Events: 2012

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  • 06 Feb 2012
    10:30 PM GMT 
    to 06 Feb 2012
    12:30 AM GMT 

    NCN@Purdue Student Professional Development Seminar - Scientific Presentations that Impress, Dr. Krishna Madhavan

    Category: Seminar

    The purpose of this talk is to demonstrate to students the art and science of making presentations that allow them to tell a story about their work. Many times as students prepare for their job interviews or for conferences - they are so engrossed in the scientific details of their presentations...

  • 12 Mar 2012
    4:30 PM GMT 
    to 12 Mar 2012
    5:15 PM GMT 

    nanoHUB presentation at TMS 2012

    Category: Conference

    Online materials modeling and simulation at nanoHUB.org by Alejandro Strachan In this talk I will describe nanoHUB.org a cyber-infrastructure for online simulation, learning, and collaboration serving over 200,000 users annually. I will focus on simulation tools and learning material of...

  • 28 Mar 2012
    4:00 PM BST 
    to 28 Mar 2012
    5:00 PM BST 

    How Can IntelliSuite v8.7 Benefit MEMS Research and Teaching

    Category: Other

    Abstract - IntelliSuite was the first MEMS-specific CAD tool and has been under development for over 20 years. In this webinar, understand how this industrystandard software can help MEMS designers, process engineers, and professors save time and costs in the development cycle, share their...

  • 29 Mar 2012
    8:30 PM BST 
    to 29 Mar 2012
    11:30 PM BST 

    Richard Stallman - The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System

    Category: Seminar

    Richard Stallman will give a talk titled "The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linus Operating System" in ME 1130 from 4.30-7.30 pm on Thursday, March 29th, 2012, followed by time for questions and interaction with the audience. Richard Matthew Stallman is a software developer and software...

  • 05 Apr 2012
    9:30 PM BST 
    to 07 Apr 2012
    6:00 PM BST 

    Enhance Your Teaching Effectiveness Using nanoHUB.org Resources

    Category: Conference

    Issues and opportunities for designing effective learning environments in nanoscale science and engineering using nanoHUB.org resources. Registration is open through February 27 or until all seats are filled.

  • 06 Apr 2012
    4:30 PM BST 
    to 06 Apr 2012
    9:30 PM BST 

    SIAM@Purdue's 4th Annual Computational Science and Engineering Student Conference (CSESC)

    Category: Conference

    This student conference is organized primarily by the officers of Purdue’s chapter of SIAM and is geared to providing an opportunity for students here at Purdue to present their interdisciplinary computational research. This conference unites students in multiple disciplines across Purdue, as...

  • 24 Apr 2012
    4:00 PM BST 
    to 24 Apr 2012
    5:00 PM BST 

    Webinar: CAD Tools for Co-simulation and Modelling of MEMS Devices, Associated Electronics and Packaging- Part 2

    Category: Other

    Abstract: This talk will present how MEMS CAD tools coupled with standard analog and digital design tools may be used for the co-simulation and modeling of MEMS devices, their associated electronics and packaging in commercial MEMS systems. Examples will be given of important co-design issues...

  • 26 Apr 2012
    1:00 PM BST 
    to 27 Apr 2012
    7:00 PM BST 

    Nanodays 2012 at Purdue

    Category: Other

    Come to Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center for an exciting event showcasing nanoscience and nanotechnology for people of all ages. Lots of hands-on activities and demonstrations. Nanodays is free and open to the public, Thursday and Friday, April 26 & 27, from 9am-3pm.

  • 02 May 2012
    12:00 PM BST 
    to 03 May 2012
    9:00 PM BST 

    Illinois 2012: CNST Annual Workshop

    Category: Conference

    Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology Annual Workshop

  • 21 May 2012
    12:00 PM BST 
    to 01 Jun 2012
    9:00 PM BST 

    Illinois 2012: Biophotonics Summer School (biomolecular sensing, nanoprobes, nanoscopy, nanoplasmonics, and more...)

    Category: Conference

    10 days: 4 hours of lectures per day, 4 hours of laboratory and computing per day TOPICS: Principles of Biophotonics, Technology and methods of investigation, Current research (e.g. biomolecular sensing, nanoprobes, nonlinear microscopy, nanoscopy, nanoplasmonics)Leading speakers from Illinois,...

  • 22 May 2012
    1:00 PM EDT 
    to 24 May 2012
    9:00 PM EDT 

    Software Bootcamp 2012: Building Scientific Tools

    Category: Conference

    Introduction to the Rappture Toolkit for incoming students in the NCN SURF program. Learn the basics of scientific programming in MATLAB, Fortran, and other programming languages. Use the Rappture toolkit to accelerate the development of interfaces for scientific tools. Get your tools online at...

