Agenda

Included as part of the conference will be tours of the WKU Center for Research and Development which is home to the new WKU NOVA Center with its $3M Large Chamber Scanning Electron Microscope, Applied Physics Institute (API, ~35,000 ft2, 10 full-time employees), Advanced Materials Institute (AMI) that is a dedicated laboratory center with 3,000 ft2 of available space and equipped with a Class 1000 clean room, and the nationally and internationally recognized - Institute for Combustion and Environmental Science (ICSET) (~40,000 ft2, 25 full-time employees).

Friday, March 30, 2012

Time	Events
7:00 AM	Conference Registration and Sign-up for tour
8:00 AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks. Dr. Edward Kintzel, NOVA Center, Western Kentucky University Dr. Gordon Baylis, Western Kentucky University Dr. Doug Rohrer, Center for Research & Development, Western Kentucky University Cheryl Stevens, Dean of Ogden College of Science and Engineering, Western Kentucky University Dr. Kevin M. Walsh, Micro/Nano Technology Center, University of Louisville
8:15 AM	Theme I: Core Facilities Nanoscience at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Neutron Sources Key Note speaker: 30 minutes and 3 minute question Kenneth Herwig, Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Session Chairs: Kevin Walsh and Edward Kintzel
8:50 AM	Presentation I: The VINSE Core Laboratories for Nanoscale Science and Engineering at Vanderbilt University Anthony Hmelo 15 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
9:10 AM	Presentation II: The ElectroOptics Research Institute and Nanotechnology Center's Huson Nanotechnology Core Facility Stuart Williams 15 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
9:30AM	Presentation III: Stuart Williams Inorganic and Graphitic Nanomaterials for Energy Applications Adam Rondinone 15 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
9:50 AM	Presentation IV: UofL Micro/Nano Technology Center (MNTC) Kevin Walsh 15 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
10:10 AM	Break
10:25 AM	Theme II: Advanced Materials Synthesis and Processing Electron-Beam Induced Deposition from Liquids:  A New Approach to Nanoscale Rapid Prototyping  Key Note speaker: 25 minutes and 3 minutes questions Dr. Todd Hastings, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky Session Chairs: Adam Rondinone and Martin Klein
10:55 AM	Presentation I: Fabrication and mgnetooptical study of a MnAs-based spin LED Hong Luo 13 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
11:12 AM	Presentation II: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Piezoelecxtric Response of Lead Zirconate Titanate Nanotubes Ashley Bernal 13 minutes and 2 minute Questions
11:29 AM	Presentation III: Autocatalytic characteristics of ultra-small ceria: oxygen-mediated tuning in nanocrystals for sensor applications Jacek Jasinski 13 minutes and 2 minute Questions
11:46 AM	Presentation IV: Synthesis and metal sequestration in nanoporous minerals Aaron Celestian 13 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
12:06 PM	Presentation V: Dual-purpose Cancer Therapy Using Functionalized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Stephanie Mattingly 13 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
12:20 PM	Presentation VI: Novel Π-Conjugated Organic Macromolecules for Organic Field Effect Transistors Begum Fouzia 13 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
12:35 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Theme III: Metrology and Characterization Nanotechnology: How atoms and electrons behave differently in nano-world Key Note speaker: 25 minutes and 3 minute question Dr. Takeshi Egami, Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee Session Chairs: Hong Luo and Kenneth Herwig
2:00 PM	Presentation I: Study of water diffusion on single-supported bilayer lipid membranes by neutron scattering Haskell Taub 13 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
2:18PM	Presentation II: Programmable bandpass active filter using memristive nanodevice Hadi Owlia 13 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
2:35 PM	Presentation III: Optical Characterization and Structural Optimization of Ordered Nanopore Structures Chunhua Wang 13 minutes and 2 minute questions
2:52 PM	Presentation IV: Synthesis, Characterization of Green Gold Nanoparticles and Its Applications in Chemistry and Biology Rajalingam Dakshinamurthy 13 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
3:09 PM	Presentation V: Synthesis and modeling of multifunctional nanomaterials from laser dewetting self-organization: Synthesis, properties, and modeling Ramki Kalyanaraman 13 minutes and 2 minutes Questions
3:30 PM	Flash Poster Session
4:00 PM	Poster Session and Vendors Cocktail and h'orderves
6:15 PM	Symposium Dinner

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Time	Events
7:00 AM	Conference Registration
8:00 AM	Theme IV: Education and Outreach Nanoscience Education and Outreach Programs in West Virginia Key Note speaker: 30 minutes and 3 minute questions Dr. Aniketa Shinde, Education/Outreach Coordinator, WVNano Initiative Session Chairs: Dayakar Penumadu and Kevin Walsh
8:35 AM	Presentation I: Educational Opportunities for Children and Youth Offered by The Center for Gifted Studies Julia Roberts 15 minutes and 2 minute questions
8:55 AM	Presentation II: Graduate and Intern Opportunities at the UT Space Institute Jacqueline A. Johnson 15 minutes and 2 minute questions
9:15 AM	Presentation III: Educational Outreach with the Sample Environment Group at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Bruce Hill 15 minutes and 2 minute questions
9:35 AM	Presentation IV: 15 minutes and 2 minute questions
9:55 AM	Break
10:15 AM	Theme V: Devices Transparent Glass Microfabrication for Optical Spectroscopy Applications in Microfluidics Key Note speaker: 25 minutes and 3 minute questions John D. Williams, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville Session Chairs: Gang Cao and Edward Kintzel
10:45 AM	Presentation I: Three Dimensional Microstructure of Polymeric Composite Materials Used in Sandwich Structures Using Dual Modality from Combined High Resolution X-Ray and Neutron Tomography Dayakar Penumadu 13 minutes and 2 minute questions
11:02 AM	Presentation II: Rapid Electrokinetic Self-Assembly and Patterning of Colloids Vanessa Velasco 13 minutes and 2 minute questions
11:19 AM	Presentation III: Trapping of Nanoparticles with Dielectrophoretic Nanoneedles Nicholas Wood 13 minutes and 2 minute questions
11:36 AM	Presentation IV: Developments in Knudsen Gas Pumps Shamus McNamara 13 minutes and 2 minute questions
11:53 AM	Presentation V: Peaklet Analysis: Software for Spectrum Analysis Bruce Kessler 13 minutes and 2 minute questions
12:10 PM	Presentation VI: Zero stitching error lithography by Raith Fixed Beam Moving Stage (FBMS) Jason Sanabria 13 minutes and 2 minute questions
12:30 PM	Buffet Lunch
1:30 PM	Load Buses and drive to WKU Center for Research and Development
2:00 PM	Tour of Facilities starting at the WKU NOVA Center
3:00 PM	Load Buses and drive back to Knicely Conference Center
3:30 PM	Closing Remarks Official End of the Symposium Dr. Edward Kintzel, Western Kentucky University Dr. Kevin Walsh, host of next years symposium at the University of Louisville