Preliminary Program subject to change
TH007 Bionanotechnology I: Plenary and Tutorial Session
OverviewThe purpose of this session will be to feature leading scientists and engineers who will discuss recent directions of the field including nanotechnology to advance human health, understanding how cells work through bottom-up assembly of biological nanosystems ex-vivo, advances in imaging technologies, from microfabrication to nanofabrication etc. This is a session of invited papers only.
Primary SponsorTopical H – Biological Applications of Nanotechnology (Bionanotechnology) (TH)
Co-Sponsor(s)Pharmaceuticals (15b), Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15d), Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (22)

Chair

Nicholas A. Peppas
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
CPE 3.466
1 University Station, Code C0400
Austin, TX 78712
Phone Number: 1-512-471-6644
Fax Number: 1-512-471-8227
Email: peppas@che.utexas.edu

CoChair

J. Zach Hilt
University of Kentucky
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Lexington, KY 40506
Phone Number: 859 257-9844
Fax Number: (859) 323-1929
Email: hilt@engr.uky.edu
Biomems and Bionanotechnology and Applications to Diagnostics,
Rashid Bashir, Purdue University, 465 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Nanoscale Biomedical Devices
Samir Mitragotri, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Nanoscale Synthesis and Characterization of Biomaterials
J. Zach Hilt, University of Kentucky, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Lexington, KY 40506

Topical H – Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology (Bionanotechnology)