[Earnest-dist] earnest 3/31/09

[Ronald Grant]

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A symposium on "Frontiers in the Characterization & Control of Magnetic
Carriers" is taking place at Clemson, April 26-28. 

"Frontiers in the Characterization & Control of Magnetic Carriers" is an
an interdisciplinary symposium that brings together a diverse group of
scientists and engineers to discuss emerging topics in magnetic micro-
and nanoparticle characterization and control. A separate session is
devoted to student career development including talks by Earl Wagner
(President Tetramer Technologies LLC) and panel discussions with people
from industry and academia.

Topics
*    Magnetic particle synthesis
*    Magnetic particle characterization and magnetic force microscopy
*    Magnetic tweezers
*    Magnetic separations including biomedical and environmental
applications
*    Biomedical imaging and sensing applications of magnetic particles
*    A separate student session will address career development
opportunities
*    Other topics relating to magnetic characterization and control

Featured Invited Speakers
*    Vicki Colvin (Rice University)
*    Cindi Dennis (NIST)
*    Urs Hafeli (University of British Columbia)
*    Raoul Kopelman (University of Michigan)
*    Sara Majetich (Carnegie Mellon University)
*    Daniel Reich (Johns Hopkins University)
*    Judy Riffle (Virginia Tech)
*    Ben Yellen (Duke University)
*    Peter Zimmerman (Case Western Reserve University)

To register for this event, visit www.clemson.edu/magmeet

Abstracts were due March 27th. The registration deadline is April 1
(late registration will be an additional $25 for faculty and $15 for
graduate students/posdocs).

Hosts: Jeffrey Anker and Thompson Mefford. E-mail: magmeet at clemson.edu.
Sponsors: South Carolina Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research (EPSCoR). Clemson University College of Engineering and
Science, Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering
(COMSET), Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic
Development, and the Chemistry Graduate Student Organization (CGSO).



 
Seminars and Presentations

Materials Science and Engineering Department

The School of Materials Science and Engineering is sponsoring an seminar
on "Shaping Laser Interactions: Direct-Write Processing From Solar Cells
to Stem Cells and Beyond" featuring Princeton University professor Craig
B. Arnold. The event will take place Thursday, April 2 at 5 p.m. in Olin
Hall room 200.


Arnold Abstract: The ability to locally modify materials through laser
based direct-write (LDW) techniques enables the formation of structures
and material properties that cannot be produced through alternative
means. In this presentation, we examine the fundamentals of laser-matter
interactions in the context of energy storage and biological
applications, with particular emphasis on the material modifications
that are induced during LDW deposition. Results show that these methods
enable us to independently control the electronic and protonic transport
in energy storage systems leading to improved high rate performance.
However, by developing methods to shape the mechanical and thermal
interactions we gain additional control over the local material
properties. In particular, the use of mechanically deformable absorbing
layers and spatial shaping of Gaussian beams through newly developed
high speed adaptive optical elements enables reliable deposit of
delicate materials such as living mammalian embryonic stem cells for
tissue engineering applications or organic semiconducting molecules for
photovoltaic applications. Time permitting, we will build upon these
approaches, and discuss extensions to LDW processing that enable
processing below the diffraction limit using a combination of Bessel
beam generation, optical trapping and near-field optical effects.

Arnold Bio: Craig B. Arnold is an assistant professor at Princeton
University in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering and
the Princeton Institute for Science and Technology of Materials.  His
research area involves laser processing and transport in materials with
particular interest in energy storage, photonic materials, nanoscale
patterning, and laser based direct write technologies.  He earned his
PhD. in condensed-matter physics from Harvard University and was an NRC
post-doctoral fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory prior to joining
the faculty at Princeton.  He has published over 60 papers on laser
materials processing in professional journals, book chapters and
proceedings and serves on the organizing committee of a number of laser
materials conferences including SPIE photonics west, LPM, ICALEO, CLEO,
and PICALO.  In addition, he has a number of awards recognizing his work
including the ONR young investigator award and the NSF Career award.
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Engineering and Science Department

Dr. Norman Fortenberry from the National Academy of Engineering is
conducting a seminar on "Engineering Education Research: What it is, is
not, and why it matters Friday, April 3 from 9-10 a.m. in 302 Rhodes
Engineering Research Center.

This seminar is part of a series sponsored by the Clemson University
Department of Engineering and Science, the Virginia Tech Department of
Engineering Education, and the SouthEast Alliance for Graduate Education
and the Professoriate (SEAGEP).


Fortenberry Abstract: Engineering education is a new interdisciplinary
research focus within engineering. This talk explores the definitions of
engineering and scholarship to set the context for an overview of
engineering education research. It also looks at the requirements
necessary for the continued development and success of the field. 

