AGENDA
September 15-16, 2003
Interagency Grantees Meeting/Workshop–Nanotechnology and the
Environment: Applications and Implications
| Monday, September 15, 2003 – Morning | |
| 8:25 a.m. | Opening, Introductions (Clayton Teague) |
| Chair, Clayton Teague | |
| 8:30 | Welcome |
| 8:50 | Plenary 1: National Nanotechnology Initiative Overview
(Mike Roco) The Future of the National Nanotechnology Initiative | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 9:15 | Plenary 2: What does nanotech have to do with the environment?
---both applications and implications of nanotechnology with
respect to the environment. (David Rejeski) Welcome to the Next Industrial Revolution | PDF |
| 9:45 | Plenary 3: What makes research "nano"? What unique tools
and approaches are included? In particular, this talk will
highlight the basic research facilities available at DOE.
(Robert Hwang) Nanotechnology and the Environment: Applications and Implications | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 10:15 | Break |
| Chair, Barbara Karn | |
| 10:30 | Plenary 4: Visionary talk—how does nature use nano? How can biomimicry inform new technologies? Is biomimicry environmentally sound? (Angela Belcher) |
| 11:00 | Plenary 5: Industrial talk -- An industry view of nanotechnology (Russell Gaudiana) | MS PowerPoint |
| 11:30 | Panel of agency representatives: How does each agency view its research agenda as it relates to the environment? Can the research be applied to an environmental problem; can the research prevent an environmental problem; might the research cause an environmental problem? (no slides--5 minutes/agency) |
| EPA — Steve Lingle | PDF (PDF,
11 KB) NSF — Dave Lambert | PDF (PDF, 20 KB) DOE — Tof Carim | PDF (PDF, 104 KB) DOD — Jim Murday | PDF (PDF, 19 KB) USDA — Hongda Chen | PDF (PDF, 4 KB) NIST — Michael Postek | PDF (PDF, 29 KB) FDA — Stan Brown |
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| 12:30 | Lunch |
| Afternoon | |
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Applications of nanotech with respect to the environment |
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| 1:30 | 1. EPA, Nongjian Tao Detection of Heavy Metal Ions using Polymer Nanojunctions | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 1:50 | 2. DOE, Jess Wilcoxon Synthesis and Application of Nanosize Semiconductors for Photooxidation of Toxic Organic Chemicals | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 2:10 | 3. NIST, Pat Rynd |
| 2:30 | 4. EPA, Michael Sailor Nanostructured Porous Silicon and Luminescent Polysiloles as Chemical Sensors for Carcinogenic Chromium(VI) and Arsenic(V) | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 2:50 | 5. DOD/NRL, Karen E. Swider-Lyons Low-Platinum Nanostructured Catalysts for Fuel Cells | MS PowerPoint |
| 3:10 | Break |
| 3:40 | 6. DOD/ARO, Scott Manalis |
| 4:00 | 7. NSF, Mason Tomson Adsorption and desorption of hydrocarbons and heavy metals from C60 and anatase particles | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 4:20 | 8. NSF, Wei-xian Zhang Site Remediation with Iron NanoParticles | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 4:40 | 9. DOD, Rama Venkatasubramanian Nano-Scale Thermoelectric Materials for Solid-State Cooling and Direct Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion | PDF |
| 6:00 | Dinner speaker Julia Moore, NSF, "New Technologies: The Public is Listening But Are Scientists Talking?" | PDF |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2003 – Morning | |
| Implications of nanotech with respect to the environment | |
| 20-minute research papers. | |
| 8:30 | Summary of first day, housekeeping (Barb Karn) |
| Chair, Altaf Carim | |
| 8:40 | 10. DOE/NSF, Scot Martin Atmospheric Nanoparticles | PDF |
| 9:00 | 11. USDA, Robert A. Latour Exposure Sensitivity to Polymer-Based Nanoparticles | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 9:20 | 12. NASA, Chiu-Wing Lam Pulmonary Toxicity Of Single-Walled Nanotubes In Mice | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 9:40 | 13. NSF/DOE, Steven Lower Mineral Specific Proteins | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 10:00 | 14. DOE/NSF, Jeremy Fein Actinides and Heavy Metals in the Environment - The Formation, Stability and Impact of Nano- and Micro-Particles | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 10:20 | Break Chair, Nora Savage |
| 10:40 | 15. USDA, James D. Batteas Nanoscale Studies of Plant Protective Membranes | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 11:00 | 16. NIH, Greg Lanza Molecular Imaging and Targeted Drug Delivery: A Merging New Paradigm in Medicine | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 11:20 | 17. DOE, Don Baer Small particle chemistry: Reasons for differences and related conceptual challenges | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 11:40 | 18. NIH, John Frangioni In Vivo Applications of Near-Infrared Quantum Dots | PDF | MS PowerPoint |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| Afternoon | Group breakout sessions on special topics and how environmental
applications and implications cross-cut research in nanotech
and how agencies and researchers can better cooperate and
communicate their research, and coordinate in this area. Chair, Barbara Karn |
| 1:15 | Organization into discussion groups |
| 1:25 | Meet in one of the breakout topic groups--5-7 minute background
talk from lead--recorder indicated: 1. Room 320. Economic benefits for the environment, e.g., use for economical cleanup impact on superfund, efficient manufacturing (Mark Eads (Lead), Stephen Gould (Recorder)) | PDF Summary | 2. Room 330. Workplace and manufacturing issues (Tina Masciangioli (L), Geoff Holdridge (R)) 3. Room 365. Precautions, procedures and perceptions (Don Marlowe (L), Cate Alexander (R)) 4. Room 370. Creating a nanotech/environment community (communications, web site), continuing interactions, international links, agency cross-cutting issues (Cliff Lau (L), Anita Street (R)) 5. Room 375. Research needs (Jim Murday (L), Hongda Chen (R)) |
| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:15 | Report out from groups |
| 4:10 | Parting remarks |
| Post workshop—proceedings, extended abstracts | |
