Fifth Annual Meeting
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
California Institute of Technology
(Beckman Institute Auditorium)
8:00-5:00 pm
There is no fee to attend, but preregistration is required. Deadline: September 19, 2005. (see below)
Harry Atwater, Director
(NSF MRSEC)
Program | Lodging/Travel | Registration | Directions/Parking | Photo Gallery
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| Program |
| 7:30 - 8:30 am |
Check-in and Continental Breakfast
(Beckman Institute Courtyard) |
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| 8:30 - 9:30 am |
Opening Remarks and Overview
Harry Atwater, Director |
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9:30 - 10:30 am
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Keynote Address
Soft Solids for Photo-actuation, Active Surfaces, Photonics and Ferro-electrics
Mark Warner, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University |
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| 10:30 - 11:30 am |
Poster Session and Coffee Break |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 pm |
Protein Engineering Approaches to Biomaterials Design
(Interdisciplinary Research Group)
David Tirrell, Project Leader |
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| 12:30 - 1:15 pm |
Lunch (Beckman Institute Courtyard) |
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| 1:15 - 1:45 pm |
Industrial Keynote
Advanced Materials for Electronics and Aerospace Applications
Dwight C. Streit, Northrop Grumman Corporation
(Room 147 Noyes) |
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| 1:45 - 2:45 pm |
Shear Transformation Zones in Metallic Glasses and Other Random Media
(Interdisciplinary Research Group)
Bill Johnson, Project Leader |
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| 2:45 - 3:05 pm |
Ferroelectric Photonic Materials
(Interdisciplinary Research Group)
Kaushik Bhattacharya, Project Leader |
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| 3:05 - 3:25 pm |
Spin and Charge Quantum Transport in Organic/Magnetic Heterostructures for Spintronics and Optoelectronics
(Seed Project)
Oskar Painter for Nai-Chang Yeh, Project Leader |
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| 3:25 - 4:00 pm |
Break |
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| 4:00 - 4:20 pm |
Methanol Generation and its Efficient Use in Fuel Cells
(Seed Project)
Sossina Haile, Project Leader |
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| 4:20 - 5:00 pm |
Educational Outreach
Bob de Groot, Education and Outreach Coordinator
Frank Gomez, Cal State LA, NSF PREM Program |
