California NanoSystems Institute
CNSI
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Monday, March 19
3:00pm Welcoming Remarks
Ric Kaner; Conference Chair
3:15-6:50 pm Environmental Nanotechnology: Implications & Applications
Eric M.V. Hoek, Session Chair
  • Benjamin Gilbert, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Nanogeoscience: Material Science Lessons from Natural Nanoparticles


  • Sarah C. Larsen, University of Iowa, Nanocatalysts for Environmental Technology


  • Debra R. Rolison, Naval Research Laboratory, Architectural Nanoscience en route to the Integrated Multifuction Necessary for Enhanced Energy Storage and Conversion


  • Nora Savage, US Environmental Protection Agency, Nanotechnology - Potential Environmental Benefits and Risks


  • Wei-xian Zhang, Lehigh University, Nanoscale Zero-valent Iron for Environmental Remediation: Materials and Environmental Chemistry


  • Andre Nel, UCLA CNSI, The UC Lead Campus for Nanotoxicology at UCLA and use of an Oxidative Stress Paradigm for Nanomaterial Assessment
7:00-8:30pm Dinner Reception
8:45-10:15pm Environmental Nanotechnology: Implications & Applications
Eric M.V. Hoek, Session Chair (Cont'd)
Tuesday, March 20
8:30 am Opening Remarks
Leonard Rome, CNSI Associate Director
8:45 - 9:15 am Board Member Remarks
Paolo Gargini, Intel Fellow, Technology and Manufacturing Group Director, Technology Strategy INTEL CORPORATION
9:15 am Graduate Student & Postdoc Presentations
10:00 am - 1:35 pm End of the Roadmap for Nanoelectronic Options: Speculation or Reality
Jason Woo, Session Chair
  • Suman Datta, Intel Corporation, Recent Advances in Silicon and Non-Silicon Nanoelectronic Devices for High-Performance, Energy Efficient Electronic Applications


  • James Hutchby, Semiconductor Research Corporation, Computing Beyond CMOS Domination - A Physics Perspective


  • Peter Peumans, Stanford University, Improved switches using conformational feedback in zero- and one-dimensional field effect devices


  • Eli Yablonovitch, UCLA CNSI, The Transistor Will Have to be Replaced by a Low Voltage Switch
1:35 - 5:30 PM Free Time
5:30 - 7:00 pm Cocktails & Dinner
7:00 - 10:00 pm Energy Generation & Storage by Nanotechnology
Yang Yang, Session Chair
  • Arun Majumdar, UC Berkeley, Direct Thermal to Electrical Energy Conversion Using Nanostructured Materials and Devices


  • Daniel G. Nocera, MIT, Energy Storage by Water-Splitting


  • John Turner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Semiconductor Materials and Tandem Cells for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production


  • Omar Yaghi, UCLA CNSI, Pores without Walls for Clean Energy
Wednesday, March 21
9:00 am - 12:35 pm Nanobiomaterials for Tissue Engineering & Drug Delivery
Heather Maynard, Session Chair
  • Kazunori Kataoka, University of Tokyo, Smart Supra-Molecular Assemblies of Block Copolymers as Nanocarriers for Gene and Drug Delivery - Challenge to Intracellular Nanomedicine


  • Theresa Reineke, University of Cincinnati, Synthetic Design and Biological Study of Glycopolymers for Cellular Gene Delivery and Imaging


  • Molly Shoichet, University of Toronto, Biology-Inspired Polymer Design in Targeted Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering


  • Benjamin Wu, UCLA CNSI, Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine
12:35 pm Closing Remarks
5:30 - 9:00 pm CNSI Members Retreat

Thursday, March 22
9:00 - 4:00 pm CNSI Members Retreat