TechConnect World 2011 Program - Thursday June 16


7:30	Thursday - TechConnect World Registration	Registration Area

8:30	Cleantech Capital: VC, PE & M&A Markets	Room 304
	Session chair: Andrew Heckler, Brightfield Energy, US
-	D. Malkani, Rockport Capital Partners, US
-	M. Nordan, Venrock, US
-	R. Day, Black Coral Capital, US
-	J. Matheson, Flagship Ventures, US
-	A. Atwan, BlackRock, Inc., US

8:30	Superhydrophobic/hydrophilic Surface Applications	Room 202
	Session chair: Lisa E. Friedersdorf, nanoSTAR Institute
8:30	Self Cleaning Polymers and Surfaces (invited presentation) K.Y. Law, V. Sambhy, H. Zhao, Xerox Corporation, US
9:00	Impact of Temperature and Humidity on Superhydrophobicity of Polyurethane/Organoclay Nanocomposites Y.H. Yeong, A. Steele, I. Bayer, C. Lakeman, G. De Combarieu, E. Loth, University of Virginia, US
9:20	Super-Hydrophobic Nano-Composite Films F. Helmrich, Integrated Surface Technologies, US
9:40	Hydrophobic patterning to enhance pool boiling A. Betz, J. Xu, H. Qiu, D. Attinger, Columbia University, US

8:30	Soft Nanotech: Applications of Liquid Crystal - Beyond Displays	Room 203
	Session chair: Peter Schurtenberger, Lund University, Sweden
8:30	Using liquid crystals to improve the performance of luminescent solar concentrator (invited presentation) M. Debije, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
9:00	Liquid Crystal/Polymer Composites as Novel Responsive Motifs (invited presentation) K. Lee, M. McConney, L.V. Natarajan, V. Tondiglia, T.J. White, T.J. Bunning, Wright-Patterson AFB, US
9:30	Thermotropic liquid crystal phase of gold nanorods (invited presentation) P. Luchette, AlphaMicron, US

8:30	Nanoelectronics Technologies & Applications 1	Room 207
	Session chair: Frank Register, Univeristy of Texas, US
8:30	Impact of Nanoscale Dimensions on Optical Properties (invited presentation) A. Diebold, SUNY Albany, US
9:00	Opening of a tunable bandgap in graphene via oxygen plasma treatment: An building block for graphene-based electronics A. Nourbakhsh, M. Cantoro, A. Klekachev, S. De Gendt, B. Sels, IMEC, BE
9:20	Analysis of Graphene, Molecular Wires and Inorganic Materials for Nanoelectronics and Low Power Integrated Circuits S.E. Lyshevski, Rochester Institute of Technology, US
9:40	Electron Transition Between Weakly Coupled Concentric Quantum Rings I. Filikhin, S.G. Matinyan, J. Nimmo, B. Vlahovic, North Carolina Central University, US

8:30	Manufacturing at the Nanoscale: Overcoming Barriers to Commercialization - NNI Signature Initative Focus	Room 208
	Session chair: Ahmed Busnaina, Northeastern University
8:00	Welcome to Nanomanufacturing A. Busnaina, Northeastern University, US
8:35	Nanomanufacturing by Directed Assembly; a Manufacturing Paradigm Shift (invited presentation) A. Busnaina, Northeastern University, US
9:00	Functionalized Acenes for High-Rate Manufacture of Thin-Film Organic Electronics (invited presentation) G. Miller, University of New Hampshire, US
9:25	Rapid Manufacturing of Polymer Nanostructures (invited presentation) J. Mead, University of Massachusetts Lowell, US
9:50	Sustainable Nanomanufacturing (invited presentation) J. Isaacs, Northeastern University, US

8:30	MEMS-Based Systems Solutions and Integration Approaches	Room 209
	Session chair: Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates, US
8:30	Welcome and Introduction R. Grace, Roger Grace Associates, US
8:45	Think Beyond the Chip: Challenges of Smart System Integration and the Critical Role of the European Platform for Smart Systems (Keynote) S. Coffa, ST Microelectronics, IT
9:30	MEMS-Based System Solutions: Review and Overview with a Focus on Current and Emerging High Volume Applications (invited presentation) R. Grace, Roger Grace Associates, US
9:50	Power Optimization of heterogeneous and MEMS based systems: Consume more to consume less (invited presentation) C. Van Hoof, IMEC, BE

8:30	Workshop on Compact Modeling 5	Room 201
	Session chair: Mansun Chan, HKUST, HK
8:30	Hardware accelerated interconnect capacitance extractor for VLSI design (invited presentation) N. Arora, Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., US
9:00	High-Voltage MOSFET Compact Modeling (invited presentation) E. Seebacher, austriamicrosystems AG, AT
9:30	Modeling of High Voltage Devices for ESD Event Simulation (invited presentation) Y. Zhou, J. Salcedo, J.-J. Hajjar, Analog Devices, Inc., US

8:30	Keynotes: Interactions between Nanostructures & Living Systems	Room 206
	Session chair: Fiona Case, NSTI
8:30	Quantitative Bionanoscience, a Rational Basis for Understanding Nanoparticles Interactions with Living System (invited presentation) K.A. Dawson, University College Dublin, IE
9:00	Biological interactions of engineered nanomaterials - implications and novel assessment methods (invited presentation) R. Iyer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, US
9:30	TBA T. Thomas, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, US

8:30	Bio Nano Materials: Self assembly & applications	Room 210
	Session chair: Giuseppe Battaglia, The University of Sheffield
8:30	Interbilayer-crosslinked multilamellar vesicles: Engineering lipid vesicle nanostructure for enhanced drug and vaccine delivery (invited presentation) D. Irvine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
9:00	Responsive Materials (invited presentation) C. Lo Presti, Merck Serono, IT
9:30	Polymersome nanoreactors as artificial organelles (invited presentation) J.C.M. van Hest, S.F.M. van Dongen, W.P.R. Verdurmen, R.J.R.W. Peters, R.J.M. Nolte, R. Brock, Radboud University Nijmegen, NL

