Preliminary Program subject to change
TH008 Bionanotechnology II: 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

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

CoChair

Mark E. Byrne
Auburn University
Department of Chemical Engineering
Auburn, AL 36849-5127
Phone Number: 334-844-2862
Fax Number: 334-844-2063
Email: byrneme@eng.auburn.edu
Nanotechnology to Benefit Tissue Engineering
Thomas J. Webster, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Purdue University, 500 Central Drive, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Biomimetic Approaches to Biomaterials Design
Efrosini Kokkoli, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Biomimesis in Drug Delivery
Mark E. Byrne, Biomimetic & Biohybrid Materials, Biomedical Devices, and Drug Delivery Laboratories, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 235 Ross Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5127

Topical H – Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology (Bionanotechnology)