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Nano@Wayne Seminars

All Nano@Wayne Seminars are held at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium located at 42 West Warren Avenue (map it) unless otherwise noted.

The Welcome Center Auditorium is located on the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and Warren Avenue.  The following map of the university will show you where Parking Structure #3 is located, which provides the closest parking.  Parking fees are $3.50.  http://campusmap.wayne.edu/?map=parking.

Upcoming Seminars 2008 - 2009

Tuesday, September 23
Speaker: Gregory Auner, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Wayne State University/Detroit, MI
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Tuesday, October 21
Speaker: Peter Rossky, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
College of Natural Sciences
The University of Texas/Austin TX
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Tuesday, November 18
Speaker: Art Rmierz,
LGS Innovations
Tuesday, December 2
Speaker: Shaoyi Jiang, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering
Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Washington/Seattle, WA
Tuesday, January 13
Speaker: Ivan Avrutsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Wayne State University/Detroit, MI
Tuesday, February 3
Speaker: Andrew Hillier, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Iowa State University/Ames, IA
Tuesday, February 17
Speaker: Hector D. Abruna, Ph.D.
Emile M. Chamot Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University/Ithaca, NY
Tuesday, March 3
Speaker: Ram Seshadri, Ph.D.
Professor, Materials Department
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California/Santa Barbara, CA
Tuesday, March 24
Speaker: Chris Gorman, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry & Nanoscale Materials Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
North Carolina State University/Raleigh, NC
Thursday, April 9*
Speaker: Matthew Tirrell, Ph.D.
Professor and Dean of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California/Santa Barbara, CA
Tuesday, May 5
Speaker: Judith Whittum-Hudson, Ph.D
Professor, School of Medicine
Department of Immunology & Microbiology
Wayne State University/Detroit, MI

 

Previous Seminars 2007 - 2008

Tuesday, September 18
Speaker: James R. Baker, Jr., M.D.
Ruth Dow Doan Professor and Director, Center for Biologic Nanotechnology
Chief, Division of Allergy and Immunology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan/Ann Arbor, MI
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Tuesday, October 2
Speaker: Eric Jakobsson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Biochemistry Department,
Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Director, National Center for Biomimetic Nanoconductors
University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign, IL
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Tuesday, November 6
Speaker: Jaewu Choi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Wayne State University Detroit, MI
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Tuesday, December 4
Speaker: Ranganathan Kumar, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Materials and Aerospace Engineering
University of Central Florida/Orlando, FL
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Tuesday, January 15
Speaker: James W. Schneider, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University/Pittsburgh, PA
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Tuesday, February 5
Speaker: Craig L. Hill, Ph.D.
Goodrich C. White Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Emory University/Atlanta, GA
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Tuesday, February 19
Speaker: James Hone, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Columbia University/New York, NY
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Tuesday, March 4
Speaker: Steven Yalisove
Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Michigan/Ann Arbor, MI
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Tuesday, March 18
Speaker: William E. Buhro, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Associate Director, Center for Materials Innovation
Associate Editor, Chemistry of Materials
George E. Pake Professor in Arts and Sciences
Washington University/St. Louis MO
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Tuesday, April 1
Speaker: Gerard "Jerry" Lutty
G. Edward and G. Britton Durell Professor,
Department of Opthalmology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Baltimore, MD
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Tuesday, April 15
Speaker: Alan Hudson
Professor, Immunology & Microbiology
Wayne State University/Detroit, MI
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Tuesday, May 6
Speaker: Stephen K. Gray, Ph.D
Senior Chemist, Chemical Dynamics in the Gas Phase and Computational Nanophotonics
Chemistry Division and Center for Nanoscale Materials
Argonne National Laboratory/Argonne, IL
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Previous Seminars 2006 - 2007