10:00	Networking Coffee Break	Registration Area

10:30	Energy Storage Technologies	Room 311
	Session chair: Dhiraj Malkani, RockPort Capital Partners
10:30	High Dispersion CNT-Enhanced Cathodes for Next Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries D. Arthur, SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc., US
10:50	Magnetic Method of SOC for Electrical Energy Storage Devices L. Hoover, G.T. Tso, Methode Electronics Inc., US
11:10	Automotive Lithium Ion SuperPolymer Batteries for Utility Energy Storage Applications R. DasGupta, Electrovaya, CA
11:30	Thin Film Lithium Batteries. Nanomaterials for Electrodes and Solid Electrolytes. Nanotechnology and Equipment for their Fabrication E. Shembel, V. Redko, A. Markevich, V. Tutyk, I. Maksuta, T. Pastushkin, A. Tron, N. Klyui, V. Khandetskyy, O. Kolomoetz, Enerize Corporation, US
11:50	Nickel-Zinc Rechargeable Batteries the High Performance, Low Cost, Clean Solution for Hybrid Vehicles D. Squiller, PowerGenix, US
12:10	Analytical Techniques for Characterizing Battery Materials S. Patel, J. Newman, K. Putyera, I. Mowat, Evans Analytical Group, US

10:30	Solar: Advanced Solar Concepts	Room 309
	Session chair: Loucas Tsakalakos, General Electric, US
10:30	Novel Building Integrated Solar Concentrators (invited presentation) A.J. Chatten, D.J. Farrell, R. Bose, A. Dixon, C. Poelking, K.C. Gödel, M. Mazzer, K.W.J. Barnham, Imperial College London, US
11:00	Analysis of CIGS for Composition G.R. Mount, U. Sharma, J. Moskito, K. Putyera, L. Wang, T. Buyuklimanli, Evans Analytical Group, US
11:20	Design of a Fiber-based Luminescent Solar Concentrator Fabric E. Banaei, A.F. Abouraddy, University of Central Florida, US
11:40	Polymers for High Performance Solar Cell Devices L. Wei, Imperial College London, UK
12:00	Atomistic effects in the Grätzel solar cell J. Korppi-Tommola, J. Helbing, P. Hamm, L. Antila, K. Honkala, V. Koskinen, M. Kemell, M. Heikkilä, M. Leskelä, L. Kettunen, T. Kovanen, University of Jyvaskyla, FI
12:20	TBA K. Kamath, Abound Solar, US

10:30	Water: Novel Nano Materials for Water Technologies	Room 310
	Session chair: Armin Völkel, PARC, US
10:30	Selective Separation of Oil from Water via Superhydrophobic Magnetic Foams D. Fragouli, I. Bayer, G. Bertoni, P. Calcagnile, G.C. Anyfantis, R. Cingolani, A. Athanassiou, Italian Institute of Technology, IT
10:50	Increasing the Efficiency of Photocatalytic Water Treatment with Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles by Control of Crystal Shape D. Rickerby, European Commission Joint Research Centre, IT
11:10	Removal of Selenium from Aqueous Solutions Using Magnetite Nanoparticles as Adsorbent X. Wei, S. Bhojappa, L.-S. Lin, R.C. Viadero, SUNY Institute of Technology, US
11:30	Organic Solvent Nanofiltration Thin Film Composite (TFC) membranes M.F. Jimenez Solomon, Y. Bhole, A.G. Livingston, Imperial College London, UK

10:30	Emissions & Waste Management Technologies	Room 308
	Session chair: Laura Benold, CTSI, US
10:30	The Development of a Waste to Fuels Strategy for the Plastics and Rubber Fractions of MSW J.D. Hensel, Polyflow, US
10:45	Dilute Methane Pollution Control That Produces Continuous Clean Renewable Energy J. Blair, P. Fukumoto, FlexEnergy, US
11:00	Technology Development for Large Scale Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Useful Products A.S. Agarwal, Y. Zhai, D. Hill, N. Sridhar, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), US
11:15	Carbon Capture and Recycling by photocatalysts supported on Silica Nanosprings T. Prakash, O.G. Marin-Flores, T. Cantrell, M. Grant Norton, D.N. McIlroy, G. Corti, GoNano Technologies, Inc., US
11:30	Thermal acoustic insulating materials from paper-mill waste D. Contu, Nesocell, IT

10:30	Efficiency, Low Carbon and Building Innovation Spotlights	Room 305
	Session chair: Jim Newman, Linnean Solutions/USGBC, US
10:30	Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. The Power of Waste Heat M. Newell, Ener-G-Rotors, US
10:45	The right tools for consumer energy management M. Li, Tri-Cascade, US
11:00	Advanced Materials for High Efficiency Thermoelectric Devices A. Atti, Phononics Devices, US
11:15	Retroficiency Enabling Building Efficiency and Sustainability B. Fisher, Retroficiency, US
11:30	Filling the Building Management Gap N. Gayeski, KGS Buildings, LLC, US

10:30	Device Design and Simulation 1	Room 205
10:30	Design of Microassembly through Process Modeling in Virtual Reality A.N. Das, H.E. Stephanou, University of Texas at Arlington, US
10:50	Simulation of Field-Plate Effects on Surface-State-Related Lag and Current Slump in GaAs FETs T. Tanaka, K. Itagaki, A. Nakajima, K. Horio, Shibaura Institute of Technology, JP
11:10	Performance Study of Nitride-Based Gunn Diodes G. Aloise, S. Vitanov, V. Palankovski, Advanced Material and Device Analysis Group, AT
11:30	The role of Electromechanical coupling in AlGaN/AlN/GaN HEMTs B. Padmanabhan, D. Vasileska, S.M. Goodnick, Arizona State University, US

