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The Second Transdisciplinary Research Conference on Nanotechnology – 2006
Held in May 2006, the conference’s theme was again nanotechnology. Local and international researchers presented the latest research trends in this field. The invited speakers were Dr. Eric D. Isaacs, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, and Dr. Gregory N. Tew and Dr. Jim Watkins, Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Fifty two STEM faculty members, 84 STEM graduate students, and 51 undergraduate STEM students attended the conference, which was held on May 5, 2006 at the Mayaguez Resort Hotel. Seventy five students presented their research projects in a poster session. Local speakers included Dr. Oscar Perales (UPR-Mayaguez) – “Size and Structure Control at the Nanoscale: Improving the Quality of the Building Blocks for Advanced Nanostructures”; Dr. Luis Fonseca (UPR-Rio Piedras) – “Nanocrystalline Silicon for Display Applications”, and Dr. Nicholas Pinto (UPR-Humacao) – “Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of Conducting Polymer Nanofibers Via Electrospinning
The First Transdisciplinary Research Conference – 2004
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In December 2004 the BD Program held the First Transdisciplinary Scientific Research Conference for faculty, researchers and graduate students. The topic selected was Nanotechnology. The Plenary
Speaker was Dr. Gunther Oberdorster from Rochester University with the topic: “Engineered Nanoparticles: Can They be Harmful?”. Other speakers included: Dr. John Carlisle, from Argonne National Laboratory; Dr. Diego Díaz, from Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology; Dr. Luis Solá, from Dupont of Puerto Rico; Dr. Ram Katiyar, Dr. Carlos Cabrera, and Dr. Gerardo Morell, from UPR-Rio Piedras; and Dr. Miguel Castro and Dr. Carlos Rinaldi,
from UPR-Mayaguez. Graduate students, including PR-LSAMP BDP Fellows who are conducting research in this field, presented their research projects in a poster session. Approximately 200 STEM faculty members and graduate students attended the conference.