Symposium Program
May 22 , 2012
120 Physical Sciences Building (PSB), Cornell University map
- 8:00 - 8:30 am
Breakfast & Registration – PSB Clark Atrium
- 8:30 - 8:40 am
Welcome Remarks and Introduction – 120 PSB
Professor Melissa Hines, Director of the CCMR; and Organizing Committee: ProfessorsSol Gruner, Physics; David Muller, Applied and Engineering Physics; Jiwoong Park, Chemistry and Chemical Biology - 8:40 - 9:20 am
How Aberration Correction Will Transform our Microscopic View of Crystal Growth
Dr. Frances Ross, Research Staff Member, Physical Sciences Department, IBM Research Division, T. J. Watson Research Center
- 9:20 – 9:50 am
Atomic-Scale Imaging of Composition and Bonding in Nanostructures and Devices using Electron Microscopy
Professor David Muller, Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University
- 9:50 - 10:20 am
Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Biological Materials at the Nanometer Scale
Dr. Lena Fitting Kourkoutis, Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University
- 10:20 – 10:50 am
Coffee Break & Posters – PSB Clark Atrium
- 10:50 – 11:30 am
Electron Microscopy of Automotive Fuel Cells and Batteries:
Opportunities and Challenges
Dr. Vic Liu, Senior Materials Scientist, Electrochemical Energy Research Laboratory, General Motors
- 11:30 – 12:00 pm
Probing the Mechanical Behavior of Alloys at the Crystal Scale Using High Energy Synchrotron X-rays
Professor Matt Miller, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Lunch – PSB Clark Atrium - By Invitation and Tickets ONLY
- 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Sproull Lecture – Bioimaging on the Nanoscale: Single-Molecule and Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
Professor Xiaowei Zhuang, Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Physics, Harvard University; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
- 2:30 – 3:00 pm
Spectroscopy, Microscopy and Materials Science – Creating New Tools for Biologists
Professor Warren Zipfel, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
- 3:00 – 3:30 pm
Coffee Break & Posters – PSB Clark Atrium
- 3:30 - 4:00 pm
Using Cantilevers to Detect Magnetic Resonance, Spectroscopically Probe Electronic Energy Levels, and Image Charge Generation at the Nanoscale
Professor John Marohn, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University
- 4:00 - 6:30 pm
Poster Session – Reception & Refreshments – PSB Clark Atrium