10:30	CNT Applications and Devices	Room 210
	Session chair: Zhifeng Ren, Boston College, US
10:30	Optical Properties and Solar Cell Applications of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes (invited presentation) Y. Wang, South China Normal University, CN
11:00	Effective carbon nanotube materials and design strategies for CNT-based electronics S. Sinton, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, US
11:20	Scalable Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Separation: from Process to Product S. Fogden, K-C Kim, C. Ma, G. McFarlane, Linde Electronics, US
11:40	Cabon Nanotube Based High Power Thermoelectric Device D.S. Lashmore, T. VanVechten, Nanocomp, US
12:00	Luminescent Single-walled Carbon Nanotube/Silica Composite Materials A.M. Dattelbaum, G. Gupta, J.G. Duque, C.E. Hamilton, K.A. Obrey, S.K. Doorn, Los Alamos National Laboratory, US
12:20	Infrared, Optical and Raman Investigation of Double-walled Carbon Nanotubes Prepared from C60@SWNT Peapods K. Kamaras, A. Pekker, A. Botos, B. Botka, R. Hackl, Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, HU
12:40	Carbon nanotubes transistors based Selective Gas sensors : from laboratory to mass production L. Gorintin, Thales Research and technology, FR

10:30	Functional Nanocomposites	Room 203
	Session chair: Tom Twardowski, US
10:30	Mechanical Reinforcement of Epoxy Resins using Magnetic Aligned Halloysite S. Mendoza-Bello, S. Barrientos-Ramirez, G. Montes de Oca, L. Flores-Santos, A. Gonzalez-Montiel, Macro-M, S.A. de C.V., MX
11:00	Magnetic assisted self-assembly M. Furlan, M. Lattuada, ETH Zurich, CH
11:20	Rapid one-step chemical synthesis of polyaniline-manganese ferrite nanocomposites without external initiator and mechanical agitation E.F.C. Chimamkpam, T. Schweizer, A. Schilling, J.M.F. Ferreira, Centre for Research in Ceramics and Composite Materials, PT
11:40	Synthesis of a CNT Nano-Coating on Carbon Fibers: its Role on Strength, Toughness & Damage Tolerance of Polymer Matrix Composites G. Prabhu-Gaunkar, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, IN

10:30	Novel Nanostructured Coatings	Room 202
	Session chair: Jan Sumerel, Rambus, Inc.
10:30	Coatings of Polymers with TiO2 Nanoparticles by Sonochemical Method N. Perkas, A. Gedanken, Bar-Ilan University, IL
10:50	Rendering superhydrophobic laser-induced rough surfaces by transfering on them Teflon nanoparticles A. Athanassioua, I. Bayer, F. Brandi, R. Cingolani, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, IT
11:10	Adhesion strength and superhydrophobicity in polyurethane/organoclay nanocomposites A. Steele, I. Bayer, Y.H. Yeong, E. Loth, University of Virginia, US
11:30	Nano-Scale Surface Coatings S. Coulson, P2i Ltd, UK
11:50	Conductive, Transparent, Flexible, Stretchable Films of Copper Nanowires A.R. Rathmell, B.J. Wiley, Duke University, US

10:30	Nano and Micro Technologies for Oil & Gas	Room 303
	Session chair: Chris Menzel, Dimatix, US
10:30	Microfluidics and Microsensors for Downhole Oilfield Applications C. Harrison, M. Sullivan, R. Schroeder, E. Smythe, P. Dryden, Schlumberger-Doll Research, US
10:50	Design and Application of Novel Nano Drilling Fluids to Mitigate Circulation Loss Problems during Oil Well Drilling Operations V. Mostafavi, M.Z. Ferdous, G. Hareland, M. Husein, University of Calgary, CA
11:10	The Separation of Hydrocarbons from Sand Using Ionic Liquids P. Painter, B. Miller, A. Lupinsky, P. Williams, Penn State University, US

10:30	NanoFab: Synthesis & processing - creating nanostructured materials and devices	Room 204
	Session chair: Guy DeRose, Caltech, US
10:30	Sub-wavelength metal nanostructure fabrication by parallel dip-pen nanolithography J-W Jang, S. Nettikadan, NanoInk Inc, US
10:50	Large Area Self Assembly of Gold Nanoparticle Clusters with Tunable Plasmon Resonance F.L. Yap, S. Krishnamoorthy, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, SG
11:10	Laser Writing of Metallic Nanostructures in a Polymer Matrix with Applications to Metamaterials S. Shukla, X. Vidal, E.P. Furlani, M.T. Swihart, P.N. Prasad, Harvard University, US
11:30	Recent Nanofiber Technologies, Mass Production and its Applications B-S. Kim, K. Watanabe, N. Kimura, I-S. Kim, Shinshu University, JP
11:50	Templateless electrodeposition of oriented polypyrrole nanowire array C. Debiemme-Chouvy, CNRS - UPMC, FR

10:30	MEMS-Based Systems Solutions and Integration Approaches	Room 209
	Session chair: Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates, US
10:30	MEMS sensors enable high-performance devices and unique system-level applications (invited presentation) A. Oja, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI
10:50	Integration Approaches of Combining Micro and Nano Technologies (invited presentation) A. Rouzaud, Ph. Robert, J.-Ph. Polizzi, N. Sillon, Léti, FR
11:10	Integration Challenges for High Performance Inertial Sensors (invited presentation) R. Scannell, Analog Devices, Inc., US
11:30	Optofluidics: exciting integration of two microsystem technology platforms (invited presentation) A. Leinse, J. Walker, LioniX BV, US
11:50	Integration Strategies for Magnetic Microsystems (invited presentation) D. Harris, Advanced MicroSensors, Inc., US

