NanoDay@ Penn 2007

University of Pennsylvania OCTOBER 24, 2007

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Each year, the Nano/Bio Interface Center of the University of Pennsylvania sponsors a day of education and outreach programs for the Penn community as well as regional high schools and neighbors. Activities include exhibits and demonstrations, laboratory tours, a graduate student research poster session, and high school research projects/science fair.

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM 1st Floor Towne Building/ 2nd Floor Levine Lobby * Nanotech Fair: explore exhibits and demonstrations highlighting nanoscale science and engineering presented by NBIC research groups. * Multimedia presentation about exciting new discoveries from nanoscale researchers in physics, chemistry, physiology and engineering * High School Science Fair projects (judging from 12:00 – 2:00 PM - Levine Hall) Award winning high school students display their research projects

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM NanoTours - Guided tours for visiting high school classes (pre-arranged and scheduled through NBIC) - Admissions presentation by the School of Engineering and Applied Science

2:00 – 4:00 PM Raisler Lounge or Berger Lobby (Skirkanich Hall) Graduate student Poster Session (NBIC and IGERT)

3:00 – 3:45 PM Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall High school science research awards ceremony

4:00 – 5:30 PM Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall

NBIC Graduate Research Award to:

Michael Fischbein, Physics and Astronomy, Drndic Group

Keynote and 3rd Annual NBIC Research Excellence Award to:

Charles M. Lieber, Harvard University

“Nanotechnology and the Life Sciences: From Ultrasensitive Disease Detection to Hybrid ‘Smart’ Materials”

5:15 – 6:30 PM Levine Hall Lobby• NBIC Reception and multimedia presentation

5:30 – 6:30 PM Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall Penn Nanotech Society Forum: Finding the ‘Nano’ in Nanotech

High School Science Research Fair

grade 10

Joseph DilleSouderton Area High SchoolThe Effect of Weight Distribution on a Quarter Midget

David Joseph Barkley Jr.North Penn High SchoolCompromising Computers

Christine KurianCharter School of WilmingtonLife Depends on Diffusion

Kathleen YuNorth Penn High SchoolThe Effects of Water on Hardwood Flooring

Elizabeth RobbinsAcademy of Notre Dame de NamurOh! My Aching Stomach: the Effects of Antacids on Pepsin

Emeline ChongNorth Penn High School Computer Countdown

Each year, we invite high school students who were award winners in regional sci-ence fairs to bring their post-ers to NanoDay@Penn.

grade 11

Janet SongMethacton High SchoolThe Development of a Urine Test for the Early Detec-tion of Colorectal Cancer

Manjima DharJ.R. MastermanQuantized Conductance

Nipun SodhiCherry Hill High School EastExpression of and Interaction Between the Tumor Suppressor pRb2/p130, and the Polycomb Protein EZH2, in Both Normal and Tumor Derived Prostate Cell Lines

Jeffrey HartHigh Technology High SchoolThe Effect of Electrode Composition on Hydrogen Yield in Electrolysis

Jay FeldmanHigh Technology High SchoolThe Effect of a Powerline Network on Noise in a Cat-3 Cable

Jason ZukusHigh Technology High SchoolThe Effect of Different Draw Solutions on Their Dilu-tion in a Forward Osmosis Desalination System

Deepthi ShashiharGreat Valley High SchoolSmart Shopper

Rebecca JacksonCharter School of WilmingtonPolymer Failure in Nylon

grade 12

Pavel GogotsiCouncil Rock High School NorthAdvanced Supercapacitors using NanoPorous Car-bons

Avni PatelWissahickon High SchoolThe Effect of Fixer Exposure Time on the Tonal Range of a Photograph

Franz SauerHigh Technology High SchoolTowards Making the Smallest Tool Machine for Nanotechnology

Devin ReddingAvon Grove High SchoolUtilizing Thermoelectric Devices In A Car's Engine for Waste Heat Recovery In a Car's Engine

Dawei ZhangJR Masterman High SchoolDamping Effect

Nanoscience Exhibits

To learn more about the research of our

participating research groups, visit their

websites listed below..Bau Group www.me.upenn.edu/faculty/bau.htmlBonnell Group www.seas.upenn.edu/%7Ebonnell/Chen Group www.seas.upenn.edu/~chenlab/Composto Group www.lrsm.upenn.edu/~composto/intro.htmlDrndic Group www.physics.upenn.edu/%7Edrndic/group/index.htmlJohnson Group www.lrsm.upenn.edu/~nanophys/

Park Group www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/research/faculty.php?id=29Santiago Group www.ese.upenn.edu/~santiago/

Other exhibits and information tables in-clude:

•Nanotechnology Institute•Penn Nanotechnology Society•Northeast High School c/o Mr. Harry

Bridges

NOTE: Titles and abstracts document available at the poster session in Raisler Lounge on the 2nd floor Towne Building at 2:00 PM.

