| Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
| September 26 |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cells using Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanparticles |
Dr. Jeff W. M. Bulte
Director, Cellular Imaging Section, Institute for Cell Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
|
| October 3 |
Nanophotonics: from Plasmon Physics to Cancer Therapy |
Dr. Naomi Halas
Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Department of Chemistry
Rice University
|
| October 10 |
The Use of Atomic Force Microscopy to Study Crack Tips in Glass |
Dr. Sheldon M. Wiederhorn
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
| October 17 |
Biomaterial Design and Processing for Cardiac Failure |
Dr. William R. Wagner
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Departments of Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh
|
| October 24 |
Virtual Aluminum Castings: The Ford Experiment in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering |
John E. Allison
Ford Research & Advanced Engineering
Ford Motor Company |
| October 31 |
Gibbs-Thomson law on weakly fluctuating surfaces (proteins, biominerals) |
Dr. Alex Chernov
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| November 7 |
Combining Biological and Chemical Strategies for the Production and Assembly of Multifunctional Biopolymeric Materials |
Dr. Kristi L. Kiick
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
University of Delaware
|
| November 14 |
Nanofabricated Magnetic Structures: Reversal Properties and Applications |
Dr. Bruce Terris
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
San Jose Research Center
|
| December 5* |
Direct Thermal to Electrical Energy Converstion Using Nanostructured Materials and Devices |
Dr. Arun Majumdar
Departments. of Mechnical Eng. & Materials Science & Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
|
| February 6 |
Angiogenesis on Demand |
Dr. David J. Mooney
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Harvard University |
| February 13 |
Stochastic properties in nanoelectronic materials: C60, Pentacene and graphene |
Dr. Ellen D. Williams
Department of Physics
University of Maryland
|
| February 20 |
Life as a lipid: rafts, dynamics & interactions |
Dr. Erin D. Sheets
Department of Chemistry
The Pennsylvania State University
|
| February 27 |
Modeling the Thermomechanical Behavior of Shape Memory Polymers |
Dr. Thao (Vicky) Ngyuen
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University |
| March 5 |
Materials that Control Biology: from Fundamental Science to Regenerative Medicine |
Dr. Kevin E. Healy
Depts. of Bioengineering & Materials Science & Engineering
University of California, Berkeley |
| March 12 |
Nanobiotechnology to Examine and Control Receptor-Mediated Cell Activation |
Dr. Barbara Baird
Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Cornell University |
| April 2 |
Bio-Inspired, Low Temperature, Kinetically Controlled Nanofabrication of Semiconductor and Ferroelectric Thin Films and Nanoparticles |
Dr. Daniel E. Morse
Department of Biomolecular & Science Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara |
| April 9 |
In Search of Lipid Rafts: Evidence of Phospholipid/Cholesterol and Glycolipid/Cholesterol Nanoclusters |
Dr. Ka Yee Lee
Department of Chemistry
The University of Chicago
|
| April 16 |
Applications of Focused Ion Beam Systems in Microelectronics Analysis |
Dr. Ann Campbell
Sandia National Laboratories |
