Hands-on Mechatronics Education: A "Brooklyn Poly" Perspective
From the Lab to the Marketplace: Nanotechnology Symposium

April 23, 2007
Dibner Auditorium, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
5 MetroTech Center

For information contact the Othmer Institute at 718-260-3269 or othmerinstitute@poly.edu.

8:00 - 8:45

Registration and light breakfast

8:45 - 9:00 Welcome and Introduction
9:00 - 9:30 Alain E. Kaloyeros, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, The University at Albany-SUNY
9:30 - 10:30 Mihail C. Roco, National Science Foundation and National Nanotechnology Initiative
10:30 - 11:00 John Demarest, New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research
11:00 - 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 - 12:00 Pulickel M. Ajayan, Materials Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
12:00 - 12:40 Dan Luo, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
12:40 - 2:00 Lunch Break (LC400)
2:00 - 2:40 Yury Gogotsi, Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University
2:40 - 3:20 Levent Degertekin, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
3:20 - 3:40 Coffee Break
3:40 - 4:20 Kalle Levon, Chemical and Biological Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
4:20 - 5:00 Louis E. Brus, Chemistry, Columbia University
5:00 - 5:20 Closing Remarks
5:20 - 6:00 Reception


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