2010 Conference Program
The Conference is a combination of keynotes, panels, posters, program information sessions, discussion of research trends, and principal investigator meetings with NSF program directors, in three days:
- Day 1: Focus on Scientific Breakthroughs at the Nanoscale
- Day 2: Focus on Manufacturing and Innovation
- Day 3: Focus on Progress in Societal Issues and New Horizons in Education
Day 1: Monday, December 6, 2010
Focus on Scientific Breakthroughs at the Nanoscale
Plenary Conference Room, Westin Hotel, Arlington
- 7:15 Coffee and continental breakfast
Opening Session
- 7:45 Conference welcome and introduction
Jim Yardley, Columbia University, Academic Conference Organizer - 8:00 Welcome at NSF
Subra Suresh, Director NSF - 8:15 The NNI and National Policy
Travis Earles, OSTP - 8:35 Long Term View of Nanotechnology Development
Mike Roco, NSF - 9:00 Discussion
- 9:10 Overview of Posters: NSEC, MRSEC, NIRT, STC, CCI, ERC, and IGERT
Dawn Bonnell, NSEC, University of Pennsylvania - 9:20 Refreshment break
Session: Nanoelectronics
Co-chair: Usha Varshney, NSF/ECCS and Charles Ying, NSF/DMR
- 9:30 Keynote: "Nanoelectronics Research Initiative"
Sanjay Banerjee, Director of SWAN NRI Center - 9:55 Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science (E3S)
Eli Yablonovitch, University of California at Berkeley - 10:15 Variability-Aware Software for Efficient Computing with Nanoscale Devices
Rajesh Gupta, University of California at San Diego - 10:35 Keynote: "Single Molecule Electronics: Today and Tomorrow"
Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University - 10:55 Keynote: "Perspectives in Nanoelectronics"
Mark Lundstrom, Purdue University - 11:15 Keynote: "The NCN and Modeling and Simulation of Nanosystems"
Gerhard Klimeck, Purdue University - 11:35 Nanoelectronics for 2020 and Beyond
Charlie Ying, Sankar Basu, and Larry Goldberg all NSF - 11:55 Panel: Research Trends in Nanoelectronics and Beyond
Sanjay Banerjee, SWAN NRI Center
Eli Yablonovitch, University of California at Berkeley
Rajesh Gupta, University of California at San Diego
Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University
Mark Lundstrom, Purdue University
Working Lunch
- 12:20 Discussion on International Opportunities
Mark Suskin, NSF OISE - The posters and presenters will be available in breakout rooms. Note: the space for all posters will be available from December 6, 8:00 a.m. to December 8, 3:00 p.m.
- 12:50 Special Keynote: "Japan's R&D Strategy of Nanotechnology" Toshio Baba, Director for Nanotechnology and Materials, Bureau of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, Japan
Special Session: Scientific and Engineering Opportunity into Next Decade
- 1:15 Keynote: "Nano2: Science and Engineering Opportunities for Nanotechnology into the Next Decade"
Mark Hersam, Northwestern University - 1:45 Panel discussion
Session: Nanotechnology and Catalysis
Chair: Kathy Covert, NSF/CHE
- 2:00 Keynote: "Nanotechnology in Catalysis—A Decade of Progress and Into the Future"
Mark Davis, Exxon-Mobil Co. - 2:30 Nanostructured Catalysts for "Green Gasoline"
John Regalbuto, University of Illinois, Chicago - 3:00 Discussion on Research Trends in Nanostructured Catalysts
Mark Davis, Exxon-Mobil Co.
John Regalbuto, University of Illinois, Chicago - 3:30 Refreshment break
Session: Nanoscale Optics
Chair: Timothy Patten, NSF/CHE and Charles Ying, NSF
- 3:45 Keynote: "Evolution and Future of Nanophotonics"
Michal Lipson, Cornell University - 4:15 Keynote: "Wonderful World of Molecular Films"
Feng Wang, University of California at Berkeley - 4:45 Discussion on Research Trends in Photonics and Plasmonics
Michal Lipson, Cornell University
Feng Wang, University of California at Berkeley
Moderated by Chair
Session: Probes, Measurement and Metrology
Chair: Tom Rieker, NSF/DMR
- 5:00 Keynote: "Advances and Opportunities in Scanning Probes: Beyond Atoms"
Don Eigler, IBM Almaden Research Center - 5:20 Keynote: "Molecular Interactions at Interfaces: from Nanobiology to Nanoelectronics"
Dawn Bonnell, University of Pennsylvania - 5:40 General Discussion on New Nanoscale Instrumentation
Don Eigler, IBM Almaden Research Center
Dawn Bonnell, University of Pennsylvania
Moderated by Chair - 5:55 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Laboratory Buildings
Ahmad Soueid, HDR Architecture - 6:20 Summary of Day 1
Mike Roco, NSF - 7:00 Dinner at Restaurant Pinzimini, Westin Hotel
Sponsored by HDR CUH2A a Division of HDR Architecture, Inc.
