2007 Conference Program
Draft November 26, 2007
December 3 and 4: Focus on NIRT
December 5: Focus on centers (with NIH and NIST invitees)
December 6: Focus on environmental implications
List of general NSE Posters (December 3-5)
List of Nano-Environment Posters (December 5-6)
Day 1: Monday, December 3, 2007
Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team Projects (I)
Room 555, Stafford II, NSF
- 7:15 Coffee
- 8:30 Conference Overview
Amy Walker, Academic conference organizer - 8:40 Welcome at NSF
Mike Roco, NSF - 8:45 Keynote: Bionanofabrication: making tiny things inspired by biology
Carl Batt, Cornell University - 9:15 NIRT PI introductions and poster presentations
Rooms: 555, 525, 545, 565, and 595 (with coffee and snacks)
Moderator: Mark Tuominen, U. Mass.
Details
- 11:15 Nanoscale Science and Engineering at NSF
Mike Roco, NSF - 11:45 Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education
Mary Poats, NSF
(John Bean and David Berube) - 12:00 Working lunch
- 12:20 Communicating NSE ideas and outcomes
Josh Chamot, NSF: What’s New? (presentation)
Panel moderated by: Josh Chamot, OLPA/NSF and Rita Teutonico, NSF - 1:00 Fostering regional education outreach and public engagement
Larry Bell: NISE Perspective
Panel moderated by: Larry Bell, Carol Lynn Alpert, Museum of Science and David Ucko, NSF - 2:00 Keynote: What can Mechanical Bonds bring to Synthetic NanoSystems and NanoMachinery?
Sir Fraser Stoddart, UCLA - 3:00 Coffee and snacks
- 3:15 University-industry interactions and research trends
Panel moderated by: James RuddDetails
- 5:15 Adjourn
- 6:30 Dinner
(see list of recommended restaurants)
Day 2: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
NIRT II, IGERT, NSEC (afternoon)
- 7:15 Coffee
- 8:15 Overview of the second day program
Amy Walker - 8:30 Nanotechnology education in the IGERT program
Carol van Hartesveltd, NSF: Overview
Panel moderated by Carol van Hartesveltd and Larry Goldberg, NSF: Outcomes from the IGERT program - 9:30 Posters for NIRTs, Centers and Industry, meet program managers
Rooms: 555, 525, 545, 565, and 595 (with coffee and snacks)
Moderator: Carol Lynn Alpert, Museum of Science
Details
- 11:15 Research trends and opportunities
Panel moderated by: Mark Tuominen, Mike Roco, and Vicki Colvin. - 12:15 Working lunch in room 555
- 1:15 International opportunities of collaboration
Robert Chang, NCLT, NU, Lance Haworth, MPS/NSF, Ken Chong, ENG/NSF, Mark A. Suskin, OISE/NSF, Pratim Biswas, Washington University (tentative) - 2:15 Keynote: Nanotechnology for Sustainable Water Supply
Speaker: Mark A. Shannon, UIUC
Panel moderated by: Mark Shannon (UIUC) - 3:15 Break, Coffee and snacks
- 3:30 Networks for experiments and simulations NNIN
Sandip Tiwari (Cornell U.) NCN, Chuck Bouldin, Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation, Gerhard Klimeck (Purdue U.) nanoHUB, Ulrich Strom (MPS/NSF)
Panel discussion on open-source approach, moderator: Rajinder Khosla (ENG/NSF) - 4:30 Nanotechnology and energy: Full cells and related technologies
Speaker: Sanjeev Mukerjee (Northeastern)
Panel moderated by Rose Wesson (NSF) on using nanotechnology for energy conversion and storage - 5:30 Adjourn
- 6:30 Dinner
(see list of recommended restaurants)
Day 3: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Nanoscale Centers and Networks
All events in Room 555
- 7:15 Coffee (in Room 555)
- 8:15 Introduction for Day 3
Ulrich Strom (tentative) - 8:30 Keynote: Nanotechnology for Food and Agricultural Systems
Norman Scott, Cornell
Panel discussion moderated by Norman Scott - 9:00 Nanoelectronics Research Initiative
Ralph Cavin, SRC and Jeff Welser, NRI
Panel moderated by Larry Goldberg - 10:00 The Future and Legacy of the NSEC Program
Jim Yardley, NSEC coordinator, Columbia University Perspectives from Chad Mirkin, Dick Siegel, Placid Ferreira, Roger Westervelt.