  • 23 May 2012
    12:30 PM BST 
    to 23 May 2012
    10:15 PM BST 

    Illinois 2012: Workshop on Programmable Functional Materials (WPFM 2012)

    Category: Conference

    The Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory (FSMRL) will host the Workshop on Programmable Functional Materials on May 23, 2012. This workshop brings together leaders in the fields of materials assembly, computation, and theory with an emphasis on soft functional materials. Invited...

  • 05 Jun 2012
    5:00 PM BST 
    to 05 Jun 2012
    6:00 PM BST 

    Nanoscale Heat Transfer for Emerging Energy Technologies - COMPLIMENTARY ASME Webinar

    Category: Other

    Nanoscale materials have emerged as promising candidates for a variety of direct energy conversion applications ranging from photovoltaics to thermoelectrics. Further, nanoscale materials can also improve traditional energy processes by enhancing heat transfer and other transport characteristics....

  • 06 Jun 2012
    12:00 PM BST 
    to 07 Jun 2012
    9:00 PM BST 

    Illinois AMC 2012 6th Advanced Materials Characterization Workshop

    Category: Conference

    This workshop provides a critical, comparative and condensed overview of mainstream analytical techniques for materials characterization with emphasis on practical applications. The workshop will cover the following techniques: Atomic force microscopy (AFM) X-ray diffraction,...

  • 11 Jun 2012
    12:00 PM BST 
    to 22 Jun 2012
    9:00 PM BST 

    Integrated Computational Materials Education Summer School

    Category: Conference

    To take advantage of rapidly growing computational resources, the field of materials science is increasingly relying upon computational materials science and engineering software tools. The ICMEd Summer School will give you an introduction to the theory and practice of these advanced...

  • 12 Jun 2012
    12:00 PM BST 
    to 15 Sep 2012
    9:00 PM BST 

    Call for papers : Doped Nano-structures For Energy and Electronic Applications

    Category: Other

    Dear All, We have the pleasure to inform you that we are organizing a (peer-reviewed) themed issue entitled 'Doped Nano-Materials for Energy and Electronic Applications' to be published in 'Advanced Chemistry Letters'. A journal published by the American Scientific Publishers, this...

  • 19 Jun 2012
    3:00 PM EDT 
    to 19 Jun 2012
    5:00 PM EDT 

    Rappture Update and Q&A

    Category: Seminar

    We have instituted a monthly session where developers can come hear an update on what's new, demo their tools for suggestions from the community, see new tools demonstrated, and ask questions of the HUBzero Rappture experts. This is a good chance for new developers to see what others are doing...

  • 16 Jul 2012
    12:30 PM GMT 
    to 20 Jul 2012
    9:00 PM GMT 

    NCN Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up - Register Now!

    Category: Conference

    NCN’s Electronics from the Bottom Up (EBU) is an innovative educational initiative cosponsored by Intel, NCN, and Purdue University – to introduce students to new ways of thinking about electronic devices. New concepts and approaches, emerging from current research on nanoscience, are applied to...

  • 17 Jul 2012
    3:00 PM EDT 
    to 17 Jul 2012
    5:00 PM EDT 

    Rappture Update and Q&A

    Category: Seminar

    We have instituted a monthly session where developers can come hear an update on what's new, demo their tools for suggestions from the community, see new tools demonstrated, and ask questions of the HUBzero Rappture experts. This is a good chance for new developers to see what others are doing...

  • 18 Jul 2012
    1:00 PM EDT 
    to 18 Jul 2012
    6:30 PM EDT 

    EM.Cube Advanced Workshop

    Category: Conference

    The NNIN at the University of Michigan will be hosting an Advanced Workshop showcasing EM.Cube’s suite of electromagnetic modeling and RF design tools. This is a sequel to a previous introductory workshop held at NNIN in January 2012, which introduced EM.CUBE’s modular simulation environment.

  • 23 Jul 2012
    12:00 PM BST 
    to 27 Jul 2012
    11:00 PM BST 

    Illinois 2012: Summer School on Computational Materials Science Quantum Monte Carlo: Theory and Fundamentals

    Category: Conference

    2012 Icon This school brings together scientists from the fields of geophysics, physics, materials science, chemistry and high-performance computing to learn fundamentals of Quantum Monte Carlo theory and its applications. The school format includes morning lectures and afternoon interactive...

  • 30 Jul 2012
    12:00 PM BST 
    to 10 Aug 2012
    9:00 PM BST 

    Illinois 2012: BioSensing BioActuation BioNanotechnology Summer Institute

    Category: Conference

    Deeper understandings of biological systems and advances in nanotechnology have provided new opportunities to make significant progress in mechanobiology, biosensing and dynamic control of engineered systems, with wide range of applications such as cancer research. In order to take advantage of...

