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NANOTECHNOLOGY 101 SYMPOSIUM SEMINAR August 26, 2004 AGENDA
Agenda: 7:30 a.m. 8:00 a.m. Arrival and Networking
8:00 a.m. 8:15 a.m. Welcome Bruce Swenson, SAIC & Vic Pena, nanoTitan Murty Polavarapu, BAE Systems
8:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker (Presentation) Dr. James Ellenbogen, Senior Principal Scientist, MITRE Nanosystems Group Topics:
9:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m. Panel Discussion Bruce Swenson, Moderator
9:00 9:05 Introduction of Panelists Bruce Swenson
9:55 10:10 Q&A facilitated by Bruce Swenson
10:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m.- Break
10:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Nanotech Demonstration David Wood, NanoSonic
10:45 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Presentation(s): Nanotech workforce preparation and Career and Education opportunities.
10:45 10:50 Introduction of presenters Murty Polavarapu 10:50 11:20 Mr. Robert Latham, TJHSST, Fairfax County Public Schools (Presentation) 11:20 11:40 Dr. Estela Blaisten, George Mason University, Nanotech Certificate Program (Presentation) 11:40 11:50 Ms. Tiffani Payne, NVTC (Presentation) 11:50 12:00 Q&A facilitated by Murty Polavarapu
Topics:
12:00 a.m. 12:45 p.m. Lunch Discussions
Topic: Roundtable discussions among teachers about the LESSON PLAN handouts:
12:45 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Bruce Swenson, SAIC Murty Polavarapu, BAE Systems
Sponsors: IEEE-Northern Virginia Section and NVCC BAE Systems
Guest Biographies
Dr. James C. Ellenbogen, Senior Principal Scientist, MITRE Nanosystems Group
Dr. James C. Ellenbogen is Senior Principal Scientist in the MITRE Nanosystems Group and Principal Investigator of MITRE's Nanosystems Modeling and Nanoelectronic Computers Research Project. During the past twelve years he has devoted his energies to furthering the science and technology for designing and developing electronic computers integrated on the nanometer scale (i.e., the molecular scale). In that effort he has collaborated in the development of unique designs for molecular-scale electronic devices and co-authored several widely cited technical articles on nanoelectronics and nanotechnology. Also, he is the inventor or co-inventor of key patented nanotechnology innovations. In 1997, Dr. Ellenbogen assisted Program Managers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in initiating the DARPA Molecular Electronics ("Moletronics") Program, which is having success in developing electronic computer processors and memories that are integrated on the molecular scale. Dr. Ellenbogen also is a Principal Investigator and a technical contributor in that world-leading R&D program. More recently, he has been assisting the Government with detailed plans for future R&D programs that will exploit Moletronics technology for next-generation applications in nanomaterials, nanosensors, and other aspects of next-generation information systems. He has lectured widely on nanotechnology, nanocomputers, and molecular-scale electronics. In addition, he is the author of a number of technical papers on the modeling, simulation, and testing of military systems; on the theory of command and control; and on diverse topics in computer science, physics, and chemistry. Dr. Ellenbogen received his Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of Georgia in 1977, as well as an M.S. in chemical physics from the University of Wisconsin in 1972. He taught at several universities before joining The MITRE Corporation in 1984. As part of his duties at MITRE, Dr. Ellenbogen also is the Coordinator of the MITRE Student Program, which he helped to found in 1989. He is the recipient of the 1984 Barchi Prize of the Military Operations Research Society and the DARPA Ultra Electronics Program Outstanding Service Award in 1998. Murty S. Polavarapu, Senior Principal Engineer, BAE Systems Murty S. Polavarapu is a Senior Principal Engineer at BAE Systems in Manassas, VA. Over the last nineteen years, he has worked on all facets of semiconductor technology with a special focus on developing and manufacturing advanced CMOS memory and logic products. His current interests include application of nanotechnology to meet the needs of DoD/Space systems. He holds Masters degrees in Physics from India, Electrical Engineering from Howard University and Management of Technology from University of Pennsylvania. He has been awarded eight patents in semiconductor technology. Mr. Polavarapu is a Senior Member of IEEE , Chair-Elect of the IEEE Northern Virginia Section, and Chair of the Northern Virginia/Washington/Baltimore Chapter of IEEE Society for Social Implications of Technology. He is active in the Atlantic Nano Forum and the Nanotechnology Committee of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. He is a member of the IEEE-USA Pre-College Education Committee, the IEEE-USA Research and Development Policy Committee and serves as a regional editor for IEEE Electron Devices Society Newsletter.
Dr. Brian Helmke is currently Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. In 1992, Dr. Helmke completed the interdisciplinary Management & Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a B.S. in bioengineering and a B.S.Econ. in multinational management from The Wharton School. Dr. Helmke received his Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego and then moved back to Penn for a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Medicine and Engineering. Since moving to UVA, Dr. Helmke has been active both in establishing a new undergraduate major in biomedical engineering and in planning and teaching advanced graduate courses in quantitative physiology, cell biomechanics, and vascular biology.