Tuesday, September 19 (CME)
Speaker: Dr. Donald Tomalia, Central Michigan University
Topic: Dendrimer-Based Nanomedicine: Its Impact on Biology, Pharma Delivery, MRI Imaging and Polyvalent/Targeted Therapies
Location: Green Auditorium, 3rd Floor Scott Hall at 2:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, October 3
Speaker: Dr. Adi Eisenberg, McGill University/Montreal, Quebec
Topic: Block Copolymer Self-Assembly with Applications to Drug Deliver and Cellular Internalization Studies
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Tuesday, October 17
Speaker: Dr. Brian Korgel, University of Texas/Austin
Topic: Semiconductor Nanowires
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Tuesday, November 21
Speaker: Dr. Clare Yu, University of California, Irvine
Topic: The Transportation System Inside a Living Cell
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Tuesday, December 5 (CME)
Speaker: Dr. Gregory Lanza, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Topic: Molecular Imaging and Drug Delivery
Location: John D. Dingell Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), 4646 John R
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Tuesday, January 16 (CME)
Speaker: Dr. Martin Philbert, University of Michigan
Topic: Toxicology of NanoBioMaterials
Location: Welcome Center
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Tuesday, February 6 (CME)
Speaker: Dr. Paul Wooley, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Topic: Biological Responses to Nanoparticles – Does Size Really Matter?
Location: Welcome Center
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Tuesday, February 20
Speaker: Dr. Erhard Rothe, Department of Chemical Engineering
Topic: Arrays of Nanobumps Created with Laser Light Applied to Micrometer-Sized Spheres
Location: Welcome Center
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Tuesday, March 6
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Lindsey, North Carolina State University
Topic: Ultradense Information Storage with Hybrid Molecular/Semiconductor Chip
Location: Welcome Center
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Tuesday, March 20
Speaker: Dr. Alex Benderskii, Department of Chemistry
Topic: Coherent Nonlinear Spectroscopic Studies of Molecular Structure and Dynamics at Interfaces and Nanostructures
Location: Welcome Center
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Tuesday, April 3
Speaker: Dr. David Oupicky, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Topic: “Smart" Self-Assembly Nanostructures for Delivery of Nucleic Acids
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Tuesday, April 17 (CME)
Speaker: Dr. Jayanth Panyam, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Topic: Nanotechnology-Based Approaches to Overcome Tumor Drug Resistance
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Previous Seminars 2005 - 2006

September 20, 2005 Dr. Sandro da Rocha
Novel Formulations for the Pulmonary Delivery of Polar/Bio Molecules
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October 4, 2005 Dr. Paul McEuen
Carbon Nanotubes: Transistors, Sensors, and Tiny Guitars
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October 18, 2005 Dr. Peter Hoffmann
When a Liquid is Not a Liquid: The Mysteries of Nanoconfined Fluids
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November 1, 2005 Dr. Bhanu Jena
Discovery of the Molecular Mechinery & Mechanism of Cell Secretion
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November 15, 2005 Dr. Esin Gulari
Perfomance Enhancing Nano-scale Fillers for Polymer Composites
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December 6, 2005 Dr. Vladimir Shalaev
Nanophotonics: Coupling Light to Nanostructures with Plasmons
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December 20, 2005 Dr. Guangzhao Mao
AFM Characterization of Various Nano-Systems
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January 17, 2006 Dr. David Benson
Nanoparticle-Based Biosensors
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February 7, 2006 Dr. E. Fred Schubert
Innovations in Light Emitting Diodes for Solid-State and Smart Lighting Applications
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February 21, 2006 Dr. Charles Winter
Growth of Nanoscale Thin Films by Atomic Layer Deposition
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March 7, 2006 Dr. Mark Ratner
Charge Transport in Molecular Junctions - Tunnel Barriers and Beyond
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March 21, 2006 Dr. Claudio Verani
Bio-inspired Complexes of Phenol-containing Ligands: From Soft Materials to Ground-state Switches
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April 4, 2006 Dr. Joseph Hupp
Adventures with Nanostructured Molecular Materials
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April 18, 2006 Dr. Evi Goldfield
Molecular Hydrogen Inside Carbon Nanotubes: Quantum Sieving, Rotational Structure and Extreme Confinement
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May 2, 2006 Dr. Cathy Murphy
Synthesis, Assembly and Reactivity of Metallic Nanorods
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May 16, 2006 Dr. Stephanie Brock
Synthesis and Properties of Nanoparticles and Nanostructures: From Phosphide Nanoparticles to Chalcogenide Aerogels
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CME Accreditation:

The Wayne State University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Wayne State University School of medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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