  • 07 Aug 2012
    12:00 PM EDT 
    to 09 Aug 2012
    9:00 PM EDT 

    The 3rd International Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications (ICNFA'12)

    Category: Conference

    As globalization leads to increasing interaction among regions and peoples of the world, it is important to encourage multi-disciplinarity in emerging scientific topics such as nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, even though rapidly growing, is still in its infancy and has given rise to numerous...

  • 29 Aug 2012
    3:00 PM EDT 
    to 29 Aug 2012
    4:00 PM EDT 

    Webinar: Anisotropic Etch Simulator for MEMS

    Category: Seminar

    The NNIN at the University of Michigan will be hosting a presentation on ” Anisotropic Etch Simulator for MEMS”, which will be broadcast live as a web based seminar. IntelliSuite was the first MEMS-specific CAD tool and has been under active development for over 20 years. In this webinar,...

  • 29 Aug 2012
    9:30 PM EDT 
    to 29 Aug 2012
    11:30 PM EDT 

    NCN@Purdue Student Welcome Event

    Category: Seminar

    This event will kick off the Fall 2012 Professional Development Event Series. All NCN-affiliated students are expected to attend. Pizza and soda will be served.

  • 05 Sep 2012
    12:00 PM BST 
    to 07 Sep 2012
    9:00 PM BST 

    SISPAD 2012 - The International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices

    Category: Conference

    The International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD) provides an international forum for the presentation of the leading-edge research and development results in the area of process and device simulation. SISPAD is one of the longest-running conferences...

  • 06 Sep 2012
    12:00 PM BST 
    to 06 Sep 2012
    9:00 PM BST 

    Illinois 2012: American Vacuum Society Prairie Chapter Conference

    Category: Conference

    AVS supports networking among academic, industrial, government, and consulting professionals involved in a variety of disciplines - chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, all engineering disciplines, business, sales, etc. through common interests related to the basic science, technology...

  • 21 Sep 2012
    12:30 PM EDT 
    to 22 Sep 2012
    9:00 PM EDT 

    Fifth Annual Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Symposium

    Category: Conference

    It is part of the initiative of Sullivan University College of Pharmacy to promote education and applications of Nanotechnology within our local community and around the United States. Healthcare, science, and teaching professionals are invited to attend this event as guest speakers, presenting...

  • 25 Sep 2012
    5:00 PM EDT 
    to 25 Sep 2012
    6:00 PM EDT 

    MEMS Virtual Prototyping for Debugging Your Process Flow

    Category: Seminar

    The NNIN at the University of Michigan will be hosting a presentation on ” MEMS Virtual Prototyping for Debugging Your Process Flow.”, which will be broadcast live as a web based seminar. IntelliSuite was the first MEMS-specific CAD tool and has been under active development for over 20...

  • 28 Sep 2012
    1:30 PM IST 
    to 29 Sep 2012
    9:00 PM IST 

    Applications of nanotechnology in Human welfare

    Category: Conference

    Department of Biotechnology, Government of India Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, New Delhi Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai Sponsored Two days National Symposium on...

  • 02 Oct 2012
    5:00 PM EDT 
    to 02 Oct 2012
    6:00 PM EDT 

    Biomateriomics - from Atoms to Structures: ASME Complimentary Webinar

    Category: Other

    This webinar will present a comprehensive review of bottom-up design of materials for various purposes – as structural materials such as bone in our body or lightweight composites, for electronic applications as thin metal films, and as multifunctional sensors to measure small changes in...

  • 04 Oct 2012
    9:30 PM EDT 
    to 04 Oct 2012
    11:30 PM EDT 

    NCN@Purdue Professional Development Seminar - Dr. Srini Chakravathi

    Category: Seminar

    Srini Chakravathi, Slater and Matsil, LLP, will give a talk titled "Patent Law: Is it right for you?" Pizza will be served. All NCN@Purdue students are expected to attend. Abstract: To explain what a career in patent law entails, I will address three broad categories: what are patents,...

  • 15 Oct 2012
    9:15 PM EDT 
    to 15 Oct 2012
    11:00 PM EDT 

    nanoHUB workshop for tool developers: keeping up with updates

    Category: Seminar

    The HUBzero staff will provide an overview regarding changes to the nanoHUB tool development environment. This summer, the workspace tool received a major upgrade, going from the 32bit lenny to the 64bit squeeze platform. Tool developers are required to publish a new version of their tool...

  • 05 Nov 2012
    5:00 PM EST 
    to 05 Nov 2012
    6:00 PM EST 

    NCN@Purdue Professional Development Seminar - Jim Miller, Google

    Category: Seminar

    NCN@Purdue's student professional development program is pleased to be hosting Jim Miller, VP Worldwide Operations, Google, Inc., who will be visiting Purdue as part of Purdue's Old Masters Program. Jim Miller is vice president of Operations at Google. In this role, he has responsibility for...

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