| Sunday Nov. 3, 2013 |
| Welcome and Plenaries I & II |
| 10:00 |
Welcome |
Wunmi Sadik |
Barbara Karn |
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| 10:30 |
Nanotechnology Today |
Mike Roco |
NSF |
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| 11:15 |
Measuring Sustainability: Emerging Metrics |
David Allen |
University of Texas at Austin. |
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| 12:00 |
LUNCH* |
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| Session 1A Green Synthesis & Green Manufacturing |
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Title |
Speaker |
Institution |
Co-Author |
Co-Author |
| 1:00 |
Green Synthesis: An Integral Part of Sustainable Nano |
Barbara Karn |
NSF |
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| 1:25 |
Green Nanotechnology—A sustainable and Economically Imperative Interdisciplinary Approach |
Kattesh Katti |
University of Missouri |
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| 1:50 |
Selecting Benign Reagents for the Synthesis of Metal Nanostructures |
Scott M. Reed |
Univ of Colorado Denver |
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| 2:10 |
Nano-Catalysts with Magnetic Core: Sustainable Applications in Chemical Synthesis |
Rajender S. Varma |
USEPA |
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| 2:30 |
Assessing “Green” Synthesis Processes for Nanoparticles through a Life Cycle Perspective |
Paramjeet Pati |
Virginia Tech |
Peter J. Vikesland |
Sean McGinnis |
| 2:45 |
Synthesis of Millimeter-Long Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays on Aluminum Oxide Buffer Prepared by Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Boehmite Nanoplates |
Haitao Wang |
University of Notre Dame |
Chongzheng Na |
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| 3:00 |
Cellulose Nanocrystal - Biopolymer Nanocomposites: Biomimicry meets Polymer Processing |
Christopher L. Kitchens |
Clemson University |
Jose Luis Orellana |
Esteban E. Urena Benavides |
| 3:15 |
BREAK |
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| 3:30 |
Nanomanufacturing and Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges |
Ahmed Busnaina |
Northeastern University |
Joey Mead |
Jacqueline Isaacs |
| 4:00 |
Multi-stage Stochastic Integer Programming Model for Sustainable Nanomanufacturing Capacity Expansion Planning |
Serkan Erbis |
Northeastern University |
Sagar Kamarthi |
Jacqueline A Isaacs |
| 4:15 |
Effect of recycling on the properties of carbon nanotube polymer nanocomposites |
Joey Mead |
U Mass Lowell |
Jinde Zhang |
Artee Panwar |
| 4:30 |
Preventing Carbon Nanotube-Leaching from Polymer Matrices: A Study of Sulfonated Polysulfone-Carbon Nanotube Ultrafiltration Membranes |
Charles-Francois de Lannoy |
Duke University |
Katie Gloe |
Mark Wiesner |
| 4:45 |
Engineering safer, transparent, UV-absorbing ZnO nanorods with minimal genotoxicity |
Georgios A. Sotiriou |
Harvard University |
Alison Elder, Christa Watson, Kimberly M. Murdaugh, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Joseph D. Brain |
Philip Demokritou |
| 5:00 |
END OF SESSION |
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| Session 1B Environmental Applications |
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Institution |
Co-Author |
Co-Author |
| 1:00 |
What can Engineering Applications of Nanomaterials tell us about the Environmental Implications of Nanomaterials? |
Greg Lowry |
Carnegie Mellon |
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| 1:25 |
Environmental Applications of graphene oxide nanocomposites on surfaces |
Debora F. Rodrigues |
University of Houston |
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| 1:40 |
Detection of Heavy Metals with Graphene Oxide-Based Biosensors |
Ming Li |
West Virginia University |
Nianqiang Wu |
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| 1:55 |
Absolute Disinfection of Drinking Water using Green Nanostructured Biomembranes |
Idris Yazgan |
SUNY Binghamton |
Nian Du |
Omowunmi A. Sadik |
| 2:10 |
Electrically Conducting Carbon Nanotube - Polymer Composite Membranes for Fouling Prevention |
David Jassby |
UC Riverside |
Wenyan Duan |
Alexander Dudchenko |
| 2:25 |
Carbon Nanotube-Enabled Ozonation For Removal Of Organic Micropollutants During Water Treatment |
Rebekah Oulton |
University of Iowa |
David M. Cwiertny |
Jason Haase |
| 2:40 |
A robust, energy-free, sustainable point-of-use water purification system |
