Agenda

Tuesday, June 19, 2007
8:00-8:30am Registration and Breakfast
Raytheon Amphitheater, 240 Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
8:30-9:00am Ahmed Busnaina, William Lincoln Smith Professor and Director, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Northeastern University,
High-rate Directed Assembly of Nanoelements
9:00-9:30am Mizuhisa Nihei, Senior Researcher, Nanotechnology Research Center, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Carbon Nanotube Via Interconnects Fabricated by Novel Damascene Process
9:30-10:00am Brent Segal, CoFounder and Chief Operating Officer, Nantero, Inc.
Carbon Nanotube Metrics for Nanomanufacturing
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:00am Tom Tiano, Strategic Program Manager, Nanomaterials, Foster Miller
Carbon Nanotube-Based Nonwoven Felts for EMI Shielding
11:00-11:30am Michael J. Heller, Departments of Bioengineering/Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego
Turning Bio-Derivatized Nanoparticles into Higher Order Structures and Devices
11:30am-12:00pm James Lee, Helen C. Kurtz Professor, Director, NSF Center for Advanced Polymer and Composite Engineering, Ohio State University
Affordable Polymer Micro/Nanomanufacturing for Biosensors and Drug Delivery Devices
12:00-1:15pm Lunch
1:15-1:45pm Mark Tuominen, Professor, Department of Physics, Co-Director of the NSF Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing and MassNanoTech, Director National Nanomanufacturing Network, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Nanomanufacture and Physics of Nanomagnets Made by via Block Copolymer Templates
1:45-2:15pm Robert E. Cohen, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Functional Thin Film Coatings Based on Polymer Multilayers and Block Copolymers
2:15-2:45pm Shinji Matsui, Professor Nanotechnologist, Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry, University of Hyogo
Room Temperature Nanoimprint Technology and Mold Repair by Focused Ion Beam
2:45-3:15pm Break
3:15-5:30pm Nanomaterials and Nanostructures:
From the Laboratory to the Marketplace
(Showcasing Companies from Canada)

Session Chair: Dr. Faruq Marikar, Nanobiz, LLC

  • Introductory Comments on Commercializing Nanotechnology: Dr. Charles Brumlik, Nanobiz, LLC
  • Mr. Éric Bouchard, Tekna Plasma Systems Inc. - Pure Nanopowders via Induction Plasma
  • Dr. Darren Anderson, Northern Nanotechnologies - Dispersible Nanopowders from Aqueous Solutions
  • Mr. Franck Bennardi, Nanoledge - Nanotube Reinforced Matrices for Composites
  • Dr. Juan Schneider, Nanometrix - Ultra-thin Coatings at a Meter a Minute
  • Mr. Ric Asselstine, PackagingOne Corporation - One Company's Journey from Concept to Commercialization in Smart Labels
  • Dr. Andre Arsenault, Opalux - Nanostructured Large Area Color Displays with Low Energy Consumption
  • Dr. Mark Andrews, Silk Displays - Plastic Knowledge
5:30-7:30pm Poster Session and Reception
African American Institute - Cabral Center

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
8:00-8:30am Registration and Breakfast
Raytheon Amphitheater, 240 Egan Research Center, Northeastern University
8:30-9:00am Diane Mundt, Senior Manager, Environ
Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials: Are the Workers Safe?
9:00-9:30am Michael Ellenbecker, Director, Toxics Use Reduction Institute, Universtiy Massachusetts Lowell
Evaluation of Exposure to Nanomaterials
9:30-10:00am Steven Hoey, Environment, Safety and Health Manager for the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Department of Energy Nanoscience Research Centers Approach to Nanomaterial ESH
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:00am Samuel Lipson, Director of Environmental Health, Cambridge Biosafety Committee, Cambridge Public Health Department
Local Oversight of Emerging Technologies, The Cambridge Experiment
11:00-11:30am Antony Klapper, Partner, Reed Smith
Risk Mitigation Strategies For Companies Manufacturing Engineered Nanomaterials: A Legal Perspective
11:30am-12:00pm SOCIETAL PANEL DISCUSSION
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-1:30pm Jin-Goo Park, Professor of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea
Reverse Imprinting Technology for Electrochemical Plastic Biochip Fabrication
1:30-2:00pm Martin Culpepper, Rockwell International Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miniature machines for nano-scale research and manufacturing: A new model for equipment and instrumentation
2:00-2:30pm Benoit Simard, Principal Research Officer, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada
NRC’s approach at developing SWNT-based high performance materials
2:30-3:00pm Glen Miller, Professor of Organic Chemistry and Materials Science, University of New Hampshire
Reversible Chemical Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes for Greater Dispersion (sans Surfactant) and Processability
3:00-3:30pm Joey Mead, Professor, Plastics Engineering, University Massachusetts Lowell
Nanomanufacturing with Polymers
Northeastern University

NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing
467 Egan Center
120 Forsyth Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 373-6012


NSF Center for Nano and Micro-contamination Control

The George J. Kostas Nanoscale Technology and Manufacturing Research Center at Northeastern University

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (Award # NSF-0425826)

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