AGENDA

DURINT Kick-Off Meeting, Friday, Nov. 2, 2001

8:30-8:35 a.m. Greeting and Welcoming Remarks: Paras N. Prasad, Executive Director, Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, University at Buffalo

8:35-8:50 a.m. "New York State's Vision for Technology: NYSTAR", Russell Bessette, Executive Director, New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research

8:50-10:20 a.m. Session I: Military Interests in Molecular Electronics, Nanoelectronics and Nanophotonics Chair: Bruce McCombe, ILPB, UB
Charles Lee, AFOSR, Arlington, VA, 30 mins.
Sashi Karna, AFRL, Kirtland, NM, 30 mins.
Richard Vaia and Timothy Bunning, AFRL, Dayton, OH, 30 mins.

Coffee Break 10:20-10:50 a.m.

10:50-11:50 a.m. Session I Continues
Robert Nelson, AFRL, Dayton, 30 mins.
Darrel Hopper, AFRL, Dayton, 30 mins.

Lunch 11:50-1:00 p.m.

1:00-3:15 p.m. Session II: Introduction of DURINT Team Members and DURINT Tasks Chair: Alexander Cartwright, ILPB
Paras N. Prasad, Overview of the DURINT Program, 25 mins.
Bruce McCombe: ILPB/CAPEM, 20 mins.

Task 1: Molecular Building Blocks, Chair: Hiro Suga, ILPB
Team Leader: Jean Frechet, Univ. of California, Berkeley, (Overview) 30 mins.
Team Members: Sashi Karna, AFRL, 10 mins; Paras Prasad, ILPB, 10 mins.; Bruce Robinson, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, 20 mins.;
Discussion: 20 mins.

Coffee Break 3:15-3:35 p.m.

Session II Continues 3:35-4:45 p.m.
Task II: Devices and Applications
Team Leader: Mark Reed, Yale Univ., (Overview) 30 mins.
Team Members: Hong Luo, Alexander Cartwright, Bruce McCombe, Paras Prasad, ILPB, 20 mins.
Discussion: 20 mins.

6:30 p.m., Group Dinner at the Golden Duck Restaurant

AGENDA
DURINT Kick-Off Meeting, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001

9:00-10:30 a.m. Session III: Introduction of DURINT Tasks and Teams
Task III: Self-Assembly of Nanostructures, Chair: Mark Swihart, Chemical Eng., UB.
Team Leader: Ned Thomas, MIT, (Overview) 30 mins.
Team Members: Younan Xia, Univ. of Washington, 10 mins.; Richard Vaia, AFRL, Dayton, 10 mins.; John Wilkes, U.S. Air Force Academy, 10 mins.; Hiro Suga, ILPB, 10 mins.
Discussion: 20 mins.

Coffee Break 10:30-11:30 a.m.
One-hour Tour of the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics

11:30-12:50 p.m. Session III Continues
Task IV: Characterization of Materials, Chair: Andrea Markelz
Team Leader: Bruce McCombe, ILPB, (Overview) 30 mins.
Team Members: Alexander Cartwright, Hong Luo, Paras Prasad, ILPB; Mark Reed, Yale Univ., 20 mins.
Discussion: 20 mins.
Lunch 12:50-1:50 p.m.

1:50-2:10 p.m. Session IV
Task V: Dissemination, Education, and Training, Chair: Jim Bergey
Team Leader: Alexander Cartwright, 20 mins.
Team Members: Jim Bergey, Bruce McCombe, Paras Prasad, ILPB.

2:10-3:30 p.m. Session V: Roundtable Discussions
"Planning, Coordinating and Conclusions" Chair: Charles Lee