Mingliang Zhang |
Stanford University |
Xing Xie |
Shan X. Wang |
| 2:55 |
Ultra-Sentitive Nanosensors for Determination, Monitoring and Mapping of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon in Polluted Waste Water |
Hlamulo Makelane |
Univ of the Western Cape |
Emmanuel I.Iwuoha |
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| 3:10 |
BREAK |
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| 3:30 |
Paper Based Sensors for Environmental Contaminants |
Marjorie R. Willner |
Virginia Tech |
Rebecca H. Lahr |
Peter J. Vikesland |
| 3:45 |
Aptamer-functionalized Gold Nanoparticles for the Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus |
Maria Riquelme Breazeal |
Virginia Tech |
Pruden, Amy |
Vikesland, Peter |
| 4:00 |
A Low-Temperature Precursor Route to Nanocrystalline Zinc Oxide for Arsenic Remediation |
Evangeline Rukundo |
Oklahoma State University |
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| 4:15 |
Food Starch Coated Iron Nanoparticles for Application in Contaminant Remediation |
Mary Pate |
North Dakota State University |
Senay Simsek |
Achintya Bezbaruah |
| 4:30 |
Large Air Volume Real Time Nano-Aerosol Monitoring System |
Maria D. King |
Texas A&M Univ |
Victor M. Ugaz |
Raymond M. Pierson |
| 4:45 |
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Graphene-Supported Platinum Nickel Nanoalloy as Catalyst for Nitroaromatic Reduction |
Hanyu Ma |
University of Notre Dame |
Chongzheng Na |
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| 5:00 |
END OF SESSION |
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| Session 1C Agriculture & food Curriculum/Education |
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Institution |
Co-Author |
Co-Author |
| 1:00 |
Characterization of Food Grade Titanium Dioxide |
Paul Westerhoff |
Arizona State University |
Kyle Doudrick |
Yu Yang |
| 1:25 |
Nanosensors in agriculture and environmental sustainability |
Ashok Mulchandani |
UC Riverside |
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| 1:45 |
A Novel, Chemical free Intervention Nanotechnology For Fresh Produce Surface Disinfection Using Engineered Water Nanostructures |
Phillip Demokritou |
Harvard University |
Georgios Pyrgiotakis |
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| 2:05 |
Engineered Nanomaterials and Agricultural Crops- Co-contaminant Interactions and Trophic Transfer |
Jason C. White |
CT Agricultural Exper. Station |
Baoshan Xing |
Lee Newman |
| 2:25 |
Fate of nanoceria in Red kidney beans and its filial generation: Differential response to soil quality |
Sanghamitra Majumdar |
U TX El Paso |
Jose R. Peralta-Videa |
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey |
| 2:40 |
Effects of Soil-Delivered Manufactured Nanomaterials on Soybean Plants |
John H. Priester |
UCSB/UC-CEIN |
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey |
Patricia A. Holden |
| 2:55 |
Sorption and Chemical Transformation of CeO2 Nanoparticles in Soils |
Yuji Arai |
Clemson Univ |
Jessica Dahle |
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| 3:10 |
BREAK |
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| 3:30 |
Integrating Sustainablity Aspects into a Nanoscience Program |
Deb Newberry |
Dakota Country Tech College |
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| 3:50 |
Building a new nanotechnology curriculum utilizing Industry-Univ partnerships |
Robert I. MacCuspie |
Florida Polytechnic Univ |
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| 4:05 |
Public Engagement in Sustainable Nanotechnology |
Catherine Nameth |
UC CEIN |
Christine Truong |
Hilary Godwin |
| 4:20 |
The Virginia Tech Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program in Sustainable Nanotechnology |
Peter Vikesland |
Virginia Tech |
Amy Pruden |
Linsey Marr |
| 4:35 |
Interdisciplinary Nano Tools Course at the Univ of Rhode Island |
Vinka Oyanedel-Craver |
University of Rhode Island |
Geoffry Bothun |
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| 4:50 |
Blogging at Sustainable-Nano.com: Informal Science Education & Professional Development |
Lee M. Bishop |
U Wisconsin - Madison |
Robert J. Hamers |
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| 5:05 |
END OF SESSION |
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| 6:00 |
Reception/Cash Bar |
| 7:00 |
DINNER* and BUSINESS MEETING |
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| * These meals are provided with the conference registration. |