Extraordinary Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion at Nanoscale: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | August 28 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Gang Chen, MIT, Mechanical Engineering

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

Heat transfer and energy conversion phenomena at nanoscale can differ significantly from that in macroscale. In this talk, I will start with a general discussion of nanoscale heat transfer and energy conversion processes, followed by a few examples of extraordinary heat transfer phenomena from our research.

The first example will be how nanostructures can be exploited to reduce...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Biointerfacial Aspects of Mussel Adhesive Proteins and their Biologically Inspired Analogs: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | September 11 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Phillip B. Messersmith, Northwestern University, Biomedical Engineering / Institute for Bionanotechnology in Medicine

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

In nature, large varieties of interesting adhesive strategies operate in wet and dry environments and serve to inspire the development of new materials.

Marine mussels, for example, have evolved sophisticated protein glues that robustly attach to rocks and man-made structures such as piers and ship hulls. The proteins found in these glues have very specialized amino acid...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Plasmonics, Nanofabrication, and Microfabrication - Enabling Tunable Optical Filters and Modulators: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | September 18 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Jack L. Skinner, Ph.D., Sandia National Laboratories, Nanoelectronics & Nanophotonics Group

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

This seminar will discuss the design, fabrication, and characterization of optical modulators and filters based on plasmonic interactions with resonant metallic gratings. The optical and electromechanical theory behind the operation of these devices is covered with modeling results to confirm experimental results. Optical modulators and filters were made for both the infrared (IR)...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

The Power of Control Over Si Nanowire Location and Growth Direction - Advances in Electronics and in Chemical Sensing: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | September 25 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Nathaniel J. Quitoriano, McGill University, Mining and Materials Engineering

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

Semiconducting nanowires (NWs) have promising properties suggesting future use in electronic, optical, and sensing applications. In this talk we present results on guiding vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) NW growth by growing NWs against the buried-oxide layer of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate.

Using a (001) SOI substrate, we engineer NW growth in directions against the...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Dark Matters

Colloquium | September 28 | 4:30 p.m. | 1 LeConte Hall

Speaker/Performer: Joseph Silk, University of Oxford

Sponsor: Physics, Department of

One of the greatest mysteries in the cosmos is that it is mostly dark. Astronomers and particle physicists today are seeking to unravel the nature of this mysterious, but pervasive dark matter which has profoundly influenced the formation of structure in the universe. I will describe the complex interplay between galaxy formation and dark matter detectability and review recent...   More >

Advanced Electron Microscopy in NanoMedicine: A CNSI Symposium at UCLA

Conference/Symposium | October 2 – 3, 2009 every day | 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | CNSI UCLA, Building 114

Location: 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Performer Group:

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

The BNNI's sibling institute at UCLA/UCSB, called the California NanoSystems Institute, is holding a two-day symposium on characterization topics of interest to nano-researchers with a focus on medical applications.
See their website for more information:
http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/electron-microscopy/

Superfluid Weaklinks--Physics and Applications: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | October 2 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Richard E. Packard, UC Berkeley Physics Department

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

Arrays of nanometer sized apertures connecting reservoirs of superfluid helium have been found to exhibit properties of a macroscopic quantum two-level system. When the superfluid experiences a pressure difference between the two reservoirs, the fluid oscillates in the apertures rather than passing through like a classical fluid.

This so called "quantum whistle," at the...   More >

Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks to Chemical and Radiation Detection, Nanoscale Cluster Templating, and Beyond

Seminar | October 2 | 4-5 p.m. |  Pitzer Auditorium, 120 Latimer Hall

Speaker: Dr. Mark Allendorf, Energy Nanomaterials Department, Sandia National Laboratories

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

Coffee and Refreshments served at the "Coffee Lab" B38 Hildebrand - available @ 3:50pm

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Advanced Electron Microscopy in NanoMedicine: A CNSI Symposium at UCLA

Conference/Symposium | October 2 – 3, 2009 every day | 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. | CNSI UCLA, Building 114

Location: 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Performer Group:

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

The BNNI's sibling institute at UCLA/UCSB, called the California NanoSystems Institute, is holding a two-day symposium on characterization topics of interest to nano-researchers with a focus on medical applications.
See their website for more information:
http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/electron-microscopy/

Nanostructured Interfaces for Therapeutic Delivery: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | October 9 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Tejal Desai, UC San Francisco, Bioengineering

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

Efficient drug delivery remains an important challenge in medicine.