10:30	Workshop on Compact Modeling 6	Room 201
	Session chair: Narain Arora, Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
10:30	A Phase-Change Random Access Memory Model for Circuit Simulation (invited presentation) M. Chan, HKUST, HK
11:00	Modeling Strategies for Flash Memory Devices (invited presentation) A. Padovani, L. Larcher, P. Pavan, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, IT
11:30	A Universal Memory Model for Design Exploration (invited presentation) C.-C. Wang, Y. Cao, Arizona State University, US

10:30	Nanoelectronics Technologies & Applications 2	Room 207
	Session chair: Bob Doering, Texas Instruments, US
10:30	Phase Transition Oxide Electronics (invited presentation) S. Ramanathan, Harvard University, US
11:00	Graphene Nanoelectronics Beyond Current Technological Limitations (invited presentation)a Simulation Perspective F. Register, D. Basu, X. Mou, D. Reddy, S.K. Banerjee, G. Carpenter, A. Hassabi, A. MacDonald, University of Texas Austin, US
11:30	A Five Input Majority Gate in Quantum-Dot Cellular Automatta R. Akeela, M.D. Wagh, Lehigh University, US
11:50	Artificial Nanostructure Materials for Optical Power Control Devices Y. Ofir, A. Donval, D. Cheskis, T. Fisher and M. Oron, KiloLambda, IL
12:10	Hybrid CMOS/nanodevice circuits with tightly integrated memory and logic functionality D.B. Strukov, University of California at Santa Barbara, US

10:45	Manufacturing at the Nanoscale: Overcoming Barriers to Commercialization - NNI Signature Initative Focus	Room 208
	Session chair: Ahmed Busnaina, Northeastern University
10:45	Multiscale Automation for Nanomanufacturing at the Systems Level (invited presentation) H. Stephanou, University of Texas at Arlington, US
11:10	Experiential Issues Encountered While Bridging the Nanotech Gap Towards Commercialization (invited presentation) R.F. Praino Jr., Chasm Technologies Inc., US
11:35	Innovations and Applications in Carbon Nanotubes Based Nanomaterials (invited presentation) P. Antoinette, Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., US

10:30	Bio Nano Materials: Novel bio nano materials and applications	Room 313
	Session chair: Giuseppe Battaglia, The University of Sheffield
10:30	New versatile nano/microstructured surfaces: Applications in anti-icing, prevention of biofouling and self-cleaning oleophobic materials (invited presentation) J. Aizenberg, Harvard University, US
11:00	Biomimetic High Filler Content Composites using Bisphenol-A Ethoxy Diacrylate N. Daud, R.A. Shanks, RMIT University, AU
11:20	Nanoviricides as Anti-Influenza Agents A.R. Diwan, J.G. Tatake, R.W. Barton, K. Menon, Nanoviricides, Inc., US
11:40	Colloido-Polymersomes: Capsules consisting of a composite layer of particles and polymer H.C. Shum, University of Hong Kong, HK
12:00	RAFT Polymerisation for delivery of bioactives J. Chiefari, CSIRO, AU

10:30	Biosensors: General Applications	Room 304
	Session chair: Srinivas Iyer, Los Alamos National Labs, US
10:30	From Rational Design to Probe Optimization: the Role of Nanoparticle Valency in Single Cancer Cell Detection in Blood via Magnetic Relaxation C. Kaittanis, S. Santra, J.M. Perez, University of Central Florida, US
10:50	Highly robust array of nanosensing platform for biosensing application I. Stateikina, A. Ng, R. Chinnappan, H. liu, M. Ahmed, M. Zourob, INRS, CA
11:10	Electrochemistry in nanopore/electrode structures - from pore fabrication to DNA sequencing-by-tunneling T. Albrecht, Imperial College London, UK
11:30	Bio-inspired Optoelectronic Digital Nose M. Bayindir, A. Yildirim, M. Vural, M. Yaman, Bilkent University, TR

10:30	Environmental Health and Safety: Bio Impact	Room 206
	Session chair: Rashi Iyer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
10:30	In vivo nanotoxicity assessment: the role of size, surface coating, nanostructuration and dose-metrics G. Vecchio, A. Galeone, V. Brunetti, G. Maiorano, M.A. Malvindi, S. Sabella, R. Cingolani, P.P. Pompa, Italian Institute of Technology, IT
10:50	A novel technique for toxicological characterization of engineered nanomaterials P. Demokritou, G.A. Sotiriou, E. Diaz, J. Godleski, J. Brain, S.E. Pratsinis, Harvard University, US
11:10	Cell Culture Media elicit a different dynamic Formation of Protein-NP Complexes: Effects on the Cellular Response S. Sabella, G. Maiorano, B. Sorce, V. Brunetti, M.A. Malvindi, R. Cingolani, P.P. Pompa, Italian Institute of Technology, IT
11:30	Effect of Carbon Nanotubes on Chinese Hamster Ovarian Cells H.H. Chen, J.A. Luca, M. Chen, Point Loma Nazarene University, US
11:50	Significant NIOSH Activities Specific to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers C.L. Geraci, L. Hodson, NIOSH, US

10:30	TechConnect Corporate Partnering: Venture Partnering	Room 306
	Session chair: Dina Lozofsky, University of California Santa Barbara, US
10:30	BASF Corporate Partnering P. Mukherjee, BASF Venture Capital America, US
10:50	Panasonic TechConnect Partnering I. Nydick, Panasonic, US
11:10	Cabot TechConnect Partnering T. Kodas, Cabot Corporation, US
11:30	Honda TechConnect Partnering N. Sugimoto, Honda, US

