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3:00 PM - Interfacing the Physical and Biological Sciences: NIH/NIST Collaborative Projects

11:00 AM - Little Things (with a profound influence)
12:00 PM - NRC Postdoctoral Research Associates Monthly "No-Host" Brown Bag Lunch, Nov 18, 12PM, 222/B212
3:00 PM - Numerical Simulation of Twinned Martensite

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11/17 -- MONDAY

3:00 PM - SIGMA XI LECTURE: Interfacing the Physical and Biological Sciences: NIH/NIST Collaborative Projects
Introduction by Arden Bement, Ph.D., Director of NIST This mini-symposium will highlight four ongoing, collaborative efforts between NIH and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the areas of tissue engineering, single-molecule probes, oxidative DNA damage, and nano-bio-MEMS. With science becoming increasingly interdisciplinary and with the biosciences driving the twenty-first century economy, NIST is actively seeking collaboration and partnerships with NIH to address technological problems at the interface of the physical and biological sciences. A new NIH/NIST Joint Postdoc program has been established, joint workshops are planned and joint road mapping activities are underway to build a more formalized, strategic relationship between NIH and NIST in regions where the missions and focus areas of the two agencies intersect. Contact: Angela Hight Walker or Alan Cookson, 301-975-2220.
Newell Washburn , Polymers Division, NIST. Lori Goldner , Optical Technology Division, NIST. Miral Dizdaroglu, Biotech. Division, NIST; Michael Gaitan, Semiconductor Electronics Division, NIST; Ira Levin, Deputy Director, NIDDK/NIH; Angela Hight Walker, NIH Liaison, NIST
Administration Building, Green Auditorium. (NIST Contact: Angela Hight Walker, 301-975-2155, ahight@nist.gov)


11/18 -- TUESDAY

11:00 AM - CERAMICS DIVISION SEMINAR SERIES: Little Things (with a profound influence)
Taki Negas , TCI Ceramics, Inc., Hagerstown, MD.
Materials Building 223, Rm. B307. (NIST Contact: Michael Lufaso, 301-975-3675, michael.lufaso@nist.gov) http://www.ceramics.nist.gov/events/negas.htm

12:00 PM - NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (NRC) POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIPS: NRC Postdoctoral Research Associates Monthly "No-Host" Brown Bag Lunch, Nov 18, 12PM, 222/B212
Dr. Jack Hsia, NIST NRC Postdoctoral Research Associateships Program Representative, Office of International and Academic Affairs, Division 109, is sponsoring monthly "no-host" brown bag lunch gatherings for NRC postdoctoral research associates. All postdocs are invited, from those newly arrived and those who may be nearing the end of their tenure at NIST. The purpose of these lunches is for NRC postdocs at NIST to get to know each other. The next no-host brown bag lunch is scheduled for November 18, 2003, 12:00pm-1:00pm, in the Division 109 conference room, building 222, room B212. Future no-host brown bag lunches are scheduled for December 16, 2003, and January 20, 2004, same location as stated above. These no-host brown bag lunches are scheduled for the third Tuesday of each month.
Jack Hsia , Chief, Academic Affairs.
222 Bldg, Rm. B212. (NIST Contact: Janice Campbell, 301-975-3076, janice.campbell@nist.gov) http://www.national-academies.org/rap; http://www.nist.gov/oiaa

3:00 PM - MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES DIVISION SEMINAR: Numerical Simulation of Twinned Martensite
Luis Melara , Mathematical and Computational Sciences Div..
820 (NIST North) Bldg, Rm. 145. (NIST Contact: Anthony Kearsley, 301-975-6103, anthony.kearsley@nist.gov) http://math.nist.gov/mcsd/Seminars/2003/2003-11-18-melara.html


11/19 -- WEDNESDAY

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11/20 -- THURSDAY

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11/21 -- FRIDAY

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ADVANCE NOTICE

11/25/03 3:00 PM - POLYMERS DIVISION,POLYMERS DIVISION SEMINAR: Nanomaterials From Ternary Copolymers: ABC Triblock Copolymers for the Preparation of Multicomponent Nanoparticle Arrays
Metallic nanoparticles are of great current interest for their novel electronic, magnetic, and chemical properties. Control over the arrangement of these particles in two and three dimensional space is expected to yield materials with interesting properties. While the arrangement of single species of nanoparticles can often be accomplished in a relatively direct fashion by allowing the particles to pack on a surface or assemble in solution, the arrangement of two or more species of nanoparticles in an ordered fashion is more difficult. Triblock copolymers have been designed to address the problem of arranging multiple sets of metallic nanoparticles into larger assemblies. ABC triblock copolymers of the general structure poly(2-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(styrene)-block-poly(alkyne-functional monomer), prepared through nitroxide-mediated living free radical polymerization, have been specifically designed with orthogonal functionality in the A and C blocks to allow incorporation of different metallic species for subsequent conversion to nanoparticles within the ordered domains of the self-assembled copolymer. The initial goal of these efforts is the preparation of ordered intermingled arrays of cobalt and gold nanoparticles within a triblock copolymer matrix with a cubic morphology. Preparation of these and related model diblock copolymers and preliminary examinations of structure and nanoparticle formation within polymer-nanoparticle composites will be discussed. Research into other ternary copolymer systems and novel initiators for living free radical polymerization will also be discussed.
Robert Grubbs , Professor, Dartmouth College.
Polymer Building, Room A312. (NIST Contact: Newell Washburn, 301-975-4348, newell.washburn@nist.gov)

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MEETINGS ELSEWHERE


11/17 -- MONDAY

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11/18 -- TUESDAY

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11/19 -- WEDNESDAY

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11/20 -- THURSDAY

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11/21 -- FRIDAY

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ADVANCE NOTICE

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TALKS BY NIST PERSONNEL

VREELAND, W. : BIO INSPIRED LIPOSOMES FOR RAPID HIGH-EFFICIENCY MIXING IN MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2003 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11/17.

