Annenberg Presidential Conference Center
Bush Library and Museum Complex
Texas A&M University Campus
Agenda

*Denotes speaker mismatched with session topic due to travel commitments. 7/15/07

August 7, Tuesday

• 4:00 – 5:00 PM Graduate Student Poster Session I set up - Annenberg Lobby Area
  Industry/ Entrepreneur display set up, Room 1011 B
• 5:15 – 8:00 PM Reception – Annenberg Lobby Area
  Industry Displays Open - Room 1011 B
• 5:30 PM Nano Summit opening remarks - Annenberg Lobby Area
  Dr. G. Kemble Bennett, Vice Chancellor for Engineering
• 5:40 – 6:00 PM International Research Opportunities - Dr. May Akrawi, Vice Consul,
  Science & Innovation British Consulate General & Dr. Roland Herino, Attaché,
  Science & Technology Consulate General of France
• 6:00 – 8:00PM Poster session. (Judges will be circulating.) - Annenberg Lobby Area

August 8, Wednesday

• 7:00 – 7:30 AM Poster Set Up for Session II, Annenberg Lobby Area
• 7:00– 8:15 AM Breakfast Buffet Room 1011C
• 7:30 – 8:15 AM Poster Session II (Judges will be circulating) Annenberg Lobby Area
  Industry displays open Room 1011B
• 8:30 – 8:40 AM Welcome – DR. G. KEMBLE BENNETT Auditorium B
  Vice Chancellor of Engineering, Texas A&M University System &
  Dean, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University

SESSION I: NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS AND COATINGS - Auditorium B

• 8:45 AM MR. BARRY DRAYSON, CEO, NanoComposites, Inc., Collaborating for the Success of a Disruptive Technology
• 9:10 AM DR. LENORE DAI,* Asst. Professor, Chemical Eng. Texas Tech University, Fundamentals and Applications of Pickering Emulsions in Nanotechnology
• 9:30 AM DR. HAIYAN WANG, Asst. Professor, Electrical Eng., Texas A&M University, Nanostructured Functional Ceramic Thin Films and Applications
• 9:50 PM DR. ADELA BEN-YAKAR,* Asst. Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
• 10:10 – 10:30 AM NETWORKING BREAK / POSTER SESSION Annenberg Lobby Area
  Industry displays open Room 1011B

SESSION II: NANODEVICES AND INTERCONNECTS - Auditorium B

• 10:30 AM DR. MICHELLE LONDA,* Research Professor, Texas State University, Nanocomposites – New Materials and New Opportunities
• 10:50 AM DR. KEVIN F. KELLY, Asst. Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rice University
• 11:10 AM DR. WEIDONG ZHOU, Asst. Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
• 11:30 AM DR. YEHIA MASSOUD, Assoc. Professor, Electrical & Computer Eng., Rice University
• 11:50AM-NOON Transition to luncheon keynote
• NOON Luncheon & Keynote address: DR. ZHONG LIN “ZL” WANG, Regents’ Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, From Nanogenerators to Nano-Piezotronics Room 1011C
• 1:00 – 1:30 PM NETWORKING BREAK / POSTER SESSION Annenberg Lobby Area
  Industry displays open Room 1011B

SESSION III: NANOBIO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Auditorium B

• 1:30 AM DR. LI SHI,* Assoc. Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Thermal Transport and Thermoelectric Energy Conversion in Nanomaterials
• 1:50 PM DR. ROBERT MAGNUSSON, Resonant Sensors, Inc. Resonance Effects in Nanopatterned Photonic-crystal Films and their application in Biosnesors, Tunable Filters and Displays
• 2:15 PM DR. JUN KAMEOKA, Asst. Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University; Nanochannel devices for molecular sensing
• 2:35 PM DR. MARGARET S. CHEUNG, Asst. Professor, Physics, University of Houston, Manipulating Biopolymer Dynamics by Anistropic Nanoconfinement
• 2:55 – 3:15 PM NETWORKING BREAK / POSTER SESSION

SESSION IV: NANOCONFINED MATERIALS, SURFACES, AND INTERFACES

• 3:15 PM DR. THOMAS M. TRUSKETT, Asst. Professor, Chemical Eng., University of Texas at Austin, Randomness and Runniness of Nanoscale Fluids
• 3:35 PM DR. JAMES BATTEAS, Assoc. Professor, Chemistry, Texas A&M University
• 4:00PM- 4:20 PM CONFERENCE SUMMARY AND AWARD FOR BEST POSTER.