12:00	Lunch - for purchase Boylston Hallway 3rd Floor

1:00	TechConnect Ventures: Advanced Materials/Chemicals	Room 305
	Session chair: Purnesh Seegopaul, Pangaea Ventures, US
1:00	Aeonian Bricks D. Blalock, Aeonian Bricks, US
1:10	Catacel Corp. W. Whittenberger, Catacel Corp., US
1:20	Cline Technologies N. Holmquist, Cline Technologies, SE
1:30	CondAlign AS M. Buchanan, CondAlign AS, NO
1:40	Pixelligent Technologies C. Bandes, Pixelligent Technologies, US
1:50	Opalux Incorporated A. Arsenault, Opalux Incorporated, CA
2:00	SixPoint Materials, Inc. T. Hashimoto, SixPoint Materials, Inc., US
2:10	MesoCoat Inc. A. Sherman, MesoCoat Inc., US

1:00	TechConnect Ventures: Biotech & Medical	Room 303
	Session chair: Belen Martinez-Lopez, CaramelTech
1:00	Cellanyx Diagnostics C. Ashok, Cellanyx Diagnostics, US
1:10	Quegen Biotech Co. J.D. Lee, Quegen Biotech Co., US
1:20	BIO-FD&C Co., Ltd. S.H. Moh, BIO-FD&C Co., Ltd., KR
1:30	Sharklet Technologies, Inc. M. Spiecker, Sharklet Technologies, Inc., US
1:40	NanoMedical Systems, Inc. R. Goodall, NanoMedical Systems, Inc., US
1:50	Cosmas Therapeutics Development Inc. M. Atkin, Cosmas Therapeutics Development Inc., CA
2:00	WaveGuide Corporation L. Fritzemeier, WaveGuide Corporation, US

1:00	TechConnect Ventures: Energy & Efficiency	Room 301
	Session chair: Cheemin Bo- Linn, Peritus Partners, US
1:00	Angstron Supercapacitor Co. R. Beech, Angstron Supercapacitor Co., US
1:10	BioDiesel Reactor Technologies Inc. K. Lawless, BioDiesel Reactor Technologies Inc., CA
1:20	Cube Catalytics W. Majek, Cube Catalytics, US
1:30	Energy Compression Inc. T. Havel, Energy Compression Inc., US
1:40	I.OP M.S. Oh, I.OP, US
1:50	MountainLogic S. Elliott, MountainLogic, US
2:00	Advanced Biomimetic Sensors, Inc E. Chen, Advanced Biomimetic Sensors, Inc, US
2:10	Rolith, Inc. B. Kobrin, Rolith, Inc., US

1:30	Green Build Corporate Needs & Partnering	Room 308
	Session chair: Jim Newman, Linnean Solutions/USGBC, US
1:30	Danfoss R. Wilkins, Danfoss, US
1:50	Schneider Electric P. Hamilton, Schneider Electric, US
2:10	Johnson Controls D. Armano, Johnson Controls, US

1:30	Manufacturing at the Nanoscale: Overcoming Barriers to Commercialization - NNI Signature Initative Focus	Room 208
	Session chair: Ahmed Busnaina, Northeastern University
1:30	Carbon Nanotubes EMI-Shielding (invited presentation) T. Tiano, NanoTechLabs Inc., US
1:55	1D Functional Nanoscale Materials for Renewable Energy Generation and Storage (invited presentation) H. Shin, Kookmin University, KR
2:20	Surface Nanopatterning for Spintronics (invited presentation) H. Tanaka, Osaka University, JP
2:45	High Resolution Electrohydrodynamic-Jet Printing: from Concept to Production (invited presentation) K. Barton, University of Michigan, US

1:30	Marine & Wind Energy Generation	Room 310
	Session chair: Wayne Gears, CAMG, US
1:30	Mobile Wave Energy Harvesting System A. Sharon, J. Briggs, H. Wirz, Boston University - Fraunhofer CMI, US
1:50	Performance Comparison of Different Rotors on Cross-Axis Hydrokinetic Turbines for Power Generation in Water Canals W.B. Hamner, Hydrovolts Inc., US
2:10	Offshore Wave and Wind Together - Afloat N.A. Brown, Float Incorporated, US
2:30	Offshore Renewable Resources Improving the Cost-of-Energy S. Roznitsky, HighSeasWind, US
2:50	Process-Fluid-Lubricated Polycrystalline Diamond Bearings for application in Marine Hydrokinetic Machines T.N. Sexton, C.H. Cooley, US Synthetic Corp., US

1:30	Nanoparticles in Imaging Technologies	Room 202
	Session chair: J. Manuel Perez, University of Central Florida, US
1:30	Nanoparticles for biomedical imaging and their potential for clinical translation (invited presentation) H.S. Choi, J.V. Frangioni, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, US
2:00	Engineering Viral Nanoparticles as Smart Devices for Nanomedicine (invited presentation) N.F. Steinmetz, Case Western Reserve University, US
2:30	Making the Good Better: Enhancing Solution Phase Antibody/Antigen Binding with Homogeneous Magnetic Fields (invited presentation) L. Josephson, Harvard Medical School, US
3:00	TBA M. Nahrendorf, Massachusetts General Hospital, US
3:30	Pharmacokinetics and clearance properties of nano-sized particles and molecules as multi-modality imaging agents: Considerations and caveats H. Kobayashi, NCI/NIH, US
3:50	Clusters of SPIONs encapsulated in a hydrogel: An particle architecture generating a synergetic enhancement of the T2 relaxation C. Paquet, H.W. de Haan, H.Y. Lin, B. Xiang, D.M. Leek, A. Kell, G. Tian, B. Simard, National Research Council, CA

