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Bioengineering Seminars

Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminars

Institute for Genomic Biology Seminars

Materials Science and Engineering Seminars

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Seminars

Micro/Optoelectronics Seminars

School of Chemical Sciences Seminars

Pathobiology Seminars

 

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

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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

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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

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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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(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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