Schedule of Events

Nanotech@UI Symposium of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at The University of Iowa

Iowa Memorial Union

November 12, 2003

Vicki Grassian, Presiding

Chemistry and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Welcoming Remarks

8:30 AM

Joe Kearny, Associate Dean for Research, CLAS,

Computer Science

Nanoscience and Nanotechnolgy Research in the CLAS

8:35 AM

Mark Arnold, OSTC Director,

Chemistry

The National Nanotechnology Initiative:  New Opportunities for UI Researchers

8:40 AM

   Allan Guymon,Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Photopolymerization of Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Systems:  A New Route to Nanostructured Materials

9:00 AM

   Kevin Rice, Department Head, Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry

Encapsulating DNA into Nanoparticulate Colloids

9:20 AM

Thomas Boggess, Chair, Physics and Astronomy

Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Self-Assembled InAs Quantum Dots

9:40 AM

Michael Flatté, Physics and Astronomy

Nanoelectronics Theory

10:00 AM

Break

10:20 AM

Greg Carmichael, Associate Dean of Research, College of Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Nanoscience and Nanotechnolgy Research in the College of Engineering

10:40 AM

 Randy Nessler, Assistant Director, Central Microscopy Research Facilities

Nanoscience Instrumentation at the University of Iowa Central Microscopy Research Facilities

10:45 AM

Sarah Larsen, Chemistry

Applications of Zeolite Nanoarchitectures

11:05 AM

Shaoping Xiao, Mechanical Engineering

Fracture of Carbon Nanotubes

11:25 AM

Lizhi Sun, Mechanical Engineering

Simulation of Dislocation Defects in Semiconductor Thin Film Heterostructures

11:45 AM

John Wiencek, Chair, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Noninvasive Measurements of Size, Motion and Interactions on the Nanometer Length Scale Using Laser Light Scattering

12:05 AM

Lunch in the Wayne Richey Ballroom, third floor IMU

Special Guest Speaker, Brooks Landon, Chair, English

"Less is More:  Much Less is Much More:  The Insistent Allure of Nanotechnology Narratives in Science Fiction Literature."

12:30 PM

POSTER SESSION

Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratory (next to the IMU)

2:00 – 4:00 PM