After-dinner speaker: Mostafa Analoui, The Livingston Group
"Penetration of Nanotechnology in Medicine and Pharmaceutics"
Day 2: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Focus on Manufacturing and Innovation
Plenary Conference Room, Westin Hotel, Arlington
- 7:15 Coffee and continental breakfast
Opening Session
- 7:55 Overview and Logistics
James Yardley, Columbia University - 8:00 Innovation and Nanomanufacturing at NSF
Tom Peterson, NSF - 8:10 Role of Mathematical and Physical Sciences in the NNI
Ed Seidel, NSF - 8:20 Keynote: "The National Nanomanufacturing Network"
Mark Tuominen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Session: Nanoscale Manufacturing: Combining Top Down and Bottom up Approaches
Chair: Mark Tuominen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- 8:55 Keynote: "New Nanomanufacturing Methods"
Xiang Zhang, NSEC Director at University of California at Berkeley - 9:20 Keynote: "Large Scale Nanomanufacturing of Graphene and Ultrathin Graphite"
Rod Ruoff, University of Texas, Austin - 9:45 Panel discussion
Xiang Zhang, NSEC Director at University of California at Berkeley
Mark Tuominen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Rod Ruoff, University of Texas, Austin - 10:00 Refreshment break
Session: Nanoscale Manufacturing: Building from the Bottom Up and Hierarchal Self-Assembly
Chair: Ian Robertson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MRSEC
- 10:15 Keynote: "On Molecular Self-Assembly"
Luping Yu, University of Chicago - 10:35 Keynote: "Polymeric Nanostructures by Design"
Virgil Percec, University of Pennsylvania - 10:55 Discussion on the Opportunities for Hierarchical Self-Assembly
Luping Yu, University of Chicago
Virgil Percec, University of Pennsylvania
Moderated by Chair
Panel: Nanoscale Manufacturing
Chair: Bruce Kramer, NSF
- 11:15 Scalable Nanomanufacturing
NNI Signature Initiative at NSF
Bruce Kramer and Haris Doumanidis, NSF - 11:30 Nanotechnology for Solar Energy
NNI Signature Initiative at NSF
Greg Rohrer, Linda Sapochak and George Maracas, NSF - 11:45 Survey on Nanotechnology in Manufacturing Industry
Manish Mehta, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences - 12:00 Panel: Research Needs
Moderated by Bruce Kramer
Working Lunch
- 12:15 Public Outreach (Josh Chamot, OLPA)
Session: NNI and Innovation
Chair: Robert Westervelt, Harvard University
- 1:00 Keynote: "Role of Research Centers in Innovation"
Ahmed Busnaina, Northeastern University - 1:15 Spin-off Companies at Harvard University
Robert Westervelt, Harvard University - 1:30 Spin-off Companies at Northwestern University
Vinayak Dravid, Northwestern University. - 1:45 Industry-inspired Fundamental Research, ARI, and IUCRC Programs at NSF
Kesh Narayanan, NSF - 1:55 SBIR Programs
T. James Rudd and Grace Wang Jinliu, NSF - 2:05 GOALI Programs
Don Senich, NSF - 2:15 Panel: Spin-off Companies
Moderated by Robert Westervelt, Harvard University - 2:30 Refreshment break
Session: Innovation in Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Chair: John Sargent, Congressional Research Service
- 2:45 Keynote: "Memristors: Example of Innovation in Nanotechnology"
Stan Williams, Hewlett-Packard - 3:05 Keynote: "Perspective of a Start-Up That Has Moved Through Scale-Up into Commercialization"
David Arthur, Southwest Nanotechnologies (SWeNT) - 3:25 Keynote: "Concepts and Manufacturing Challenges for Nano Photovoltaics"
Loucas Tsakalakos, General Electric Global Research - 3:45 Regional Innovation in Nanotechnology: Nano-Hubs
Skip Rung, Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) - 4:05 Panel discussion
Moderated by John Sargent, Congressional Research Service
Richard Siegel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Loucas Tsakalakos, General Electric Global Research
Skip Rung, Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI)
Session: Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers: Research Outcomes
Chair: Richard Siegel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 4:15 Four 10 minute NSEC presentations
Robert Westervelt, Harvard University
