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Third Annual SPRING
Conference
Schedule of
Events
Monday, October 10, 2005
All
presentations in Jones School, McNair Hall
| 8:00 - 8:30am |
Registration/Coffee |
| 8:30 - 8:45am |
Welcome and
Introduction
Dr. Wade Adams and Dr. Da Hsuan
Feng |
| 8:45 - 9:30am |
Keynote Address: "NNI - A
Vision, Promise and Responsibility"
Dr. Neal Lane,
Rice University |
| 9:30 - 10:00am |
"Polymer-based Photonic Thin Films"
Dr. Timothy
Bunning, AFRL/ML |
| 10:00 - 10:30am |
"Magnetoelectronic Nanocomposites"
Dr. Shashank
Priya, UT Arlington |
| 10:30 - 11:00am |
Break |
| 11:00 - 11:30am |
Keynote Address
The
Honorable Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison |
| 11:30 - 12:00pm |
"Challenges and Nano-based Solutions to Infrared
Sensing"
Dr. Gail Brown, AFRL/ML |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:30pm |
"Organic-based Photovoltaic Devices"
Dr. Michael
Durstock, AFRL/ML |
| 1:30 - 2:00pm |
"Towards Positioning Individual Protein Molecules at
Protein-Resistant Surfaces"
Dr. Chengzhi Cai,
University of Houston |
| 2:00 - 2:30pm |
"The Observation and Implication of an Electric
Field Induced Negative Dielectric Constant in
Nano-Particle Aggregates"
Dr. Paul Chu, University of
Houston |
| 2:30 - 3:00pm |
Break |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm |
"Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Yarns and Textiles
for Fun and Profit"
Dr. Ray H. Baughman, UT
Dallas |
| 3:30 - 4:00pm |
"Electromagnetic Interference Testing of
Nanoreinforced Polymer Composites"
Dr. Karen Lozano,
UT Pan American |
| 4:00 - 4:30pm |
"Template Derived Semiconductor Nanoparticles for
Solar Cells"
Dr. Kenneth Balkus, UT Dallas |
| 4:30 - 8:00pm |
Poster Session/Cocktail
Reception |
| 8:00pm |
Transport to
Hotels |
Tuesday, October 11,
2005
All
presentation in Jones School, McNair Hall
| 8:00 - 8:30am |
Registration/Coffee |
| 8:30 - 8:45am |
Introduction
Dr. Kevin
Ausman |
| 8:45 - 9:30am |
Keynote Address:
"Nanoparticles and Resiratory Health - How Important is
Particle Size and Surface Area?"
Dr. David Warheit,
DuPont Haskell Laboratory |
| 9:30 - 10:00am |
"SWNTs and Fullerenes: From Composite and Catalysis
to Biology and Remediation"
Dr. Andrew Barron, Rice
University |
| 10:00 - 10:30am |
"Novel Semiconductors for CMOS Nanoelectronics and
Solar Cells"
Dr. Meng Tao, UT Arlington |
| 10:30 - 11:00am |
Break |
| 11:00 - 11:30am |
"Nanostructured Ceramic Membranes for Fuel Cell
Applications"
Dr. Mark Weisner, Rice
University |
| 11:30 - 12:00pm |
"Transparent Carbon Nanotube Sheets in OLEDS, Solar
Cells and Cold Cathodes"
Dr. Dr. Anvar Zakhidov, UT
Dallas |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:30pm |
"Synthesis of High-Quality CdSe Nanocrystals in Heat
Transfer Fluids"
Dr. Michael S. Wong, Rice
University |
| 1:30 - 2:00pm |
"Non-Covalent Conducting Polymer/Carbon Nanotube
Composites as Enhanced Structural and Light-Emitting
Materials"
Dr. T. Randall Lee, University of
Houston |
| 2:00 - 2:30pm |
"Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Diblock Conjugated
Polymers"
Dr. John Grey, University of Texas |
| 2:30 - 3:00pm |
Break |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm |
"Structural and Mechanical Applications of Silver
Nanowires"
Dr. Miguel Jose-Yacaman, University of
Texas |
| 3:30 - 4:00pm |
"Electromagnetic Probes of Nanoscale Biological
Motors"
Dr. Dr. John Miller, University of
Houston |
| 4:00 - 4:30pm |
"Single Particle Spectroscopy of Semiconductor
Quantum Dots"
Dr. Paul Barbara, University of
Texas |
| 4:30 - 5:00pm |
"Supramolecular Materials and Methods for Sensing and
Fixation of Gases"
Dr. Dmitry Rudkevich, UT
Arlington |
| 5:00 - 6:00pm |
Keynote Address:
"Nanosystems Biology with Applications to In-Vitro and
In-Vivo Diagnostics"
Dr. James Heath, Cal Tech |
| 6:00pm |
Adjourn/Transport to
Hotels |
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