CHALLENGES IN CHARACTERIZING SMALL PARTICLES:
Exploring Particles from the Nano- to Microscales
October 25-26, 2010
The Washington Plaza Hotel
10 Thomas Circle Northwest,
Washington, DC 20005-4106
DAY ONE, Monday, October 25, 2010
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. | Welcome & Introduction to Workshop Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, Doug Ray, and Levi Thompson |
PLENARY SESSION—WHY DO SMALL PARTICLES MATTER TO ME?
Chair, Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
8:45 a.m. | Steve Schwartz, Brookhaven National Laboratory Understanding the influences of atmospheric aerosols on climate and climate change and representing them in models: A tall order |
9:15 a.m. | Morton Lippmann, New York University Human health impacts of ambient air particles |
9:45 a.m. | Michael Hochella, Virginia Polytechnic and State University New hidden Earth: The importance of putting natural, incidental, and manufactured nanoparticles in a global and historical context |
10:15 a.m. | Break |
10:30 a.m. | Gerry McDermott, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Visualizing the location of small particles in cells and quantifying their effects |
11:00 a.m. | Open discussion Facilitator, Levi Thompson |
CHALLENGES IN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS & IMAGING OF SMALL PARTICLES I
Chair, Doug Ray
11:45 a.m. | Alla Zelenyuk, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Multidimensional characterization of individual aerosol particles |
12:05 p.m. | Ralph Nuzzo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Challenges and approaches to nanoscale materials characterization at atomic resolution |
12: 25 p.m. | Lunch |
CHALLENGES IN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS & IMAGING OF SMALL PARTICLES II
Chair, Levi Thompson
1:25 p.m. | Lee Silverman, DuPont Central Research Particle characterization needs—a nanocomposite perspective |
1:45 p.m. | Jim Smith, National Center for Atmospheric Research and University of Eastern Finland Recent progress in quantifying the chemical composition of atmospheric nanoparticles |
2:05 p.m. | Abhaya Datye, University of New Mexico Particle design and synthesis for catalysts |
2:25 p.m. | Yi Qiao, 3M Corporate Research Process Laboratory Nanoparticle size measurement with microfluidic channel and dielectrophoresis |
2:45 p.m. | Open discussion on Challenges in Chemical Analysis & Imaging of Small Particles Facilitator, Doug Ray |
3:30 p.m. | Break |
CHALLENGES IN CHEMICAL FORMATION, FATES, USES, AND IMPACTS OF SMALL PARTICLES
Chair, Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
3:45 p.m. | James Litster, Purdue University Design and manufacture of delivery forms for small particles |
4:05 p.m. | Pedro Alvarez, Rice University Particles in the environment |
4:25 p.m. | Vicki Grassian, University of Iowa From mineral dust to nanoparticles: Challenges in understanding surface chemistry, transformations and global impacts of small particles |
4:45 p.m. | Open Discussion on Challenges in Chemical Formation, Fates, Uses, and Impacts of Small Particles Facilitator, Levi Thompson |
5:30 p.m. | Posters & Refreshments |
7:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
DAY TWO, Tuesday, October 26, 2010
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
8:45 a.m. | Welcome & Introduction to Workshop Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, Doug Ray, and Levi Thompson |
CHALLENGES IN MODELING AND SIMULATION OF SMALL PARTICLES
Chair, Levi Thompson
8:55 a.m. | Angela Violi, University of Michigan “Nanoparticle in the environment”: From molecular simulations to health effects |
9:15 a.m. | Douglas Tobias, University of California, Irvine Atomistic and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of small particles in environmental and biological systems |
9:35 a.m. | Rhonda Stroud, Naval Research Laboratory |
9:55 a.m. | Open Discussion on Challenges in Modeling and Simulation of Small Particles Facilitator, Barbara Finlayson-Pitts |
10:25 a.m. | Break |
10:40 a.m. | Wrap-up “Action” Panel Facilitator, Doug Ray |
Panelists will respond to the questions: What did you hear in the workshop? What do you think are some next steps? Lee Silverman, DuPont Central Research Richard Conroy, National Institutes of Health Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of Florida Michael Postek, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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12:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
12:15 p.m. | CSR Member Business Meeting |