[Utah-astronomy] Fwd: A Nano-Engineering Revolution: Oct. 24 Frontiers of Science Lecture

--- James DeGooyer <jdegooyer@science.utah.edu> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:45:52 -0600
> To: office@science.utah.edu
> From: James DeGooyer <jdegooyer@science.utah.edu>
> Subject: A Nano-Engineering Revolution: Oct. 24
> Lecture
> CC: jdegooyer@science.utah.edu
> 
> Dear Frontiers of Science patron:  The first FOS
> lecture of this 
> academic year is Wed, Oct. 24, 7:30 PM, on campus!
> The event is free 
> and open to the public! See the official University
> of Utah press 
> release below -- we hope you can join us Oct. 24!
> 
> 
> 
> >FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE LECTURE
> >Nano-engineering: A Technology Revolution
> >
> >	Lecturer: Larry R. Dalton, George B. Kauffman
> professor of
> >chemistry, University of Washington
> >
> >	Date: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007
> >
> >	Time: 7:30 p.m.
> >
> >	Place: Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building
> Auditorium,
> >University of Utah
> >
> >FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
> >
> >	Thirty years ago, few people could have imagined
> the impact that
> >personal computers, cell phones, flat-panel
> displays and Global
> >Positioning System navigation devices would have on
> their daily lives.
> >
> >	Today, we are faced with daunting technological
> challenges: the
> >energy crisis, rising medical diagnostic costs,
> homeland security issues
> >and bandwidth saturation in telecommunications.
> "Great problems create
> >great opportunities, and the limitations of current
> technology are
> >motivating transformative research that addresses
> critical challenges
> >and creates new economies," says Dalton. "A new
> technology revolution is
> >on the way that will be significantly greater than
> the advances of the
> >past three decades - a revolution that will impact
> our lives in truly
> >extraordinary ways."
> >
> >	For example, electronic and photonic devices -
> which use light
> >to transmit information - now can be constructed
> with dimensions smaller
> >than the wavelength of light, and these devices and
> circuits exhibit
> >extraordinary properties. The integration of
> electronics and photonics
> >provides the route to super-fast computers and
> information downloads
> >from computers to devices and to the Internet with
> terabyte or greater
> >bandwidths. "Waiting for a file to upload or
> download will be a thing of
> >the past, and microprocessors will play an ever
> greater role in the
> >real-time control of devices," says Dalton.
> >
> >	Technologies such as anti-collision radar and
> phased-array radar
> >will become commonplace, permitting 3-D real-time
> awareness of the
> >environments surrounding planes, cars and ships. A
> new generation of
> >sensor technology is on the way, and embedded
> network sensing (which
> >combines sensor, telecommunication, microprocessor
> and actuator
> >capabilities on a single chip) is already used for
> monitoring civil
> >infrastructure and the natural environment. An
> extension of embedded
> >network sensing promises point-of-care diagnostics
> - no more waiting for
> >a clinical laboratory to return important
> analytical results.
> >
> >	Nanotechnology - technology on the scale of
> molecules or even
> >atoms - is leading to new materials that exhibit
> greater bandwidth for
> >electronic and photonic applications, have
> dramatically reduced power
> >requirements and even harvest their own energy, are
> lightweight and
> >flexible, and are cheaper to produce than
> conventional materials.
> >
> >	Dalton attended the Honors College of Michigan
> State University
> >and graduated with highest honors in 1965 with a
> bachelor's degree in
> >chemistry and mathematics. His undergraduate
> research in chemistry
> >resulted in five research publications. In
> mathematics, Dalton's
> >achievements were recognized by election to Pi Mu
> Epsilon, the honorary
> >national mathematics society. He completed a
> master's degree in
> >chemistry in 1966 at Michigan State, then earned an
> A.M. degree and a
> >Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1971. He was awarded
> a number of graduate
> >honors, including a Harvard University Fellowship
> and a National
> >Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship.
> >
> >	Dalton has worked on the faculty at Vanderbilt
> University, the
> >State University of New York at Stony Brook, and
> the University of
> >Southern California. In 1998, he joined the faculty
> at the University of
> >Washington, Seattle, where he currently holds the
> George B. Kauffman
> >Professorship in Chemistry and is an adjunct
> professor of electrical
> >engineering.
> >
> >	Recent awards and honors include the 2006 William
> Streifer
> >Scientific Achievement Award, the 2003 Chemistry of
> Materials Award of
> >the American Chemical Society, and the Quality
> Education for Minorities'
> >2005 Giants in Science Award. He is a Fellow of the
> American Association
> >for the Advancement of Science and senior member of
> the Institute of
> >Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He is
> coauthor of more than 500
> >peer-reviewed publications.
> >
> >	The Frontiers of Science lecture series is
> celebrating its 40th
> >year in 2007, making it one of the longest-running
> lecture series in the
> >history of the University of Utah. The series is
> co-hosted by the
> >College of Science and the College of Mines and
> Earth Sciences.
> 
> 
> -- 
> James R. DeGooyer
> Public Relations Specialist
> College of Science
> 1430 E. Presidents Cir. Rm. 220
> Salt Lake City, UT 84112
> Ph. (801) 581-3124
> Fax (801) 585-3169


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