The mechanics and behavior of actin filaments in an electric fieldMark E. Arsenault, Hui Zhao, Prashant K. Purohit, Yale E. Goldman, and Haim H. Bau

Twirling of Actin by MyosinJohn F. Beausang, John Lewis, Harry T. Schroeder III, H. Lee Sweeney, and Yale E. Goldman

Hybrid Fluorescence and Atomic Force Microscopy: Specificity, Resolution, and Force for Biophysics and Cell BiologyAndré E.X. Brown, Alina Popescu‡ Henry Shuman, Dennis E. Discher

Integrating different types of nanowire sensors in a large array---An Approach to Electronic NosesYaping Dan, Stephane Evoy, and A.T. Charlie Johnson

Interfacial Assembly of Nanoparticles in Discrete Block-Copolymer Aggregates

Brenda Sanchez-Gaytan, Timothy Duncan, Weihong Cui, YooJin Kim, Miguel Mendez-Polanco, Michael Fryd, Bradford B. Wayland, So-Jung Park

Interactions between diblock copolymer and fer-ritin within synthetic polymer vesiclesMasaya Jimbo and Ivan Dmochowski

Probing the Structure of DNA-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids with Molecular DynamicsRobert R. Johnson, A.T. Charlie Johnson, Michael L. Klein

Parallel Fabrication and Real-Time TEM Imaging of the Formation of Crystalline Nano-scale GapsDanvers E. Johnston, Douglas R. Strachan Beth S. Guiton, Peter K. Davies, Dawn A. Bonnell and A. T. Charlie Johnson

Single Stranded DNA-Single-Walled Carbon Nano-tube Sensors For Detection Of Gaseous AnalytesSamuel Khamis1, Michelle Chen2, Robert Johnson1, A.T. Charlie Johnson1

Interaction Between Single-Walled Carbon Nano-tubes and Water Soluble, Rigid Rod-like Poly(p-phenyleneethynylene)One-Sun Lee,1 Youn K. Kang,1 Tae-Hong Park,1 Sang Hoon Kim,2 Pravas Deria,1

Dawn A Bonnell,2* Michael J. Therien,1* and Jeffery G. Saven1*

Block Copolymer Nanotemplates for Biomolecular arraysJung Hyun Park, Yujie Sun, Yale E. Goldman, Russell J. Composto,

Design of functional ferritin-like proteinsJoe Swift, Christopher A. Butts, Seung-gu Kang, Lei Zhang, Jeffery G. Saven, and Ivan J. Dmochowski

Title: Tracking Myosin Motors on Actin Filaments in 3DYujie Sun, Yale E. Goldman

Structure and activity of apoferritin-stabilized gold nanoparticles Lei Zhang and Ivan Dmochowski

Graduate Student & Post doc Poster Session

Graduate Student Award for Research Excellence2007 Recipient

Michael Fischbein, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Nanosculpting with Electrons

Manipulation of matter on the scale of atoms and molecules is an essential part of realizing the potential that nanotechnology has to offer. In this talk I will describe nanosculpting, a new technique for fabricating nanostructures. Nanosculpting works by controllably exposing materials to an intense and highly focused beam of electrons. The effect of electron irradiation can be used to either displace or eliminate regions of the material with resolution on the scale of tens of atoms per exposure. By exploiting this behavior, unique nanostructures can be made whose properties may provide new insights into the nature of nano.

Nano/Bio Interface Center Award for Research Excellence2007 Recipient

Charles Lieber, Harvard University

Nanotechnology and the Life Sciences: From Ultrasensitive Disease Detection to Hybrid ‘Smart’ Materials

Advances in nanoscale materials can enable unique opportunities at the interface between chemistry, phys-ics and the life sciences. In this presentation, the development of nanowire nanoelectric devices and device arrays and their application as powerful tools for the life sciences will be discussed. The application of nanowire nanoelectronic arrays for ultra-sensitive, label-free, real-time detection disease markers and chemical/biological warfare agents will be described, as well as the efforts pushing the sensitivity of these nanodevices to limits that enable new applications in detection of single molecules and sequencing DNA. In addition, the development of two-way electronic interfaces between nanowire nanoelectronic devices and liv-ing cells will be described, and their applications in neuroscience, drug-discovery and for enabling electronic-human interfaces will be discussed.

NANODAY @ PENN 2007 SPONSORS

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