Continuous release of therapeutic agents over extended time periods and in accordance to a pre-determined temporal profile; local delivery at a constant rate to overcome systemic toxicity; improved ease of administration, and increasing patient compliance are some of the unmet needs of the present drug delivery...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Cleantech to Market (C2M) Applications are due

Deadline | October 12 | Haas School of Business, beverly_alexander@haas.berkeley.edu

Sponsor: Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative

Applications for the Spring 2010 Cleantech to Market (C2M) opportunity are due to Beverly Alexander (beverly_alexander@haas.berkeley.edu) today. For complete details about this research opportunity and an application, visit the C2M website at: http://berc.berkeley.edu/cleantech-to-market.

Target audience: Students - Graduate

What is the Future of Science Education?

Colloquium | October 12 | 3-4:30 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall

Sponsor: Letters & Science, College of

A panel discussion featuring:

Paul Kelter, Professor of Education, Northern Illinois University
Deborah Nolan, Professor of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
Richard Muller, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley

Target audiences: Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: All Audiences

Some Advances in Nanotechnology at Berkeley

Lecture | October 14 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium

Speaker/Performer: Alex Zettl, Physics Professor, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: CITRIS (Ctr for Info Technology Research in the Interest of Society)

The complete series can be found at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/RE-fall2009.As always, these talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live on-line at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast the day and time of the event. Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

How to Make the Most of Your Engineering/Technical Internship in a Tough Economy

Workshop | October 14 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg., Room 290

Sponsor: Co-sponsored by the College of Engineering and the Cal Career Center

Engineering students are invited to attend this unique panel discussion and hear from Berkeley Engineering alumni and engineering professionals about how to make the most of an engineering or technical internship in a tough economy.

To RSVP, login to Callisto: http://callisto.berkeley.edu.

Fall Mid-semester Study Break

Miscellaneous | October 14 | 6-8 p.m. |  Anthony Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Mid-semester study break for graduate students. Dinner will be provided. 6-8pm at the Graduate Assembly. Co-sponsored by the Graduate Support Services Project and the Graduate Minority Students Project.

Tailor-Made (Supra) Macromolecules: From Nanoscopic Dimensions to the Mesoscopic World

Seminar | October 16 | 10:10 a.m. | 775 Tan Hall

Speaker: Professor Ulrich S. Schubert, Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, GERMANY

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

Computational Electronics: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | October 16 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Dragica Vasileska, Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

As semiconductor feature sizes shrink into the nanometer scale regime, even conventional device behavior becomes increasingly complicated as new physical phenomena at short dimensions occur, and limitations in material properties are reached. In addition to the problems related to the understanding of actual operation of ultra-small devices, the reduced feature sizes require more...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Fast DNA Sequencing: A Physicist’s Perspective: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | October 23 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Massimiliano Di Ventra, UC San Diego, Physics Department

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

Fast and low-cost DNA sequencing methods would revolutionize medicine: a person could have his/her full genome sequenced so that drugs could be tailored to his/her specific illnesses; doctors could know in advance patients’ likelihood to develop a given ailment; cures to major diseases could be found faster.

However, this goal of “personalized medicine” is hampered today by the..