1:30	Micro & Nano Reliability	Room 205
	Session chair: Jürgen Keller, AMIC GmbH and Bernd Michel, Fraunhofer IZM, DE
1:30	Three-dimensional Deformation Analysis of MEMS/NEMS by means of X-ray Computer-Tomography J. Hammacher, M. Dost, W. Faust, L. Scheiter, R. Erb, B. Michel, Fraunhofer ENAS, DE
1:50	Comparative Analysis of Threshold Voltage Variations in Presence of Random Channel Dopants and a Single Random Interface Trap for 45 nm N-MOSFET as Predicted by Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulation and Existing Analytical Model Expressions N. Ashraf, D. Vasileska, Arizona State University, US
2:10	Reliability Analysis of Low Temperature Low Pressure Ag-Sinter Die Attach R. Mrossko, H. Oppermann, B. Wunderle, T. Winkler, B. Michel, Berliner Nanotest und Design GmbH, DE
2:30	Fracture mechanical test methods for interface crack evaluation of electronic packages J. Keller, I. Maus, H. Pape, B. Wunderle, B. Michel, AMIC Angewandte Micro-Messtechnik GmbH, DE
2:50	Automated test system for in-situ testing of reliability and aging behaviour of thermal interface materials M. Abo Ras, Berliner Nanotest and Design GmbH, DE
3:10	Correlation of Microstructure and Tribological Properties of Dry Sliding Nanocrystalline Diamond Coatings M. Wiora, N. Sadrifar, K. Brühne, P. Gluche, H.-J. Fecht, Ulm University, DE
3:30	Ultrathin Parylene-C Gate Dielectrics for Flexible Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors M. Mohebbi, S. Selvarasah, X. Li, B. Beauvais, M.R. Dokmeci, Northeastern University, US

1:30	Device Design and Simulation 2	Room 204
1:30	Bottom-up device simulations: modeling electrical currents on the atomic scale A. Blom, K. Stokbro, QuantumWise A/S, DK
1:50	Advanced physics for simulation of ultrascaled devices with UTOXPP Solver D. Garetto, D. Rideau, C. Tavernier, Y. Leblebiciand, A. Schmid, H. Jaouen, IBM corp., FR
2:10	A Negative Index Metamaterial Waveguide for De-Multiplexing X. Vidal, A. Baev, E.P. Furlani, P.N. Prasad, The Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, US
2:30	SUGARX: an Online Tool That Bridges the Gap Between Experiment and Simulation P. Marepalli, F. Li, J.V. Clark, Purdue University, US
2:50	A Regional Model for Threshold Switching in Phase Change Memory L. Wang, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate Schoo, CN

1:30	MEMS-Based Systems Solutions and Integration Approaches	Room 209
	Session chair: Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates, US
1:40	Monitoring and Assessing the Structural Integrity of Infrastructure Systems using Next-Generation Sensor Technologies (invited presentation) J.P. Lynch, University of Michigan, US
2:00	Pixtronix DMS MEMS Technology for Broad Spectrum of Display System Applications (invited presentation) R. Payne, J. Gandhi, T. Brosnihan, L. Steyn, J. Wu, J. DeRoo, S. Lewis, G. Fike, M. Halfman, N. Hagood, Pixtronix, Inc., US
2:20	Wafer level packaging solutions for hermetic sealing, temperature control and vibration isolation (invited presentation) J. Mitchell, S. Lee, K. Najafi, ePack, Inc., US
2:40	Making a MEMs Mass Flow Controller for Portable Analytics (invited presentation) R. Meisinger, B. Kinkade, Leister Technologies LLC, US

1:30	Workshop on Compact Modeling 7	Room 201
	Session chair: Yu Cao, Arizona State University, US
1:30	Process Variability Modeling for VLSI Circuit Simulation (invited presentation) S.K. Saha, SuVolta, Inc., US
2:00	A Fully Anlytical Model for Carbon Nanotube FETs including Quantum Capacitances and Electrostatics (invited presentation) L. Wei, D.J. Frank, L. Chang, H.-S.P. Wong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
2:30	Single-walled Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Field Effect Transistor Device Modeling H. Abebe, E. Cumberbatch, USC/ISI, US
2:50	Hot-Carrier-Induced Current Degradation in Deep Sub-Micron MOSFETs from Subthreshold to Strong Inversion Region L. Shihuan, Nanyang Technology University, SG
3:10	Drain Induced Barrier Lowering (DIBL) Effect on the Intrinsic Capacitances of Nano-Scale MOSFETs M.A. Karim, S. Venugopalan, Y.S. Chauhan, D. Lu, A. Niknejad, C. Hu, University of California at Berkeley, US
3:30	Characterization and Modeling of Metal Finger Capacitors N. Lu, R. Booth, D. Daley, E. Thompson, C. Putnam, IBM, US

1:30	Natural & Renewable Nanocomposites	Room 306
	Session chair: Tom Twardowski, US
1:30	Progress on Cellulose Nanofiber-filled Thermoplastic Composites (invited presentation) Y. Han, University of Maine, US
2:00	New Fluorescent Hybrid Materials Comprising Quantum Dots, Organic Fluorophores and Natural Fibre Substrates A.J. Zeller, J.H. Johnston, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
2:20	Photonic crystals with nanocellulose G. Picard, D. Simon, Y. Kadiri, J-D. Lebreux, F. Gozayel, College Ahuntsic, CA
2:40	Characterization of palladium nanoparticles embedded in a wool substrate C. Fonseca-Paris, J.H. Johnston, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
3:00	Cellulose Fiber and Nano-Fiber Composites based on Castor Oil-Polyurethane Matrix M. Leonard, Md.A.M. Nainar, R.A. Shanks, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, MY