Dr. Helmke's lab at UVA employs a multidisciplinary biomedical engineering approach to understand the relationship between intracellular mechanics and cell function. Expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) fused to cytoskeletal or other proteins makes it possible to visualize endogenous intracellular structures. High-resolution optical sectioning microscopy, deconvolution, and 3-D image restoration provide quantitative spatial and temporal information. Additional quantitative image processing tools are under development to analyze intracellular movement, molecular interactions, and biochemical response. Finally, nanotechnology-based tools for manipulating cell mechanics at the molecular scale are under development in collaboration with the UVA Center for Nanoscopic Materials Design. Thus, projects in Dr. Helmke's laboratory bring together a joint biomedical engineering, molecular and cell biology, and materials science approach to understanding cellular physiology.
Robert Latham, Fairfax County Public Schools
Robert Latham is the Director of the Optics and Modern Physics Laboratory at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. In this position, he works with 20-30 student research projects annually and teaches courses in quantum physics, laser optics, and electronics into which he integrates topics involving nanotechnology. For the past 18 years, he has successfully pursued his goal to challenge students with strong abilities and interests in science and technology with contemporary research problems. This has been achieved partly through collaboration with engineers and scientists who are mentors for student research. From the mentoring provided by these professionals and from mentoring supervision he has personally provided for student research projects conducted in his own lab, Robert Latham has aided numerous students whose research projects have been honored with awards in the Intel Science Talent Search and at the Regional, State, and International Science and Engineering Fairs. He has served as Department Chair of the Research, Pre-Engineering, and Technology programs at Jefferson and for ten years has published an 80 page regional student research journal called Teknos. In 1991, Robert Latham was the recipient of the Fairfax Co. Chamber of Commerces High Tech Heroes in Education Award and in 1998 was selected as the national winner of the Intel Excellence in Education Award presented formally at the 1998 International Science and Engineering Fair. His educational background includes a BA in Mathematics, an MS in Physics, and the Contemporary Optics Graduate Program at the University of Rochesters Institute of Optics. He has published both technical and educational articles in physics and computer science, has given numerous workshops and presentations at national conventions, and his lab was featured on the cover of US News and World Report. In addition to his work at Jefferson, he has done scientific contract work for the US Naval Research Lab, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and Atlantic Research Corporation. He currently also serves part time as an adjunct professor for the University of Virginia.
Estela Blaisten-Barojas, George Mason University
Dr. Blaisten received her Ph. D. degree in Physics from Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (formerly Paris VI), France, in 1974. After fifteen years as a professor of theoretical physics at the Institute of Physics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, she joined the School of Computational Sciences at George Mason University in 1992, where she founded and led the Computer Design of Materials group. Her research interests focus on fundamental studies of the dynamics of atomic and molecular nanoclusters and surfaces, development of model potentials, thermodynamic processes, non-linear non-equilibrium phenomena, and phase transformations. Her group has been particularly active in large-scale simulations of cluster-cluster aggregation of soft materials, including colloids. She has been a faculty senator for 9 years, chair of multiple university committees, and has been a panelist in numerous NSF, NASA, DHS science and educational panels. She coordinates the Mason Nanotechnology Forum, and is part of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology editorial board.
Gary Harris, Ph.D., Howard University Dr. Gary L Harris, P.E. received his doctorate, masters and BSEE degrees from Cornell University in Electrical Engineering-Electro-Physics in 1980, 1976 and 1975 respectively. Dr. Harris currently is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Materials Science Research Center of Excellence at Howard University in the School of Engineering located in Washington, DC. Dr. Harris is also serving as Director of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) at Howard and was Associate Vice President for Research from March 1995 to October 2000. While at Howard, Dr. Harris has published well over than 60 peer reviewed scientific articles; edited five books; presented over 100 papers at scientific conferences and was conference Chairman of the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials; a participant and lecturer in the International School of Solid-State Device Research in Erice, Trapani, Sicily; received the 1987 Electrical Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award, the National Society of Black Engineers 1985-86 Scientist of the Year Award and was chairman of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Washington Section Electron Devices Group 1984-85. He has worked on several multimedia productions including “Chips are for Kids” and “Safety First” and was featured in the PBS Special “Stuff of Dreams”, WNET.
Gary Prinz, Ph.D., Naval Research Laboratory Dr. Prinz is currently a Senior Scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He has been active in the field of solid state magnetism for over thirty years and has published over 150 papers in this area. Starting in 1980, he pioneered the epitaxial growth of magnetic materials on semiconductors. In recognition of that contribution he was presented the Sigma Xi Applied Physics Award in 1983, was elected a Fellow of the American Physics Society in 1984, and was elected to the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars in 1991. He has delivered more than 70 invited lecturers at national and international meetings, universities, and research laboratories in North America, Europe, and Asia. He served as the Program Chairman for the 1996 Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials; Chairman of the Management Advisory Committee, National Consortium for Microwave Ferrites; organizer of the National Consortium for Applications of Giant Magnetoresistance, and was Guest Editor for the April 1995 Issue of Physics Today devoted to "Magnetoelectronics" authoring the article "Spin Polarized Electronics." He also served as Advisory Editor to the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials; and General Chairman for the 1998 Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.
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