2008 Conference Program
Draft December 1, 2008
December 3: Focus on Centers
December 4: Focus on NIRTs (with invitees from other agencies)
December 5: Focus on integration of research and education
Day 1: Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Focus on Centers
Room 375, Stafford I, NSF
- 7:15 Coffee and continental breakfast
- 8:30 Conference welcome and introduction
Rod Beresford, Brown University, Academic Conference Organizer - 8:40 Day 1 Agenda Overview
Mark Tuominen, University of Massachusetts Amherst - 8:45 Nanoscale Science and Engineering at NSF
Mike Roco, NSF - 9:15 Panel: Nano Centers - Present and Future
Moderator: Jim Yardley, Columbia University
Scientific Legacy, Robert Westervelt, Harvard University
Technological Development Legacy and Future, Richard Siegel, RPI
NSECs and Industry: Legacy and Future, Ahmed Busnaina, Northeastern University
Manufacturing Legacy and Future, Placid Ferreira, University of Illinois
Societal Impact Legacy and Future, Barbara Harthorn, University of California Santa Barbara - 10:00 Refreshment break
- 10:15 Keynote: "Nanowires: A Platform for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology"
Charles Lieber, Harvard University - 11:15 Panel: Nanoelectonics Research Initiative
With an overview of the grantees meeting on December 1-2, 2008
Jeff Welser (NRI and IBM) and Ralph Cavin (NRI and SRC) - 12:15 Working lunch
Discussion on International Opportunities
with Mark Suskin, NSF - 1:00 Posters: Focus on NSF Centers
Introduction of the authors
Visiting the posters (includes refreshments)
Moderator: Mark Tuominen, University of Massachusetts Amherst - 2:30 Panel: NS&E Centers in Society
Moderator: Tom Rieker, NSF
EHS aspects, Kristen Kulinowski, Rice University
Interactions with Industry, Richard Siegel, RPI
Education and Outreach, Bob Chang, Northwestern University
Nanomanufacturing Role, Mark Tuominen, University of Massachusetts Amherst - 3:30 Keynote: "Physico-chemical Properties and Toxicology of Nanoparticles" - abstract
Günter Oberdörster, University of Rochester - 4:30 Panel: Center Management and Stewardship
Moderator: Bruce Kramer, NSF
Illustrations from:
NSEC, Dawn Bonnell, University of Pennsylvania
MRSEC, Ellen Williams, University of Maryland
NNIN, Sandip Tiwari, Cornell University
NCN, Mark Lundstrom, Purdue University - 5:30 Adjourn
- 6:30 Dinner
Day 2: Thursday, December 4, 2008
Focus on Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team Projects
(Required for FY 2007 NIRT awardees)
Room 375, Stafford I, NSF
- 7:15 Coffee and continental breakfast
- 8:30 Day 2 Agenda Overview
Rod Beresford and Bob Hurt, Brown University - 8:45 Keynote: "Nano-Bio Interface and Potential Science and Engineering Advances"
James Heath, California Institute of Technology - 9:45 Posters: Focus on NIRT (1)
Introduction of the authors
Visiting the posters (includes refreshments)
Moderator: Bob Hurt, Brown University - 11:30 Nanotechnology in the SBIR/STTR programs
James Rudd, NSF - 12:00 Working Lunch
Discussion on Nanotechnology and Media
with Josh Chamot, NSF - 1:00 Nanoscience activities at other agencies
Nanotechnology Research at DoD - Jonathan Porter, DoD
Nanotechnology Research at EPA - Jeff Morris, EPA
Research Needs at FDA - Norris Alderson, FDA - 2:00 Keynote: "Nanoscale Spectroscopy with Optical Antennas"
Lukas Novotny, University of Rochester - 3:00 Posters: Focus on NIRT (2)
Continue introduction of the authors
Visiting the posters (includes refreshments)
Moderator: Ken Chong, NSF - 4:30 Keynote: "Periodic Patterns and Categories of Nanoscale Building Blocks"
Donald Tomalia, Central Michigan University - 5:30-6:15 Movie: "Molecules to the MAX"
presented by NSEC, RPI (Richard Siegel) - 6:45 Dinner (suggested area restaurants)
Day 3: Friday, December 5, 2008
Focus on integration of research and education
Room 375, Stafford I, NSF
- 7:15 Coffee and continental breakfast
- 8:30 Day 3 Agenda Overview
Bob Chang, Northwestern University and Larry Bell, Museum of Science
Including poster introduction on education and outreach - 8:45 Panel: Global NSEE
Moderator: Bob Chang, Northwestern University - 9:15 Panel: Best Practices of NSEC and MRSEC for advancing NSE education
Moderator: John Bradley, NSF
Participants: Education Coordinators of NSECs, MRSECs, and NNIN
Lynn Rathbun, Cornell University, NNIN
Dan Steinberg, Princeton University, MRSEC
George Adams, Purdue University, NCN
Robert Westervelt, Harvard University, NSEC - 10:00 Refreshment break
- 10:15 Keynote: "Massless and Massive Electrons in Atomically-Thin Carbon"
Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland - 11:15 Panel: Informal Science Education
Moderators: Larry Bell, Museum of Science and David Ucko, NSF
Carol Lynn Alpert, Museum of Science - poster
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Pennsylvania State University
Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin
Carl Batt, Cornell University - 12:15 Working Lunch
Overview of the NSF Grantees Meeting on Social Dimensions
Steve Zehr and Rita Teutonico, NSF - 1:15 Keynote: "Applying Physics Nano-technology to Biology"
Harald Hess, Howard Hughes Medical Institute - 2:15 Centers on Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Moderators: Alan Tessier, NSF and Nora Savage, EPA
Andre Nel, University of California Los Angeles
Mark Wiesner, Duke University - 3:00 NSE in IGERT, REU Programs, and Centers for Learning
Moderator: Mike Roco, NSF
IGERT, Carol Van Hartesveldt, NSF
Science of Learning Centers, Soo-Siang Lim, NSF - 4:00 Closing remarks