1:30	EHS - Enviromental Monitoring, Control & Regulation	Room 206
	Session chair: Rashi Iyer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1:30	Engineering Control Strategy for Nanotechnology Industry: the Performance of Filtration for Engineered Nanoparticles S-J Tsai, M.E. Echevarría-Vega, G. Sotiriou, C. Huang, P. Demokritou, M. Ellenbecker, University of Massachusetts Lowell, US
1:50	The NanoSafety Consortium for Carbon: an Industry-Driven Approach to EHS Issues J.C. Monica Jr., Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, US
2:10	The Development of a Portable Arsenic Detector Based on Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Rapid on-Site Testing of Groundwater Y. Wang, G. Pan, K.Q. Wang, Agiltron, Inc., US
2:30	Californias Approach for safe Nanotechnologies: Second Information Call-in from Manufacturers H-Y. Kang, S. Takatori, Cal/EPA, US
2:50	Using Carbon Nanomaterials as Novel Solid-State Junctions for Reference Electrodes G.D. ONeil, S.P. Kounaves, N. Chaniotakis, Tufts University, US

1:30	Bio Nano Materials: Nanostructured Interfaces for Biotech I	Room 203
	Session chair: Giuseppe Battaglia, The University of Sheffield
1:30	Photolithographic Fabrication of Biomolecular Nanostructures (invited presentation) G. Leggett, The University of Sheffield, UK
2:00	Surface-Immobilization of Chromatographically Purified Bacteriophages for the Optimized Capture of Bacteria R. Naidoo, A. Singh, S. Arya, B. Beadle, N. Glass, J. Tanha, C. Szymanski, S. Evoy, National Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Alberta, CA
2:20	Fabrication of magnetic bio-Au nanoclusters by using SlaA-layer ghosts of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius as a template S. Selenska-Pobell, T. Reitz, A. Geissler, T. Herrmannsdörfer, M. Merroun, Forschungszentrum Dresden Rossendorf, DE

2:30	TechConnect Ventures: Energy & Efficiency	Room 301
	Session chair: Anand Kamannavar, Applied Ventures
2:30	Penn State University and IL Fuels LLC P. Painter, Penn State University and IL Fuels LLC, US
2:40	Phononic Devices, Inc. A. Atti, Phononic Devices, Inc., US
2:50	(withdrawn) Polyflow J. Hensel, Polyflow, US
3:00	Simpleafy A. Badruddin, Simpleafy, CA
3:10	Paper Battery S. Mehta, Paper Battery, US

2:30	TechConnect Ventures: Semiconductors, Sensors & Microsystems	Room 303
	Session chair: Bill Byun, 7Capital, US
2:30	Linear Signal, LLC G. Mockett, Linear Signal, LLC, US
2:40	mc10 G. Callsen, mc10, US
2:50	Nanofab3D Inc. D. Diesk, Nanofab3D Inc., US
3:00	Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. T. McNutt, Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc., US
3:10	nanoLambda B. Choi, nanoLambda, US
3:20	VERSATILIS LLC G. Powch, VERSATILIS LLC, US

2:30	TechConnect Ventures: Transportation and Novel Technologies	Room 305
	Session chair: Neil Cameron, Emerald Technology Ventures
2:30	BRASH Engines M. Bookman, BRASH Engines, US
2:40	Electric Pipeline Corporation R. Faulkner, Electric Pipeline Corporation, US
2:50	Progen Energy, LLC S. Telleen, Progen Energy, LLC, US
3:00	NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Inc N. Shotton, NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Inc, US

3:00	Bio Nano Materials: Nanostructured Interfaces for Biotech 2	Room 203
	Session chair: Giuseppe Battaglia, The University of Sheffield
3:00	Highly stable and orientationally coupled gold nanoparticle antibody conjugates for sensitivity improvement in LFIA M. Ijeh, T. Vossmeyer, H. Weller, University of Hamburg, DE
3:20	Phase Behavior and Macroscopic Processing of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Lysozyme Dispersions D.W. Horn, V.A. Davis, Auburn University, US
3:40	Small Photostable Photoswitchable Quantum Dots as Nanotools for Live Cell Imaging S.A. Díaz, T.M. Jovin, E.A. Jares-Erijman, University of Buenos Aires, CIHIDECAR, CONICET, AR
4:00	Synthesis and characterization of new nanoparticles formed by milk whey proteins submitted to a thermal gelation process J.R. Lopes, J.S.R. Coimbra, A.V.N.C. Teixeira, E.B. De Oliveira, Federal University of Viçosa, BR
4:20	Hybrid silica-coated palsmonic-magnetic biomarkers G.A. Sotiriou, A.M. Hirt, P-Y. Lozach, A. Teleki, F. Krumeich, S.E. Pratsinis, Particle Technology Laboratory, ETH Zurich, CH

3:00	Building Efficiency Technologies	Room 308
	Session chair: Jim Newman, Linnean Solutions/USGBC, US
3:00	Wireless Sensing for the Built Environment: Enabling Innovation Towards Greener, Healthier Homes E. Gaura, J. Brusey, Ross Wilkins, Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, UK
3:15	Does Zero Energy Pay Back in Hot Humid Climates? J. Hendricks, K. Upadhyaya, Kirksey Architecture, US
3:30	Next Gen Large Area Lighting: HIDs, Robotics and Energy Efficiency G. Davis, Lumetric, US
3:45	A Multivariate Analysis of Green Building Options P. Kung, V.C.P. Chen, A. Robinson, University of Texas at Arlington, US
4:00	Rediscovering the Unlimited Energy Efficiency Potential of Buildings N. Mouli, Maryland Energy Administration, US

