Calendar
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
May 19, 2008
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Y. Charles Cao, University of Florida
Title: TBD

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

May 13 , 2008
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
 

Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
http://www.nsec.northwestern.edu/townhalls.htm

Abbott Auditorium, Pancoe Building
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston, Illinois

Guest Speaker: Professor Fraser Stoddart

May 8, 2008
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Paul Weiss, Pennsylvania State University
Title: TBD

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

May 2 , 2008

8:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

Northwestern-Argonne Symposium
Energy - the Challenge for the 21st Century

Ryan Auditorium, Technological Institute
2145 Sheridan Rd
Evanston, Illinois

Keynote Lecturer:
Steve Chu, Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lectures:
Phillip Finck, Associate Director, Idaho National Laboratory
Steve Long, Director, Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois
William Banholzer, Chief Technology Officer, Dow Chemical Company
Michael Grätzel, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne

May 1, 2008
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Adi Eisenberg, McGill University
Title: TBD

Host: SonBinh Nguyen

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

April 23, 2008
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Philip Kim, Columbia University
Title: "Toward Carbon Based Electronics"

Host: Mark Hersam

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

April 17, 2008
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Ben O'Shaughnessy, Columbia University
Title: Nature's Nanotechnology: Force Producing Machines in the Cell

Host: Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

April 3 , 2008
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Sandra Rosenthal, Vanderbilt University
Title: Structure-Property Relationships in Functional Quantum Dots: from Biological Imaging to White Light Solid State Lighting

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

February 18 , 2008
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Manfred Kappes, MIT
Title: Selected Properties of Carbon Nanostructures: from Exotic Fullerenes to Nanotubes

Host: George Schatz

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

January 15 , 2008
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Francesco Stellacci, MIT
Title: Supramolecular Nano-Materials and Lithography

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

January 8 , 2008
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
 

Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
http://www.nsec.northwestern.edu/townhalls.htm

McCormick Tribune Center (Forum)
Northwestern University Evanston Campus
1870 Campus Drive
Evanston, Illinois

Guest Speaker: Professor Mark Ratner
Moderator: Professor Laurie Zoloth

December 19 , 2007
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
 

Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
http://www.nsec.northwestern.edu/townhalls.htm

Lurie Building, Hughes Auditorium
Northwestern University Chicago Campus
Feinberg School of Medicine
303 East Superior
Chicago, Illinois

Guest Speaker: Professor Chad A. Mirkin
Moderator: Professor Laurie Zoloth

December 13, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Younan Xia, Washington University
Title: Putting Nanostructures to Work for Biomedical Research

Host: Chad Mirkin

Pancoe-ENH, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

October 24, 2007
8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

 

International Institute for Nanotechnology
2007 Symposium

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Visit Web Site at: http://www.iinano.org/symposium/2007/

Hotel Orrington
Grand Ballroom
1710 Orrington Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201

 


October 9-10, 2007


 


Productive Nanosystems:
Launching the Technology Roadmap

Organized by SME, Battelle, and the Foresight Nanotech Institute
Endorsed by the International Institute for Nanotechnology

Double Tree Hotel Crystal City
Arlington, Virginia

 


September 10, 2007
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
 


Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE)
Annual Meeting

Technological Institute, Room L-211
2145 Sheridan Road
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

 


August 29, 2007
7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

 


Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC)
Annual Meeting

Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

 


May 24, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.


 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series

Professor Ulrich Simon, RWTH Aachen University
Title: TBA

Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

 


May 17, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.


 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series

Professor Douglas Philp, University of St. Andrews
Title: In through the Out door: Designing and Harnessing Synthetic Replication Networks

Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus



May 15, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series

Professor Gunter Schmid, University of Duisburg-Essen
Title: The Relevance of Size and Shape of Metal Nanoclusters

Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

 


May 10, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series

Professor Steve Chou, Princeton University
Title: Nanostructure Engineering--Path to Discovery, Innovation, and Commercialization

Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus



May 7, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.


 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series

Professor Jeremy Sanders, University of Cambridge
Title: Adventures in Molecular Recognition,Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries, Supramolecular Nanotubes, and Systems Chemistry

Technological Institute, LR3
2145 Sheridan Rd.
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus



April 26, 2007
1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Roger van Zee, NIST
Title: Energy-level Alignment of Aryl Thiols Chemisorbed on Metal Surfaces: Implications for Molecular Electronics


April 19, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series

Professor Albena Ivanisevic, Purdue University
Title: Fabrication and Characterization of Biological and Chemical Architechtures on Organic and Inorganic Surfaces


March 8, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 
Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor James Heath, Principal Investigator, California Institute of Technology's Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
Title: NanoSystems Biology and New Technologies for in vitro and in vivo Diagnostics of Cancer

February 15, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series

Professor Ralph Nuzzo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Title:Organizing Structure and Function at all Scales


February 12, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series

Professor Jinwoo Cheon, Yonsei University, Korea
Title: Convergence of Inorganic Nanocrystals as Probes for Biological Systems


February 8, 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Dr. James Baker, Director
Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine & Biological Sciences, University of Michigan

Title: Nanotechnology for the Advancement of Human Health


January 12 , 2007
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 
Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Bill Jones, University of Rochester
Title: Strong C-H and C-C Bond Cleavage Reactions Using Homogenous Transition Metal Complexes

December 18, 2006
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 


Tumor Cell Biology Seminar
Professor Gayle Woloschak, NU-CCNE
Title: TiO2 DNA Nanoparticles: Applications for Cancer


December 7, 2006
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 
Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Yi Lu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Title: Nanomaterials Inspired by Biology: Dynamic Assembly of Error-Free Nanomaterials in Response to Multiple Chemical Stimuli


November 17, 2006
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

 


CCNE Grand Rounds
Dr. Michael Hawkins, Chief Medical Officer, Abraxis Bioscience
Title: The Nanoparticle Albumin Bound Drug Delivery System


October 30, 2006
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 
Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Jean Frechet, University of California, Berkeley
Title: Functional Macromolecules and Their Assemblies: From Molecular Design to Applications

October 27, 2006
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Takuzo Aida, University of Tokyo
Title: Programmed Self-Assembly for Functional Nanostructures


October 19, 2006
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series

Professor Vince Rotello, University of Massacusetts, Amherst
Title: Scaffolds and Building Blocks


October 11-12, 2006
 


International Institute for Nanotechnology 2006 Symposium

McCormick Auditorium, Norris University Center
1999 Campus Drive
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus

Visit Web Site at: http://www.iinano.org/symposium/2006/


October 5, 2006
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Weihong Tan, University of Florida
Title: Molecular Profiling of Cancer: A Chemical Biology Approach


September 15, 2006
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Professor Patrick Collier, California Institute of Technology
Title: Control of Biochemical Reaction Dynamics in Restricted Environments


September 12, 2006
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 


Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Dr. Jeff Chinn , President & CEO, Applied Microstructures
Title: An Introduction to Molecular Vapor Deposition for Surface Modification

Calendar 2005-2006