Fortenberry Bio: Dr. Norman L. Fortenberry is the founding Director of
the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education
(CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). CASEE facilitates
research on and deployment of, innovative policies, practices, and tools
designed to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of systems for the
formal, informal, and lifelong education of engineers.  Dr. Fortenberry
previously served in various staff and executive capacities at the U.S.
National Science Foundation, as executive director of a non-governmental
organization concerned with graduate access and success in engineering
and science education, and as a faculty member. Dr. Fortenberry was
awarded the S.B., S.M., and Sc.D. degrees (all in mechanical
engineering) by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

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Chemistry Department

The Chemistry Department presents the Thomas Forshaw Jr. Lecture Series
April 2 at 4 p.m. in Hunter 100 auditorium.

Mr. Thomas Forshaw, Jr. graduated from Clemson University in 1936 with a
double major in Chemistry and English. He joined the Army in 1941 in the
specialized field of chemical warfare. In 1961, he founded Forshaw
Chemical company-now known as Forshaw Distribution Inc. The company
sells pesticides and pest control equipment to pest management companies
throughout the south, southeast, and Midwest. In 1996, Tom established
the Thomas Forshaw, Jr. Endowed Fund to provide scholarships for
Chemistry, Entomology, and Forestry majors, as well as fund a lecture
series, name a professor, or promote the development and marketing of
products created by research in any of the three depts.

Professor Jorgenson will discuss "Exploring the Limits of Resolution in
Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis" as described below.


Jorgenson Abstract: Liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis
are important techniques for chemical analysis of mixtures. While the
basic separation mechanisms of chromatography and electrophoresis are
different, there are still some interesting parallels between them. In
particular, pressure is a primary factor controlling separation
efficiency (theoretical plates) in liquid chromatography, while
electrical potential is a primary factor controlling separation
efficiency in electrophoresis. In a direct "brute force" approach it is
possible to increase the separation power of liquid chromatography
through the use of smaller particles of packing material and the
application of higher pressures for pumping mobile phase (Ultra-High
Pressure Liquid Chromatography). In an analogous manner it is possible
to increase the separating power of capillary electrophoresis through
the application of higher electrical potentials (Ultra-High Voltage
Capillary Electrophoresis). Alternatively, enhanced separations can be
achieved by creating an "endless" separation system. In capillary
electrophoresis, this can be accomplished by doing separations in a
circular system (Synchronous Cyclic Capillary Electrophoresis) or in a
linear system with a counterflow (Flow Counterbalanced Capillary
Electrophoresis). Similar improvements can be attained by doing liquid
chromatography in a cyclic system (Recycling Chromatography). 

Jorgenson Bio: Dr. James Jorgenson, W. R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of
Chemistry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, received his
B.S. (1974) from Northern Illinois University and his Ph.D. (1979) from
Indiana University.
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Automotive Engineering Department

A seminar on "An Information Semantic Approach to Understanding the
Complex interrelationships in Transportation Systems" will take place
April 1 at 4:30 p.m. in the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering
Center located at 4 Research Drive, Greenville, SC. 

The seminar will feature Professor Roger L. King, William L. Giles
Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Advanced Vehicle
Systems at Mississippi State University.


King Abstract: Information semantics is an innovative approach for
handling complex systems. Information semantics provides meanings for
systems, data, documents, agents and spans ontologies, knowledge
representations, semantic web, natural language processing, and
knowledge management.  This approach can be used to accomplish knowledge
discovery and to provide decision support in transportation systems by
focusing on making machines more closely interact at human conceptual
levels. Knowledge discovery (features, complex relationships, and
hypotheses that describe potentially interesting regularities) from
large heterogeneous networks of observations and information products
generated from modeling efforts are essential for effective operation of
the transportation system and in monitoring the security of the
transportation infrastructure.  It is proposed that data from various
sources (e.g. ITS, VII, etc.) are transformed into information at
different application domain data analysis centers and eventually into
actionable intelligence. However, to achieve this, middleware is
required that provides tools to browse and access the data resources for
resolving heterogeneity problems. There is also a need to agree upon a
vocabulary for transportation systems. The software tools to accomplish
these tasks are based on semantics and ontologies that use
web-addressable sensors, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards, such
as the Ontology Web Language (OWL), and standardized markup languages
(e.g., sensorML). This seminar will discuss how this innovative approach
to handling the complex interrelationships in transportation data
sources can be used to facilitate the transportation cyber-physical
system. 

King Bio: Roger L. King received his BS from West Virginia University
(1973) and his MS from the University of Pittsburgh (1978) in electrical
engineering.  He received his Ph.D. in engineering from the University
of Wales - Cardiff (1988).   He began his career with Westinghouse
Electric Corporation, but soon moved to the U.S. Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh Mining and Safety Research Center.  Upon receiving his Ph.D.
in 1988 he accepted a position in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University where he now holds
the academic rank of William L. Giles Distinguished Professor. Dr. King
also is an Honorary Professor at the Cardiff University in the United
Kingdom.  At Mississippi State University, Dr. King presently serves as
the Director of the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems in the Bagley
College of Engineering.  Dr. King has received numerous awards for his
research including the Department of Interior's Meritorious Service
Medal.  Dr. King is a registered professional engineer in the state of
Mississippi.  Over the last 30 years, Dr. King has served in a variety
of leadership roles within government and academia and has published
over 200 papers and holds 4 patents.
 
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