HUDSON, S. : MICROFLUIDIC ANALOGUE OF THE Y-ROLL MILL: PRESSURE DRIVEN FLOW DEVICES WITH ADJUSTABLE FLOW TYPE.
Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, CA, 11/17.

HOBBIE, E. : STRUCTURE AND RHEOLOGY OF NANOTUBE SUSPENSIONS.
AICHE, San Francisco, CA, 11/17.

JABLONSKI, E. : NEXAFS CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INTERFACE BETWEEN BOTTOM ANTIREFLECTIVE COATINGS AND CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED PHOTORESISTS.
American Institute of Chemical Engineering Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11/17.

TSANG, W. : NON-EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS DURING DISILANE DECOMPOSITION.
AIChE 2003 Annual Meeting/San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, CA, 11/17.

MCDONOUGH, W. : ASSESSING INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES IN DENTAL AND OTHER BIOMATERIALS.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, 11/17.

MATHEU, D. : NEW MODELS AND PATHWAYS FOR METHANE AND ETHANE PYROLYSIS FROM AUTOMATED, PRESSURE-DEPENDENT MECHANISM GENERATION.
Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisico, CA, 11/18.

GAITAN, M. : MEMS STANDARDIZATION - CIFMEMS.
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Washington DC USA, 11/18.

MATHEU, D. : AUTOMATED CONSTRUCTION OF GAS-PHASE KINETIC MODELS: NEW PATHWAYS FOR OLD PROBLEMS.
Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, CA, 11/18.

MCDONOUGH, W. : INTERFACIAL STUDIES USING MICRO-MECHANICAL TEST METHODS AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY.
Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan, 11/18.

JABLONSKI, E. : CHARACTERIZING SURFACE CHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS OF LASER ABLATED POLYMERS FOR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES USING NEAR EDGE X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY.
American Institute of Chemical Engineering Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11/18.

HUDSON, S. : STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF HEXAGONAL ARRAYS OF SUPRAMOLECULAR HOLLOW CYLINDERS.
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, CA, 11/19.

HUDSON, S. : THE EFFECT OF SURFACTANT ON COALESCENCE EFFICIENCY IN FLOWING EMULSIONS.
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, CA, 11/19.

BATTEAS, J. : MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS METROLOGY: ORGANIZING CHARACTERIZING NANOSCALE MATERIALS AND DEVICES.
Drexel University - Department of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA, 11/19.

TESK, J. : ISSUES IN DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENTS FOR DRAFT GUIDE ON CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMER TEMP SCAFFOLDS".
ASTM Committee Meeting on Medical Devices, Tampa, FL, 11/19.

HUNT, F. : CONSTRUCTING SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTS FROM A MARKOV DECISION MODEL WITH ESTIMATED PARAMETER VALUES.
Biological Language Conference, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 11/20.

PHINNEY, C. : FAT IN FOOD - HOW MUCH AND WHAT KIND? GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY OF FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS IN FOOD-BASED STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS..
Washington Chromatography Discussion Group, U.S. Pharmacopeia, 12701 Twinbrook Parkway - Blg. 3, Rockville, MD 20852, 11/20.

PRABHU, V. : PHOTORESIST DISSOLUTION AND SURFACE ROUGHNESS FUNDAMENTALS.
American Institute for Chemical Engineers Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11/20.

JABLONSKI, E. : NEXAFS CHARACTERIZATION OF CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED PHOTORESISTS.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11/20.

JABLONSKI, E. : CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SURFACE V. BULK CHEMISTRY OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYANHYDRIDES USING NEAR EDGE X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11/21.

SHEN, V. : MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF N-ALKANE GLASSES VIA THE ENERGY LANDSCAPE.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting 2003, San Francisco, CA, 11/21.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

2004 NIST/NRC POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIPS PROGRAM BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Attention NIST NRC postdoctoral advisers, please check with your division or laboratory office for copies of the 2004 postdoctoral book.
NIST Contact: Janice Campbell, 301-975-3076, janice.campbell@nist.gov

BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL SESSION
Location: Washington Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, D.C. 20008 This session will introduce mechanical engineers to the positive attributes of solar photovoltaics with special emphasis on building applications. Presenters will include representatives from three or more of the major photovoltaic manufacturers as well as prominent building integrated photovoltaic researchers. Thursday, November 20, 2003 03:45 PM - 05:15 PM
NIST Contact: A. Hunter Fanney, 301-975-5864, hunter@nist.gov

EARLY SUBMISSION NOTICE FOR NIST TECHNICALENDAR ITEMS
Due to the upcoming holiday, ALL Technicalendar items for the week of December 1 to December 5, 2003, should be submitted to the Technicalendar by 12:00 noon, MONDAY, November 24, 2003. Thank You.
NIST Contact: Sharon Mingo, 301-975-3570, mingo@nist.gov

REMINDER
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NIST Contact: Kathy Kilmer, 301-975-2858, kathy.kilmer@nist.gov

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