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Agenda

Monday, 6 April 2009

1100 – 1630 Exhibit & Poster Set-up
1500 – 1830 Registration
1700 – 1830 Exhibit Kick-off & Poster Technical Interchange
(Light Refreshments)
   

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

0700 – 1630 Registration
0700 – 0800 Continental Breakfast
0700 – 0745 Presenter’s Breakfast
0800 – 1145

Welcome & Executive Session
Session Chairs: Dr. Timothy Bunning, AFRL;
Dr. John LaScalla, ARL; Dr. Eric Snow, NRL

0800 – 0815 Welcome & Administration Comments
0815 – 0900 Major General (Retired) John Doesburg, Principal Associate Director for Global Security, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
0900 – 0945 Dr. Allan Miller, Director, Technology Requirements and Incorporation, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
0945 – 1030 Prof. Jim Heath, Director, NSB Cancer Center, California Institute of Technology         
1030 – 1100 Break & Refreshments in Exhibit Hall
1100 – 1145 Executive Panel Discussion
1145 – 1300 Lunch in Exhibit Hall – Pay-as-you-go
1145 – 1630 Exhibit & Poster Hall Open
1300 – 1630

NanoMaterials & Technology for Energy Conversion and Storage Session
Chairs: Dr. Glenn Johnson, AFRL; Dr. Karen Swider-Lyons, NRL; Dr. Kang Xu, ARL; Dr. James Snyder, ARL

1300 – 1330 “NanoMaterials for Energy and Power,”
Ms. Sharon Beermann-Curtin, DARPA/DSO
1330 – 1400 “Materials Research in Support of Army's Power and Energy Programs,”
Dr. Cynthia Lundgren, ARL
1400 – 1430 “Nanoscale Materials for Energy Storage,”
Prof. Yet-Ming Chiang, MIT
1430 – 1500 Break & Refreshments in Exhibit Hall
1500 – 1530 “Quantum Dot Solar Cells: Harvesting Light Energy with Semiconductor Nanocrystals,”
Prof. Prashant Kamat, University of Notre Dame
1530 – 1600 Understanding Electrocatalytic Pathways in Complex Reaction Centers: Next Generation Materials and Tools,”
Prof. Sanjeev Mukerjee, Northeastern University
1600 – 1630

“Hierarchical Structured Fuel Cell Materials: Electrocatalysis and Bio-electrocatalysis and Catalysts Supports,”
Prof. Plamen Atanassov, University of New Mexico School of Engineering

 

 

Wednesday, 8 April 2009

0700 – 1630 Registration
0700 – 0800 Continental Breakfast
0700 – 0745 Presenter’s Breakfast
0800 –12:00

Small Business Forum
Small Business Forum Chair:  Capt. Joseph McDermott, AFRL

1130 – 1230 Lunch in Exhibit Hall– Pay-as-you-go
1130 – 1800 Exhibit Hall Open
1230 – 1630

NanoMaterials & Technology for Electronics EM Sensing Session
Chairs: Dr. Laura Rea, AFRL; Dr. Mario Ancona, NRL;
Dr. Govind Mallick, ARL

1230 – 1300 “Carbon Nanotubes for Defense RF Electronics,”
Dr. Hong Zhang, Northrop Grumman
1300 – 1330 “Engineering at the Nanoscale - from Materials to Devices,”
Prof. Pulickel Ajayan, Rice University
1330 – 1400 “Graphene, a New Material with Electronic and Sensor Applications,”
Dr. Paul Campbell, NRL
1400 – 1430 “Electronic NanoMaterials for DoD Applications,”
Dr. Shashi Karna, ARL
1430 – 1500 Break & Refreshments in Exhibit Hall
1500 – 1530

“Graphene-based Materials,”
Prof Rod Ruoff, The University of Texas at Austin

1530 – 1600 “Hybrid NanoMaterials for Multi-spectral Infrared Photodetection,”
Prof. Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, Duke University
1600 – 1630 “Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors for Optical Communication Applications,”
Prof. Eric Dauler, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
1630 – 1800 Exhibit & Poster Technical Interchange (Light Refreshments)

Thursday, 9 April 2009

0700 – 1530 Registration
0700 – 0800 Continental Breakfast
0700 – 0745 Presenter’s Breakfast
0700 – 1230 Exhibit & Poster Tear Down
0800 – 1200

NanoMaterials & Technology for Structural Components Session
Session Chairs: Dr. Tia Benson-Tolle, AFRL;
Dr. Larry Kabacoff, ONR; and Dr. Matthew Bratcher, ARL

0800 – 0830 “Nanostructured Metals for Defense Applications: Opportunities & Challenges,”
Prof. Enrique Lavernia, University of California at Davis
0830 – 0900

“Nanocomposite Optical Ceramics: Maximizing the Optical and Mechanical Performance,”
Dr. Richard Gentilman, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

0900 – 0930 “Nanostructured Materials and Grain Boundaries in Ceramics for Enhanced Dynamic Energy Dissipation,”
Dr. Richard Haber, Rutgers University
0930 – 1000 Break & Refreshments in Foyer
1000 – 1030 “Fuel Powered and Electrically Powered Artificial Muscles Using Carbon Nanotubes and Shape Memory Alloys,”
Prof. Ray Baughman, University of Texas, Dallas
1030 – 1100 “High Volume Production of CNT Sheets and Yarns,”
Dr. David Lashmore, Nanocomp Technologies, Inc.
1100 – 1200 Panel Discussion: Transition Needs, Challenges & Opportunities
Panelists: Dr. Gail Hahn, the Boeing Company-Phantom Works;
Dr. Jeff Faul, BAE Systems;
Dr. Suraj Rawal, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company;
Mr. Steve Rodgers, ITT Integrated Structures; and
Dr. Susan Robitaille, Renegade Materials Corporation
1200 – 1300 Lunch on Your Own
1300 – 1700

The Interface between Nano/Bio and its Potential Utility Session
Session Chairs:
Dr. Rajesh Naik, AFRL; Dr. Banahalli Ratna, NRL;
Dr. Lars Piehler, ARL

1300 – 1330 “Quantum Dots and Energy Transfer: Combining Biology and Materials for New Applications,”
Dr. Igor Medintz, NRL
1330 – 1400 “Engineering Molecular and Nanowire Devices to Interface with Biological Systems,”
Prof. Cherie Kagan, University of Pennsylvania
1400 – 1430 “Analyte Sensing: A Comparison of Riboswitches and Bio-functionalized Nanoparticles,”
Dr. Morley Stone, AFRL
1430 – 1500 “Bio-enabled Synthesis of Three-dimensional Functional Nanostructures,”
Prof. Kenneth Sandhage, Georgia Tech
1500 – 1530 Break & Refreshments in Foyer
1530 – 1600 “Nanotechnology-based Platforms for Biological Agent Detection and Countermeasures,”
Dr. Ray Yin, ANP Technologies, Inc.
1600 – 1630 “Biological Nanotubes: Novel Components for the Fabrication of Energy Active Surfaces,”
Prof. James Culver, University of Maryland
1630 – 1700 “Preclinical Characterization Resources for Cancer Nanomedicines,”
Dr. Anil Patri, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
1700   2009 Nano Conference Adjourns

 

 

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