Dawn Bonnell, NSEC, University of Pennsylvania
Richard Siegel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Mark Wiesner, Duke University - 4:55 Publication patterns and collaborative work at NSECs
Juan Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology - 5:15 Panel: NSEC Outcomes
- 5:30 Open Forum on Nanoscale Science and Engineering Needs and Opportunities
Moderators:
Mike Roco, NSF
Stan Williams, Hewlett-Packard - Dinner
Day 3: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Focus on Progress in Societal Issues and New Horizons in Education
Plenary Conference Room, Westin Hotel, Arlington
- 7:15 Coffee and continental breakfast
Opening Session
- 8:00 Welcome and update
Jim Yardley, Columbia University - 8:05 Nanotechnology and Society at NSF
Myron P. Gutmann, Assistant Director, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, NSF
Session: NNI and Societal Impact
Chair: Michael Gorman (NSF)
- 8:30 Perspective 1: New Methods for Governance
Dave Guston, Arizona State University - 8:50 Perspective 2: New Methods for Public and other Stakeholder Participation
Patrick McCray, University of California at Santa Barbara - 9:10 Perspective 3: Participatory Governance of Nanotechnology
David Berube, North Carolina State University - 9:30 Perspective 4: Nanotechnology Societal Outcomes
Philip Shapira, Georgia Institute of Technology - 9:50 Panel: Research Challenges for Public Participation
Moderated by Rita Teutonico and Michael Gorman (NSF) - 10:00 Refreshment break
Session: Environmental, Health, Safety
Chair: Kristen Kulinowski, Rice University
- 10:20 Overview on EHS Responsibility from the Rice University Perspective
Kristen Kulinowski, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Rice University (CBEN) - 10:35 Nano2 Long-term View for Nanotechnology EHS
André Nel, University of California at Los Angeles - 10:50 Exposure to Nanomaterials
Mark Wiesner, Duke University - 11:05 Nanotechnology Research Program at EPA
Nora Savage, EPA - 11:20 National Toxicology Program on Nanostructures
Nigel Walker, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS/NIH) - 11:35 Panel and Discussion
Working Lunch and Poster Visitation
- 12:00 Chair: James Murday, University of Southern California
Invited speaker: Marcy Gallo, House Science Technology Committee
Session: Education and Physical Infrastructure
Chair: James Murday, University of Southern California
- 1:00 Keynote: "Overview of Nano2 Education Findings"
James Murday, University of Southern California - 1:20 IGERT for Nano
Melur Ramasubramanian, NSF - 1:35 Undergraduate Education (NUE, others) for Nano
Mary Poats, NSF - 1:50 Science of Learning Centers
Joan Straumanis, NSF - 2:05 Panel: Education Stakeholder Perspectives
Chair: Krish Mathur
Sean Murdock, NanoBusiness Alliance
James Batterson, STEM Education Consultant
Mary Poats, NSF
James Murday, University of Southern California
Melur Ramasubramanian, NSF
Joan Straumanis, NSF - 3:00 Open Forum about Research, Education and Infrastructure Needs
Mike Roco and Jim Yardley - 3:30 Conclusion of General Grantees Conference
Jim Yardley, Columbia University - 3:30 Refreshments before NanoHUB User Forum
First Annual NanoHUB.org User Forum
Chair: Gerhard Klimeck, Director, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University
- 4:00 Keynote: "150,000 Users Strong and Growing—nanoHUB.org Overview"
Gerhard Klimeck, Director, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University - 4:30 nanoHUB.org: Real users, Real stories
- Publishing Simulation Tools on nanoHUB
Ashlie Martini, NCN, Purdue University - nanoHUB at UTPA
Hasina F. Huq, University of Texas - Pan American - Computational Modeling for Nano-Plasmonic Applications: An Experimentalist's View
P. James Schuck, Molecular Foundry, LBL - Using nanoHUB in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum
Stella Quiñones, University of Texas - El Paso - nanoHUB.org: Real users, Real stories, My story
Tomekia Simeon, Northwestern University
- Publishing Simulation Tools on nanoHUB
- 6:00 Requirements Discussion—the Future of nanoHUB.org
- 7:00 Dinner