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REGISTER NOW! Thursday, Feb 28 * 9 am - 5 pm SCSU's Atwood Center * St. Cloud, MN
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Thank You, Conference Supporters & Exhibitors!
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St. Cloud State University's College of Science & Engineering and NanoVox are co-hosting this third annual REGIONAL conference -- a full day of informative and educational sessions featuring current nanotechnology research and development in Environment, Energy, Medicine and Nano Applications. Attendees and Speakers are from academia and industry throughout Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. We hope you will plan to join us!
This conference format offers an opportunity for speakers to reach audiences outside of the "usual" scope targeted by their respective applications. We're committed to "cross-pollination," if you will, as we recognize nanoscale science spans industry sectors and this region will benefit by everyone learning from each other!
CONFERENCE AGENDA
8 a.m. Registration -- Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. Morning Keynote Speaker Dr. Ted Wegner, Assistant Director of the USDA Forest Products Laboratory; Madison, WI
Dr. Wegner will share the FPL's R&D in nanocellulose and their efforts to work with industry and academia to form a public-private partnership to move the commercialization of cellulosic nanomaterials forward. Additionally, Dr. Wegner has been involved with the National Nanotechnology Initiative since 2006 and will share insights into its programs of work, as well as the focus of cellulosic nanomaterials commercialization efforts in Canada, Finland, and Japan.
a. Atri Rungta, 3M: The Role of Nanotechnology in the Changing Energy Landscape
b. Viktor Nemykin, University of Minnesota-Duluth: Photoinduced and Redox Driven Electron Transfer Processes in Organometallic Porphyrins and their Analogues - Perspective Compounds for Light Harvesting and Molecular Electronics
c. Evguenii Kozliak, University of North Dakota: Thermal Cracking of Triacylglycerides to Produce Sustainable Fuels
d. Qiquan Qiao, South Dakota State University: Kelvin probe force microscopic study of nanoscale interlayers in double junction organic solar cells
a. Rick Odland, TwinStar Medical:The Interface of Hollow Fibers and the Interstitium
b. Carol Hirshmugl, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and
Allison Hubel, University of Minnesota: MicroFluidics and Micro-scale Infrared Imaging - a marriage of important advances for dynamic chemical studies of cells.
c. Tom Primiano, NanoOncology: Targeting EVI-1 in Solid Tumors
d. Wade Eichhorn, 7-Sigma: Flexible Carbon Nanotube Sensors
Luncheon Keynote Speaker Dr. Greg Haugstad, Director of the Characterization Facility (CharFac) at the University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN
Nanoscale Characterization for Biomedical Technology
Dr. Haugstad will provide highlights of equipment capabilities via vignettes on microscopic, spectroscopic and physical property characterization using state-of-the-art tools. The UMN CharFac aids over 100 faculty research programs; a substantial and growing portion of the activity is in the biomedical technology arena. CharFac also serves dozens of companies large & small and other higher-ed institutions ranging from major research universities to 2-year technical colleges.
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
General Group Session
Introduction to NanoVox, a five-state regional mechanism to find and link technology, products, expertise and resources, serving as a tool for researchers and developers leveraging nanotechnology to accelerate commercialization..
Environment
a. Sarah Larsen, University of Iowa: Applications of Porous Nanomaterials to the Adsorption of Environmental Contaminants and Drug Delivery
b. Sarah Petitto, St. Cloud State University: Analysis of the Oxide Capping Layer on Magnetite (111) Under Environmental Conditions
c. Surgei Usmanov, MembraneX: Synthetic Semi-Permeable Membranes for Water Purification Application
Nano Applications Showcase
a. Ian Armstrong, Bruker: Nanoelectrical: Combining traditional electrical AFM modes with Bruker's Peak Force Tapping
b. Jeffrey Schirer, Hysitron: Nanomechanical Testing and Applications Pertaining to Energy, the Environment, and Medicine
c. Mark Reitsma, Asylum Research: Tools and methods for nanoscale investigations in Energy, Environment and Medicine
3:30 p.m. NETWORKING RECEPTION Featuring research posters and exhibitors.
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NanoVox | 612.597.9738 | lynne.osterman@nanovox.net | www.nanovox.net NanoVox P.O. Box 41368 Minneapolis, MN 55441-0368 |
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