Presentations and Schedule

Tuesday June 22, 2010 - Nano Environmental, Health, and Safety
7:30 AM Registration and Networking Continental Breakfast
8:25 AM Opening Remarks
Jackie Isaacs, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Northeastern University
8:30 AM What! EPA is Regulating Me? TSCA Approaches to Managing Industrial Nanomaterials
Kristan Markey, Environmental Protection Agency
9:00 AM Why a Prevention-Based Approach to Managing the Risks of Engineered Nanomaterials Makes Sense and How To Get There
Hilary Godwin, Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, UCLA
9:30 AM Protecting the Health and Safety of Nanomaterial Workers: A Progress Report
Paul Schulte, CDC/NIOSH
10:00 - 10:15 AM Networking Break
10:15 AM Overview of Nanoparticle Health and Safety
Michael Ellenbecker, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, University of Massachusetts Lowell
10:45 AM Effect of Nanomaterial Surface Properties on their Bioavailability to Cells, Fish, and Plants
Richard Vachet, NSF Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, University of Massachusetts Amherst
11:15 AM Engineered Nanomaterials: Linking Physicochemical Properties with Biology
Shu-Feng Hsieh, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, University of Massachusetts Lowell
11:45 AM Multidisciplinary Approaches and Insights into the Ecotoxicology of Engineered Nanomaterials by the UC CEIN
Patricia Holden, Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, UCSB
12:15 - 1:30 PM Conference Buffet Luncheon and Networking
1:30 PM Nanosafety Consortium for Carbon
John Monica, Porter Wright LLC
2:00 PM Nanoparticle Exposure Assessment and Control
Candace Tsai, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, University of Massachusetts Lowell
2:30 PM Nanotechnology and Environmental Governance: The Problem(s) of Uncertainty
Chris Bosso, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Northeastern University
3:00 - 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM Application of Toxicogenomics for Toxicity Assessment and Screening of Nanomaterials
April Gu, Northeastern University
4:00 PM Modeling Tools for Environmental and Economic Uncertainties in Nanomanufacturing
Jackie Isaacs, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Northeastern University
4:30 PM Investigating the Life Cycle Risks of a Nanomaterial in Paint using Nano LCRA
Jo Anne Shatkin, CLF Ventures
5:00 - 7:00 PM Conference Reception and Poster Session
Wednesday June 23, 2010 - Nanomanufacturing
7:30 AM Networking Continental Breakfast
8:25 AM Opening Remarks
Jeffrey Morse, National Nanomanufacturing Network
8:30 AM Nanoimprint Technology for Large Area Patterning and Its Applications
JaeJong Lee, Korean Institute of Machinery and Materials, Nanomechanical-Systems Division
9:00 AM Macroscopic Arrays of Block Copolymers with Areal Densities of 10 Terbit/inch2 and Beyond
Tom Russell, NSF Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, University of Massachusetts Amherst
9:30 AM Measurement Challenges in Nanomanufacturing
James A. Liddle, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute for Standards and Technology
10:00 - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM Commercialization of Carbon Nanotube Materials for Coatings and Composites
David Arthur, Southwest Nanotechnologies (SWeNT)
11:00 AM Template Directed Assembly of Polymer Blends into Nonuniform Geometries at Multiple Length Scales
Joey Mead, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, University of Massachusetts Lowell
11:30 AM Large Area CoNi Stress Free Electroformed Mold for Nanoimprint Lithography
Jin-Goo Park, Micro Biochip Center, Materials Engineering , Hanyang University, Korea
12:00 - 1:30 PM Conference Buffet Luncheon and Networking
1:30 PM Carbon Nanotube Based Thermoelectric Devices
Tom Van Vechten, Nanocomp Technologies
2:00 PM Manufacturing Development of Thin, Flexible Photovoltaics
Eitan Zeira, Konarka
2:30 PM Concepts and Manufacturing Challenges for Nano Photovoltaics
Loucas Tsakalakos, GE Global Research
3:00 - 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM Printable, Novel CNT Inks with V2V™ Technology
William Hurley, CHASM Technologies
4:00 PM Large-Area Dense Plasmonic Nanoarrays for Surface Enhanced Raman Applications
Vladimir Liberman, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
4:30 PM High-Speed Maskless Photolithography for Customized Nanomanufacturing
Henry Smith - LumArray/MIT
5:00 PM End Day 2
Thursday June 24, 2010 - Nanomanufacturing
7:30 AM Networking Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM Opening Remarks
Jeffrey Morse, National Nanomanufacturing Network
8:50 AM Large Scale Directed Assembly of SWNTs and Nanoparticles for Electronics and Biotechnology Applications
Ahmed Busnaina, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Northeastern University
9:25 AM NanoImprint Lithography for Roll-to-Roll Process Platforms
Ken Carter, NSF Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, University of Massachusetts Amherst
10:00 - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM Use of Self-Assembled Monolayers and Light to Tailor Adhesion on Surfaces for Nanomanufacturing Applications
Jim Whitten, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, University of Massachusetts Lowell
11:00 AM Development of Melt Spun Polymer Nanofibers
Stephen A. Fossey, US Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center
11:30 AM Atomic Layer Deposition for Nanomanufacturing
Eric Deguns, Cambridge NanoTech
12:00 - 1:30 PM Conference Buffet Luncheon and Networking
1:30 PM Tooling for Injection Molded Micro and Nanoscale Features
Carol Barry, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, University of Massachusetts Lowell
2:00 PM Improving the Performance of Starch Film by Engineering the Interaction of Nanocrystalline Cellulose Fillers with Starch Molecules
N. Vigneshwaran, Department of Food Science, Rutgers University
2:30 PM Design, Fabrication, Assembly and Characterization of a SWNT Switch for Non-volatile Memory Applications
Sivasubramanian Somu, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Northeastern University
3:00 PM Conference Adjourns