PREM PIs Meeting, 2013
May 20, 2013
Hours:
8:00 AM
– 9:00 PM
US/Eastern
Location:
Arlington, Virginia
PREM PIs Meeting, 2013
Event Description
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8:00 |
8:10 AM |
Welcome Message from NSF, Mary Galvin, Director, Division of Materials Research |
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8:10 |
8:30 AM |
PREM Program Update, Sean L. Jones, Program Director, Division of Materials Research |
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8:30 |
9:30 AM |
Increasing Institutional Support of PREMs Paresh Ray, JSU-UCSB PREM; Jeffrey F. Morris, CCNY-UC PREM; Prof. Gang Lu, CSUN-PU PREM; and M. Helena Noronha, Interim Assoc. Vice President Research, CSUN Led by Mikhail A. Noginov, Norfolk State University |
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9:30 |
10:30 AM |
Innovation Infrastructure and Entrepreneurship Education at MSI's Jacquelyn Michel, UTSA Dir. of Tech. Commercialization; Ben Schrag, NSF SBIR/STTR Program. Led by Karen Lozano, University of Texas at Pan American |
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10:30 |
10:45 AM |
Break |
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10:45 |
12:15 PM |
Developing Successful Individual Proposals Thomas E. Mallouk, Assoc. Director, Penn State MRSEC; Frank W. Snowden, Associate Director, UMN MRSEC Led by Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
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12:15 |
1:15 PM |
Lunch on premises to promote participant’s networking |
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1:15 |
1:30 PM |
Interfaces: With and Without Particles, Mark Shattuck, The City College of New York, CCNY – Chicago PREM |
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1:30 |
1:45 PM |
Focus on Metamaterials: Control of the Foerster Energy Transfer, Mikhail A. Noginov, Norfolk State University, NSU – UM and CU PREM |
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1:45 |
2:00 PM |
Research and Education on Graphene, Michael D. Williams, Clark Atlanta University, CAU – GIT PREM |
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2:00 |
2:15 PM |
Direct Growth of two-dimensional RuO2 Nano-plates on Current conductor as Electrode for Lithium ion-Batteries, Lamartine Meda, Xavier University of Louisiana, XULA – NYU PREM |
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2:15 |
2:30 PM |
Computational Research and Education for Emergent Materials (Interfacial charge separation in photovoltaics), Gang Lu, California State University Northridge, CSUN - PU PREM |
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2:30 |
2:45 PM |
Molecular and Supramolecular Organic Photovoltaic Materials, Juan C. Noveron, University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP – UCSB PREM |
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2:45 |
3:00 PM |
Partnership for Reduced Dimensional Materials, Gary Harris Howard University - Cornell PREM |
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3:00 |
3:15 PM |
Break |
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3:15 |
3:30 PM |
Devices and Sensors Based on Organic Materials, Idalia Ramos, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, UPRH – UP PREM |
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3:30 |
3:45 PM |
Solid-like Liquid Crystalline Materials, Aldo Acevedo, University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez, UPRM – UW PREM |
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3:45 |
4:00 PM |
Novel Nanomaterials and their Potential for Biomedical Applications, Dhiraj Sardar, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA – NU PREM |
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4:00 |
4:15 PM |
Forcespinning of Novel Nanofibers, Karen Lozano, University of Texas, Pan American, UTPA – UM PREM |
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4:15 |
4:30 PM |
Crystal Engineering of Nonlinear Optical and Charge Transfer Materials, Tatiana V. Timofeeva, New Mexico Highlands University, NMHU – UW – UA – GIT PREM |
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4:30 |
4:45 PM |
Nanoscale Assembly – A Collaborative Effort between Texas State University and the Research Triangle MRSEC, William J. Brittain, Texas State University - San Marcos, TSUSM – NCRT PREM |
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4:45 |
5:00 PM |
Multifunctional Nanomaterials, Paresh Chandra Ray, Jackson State University, JSU – UCSB PREM |
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5:00 |
6:30 PM |
Dinner on your own |
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6:30 |
7:30 PM |
Joint MRSEC – PREM session [Cultivating the Partnership] Tim P. Lodge, Dir. UMN MRSEC; Karen Lozano, UPTA PREM; Gabriel López, Dir. Triangle MRSEC Led by Mikhail A. Noginov, Norfolk State University |
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7:30 |
9:00 PM |
Poster Session |
Student Breakout Forum Agenda
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8:30 |
10:00 AM |
Career Panel Alejandro L. Briseño, Univ. Massachusetts, AmherstDennis Fortner, Northrop Grumman Corey Love, Naval Research Laboratory Moderated by Mohammad Mayy, Norfolk State University |
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10:00 |
10:30 AM |
Materials Research Society Mentoring Program Magaly Spector, University of Texas at Dallas Moderated by Mohammad Mayy, Norfolk State University |
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10:30 |
10:45 AM |
BREAK |
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10:45 |
11:45 AM |
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Gisele Muller-Parker, NSF Division of Graduate Education Moderated by Christian Rivera Goyco, University of Puerto Mayagüez |
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11:45 |
12:15 PM |
Feedback on PREM from students Sean L. Jones, NSF Division of Materials Research Moderated by Christian Rivera Goyco, University of Puerto Mayagüez |
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12:15 |
1:15 PM |
Reconvene with group for lunch |
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6:30 |
7:30 PM |
Set Up Posters |
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7:30 |
9:00 PM |
Student Poster Session |