Panel discussion moderated by Jim Yardley and Dick Siegel - 10:30 Break (coffee and snacks)
- 10:45 What is new in NSEC Programs? Networking.
Jim Yardley, NNN - Mark Tuominen, Education: NISE - Larry Bell and NCLT - Robert Chang, NU, Nanotechnology in Society Network: David Guston, ASU, Barbara Harthorn, UCSB, Davis Baird, USC - 11:30 Outreach and Diversity: What works and what does not. Possibilities for Improved NSEC cooperation and interaction.
Panel moderated by: Alex Gaeta (Cornell), Dawn Bonnell (U Penn), Paul Nealey and Andrew Greenberg (U Wisconsin) - 12:15 Working lunch
- 1:00 NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE - NIH PROGRAMS
- 1:00 Keynote: Bridging Physical Sciences and Medicine
Michael J. Cima, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1:25 Nanotechnology Research Across the NIH
Denis Buxton, Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - 1:50 Advancing Cancer Therapeutics with Nanotechnology
Piotr Grodzinski Co-Chairman, Trans-NIH Nanotech. Task Force Director, Nanotechnology in Cancer Program National Cancer Institute - 2:15 Developing a Nano Health Enterprise
Sally Tinkle, Health Implications Work Group, Trans-NIH Nanotechnology Task Force, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - 2:40 Panel on NSF-NIH other agency collaborations in nanotechnology
- 1:00 Keynote: Bridging Physical Sciences and Medicine
- 3:30 Break (coffee and snacks)
- 3:45 NEW TOOLS AT THE NANOSCALE AND NANOMETROLOGY — NIST
Richard Cavanagh, NIST
Panel moderated by Richard Cavanagh - 4:30-6:00pm Introductions for Nano-Environmental Poster Session
Rooms: 555, 525, 545, 565, and 595
Moderated by Vicki Colvin (Rice U.)
Details
- 6:30 Dinner
(see list of recommended restaurants)
Day 4: Thursday, December 6, 2007
Nano — Environmental Research and Education at NSF
All events in Room 555
- 7:15 Breakfast
- 8:30 Opening remarks and welcome from NSF
Mike Roco - 8:40 Overview of the Nano-Environmental Agenda
Vicki Colvin
Session I: Naturally Occurring Nanoparticles and their Environmental Significance
Moderator: Carrie Masiello
- 8:45 Robert Hurt (Brown) "New Research Approaches for Managing the Bio-Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology"
- 9:20 JoAnn Lighty (Utah) "Soot: Formation, Destruction, and Environmental Implications"
- 9:55 Michael Hochella (Virginia Tech) "Nanoscale Processes in the Environment: Nanobiogeochemistry of Microbe/Mineral Interactions"
- 10:30 Break (coffee and snacks)
Session II: Environmental Applications and Exposures to Engineered Nanoparticles
Moderator:
- 10:45 Greg Lowry (Carnegie Mellon) "The Environmental Exposures of Engineered Nanomaterials"
- 11:20 Kurt Pennell (Georgia Institute of Technology) "Transport of Engineered Nanomaterials through Soils: Experiment and Theory"
- 11:55 Mamadou Diallo (Howard) "Metal Ion Complexation by Dendritic Nanoscale Ligands: Fundamental Investigations and Applications to Water Purification"
- 12:30 Working Lunch
Session III: Environmental Interactions of Engineered Nanoparticles
Moderator: Mamadou Diallo
- 1:30 Joel Pederson (U. Wisconsin) "Environmental and Biological Transformation of Engineered Nanoparticles"
- 2:05 Menachem Elimelech (Yale) "Aggregation and Deposition Behavior of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials in Aquatic Environments"
- 2:40 Pedro Alvarez (Rice) "Microbial interactions of Engineered Nanoparticles"
- 3:15 Break (coffee and snacks)
Session IV: Social Science and Policy Aspects of Nanotechnology
Moderator:
- 3:30 David Berube (South Carolina) "Risk Communication and Nanotechnology - Intuitive Toxicology"
- 4:00 Panel: Agency Interests and EH&S Research
Eileen Abt (National Academy), Rick Canady (FDA),Nora Savage (EPA) (tentative), Richard Dennison (Environmental Defense) (tentative) - 5:00 Closure