Neil Bartlett Lecture: Never Say No to a Challenge, a Lifelong Pursuit of Impossible Chemistry

Seminar | October 23 | 4-5 p.m. |  Pitzer Auditorium, 120 Latimer Hall

Speaker: Professor Karl O. Christe, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California

Sponsor: Chemistry, Department of

Coffee and Refreshments served at the "Coffee Lab" B38 Hildebrand - available @ 3:50pm

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

International Career Symposium

Special Event | October 28 | 12-6:15 p.m. |  Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union

Performer Group:

Sponsor: Career Center

Rick Steves, acclaimed travel writer and 2009 Citizen Diplomat of the Year headlines UC Berkeley's 2009 two-day International Career Symposium, October 27-28. Rick will address "Promoting Global Peace and Understanding through Travel," highlighting his seminal and widely-broadcasted trip to Iran.

Check web for complete details on Oct. 27-28 programming.

Target audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Open to audience: All Audiences

Slow Electron Cooling and Spin Blockade in Colloidal Quantum Dots: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | October 30 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, Univ. of Chicago, Physical Chemistry

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

These are two distinct effects that should arise from the sparse density and small degeneracy of states of quantum dots.

Slow electron cooling has long been expected in dots showing an energy mismatch between electronic states larger than phonons. By designing colloidal dots to diminish other energy sinks such as holes, electron traps and ligands
molecular vibrations, the...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Engineering Employer Roundtable

Workshop | November 5 | 2-4 p.m. | Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg., Room 290

Sponsor: Co-sponsored by the College of Engineering and the Cal Career Center

Thinking about applying for internships or jobs? Meet with a engineering/technical professional to learn about specific technical fields and companies in a table discussion setting. Get pointers on how to successfully market yourself. Bring your resume.


To RSVP, login to Callisto: http://callisto.berkeley.edu.

Organic/Polymer Solar Cells -- Past, Present and Future: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | November 6 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Alan Sellinger, Stanford University, Materials Science & Engineering

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

Solar cell efficiencies and lifetimes based on organic small molecules and polymeric materials have been gradually increasing over the past 10 years. For example, power conversion efficiencies (PCE) and lifetimes of 1% and a few hours have now reached nearly 7% and thousands of hours.

This talk will review the progress and future prospects of organic/polymer solar cells as well...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Inorganic-Organic Co-Assembly as a Simple Route To Functional Nanostructured Materials: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | November 13 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Sarah Tolbert, UCLA, Chemistry Dept. / CNSI

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

Block-copolymer templating of inorganic frameworks provides a powerful route to the production of periodic nanoporous materials from either sol-gel or nanoparticle building blocks. The periodicity provides mechanical robustness that allows the frameworks to withstand a broad range of chemical transformations with minimal changes in porosity.

In this talk, we examine a range of...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

How to Obtain a Technical Research Internship or Job

Workshop | November 17 | 12:30-2 p.m. | Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg., Room 290

Sponsor: Co-sponsored by the College of Engineering and the Cal Career Center

Engineering students are invited to attend this unique panel discussion and hear from Berkeley Engineering alumni and engineering professionals about technical research opportunities, both on and off campus.

To RSVP, login to Callisto: http://callisto.berkeley.edu.

Solid-state Micromechanical Regulation of Tumor and Stem Cell Biology in the Central Nervous System: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | November 20 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Sanjay Kumar, M.D.,Ph.D., UCB Dept. of Bioengineering

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

One of the most exciting breakthroughs in cell biology over the past decade is the recognition that micromechanical inputs to cells from the solid-state extracellular matrix (ECM), including those encoded in ECM geometry, topography, and elasticity, can influence cell and tissue physiology and pathology in profound and specific ways.

This connection between mechanics and...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Optical Lock-in Detection (OLID) -- A New Approach for High-Contrast Imaging of Proteins in Living Cells and Tissue: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | December 4 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Prof. Gerard Marriott, UCB Dept. of Bioengineering

Sponsor: Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

We have developed a new microscope technique called optical lock-in detection (OLID) imaging microscopy for high-contrast imaging and analysis of specific biomolecules in living cells and tissues.

Key to the OLID approach is the application of a molecular optical switch, a class of probe that undergoes rapid and reversible transitions between two distinct states in response to...   More >

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.

Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA.