Princeton University, Friend Center March 19-20, 2007

Nanoparticulates in colloids have much promise in the manufacture of bulk devices and components. In this presentation, the opportunities provided by well-dispersed inorganic nanoparticulates are reviewed. The dispersion technique that we have developed for nanocolloids is based on an approach presented by Zsigmondy almost one hundred years ago, protection-dispersion. The talk will focus on the manufacture of mesoscale structures including MEMS, multilayer components, and surgical instruments.

The design of artefacts commonly involves the convergence of many technologies; this re-mains true for artefacts now being created at the nanoscale. However, round about 2000 the phrase ???converging technologies??? acquired a special interpretation related to the convergence of biotechnology, nanotechnology, information technology and cognitive science (acronym BNIC) for the improvement of ???human performance.???

Date: December 8, 2006 Location: NSF, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230, USA | more info Contact person: Juan DePablo, University of Wisconsin-Madison [email protected] 1415 Engineering Dr. Madison, WI 53706 Tel: (608) 262-7727 Fax: (608) 265-3782 Download Agenda .pdf

Center PI Christopher Bowman gave a talk titled "Introduction to Photopolymerizations: From Mummification to Nanotechnology" at the annual national conference for the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans (SACNAS) held in Denver in September 2005.

2006 MRS Fall Meeting November 27 - December 1, 2006 Exhibit: November 28 - 30 Hynes Convention Center & Sheraton Boston Hotel Boston, MA more details on MRS site

The Annual Eli Burstein Lecture in Materials Science this year will be give by Professor Paul M. Chaikin, on November 2nd at 4:00 pm in the Hoff Lynch Lecture Room, Department of Chemistry (DRL building).

This two-day workshop will bring together a group of scientists working on the fundamentals of charge transport across interfaces, adhesion and deformation at small scales, material transport, and functional applications of contacts. http://www.princeton.edu/~pccm/Symposium/irg3workshop06.html

On September 26, 2006, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), and its Materials Digital Library (MatDL) Pathway hosted a workshop at NSF Headquarters in Arlington, VA with participants from several Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC). Representatives from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NSF, NSDL Core Integration, and the MatDL Pathway took part.

Link to University of Chicago Directors Meeting page Thursday, April 13: Introductions/ Dinner/ Poster Session (Burnham Room, Intercont. Hotel and Gleacher Center, rm. 621)