Sunday, 25 August 2002

Day of Tutorials

9:00am-12:00noon  Tutorials

coffee break at 10:30am

2:00pm-5:00pm  Tutorials

coffee break at 3:30pm

Roanoke Room

Tutorial #1       NanoRobotics

Prof. Aristides Requicha

Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Director, Laboratory for Molecular Robotics
Computer Science Department
University of Southern California

Prof. Requicha’s tutorial will survey the latest developments in molecular machines and nanorobots.  Special emphasis will be placed on SPM-based nanomanipulation.

 

Roanoke Room

Tutorial #5      Introduction to Nanostructure Technology and Physics

Prof. Stephen Chou

Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Princeton University

 

Prof. Chou’s tutorial aims to meet the needs of an audience desiring to obtain an overview of
current nanofabrication methods, applications, and commercialization.

Rappahannock Room

Tutorial #2      Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Techniques in Nanotechnology

 

Prof. John Melngailis

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Maryland

 

Prof. Melngailis will discuss past, current and emerging techniques and capabilities of focused-ion beam (FIB) technology and will describe forefront applications of FIB to nanofabrication.

 

(Tutorial is cancelled)

Rappahannock Room

Tutorial #4      Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) Techniques in Nanotechnology

Dr. Joseph Stroscio

Electron and Optical Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Dr. Stroscio’s tutorial will highlight recent advances in scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and will describe established STM techniques and capabilities.  Dr. Stroscio will describe how these advances are contributing to the science of nanotechnology research.

(Tutorial is cancelled)

James Room

Tutorial #3    Hot Carrier Transport and Noise in Nanostructures

 

Prof. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay

Department of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University

 

 

The tutorial by Prof. Bandyopadhyay will focus on transport in quantum-based
structures with emphasis on phonon effects.

 

(Tutorial is cancelled)

James Room

Tutorial #6     Ion Currents in Nanoscale Membrane Channels

 

Prof. Robert Eisenberg

Francis N. and Catherine O. Bard Professor of Physiology and Head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Physiology

Rush University

 

Prof. Eisenberg’s tutorial will focus on the mechanisms by which ions move through biological membranes.  Prof. Eisenberg will discuss the physics of ion movement and present forefront models describing how ions cross the 4-nanometer-thick membranes that are ubiquitous and play a central in role in biological systems.

(Tutorial is cancelled)