2008

Ongoing Internship opportunity:
Graduate students: Interested in communicating the excitement and relevance of nanoscale science & engineering research to the public.
Apply for 1-week internships at the Museum of Science, Boston. During the one week, you will work with with museum staff to develop a 15 minute presentation on nanoscale research suitable for presentation to museum audiences, and a 5-10 minute video story about your research. Internships are offered quarterly, and are open to Harvard graduate students, including first year students.
Please contact Kathryn Hollar (hollar@seas.harvard.edu) to apply.

January 6-8, 2008
Frontiers in Nanoscale Science and Technology Workshop
Pharmazentrum Hall 1, U Basel
For more information: http://nsec.harvard.edu/fnst/index.htm

January 6-8, 2008
MPA-2008: 2nd International Meeting on Develpoments in Materials, Processes and Applications of Nanotechnology
Robinson College, University of Cambridge (UK)
send us your Abstract info@mpa-2008.org. Submitted papers will be reviewed for publication in the International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (JNN).
For more information: www.mpa-2008.org

January 24, 2008
Innovation and Technology: Nanoscience is Big
House of Sweden, Washington DC
rsvp to: RSVP-hos@foreign.ministry.se

January 29-30, 2008
Joint Symposium on Molecular Nanosystems
Rapid progress in the field of "molecular assembly systems" and "supramolecular chemistry" has provided an opportunity to design and synthesize special "molecular assemblies" with ordered structures and functions. This symposium will focus on the current status of work in molecular materials and nano-systems and the prospects for future research. Participants will be researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and from the Global COE at Kyushu University drawn from multiple disciplines including biology, medicine, chemistry and bioengineering.
Poster sessions with oral descriptions will be given by PhD students from both institutions.
The Symposium will conclude with a special panel discussion on the challenges of creating research collaborations between universities and corporations
Auditorium of California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
University of Californai, Los Angeles

Februray 5, 2008
NRI e-Workshop: presented by NRI's new partner the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and consists of four parts, each 20 minutes in length:
Nanoelectronics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
presented by David Seiler, Chief, Semiconductor Electronics Division
Test Structures to Enable Emerging Nanoelectronics
presented by Curt A. Richter, Semiconductor Electronics Division
Spin Transfer Effects in Magnetic Nanostructures
presented by William Rippard, Stephen Russek, Ranko Heindl, Thomas Silva, Electromagnetics Division and Matthew Pufall, Denver University
Speed Bumps in Graphene
presented by Joseph A. Stroscio, NIST Fellow, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology

To participate in this e-Workshop, please register on-line at http://nri.src.org/member/engine/event/EventDetail.asp?EventID=3139
All 2008 NRI e-Workshop will be presented via Adobe Acrobat Connect and an integrated phone bridge (new this year). To participate, all you need is a computer (Mac or PC with Flash 7 installed) with internet connection and a phone line. Multiple sites may participate from each company.

February 6-9, 2008
The Frontiers in Microrheology Workshop, CNSI, UCLA
This workshop, sponsored jointly by the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter and the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, will bring together many of the users and developers of microrheological techniques- both theorists and experimentalists to review the principal successes of microrheology, share exciting recent advances, and make plans for carrying this field forward into its second decade. The workshop will provide participants the opportunity to help the microrheology community define and achieve its new goals.
http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/conferences/microrheology/

February 18-22, 2008
15th Winterschool on New Developments in Solid State Physics "Mauterndorf 2008"
Kur- und Kongresszentrum Bad Hofgastein, Providence of Salzburg, Austria.
For more information: http://www.ghpt.at/

February 21-22, 2008
WIN Workshop on Ferromagnetic Devices, Circuits and Applications
Planned to be a 1.5 day workshop that will bring together the most renowned scientists from academia and industry working in the space of new ferromagnetic based devices and circuits. The workshop will aim to answer the tough questions of ferromagnetic based devices and circuits such as a) What will spin logic devices look like in 5 years, 10 years and beyond? b) What experiments would be required to demonstrate their function? c) What performance benefits are expected? (power, speed, functionality, and d) How will they be interconnected to perform information processing?
For more information: http://www.win-nano.org/

February 28, 2008
Deadline for Research Experience for Undergraduates Applications
REU is a 10-week summer residential community of undergraduates participating in research affiliated with Harvard Faculty. The Program will run from June 8-August 16, 2008. Students receive a stipend of $3800, a modest travel stipend, and housing at no additional charge.

REU participation is open to any continuing undergraduate student who will not graduate before December 2008. Applicants must be Citizens or Permanent Residents of the United States.

The online application is available at www.reusite.seas.harvard.edu/application.
For more information on past projects and participants, please visit www.eduprograms.seas.harvard.edu/reu.htm

Questions about the REU may be directed to Dr. Kathryn Hollar at hollar@seas.harvard.edu

Feb. 29-March 1, 2008
Frontiers of Spintronics and Coherent Spin Phenomena in Semiconductors, a Symposium in Honor of Emmanuel Rashba, on the occasion of his 80th birthday
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 33 Oxford Street, Maxwell Dworkin room G115
For more information: http://cns.fas.harvard.edu/rashba

March 7, 2008
Origins of Life: The Earth, the Solar System, and Beyond
Cosponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Origins of Life Initiative,
9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
To register: http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB227BGXN7WBE

March 8-15, 2008
Rencontres de Moriond: Quantum Transport and Nanophysics
The 2008 session will focus on the rapidly developing fields of charge and spin transport in graphene and two-dimensionnal systems, quantum dots, quantum wires, carbon nanotubes, molecules, superconducting and ferromagnetic hybrid structures and dots. Special emphasize will be put on the dynamical properties in relation with quantum-preparation, -manipulation, -coherence and -detection of simple systems.
La Thuile, Italy
For more information: http://moriond2008.lpa.ens.fr/

March 18-20, 2008
QWIKI08 Quantum Computing in Waikiki 2008. Honolulu, Hawaii
International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences that aims to stimulate ideas on practical applications of quantum computers. Physicists, computer scientists, material scientists and computational biologists with an interest in quantum computing are encouraged to attend.
http://icces.org/cgi-bin/ices08/pages/index

March 26-29, 2008
NCLT 3rd Annual Faculty Workshop for Learning & Teaching in Nanoscale Science
Alabama A&M University in Normal, AL
For more information: http://www.nclt.us

March 29-April 6, 2008
Nanodays.The NSF Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network is organizing the first nationwide celebration of nanotechnology in Spring 2008. The NSEC based at Harvard will be hosting several activities during the week. Please check back for updates this spring!
For more information: www.nsec.harvard.edu/pages/nanodays.htm

April 7-11, 2008
International Symposium on Advanced Nanodevices and Nanotechnology (PLMCN8)
Tokyo, Japan
For more information: http://www.plmcn8.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

April 14-17, 2008
INC4: Fourth International Nanotechnology Conference on Communications and Cooperation
Hitotsubashi Hall, in Tokyo, Japan
For more information: http://www.inc4.jp/

April 21-24, 2008
6Th Annual Nanomaerials for Defense Conference. This Year's Topics include:
Nano-Scale Production Challenges, Photonics and Magnetics, Nano-Enabled Multifunctional
Structures & Materials, Nanoscience Around the World, Autonomous Responsive Surfaces Structures
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington National Airport, Arlington, VA
For more information visit: https://www.usasymposium.com/nano/ttl.htm

June 1-5, 2008
NSTI Nanotech 2008, Hynes Convention Center, Boston MA
Abstracts, IP and Ventures due February 1, 2008
For more information: http://www.nsti.org/Nanotech2008/

June 22-24, 2008
ISPM: International Scanning Probe Microscopy conference
10th meeting in a continuing series of international meetings featuring research on SPM, Sensors, and Nanostructures. Seattle, Washington
For more information: http://ispm.bris.ac.uk/

June 23-24, 2008
2008 Device Research Conference (DRC) UCSB.
The oldest, continuously-running semiconductor conference in the world, and has long been a place where very new device ideas first start being discussed. It is a fairly small conference, with a good mix of university and industry researchers, and it cultivates a very informal atmosphere.
For more information: http://drc.ee.psu.edu/

June 27, 2008
7th Annual Symposium: "Nanotechnology and Cancer: The Power of Small Science"
The Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Symposium focuses on cutting edge research that holds new promise for understanding and conquering human disease.
Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For more information: http://web.mit.edu/ccr/news/symposium.htm

July, 2008
Purdue Summer 2008 Programs: Electronics from the Bottom Up
Purdue is offering an educational initiative designed to promote a new approach to electronic devices that is very different from the standard approach of extrapolating the traditional concepts of microelectronics onto the nanoscale. Instead they start with concepts that are sound at the nanoscale and build them up to connect with the familiar concepts of microelectronics at the micro/macro scales. The professors believe that this bottom-up viewpoint will provide engineers with a unique perspective that will make them more effective in exploiting the exciting possibilities afforded by nanoelectronics. NRI believes our members may benefit from attending. Three short courses will be offered: July 14-18: Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics by Supriyo Datta July 21-25: Nanoscale Transistors by Mark Lundstrom (mornings) and Percolative Transport in Electronic Devices by Muhammad Alam (afternoons) Space is limited so register early.
For more information: http://www.ncn.purdue.edu/News/Latest/2008_NCN_Purdue_Summer_School,_Electronics_from_the_Bottom_Up

July 20-25, 2008
ICN+T 2008: The 2008 International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology will be held at the Keystone Resort and Conference Center in Keystone Colorado. The conference will provide an international forum for discussion of the latest developments in nanoscale science and technology and recent advances in scanning probe microscopy and related techniques. This meeting originates from two former international meetings on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy and related techniques and Nano. These two conferences were major contributors to developing nanotechnology and the nano revolution in the US and world communities.
For more information and registration: http://www.icnt2008.us/

July 28- August 1, 2008
IUMRS-ICEM 2008, International Conference on Electronic Materials
Sydney, Australia
Abstract submissions close February 15, 2008
For more information: http://www.aumrs.com.au/ICEM%2D08/

August 10-15, 2008
Nanoscience and Engineering Symposia, SPIE Optics and Photonices 2008 Conference
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California
The NanoScience and Engineering International Symposia expects to feature over 700 papers covering the broad interdisciplinary reach needed to exploit the explosive growth of commercial and research opportunities in nanotechnology.
Abstracts due January 28, 2008
For more information: http://spie.org/nanoscience-engineering.xml