kathy Harper, CNST
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