Monday November 8 4:00 - 5:00 PM Kelley 1001
Dudley Finch President AISthesis Products, Inc. Experimental, Environmental and Engineering Challenges of Investigating the Nano/Bio Interface The development and application of nanomaterials is rapidly emerging as one of the major global events of the 21st century, analogous to the impact of the industrial revolution. While commercial and research opportunities abound, there are many challenges that face us with regard to the potential biological and environmental impacts of nanoengineered materials. The advantage of this period of time is that we have at our disposal a range of powerful analytical tools capable of characterizing materials at the nanometer and sub-nanometer scale. However, obtaining reliable information and accurate data interpretation can be extremely challenging, particularly when dealing with living systems in which rapid dynamic events occur at the nanoscale. The difficulty experienced in measuring these interactions is often compounded by the desire to obtain information at the nanoscale in three dimensions. In light of these challenges, a review is presented of the biomedical applications wh! ere new nanoscale metrology approaches are required, with an emphasis on experimental, environmental and engineering challenges associated with investigating the nano/bio interface. Biography Dudley Finch, Adjunct Professor in Materials Science, Virginia Tech, achieved his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Materials Science from Brunel University, United Kingdom. Work experience: Lecturer, Departments of Materials Science and Manufacturing and Engineering Systems, Brunel University - 10 years; Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College School of Medicine - 2 years; Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder - 4 years; Affiliate, NIST, Boulder - 4 years; Adjunct Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech - 3 years; Directors of Biomedica Ltd. (UK) - 7 years, Ranier Ltd. (UK) - 1 year, AISthesis, LLC (US) - 5 years and AISthesis Products, Inc. (US) - 2 years. _______________________________________________ Colloquium mailing list [email protected] https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/colloquium
