WVNano Research Symposium
May 11, 2009
Erickson Alumni Center, West Virginia University

7:50-8:20am            Registration and Continental Breakfast                                                        

8:20-8:30am            Welcome
David Lederman, WVNano Interim Director                Grand Hall - A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Session I: Device Fabrication & Nano/Bio Device Integration I
Chair: Xian-An Cao
Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering & WVNano, West Virginia University
Room 110 &111

8:30- 8:50am           In-situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Epitaxial Magnetic/Spintronic
Art Smith, Department of Physics & Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University

8:50-9:10am            Photonic Crystal-Based Optofluidic Biosensors
Jeremy Dawson, Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering & WVNano, West Virginia University

9:10-9:30am            Nanofabrication and Directed Self-Assembly
J. Alexander Liddle, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology

9:30-9:50am            Digital Synthesis: A Pathway toward New Materials
Tiffany Santos, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory

9:50-10:10am          Nanofabrication and the Characterization of Biochemical Reaction Systems
Scott Retterer, Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

10:10-10:30am        Nanoplasmonics and Chip-scale Instrumentation for Spectroscopic Sensing and Manipulation of Light and Matter
Hong Koo Kim, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        10:30-10:40             Break                               Club Room
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Session II: Device Fabrication & Nano/Bio Device Integration II
Chair: Peter Perrotta
Department of Pathology & WVNano, West Virginia University
Room 115

10:40-11:00am        Microbial Interactions with Engineered Nanomaterials
Kelvin Gregory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, Carnegie Mellon University

11:00-11:20am       Investigations of Molecular Motion and Separation in a Traveling Wave Electrophoresis System
Lloyd Carroll, C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry & WVNano, West Virginia University

11:20-11:40am        Development of an Integrated Microfluidic Device For RNA Structural Analysis
Bin Wang, Department of Chemistry & WVNano, Marshall University

11:40-12:00am        Nanostructured Electrochemical  Biosensors
Nick Wu, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering & WVNano, West Virginia University

12:00-12:20pm        Where are the Reactive Sites? – A Theoretical Investigation on (001) and (101) Surfaces in Anatase Nanoparticles
James Lewis, Department of Physics & WVNano, West Virginia University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        12:20-1:30pm          Buffet Lunch                     Grand Hall - A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Session III: Problems in Nano/Bio Sciences
Chair: Xiaodong Shi
C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry & WVNano,
West Virginia University
Room 110 &111

1:30-1:50pm            The Microarchitecture of Mitochondria at Brain Synapses Revealed by Electron Tomography
George Spirou, Director, Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University

1:50-2:10pm            Molecular Sensitive Detection in Nonlinear Optical Microscopy
Feruz Ganikhanov, Department of Physics & WVNano, West Virginia University

2:10-2:30pm            Sensing Applications for Molecular Recognition Elements
Letha Sooter, Department of Biology & WVNano, West Virginia University

2:30-2:50pm            Cardiovascular Effects of Pulmonary Inhalation of Nanoparticles: Influence of Particle Surface Area
Vincent Castranova, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University

2:50-3:10pm    Nano Particle Inhalation Impairs Micro Vascular Reactivity and Nitric Oxide Bioavailability
Timothy R. Nurkiewicz, Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, West Virginia University       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     3:10-3:20pm            Break                        Club Room
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Session IV: Education and Outreach
Chair: Michelle Richards-Babb
C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry & WVNano,
West Virginia University
Room 115

3:20-3:40pm            Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education and Outreach: Current Status and Future Directions
J. Kasi Jackson, Center for Women’s Studies & WVNano, West Virginia University

3:40-4:00pm            Characteristics of the Novice Learner
Jeffrey Carver, Department of Curriculum and Instruction/Literacy Studies, West Virginia University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        4:00-6:00pm     Poster Session and Reception  Grand Hall - B