News & Events
Recent Activites and Talks
Outreach Activities:
Skip Rung, Sponsor and Invited speaker: ACS 2009 (Green Chemistry Symposium) Salt Lake City, March 2009
Skip Rung, Committee Member and Keynote Presentation at NNCO Regional State and Local Initiatives Conference – Oklahoma City, April 2009
Skip Rung, TechConnect (and NSTI, CTSI) Panelist – Houston, May 2009
Graduate student Zack Mensinger presents CGMC research during a seminar at the Institut Català d'Investigació Química (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, ICIQ) in Spain as part of an off-campus internship in the group of Prof. Pablo Ballester at ICIQ, May 2009
Doug Keszler, Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies in Oregon, Office of Canadian Ambassador, May 2009
Doug Keszler, Using X-ray and Electron-beam Tools to Characterize and Pattern Oxide Materials, Pacific NW Thin Film and Particle Workshop for High Tech Industry, May 2009.
Skip Rung, NSF Nanomanufacturing Summit (committee member) – Boston, May 2009
Skip Rung, National Governor’s Association Best Practices Forum invited speaker – San Francisco, June 2009
Darren Johnson, Poster and participation in 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour, Eugene, OR, June 2009
In connection with the UO Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, graduate student Maisha Kamunde-Devonish has begun participation in the Oregon Young Scholars Program (OYSP). This curriculum is designed to empower historically underrepresented students (9th to 11th grade) by increasing their academic skills in traditional disciplines as well as their interest in college. Maisha is working on developing chemistry curricula in this program.
Skip Rung and David Johnson, Silicon Forest Technology and Financial Forum (panel organizer) – Hillsboro, August 2009.
Skip Rung, NanoBusiness Conference (speaker, exhibitor, sponsor) – Chicago, September 2009
David Johnson, Keszler, Rung, The 2009 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference, Sept. 2009
Skip Rung, Invited speaker: Institute for Continuous Learning, Willamette University, Salem, Oct. 2009
Skip Rung, Sponsor, US-Japan Dielectric and Piezoeletric Materials Summit, Welches, OR, Oct. 2009
Skip Rung, Invited speaker/panelist, Oregon Economic Development Assocation Conference, McMinnville, OR, Oct. 2009
Skip Rung, Innovation Showcase poster presenter, Innovate-Collaborate-Oregon (ICO) Conference, Portland, OR Nov. 2009
Keszler, Rung, Sponsor/exhibitor, Willamette Innovators’ Night, Corvallis, OR Nov. 2009
NEWS
Licensing Executives Society Announces 2009 Deals of Distinction Awards
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS203280+21-Oct-2009+BW20091021
Innovative new panels could extend solar research
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/10/29/innovative-new-panels-could-extend-solar-reach/
OSU and UO gain support for "green materials" Center
NSF'S Renewed Push For Innovation
OSU's Transparent Electronics Key to Solar Energy Breakthrough
University of Oregon Gets Nanoscience Research Center
New nanocluster to boost thin films for semiconductors [Popular Mechanics]
Nano Design Adjustment May Help Find, Clear Some Water Contaminants
