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Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award for 2015[ register | background | flyer | agenda |
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Congratulations to the 2015 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award Winner!
Professor Sara Skrabalak
James H. Rudy Associate Professor, Indiana University
2015 Baekeland Symposium
Featured Prof Skrabalak as Keynote Speaker
Date: Friday, December 4, 2015
Time: 12:00 Noon
Place: Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
Rutgers Busch Campus
174 Frelingheuysen Rd
Piscataway NJ 08854
Directions: map to Fiber Optics Bldg , map of campus
Parking: Visitors may park In Lots 51, 59, 60A & 60B near the Student Center without permits. The map shows parking lot locations. There will be Event Parking signs posted at Lots.
Invited Speakers
Program Agenda:
12:00 - Registration / Snacks
12:30 - Welcome Address Dr. Luciano Mueller, Baekeland Symposium Chair
12:40 - Prof. Christopher B. Murray Preparation and Properties of Strongly Coupled Nanocrystal Superlattices: From Artificial Atoms to Mesoscale Quantum Solids.
1:30 - Prof. Ken Suslick The Optoelectronic Nose: An Adventure in Molecular Recognition
2:20 - Prof. Amy Prieto Nanoparticles of earth abundant materials for applications in photovoltaics: linking surface chemistry to transport properties
3:10 - Break / Refreshments
3:40 - Prof. Trevor Douglas Biological Approaches to Materials Synthesis
4:30 - Baekeland Award Presentation Dr. Ron Kong, NJ-ACS Section Chair
4:40 - Keynote: Prof. Sara Skrabalak Seeding a New Kind of Garden: Synthesis of Symmetrically Stellated Bimetallic Nanocrystals
5:30 - Closing remarks Dr. Les McQuire, NJ-ACS Awards Chair