2012 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference

2012 Conference Program

The Conference is a combination of keynotes, panels, posters, program information sessions, discussions of research trends, and principal investigator meetings with NSF program directors:

• Day 1: Environmental Sustainability, Societal implications and Education
• Day 2: Nanotechnology Implications on Environment and Biological Systems

Day 1: Monday, December 3, 2012

Focus on Environmental Sustainability, Societal implications and Education
Plenary Conference Room, Hilton Hotel, Arlington

• 7:15 Coffee and continental breakfast

Opening Session

• 8:00 Conference welcome and introduction
  Arturo Keller, University of California, Santa Barbara
  Academic Conference Organizer
• 8:10 Welcome to NSF
  Kesh Narayanan, Directorate for Engineering
  Ian Robertson, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• 8:25 The NNI and National Policy
  Tof Carim, OSTP
• 8:40 Nanoscale Science and Engineering at NSF
  Mihail Roco, NSF
• 8:55 Discussion
• 9:15 Overview of Posters
  NSEC, MRSEC, NIRT, STC, CCI, ERC, and IGERT
  Jim Murday, University of Southern California
  
  Poster Visitation: The posters will be available in breakout rooms from December 3, 8 a.m. to December 4, 3 p.m. The presenters will be at the posters only at the intervals listed in the final program.
• 9:30 Refreshment break
• 9:45 Keynote: Sustainability and Nanotechnology
  Arturo Keller, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 10:15 Panel 1: Environmental Nanotechnology Aiding Sustainability
  Moderators:
  • Greg Lowry, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Debra Reinhart , NSF
  Panelists:
  • Desiree Plata, Duke University
  • Sangwon Suh, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Omowunmi Sadik, SUNY Binghampton
• 11:15 Panel 2: Sensing/Monitoring/Instrumentation for Environmental Information
  Moderators:
  • Michael Hochella, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Ann Maglia, NSF
  Panelists:
  • Lee Ferguson, Duke University
  • Vlad Tarabara (abridged) - bio, Michigan State University
  • Jason Unrine, University of Kentucky
• 12:15 Working lunch
  NSF Presentation
  
  Poster Visitation: The posters and presenters will be available in breakout rooms. Note: the space for all posters will be available from December 3, 8 a.m. to December 4, 3 p.m.
• 1:15 Deputy Assistant Director for Biological Sciences
  Dr. Joann Roskoski, NSF
• 1:30 Panel 3: Societal Issues and Nanotechnology
  Moderators:
  • Barbara Harthorn, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Fred Kronz, NSF
  Panelists:
  • David H. Guston, CNS-Arizon State University
  • Terre Satterfield, University of British Columbia, CNS-University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Christopher Bosso, Northeastern University
• 2:30 Refreshment break
• 2:50 Panel 4A: Education and Nano Environment (formal)
  Moderators:
  • Jim Murday, University of Southern California
  Panelists:
  • Michael Hochella, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Hilary Arnold Godwin, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Robert Chang, Northwestern University
• 3:50 Panel 4B: Education and Nano Environment (informal)
  Moderators:
  • Larry Bell, Museum of Science, Boston
  • Al DeSena, NSF
  Panelists:
  • Andrew Greenberg, University of Wisconsin
  • Rae Ostman, Sciencenter
  • Carol Lynn Alpert, Museum of Science Boston
• 4:50 NanoHUB Demo
  Gerhard Klimeck, Purdue University
• 5:00 Keynote: Safety in the Nano Research Laboratory
  Nanoscale Science and Engineering Laboratory Buildings
  Mark Jamison, HDR Architecture
• 5:40 Summary of Day 1
  Arturo Keller, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 6:30 Dinner

Day 2: Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Focus on Nanotechnology Implications on Environment and Biological Systems
Plenary Conference Room, Hilton Hotel, Arlington

• 7:15 Coffee and continental breakfast
• 8:00 Overview and Logistics
  Arturo Keller, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 8:10 Keynote: Mechanisms of Biotransformation of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Terrestrial Plants
  Jorge Gardea-Torresday, UTEP
• 9:00 Panel 5: Biological Interactions: Focus on Vertebrates and Invertebrates - In Vivo
  Moderators:
  • Joel Pedersen, University of Wisconsin
  • Zeev Rosenzweig, NSF
  Panelists:
  • Sijie Lin, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Cole W. Matson, Baylor University
  • Hunter Lenihan, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 10:00 Refreshment break
• 10:15 Panel 6: Biological Interactions: Focus on Microbes and In Vitro Cell Cultures
  Moderators:
  • Trish Holden, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Julie Dickerson, NSF
  Panelists:
  • Claudia Gunsch, Duke University
  • Susan Braunhut, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  • Tian Xia, University of California, Los Angeles
• 11:15 Panel 7: NSEC Activities on Environment
  Moderators:
  • Ahmed Busnaina, Northeastern University
  • Alan Tessier, NSF
  Panelists:
  • Richard Vachet, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Willi Mickelson, University of California, Berkeley
  • John Lannutti, Ohio State University
• 12:15 Working Lunch
• 12:30 Keynote: NNI Research in Nano EHS
  Barbara Karn, NSF
• 1:30 Panel 8: Fate/Transport/Transformation in Water and Soil
  Moderators:
  • Pedro Alvarez, Rice University
  • Barbara Karn, NSF
  Panelists:
  • Peter Vikesland, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Sharon Walker, University of California, Riverside
  • William Ball, Johns Hopkins University
• 2:30 Panel 9: Fate/Transport/Transformation in Air: Biological Exposures
  Moderators:
  • Arturo Keller, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Ashok Sangani, NSF
  Panelists:
  • Linsey Marr, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Michael Ellenbecker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  • Yoram Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles
• 3:30 Refreshment break
• Poster Visitation
• 4:00 NCN Users Session
  Gerhard Klimeck, Purdue University
• 5:00 Closing Remarks