3:30	Cancer Nanotechnology 4	Room 206
	Session chair: Mansoor Amiji, Northeastern University, US
3:30	New High Conductance DEP Devices for Detection of Cancer Related DNA Nanoparticulate Biomarkers and Nanoparticles in Whole Blood M.J. Heller, A. Sonnenberg, University of California San Diego, US
3:50	Label-free Raman Micro-Spectral Imaging of the Microenvironment of PANC-1 Spheroids T. Chernenko, R. Shah, E. Zuser, M. Diem, M. Amiji, Northeastern University, US
4:10	Microfluidic System for the High-Throughput Reproducible Synthesis of Therapeutic Polymeric Nanoparticles P.M. Valencia, M. Rhee, R. Langer, O. Farokhzad, R. Karnik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
4:30	Plasmonic Nanobubbles as Tunable Theranostic Agents E. Lukianova-Hleb, P. Constantinou, B. Danysh D.S. Wagner, R.A. Drezek, J.H. Hafner, M.C. Farach-Carson, D.D. Carson, D.O. Lapotko, Rice University, US
4:50	Ratiometric Tumor Hypoxia Imaging Agents based on Dual-Emissive Difluoroboron beta-Diketonate-Poly(lactic acid) Materials G. Zhang, G.M. Palmer, M.W. Dewhirst, C.L. Fraser, University of Virginia, US

3:00	MEMS-Based Systems Solutions and Integration Approaches	Room 209
	Session chair: Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates, US
3:00	Design for Reliability in MEMS-Based Systems (invited presentation) A. Hartzell, Lilliputian Systems Inc., US
3:20	Co-design of Heterogeneous Microsystems (invited presentation) M.A. Maher, SoftMEMS LLC, US
3:40	Improving Performance of Micro Structure and MEMS Designs by using Optical Measurement (invited presentation) E.M. Lawrence, Polytec Inc., US
4:00	Motivations for a common MEMS test methodology (invited presentation) D. Feuerstein, SemiProbe, Inc., US

4:00	Workshop on Compact Modeling 8	Room 201
	Session chair: Samar Saha, Suvolta, Inc.
4:00	Analytical Solutions to Model the Line Edge Roughness and its Effect on Subthreshold Behavior of DG FinFETs U. Monga, T.A. Fjeldly, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and University Graduate Center (UNIK), NO
4:20	Modeling Bias Stress Effect on Threshold Voltage for Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors C-H Shen, National Chiao Tung University, TW
4:40	The accurate Electro-Thermal Model of Merged SiC PiN Schottky Diodes M. Zubert, L. Starzak, G. Jablonski, M. Napieralska, M. Janicki, A. Napieralski, Technical University of Lodz, PL
5:00	The Application of RESCUER Software to Modelling of Coupled Problems in Modern Devices M. Zubert, A. Napieralski, Technical University of Lodz, PL

4:00	TechConnect Ventures: Energy & Efficiency	Room 301
	Session chair: Bill Byun, 7Capital, US
4:00	Solution Dynamics, LLC C. Wohlert, Solution Dynamics, LLC, US
4:10	MTPV LLC D. Mather, MTPV LLC, US
4:20	CellTech Power J. Bentley, CellTech Power, US
4:40	Wifinity Tech J. Krishnan, Wifinity Tech, IN
4:30	May-Ruben Technologies, Inc. P. Ruben, May-Ruben Technologies, Inc., US
4:40	Gridco Ltd Y. Webb, Gridco Ltd, CA

4:00	TechConnect Ventures: Solar	Room 303
	Session chair: Dhiraj Malkani, Rockport Capital, US
4:00	Teleos Solar M. McGonigle, Teleos Solar, US
4:10	Enerize E. Shembel, Enerize, US
4:20	Ideal Power Converters P. Bundschuh, Ideal Power Converters, US
4:30	Epik Srl A. Caraglio, Epik Srl, IT
4:40	Prism Solar Technologies, Inc. R. Lewandowski, Prism Solar Technologies, Inc., US

4:00	TechConnect Ventures: Water	Room 305
	Session chair: Neil Cameron, Emerald Technology Ventures
4:00	AgroSci C. Pianta, AgroSci, US
4:10	Algal Scientific Corporation P. Horst, Algal Scientific Corporation, US
4:20	Blue Planet Environmental Inc. R. Lonetto, Blue Planet Environmental Inc., CA
4:30	SecureWaters, Inc. R. Slatton, SecureWaters, Inc., US
4:40	Hydrovolts B. Hamner, Hydrovolts, US

4:00	Manufacturing at the Nanoscale: Panel - International Research and Collaboration in Nanomanufacturing	Room 208
	Session chair: Ahmed Busnaina, Northeastern University
-	H. Shin, Kookmin Seoul University, KR
-	H. Tanaka, Osaka University, JP
-	Z. Cui, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN
-	H. Stephanou, University of Texas at Arlington, US
-	J. Mead, University of Massachusetts, US

4:30	Technical and Business Collaboration Opportunities: MEMS-Based Systems Solutions and Integration Approaches	Room 209
	Session chair: Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates, US
-	High Value Sensor Systems a Commercial View G. Pease, Hewlett Packard, US
-	Overview of ATK Micro-Technologies for Aerospace Applications N. Tiliakos, G. Papadopoulos, D. Modroukas, ATK GASL, US
-	System Solutions Using MEMS Sensors for Inertial Navigation and Wireless Sensor ApplicationsM. Grimmer, MEMSIC, Inc., US

5:00	TechConnect Closing Networking, Partnering & Investment Reception (3rd Floor, Boylston Hallway)	Boylston Hallway

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