Nano Seminars

Updated: October 1, 2010
Please notify us with the upcoming Nano Seminars by emailing nbicasst@seas.upenn.edu.

"Hydration Phenomena at the Nano-Scale: Theoretical and Computational Perspectives"
Pablo Debenedetti
Princeton University
September 15, 3 PM
Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cbe/seminars.html

"Probing Size-dependent Light-Matter Interaction and Structural Phase Change Properties with Nanowires"
Professor Ritesh Agarwal
University of Pennsylvania
October 7, 10:30 AM- 12 PM
LRSM Bldg, 3231 Walnut Street LRSM Auditorium
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/mse

"Micro- and nano- scale issues in Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow"
T. Sundararajan
IIT Madras
October 7
http://www.me.upenn.edu/about-meam/events/seminar-series.php

"Cooperative Adhesion and Friction of Compliant Nanohairs"
Professor Ali Dhinojwala
Department of Polymer Science Chair, Morton Professor of Polymer Science
October 28, 10:30 PM - 12 PM
LRSM, 3231 Walnut Street LRSM Auditorium
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/mse

"Light Active Biofunctionalized TiO2 Based Nanocomposites"
Professor Tijana Rajh
Argonne National Laboratory
November 4, 10:30 AM - 12 PM
LRSM Bldg, 3231 Walnut Street LRSM Auditorium
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/mse

"Structure of Soft Material Based Thin Film Nanocomposites”
Professor Peter Green
University of Michigan
November 18, 10:30 AM - 12 PM
LRSM Bldg, 3231 Walnut Street LRSM Auditorium
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/mse

Herman P. Schwan Distinguished Lecture
"Precision Measurement in Biology"
Stephen Quake
Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering, Physics and Applied Physics
Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
November 30, 3:00 P.M.
Heilmeier Hall, 100 Towne Building
220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA

"Self-Assembly of Nanoscale Colloids: Complex Structures, Dynamic Reorganization, and Replication of Biological Functions"
Nicholas A. Kotov
University of Michigan
December 8, 3 PM
Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cbe/seminars.html

 

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Fall 2009:

“Chemical Insights from Molecular Force Probes”
Roman Boulatov
University of Illinois
September 17, 1 PM
Lynch Room of Chemistry

“Optical Nanostructures for Advanced Communication Systems”
Dr. Marko Loncar
Harvard University
September 18, 11 AM
307 Levine Hall
http://www.ese.upenn.edu/events/seminars/09.15.09_m.loncar.html

"Nanomanufacturing for Medicine and Energy"
Dr. Saochen Chen
University of Texas at Austin & National Science Foundation
September 23, 9:30 AM
337 Towne Building
http://www.me.upenn.edu/events/Chen2.html

“Optics at the Nanoscale: Subwavelength Plasmonic Nanocavity Resonators”
Dr. Carrie Hofmann
California Institute of Technology
September 24, 10:40 AM
LRSM Auditorium
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/mse/news-events/seminar.html

“Multimodality Imaging and Drug Delivery with Nanoparticles”
Xiaohu Gao
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington
October 15, 12 PM
337 Towne Building
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/seminars/index.html

“Nanoparticle Cancer Therapeutics: From Concept to Clinic”
Mark E. Davis
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
October 26, 3 PM
Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cbe/seminars.html

"Thermo-hydro-mechanics of earthquake rupture" (Micro and Nano Robotics)
Bradley Nelson
Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH-Zürich
November 19, 2 PM
Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall
http://www.me.upenn.edu/events/tedori-callinan_09.html

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Spring 2009:

“Improving the Stability of Nanoparticles on Surfaces”
Abhaya Datye
Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering,
Director of the Center for Microengineering Materials, University of New Mexico
February 25, 3 PM
Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cbe/seminars.html

“Single-molecule Dynamics of Nanocatalysis and Bioinorganic Chemistry”
Peng Chen,
Cornell University
February 26, 1:30 PM
Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Building
http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/index.php?id=261

“Field Directed Assembly for Nanomanufacturing and Nanoscale Device Integration” 
Benjamin Yellen
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department, Duke University
February 26, 2 PM
337 Towne Bldg.
http://www.me.upenn.edu/events/Yellen_Abstract.html

“CMOS RF Biosensor Utilizing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance - A Circuit Designer's Approach to Early Disease Detection”
Prof. Donhee Ham
Harvard University
Nano Device Seminar Series, ESE Dept.
March 4, 2 PM
337 Towne Bldg.
http://www.ese.upenn.edu

“Nanocrystal molecules with applications in single molecule biological imaging”
2009 Edgar Fahs Smith Lecture
Paul Alivisatos
Larry & Diane Bock Professor of Nanotechnology
Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science
Interim Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
March 12, 6 PM
Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Laboratories: 1973 Wing
34th and Spruce Streets
http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/index.php?id=302

“Is There a Role for Nano-Materials in Fuel Cells”
GRACE HOPPER LECTURE
Professor Sossina M. Haile
Prof. of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology
March 18, 10:40 AM - 12 PM
(Refreshments at 10:30 AM)
LRSM Auditorium
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/mse/news-events/seminar.html

“Microsystems Technology and Opportunities for Technology Transfer”
Prof. Nico F. de Rooij
Institut de Microtechnique
Nano Device Seminar Series, ESE Dept.
April 1, 11 AM
337 Towne Bldg.
http://www.ese.upenn.edu

“Towards Design for Polymer Nanocomposites: Using The Inerface to Control Polymer Nanocomposite Properties”
GRACE HOPPER LECTURE
Professor Linda Schadler
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
April 2, 10:40 AM - 12 PM
(Refreshments at 10:30 AM)
LRSM Auditorium
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/mse/news-events/seminar.html

"SILICON MEMS COMES OF AGE"
Roger T. Howe
Nano-Device Colloquia Series -- ESE Department
Stanford University
April 21, 12:00 -- 1:00 PM
Heilmeier Hall, Towne Building
http://www.ese.upenn.edu/

Symposium inHonor of George Whitesides, Harvard
April 22, 8:00-10:00 AM
Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall
1st Floor, Chemistry Building,
231 S. 34th Street
http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/events/?id=283

If you have any questions, contact:
Robert Wertz at 215-573-7887 (rwertz@sas.upenn.edu)