2024 13TH SNO CONFERENCE PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Conference Organizing Committee
Conference Chair: Geoffrey Bothun, University of Rhode Island
SNO President: Achintya Bezbaruah, North Dakota State University
SNO Executive Director: Barbara Karn, SNO
Coordinator: Bj Carangia, University of Rhode Island
| Friday, November 8, 2024 | |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | |
| Welcome | Conference Organizers |
| Plenary I Sustainable Nanotechnology: Bio-inspired, nature-derived, and non-toxic nanomaterials for agri-food applications and beyond |
Philip Demokritou, Rutgers University (SNO Lifetime Achievement Awardee, 2023) |
| Plenary II NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC): 20 Years and Looking Ahead into the Future |
Jay Vietas, Chief, Emerging Technologies Branch, NIOSH |
| Plenary III Nanocomposites for Water Treatment: Are we on the right track? |
Emerging Investigator Awardee, Ines Zucker, Tel Aviv University |
| 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM Lunch (Included in Registration) | |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Concurrent Sessions | |
| 1A Nano for Energy, Infrastructure, and the Environment I | Chairs: Nirupam Aich (UNL), Tonoy Das (Texas A&M-K), Wensi Chen (Texas A&M) |
| 1B Fate, Transport and Exposure I |
Chairs: Candace Tsai (UCLA), Stacey Louie (Houston) |
| 1C NanoBioeconomy: Agriculture, Energy, Food, and the Allied I | Chairs: Christian Dimkpa (CAES), Swadeshmukul Santra (UCF) |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Break | |
| 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Concurrent Sessions | |
| 2A Nano for Energy, Infrastructure, and the Environment II | Chairs: Nirupam Aich (UNL), Tonoy Das (Texas A&M-K), Wensi Chen (Texas A&M) |
| 2B NanoBioeconomy: Agriculture, Energy, Food, and the Allied II | Chairs: Christian Dimkpa (CAES), Swadeshmukul Santra (UCF), Achintya Bezbaruah (NDSU) |
| 2C Nanotechnology Education, Industry and Workforce Open House | Chairs: Deb Newberry (Newberry Technology Associates), Reginald Rogers (U Missouri) |
| 5:45 PM - 7:30 PM Poster Session and Reception | Chairs: Illya Medina Velo (Houston Christian), Cyren Rico (Missouri State) |
| Dinner (Explore Providence and have dinner on your own) | |
| Saturday, November 9, 2024 | |
| 8:30 AM- 10:15 AM | |
| Announcements | Congress Organizers |
| Student Poster Awards |
Illya Medina Velo (Houston Christian), Cyren Rico (Missouri State) |
| Plenary IV Responsible Development of Nanotechnology for Educating the Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers |
Reginald Rogers, University of Missouri |
| Plenary V Enabling Nanotechnology Development through Research on Stability, Scaling, and Safety |
Robert Hurt, Brown University |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Break | |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions | |
| 3A Tribute to Robert Hurt I | Chairs: Geoff Bothun (URI), Barb Karn (SNO) |
| 3B NanoPolymers I |
Chairs: Mohiuddin Quadir (NDSU), Howard Fairbrother (JHU) |
| 3C NanoMedicine | Chairs: Daniel Roxbury (URI), Irene Andreu (URI) |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (provided) | |
| 1:30 -3:30 PM Concurrent Sessions | |
| 4A Tribute to Robert Hurt II | Chairs: Geoff Bothun (URI), Barb Karn (SNO) |
| 4B NanoPolymers II
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Chairs: Mohiuddin Quadir (NDSU), Howard Fairbrother (JHU) |
| 4C NanoSustainability
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Chairs: Xing Xie (Georgia Tech), Adeyemi Adeleye (Columbia) |
| 3:30 PM - 3:40 PM Break | |
| 3:45 - 5:30 PM | |
| Invited Talk BNL Center for Functional Nanomaterials |
Sara Mason, Group Leader, Theory and Computation, CFN |
| SNO Award Presentation | SNO Lifetime Achievement Award, 2024 |
| Plenary VI The journey of a Nano Rare Earth Oxide: From Metallurgy to Medicine |
SNO Lifetime Achievement Awardee, 2024 |
| 6:30 - 9:00 PM SNO Gala Dinner (Included in Registration), Awards, NanoPitch, Town Hall | |
| Sunday, November 10, 2024 | |
| Special Nanoplastics Programming Planning committee: Adeyemi Adeleye (Columbia), Geoff Bothun (U. Rhode Island), Vinka Craver (U. Rhode Island), Deb Newberry (Newberry Technology Associates), François Perreault (U. Quebec at Montreal), Dan Roxbury (U. Rhode Island), Jason White (Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station) |
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| 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM | |
| Announcements |
Congress Organizers |
| NanoPitch Awards | NanoPitch Coordinator |
| Plenary VII Nanoplastics Quantification & Ecological Effects: Challenges, Successes, and Future Directions |
Marissa Giroux, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break | |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions | |
| 6A Emerging Research in Nanoplastics | Chairs: Adeyemi Adeleye (Columbia), Yiming Su (Utah State) |
| 6B Translating Nano EHS to Nanoplastics | Chair: François Perreault (U. Quebec at Montreal) |
| 1:00 PM - 1:00 PM Box Lunch (Included in Registration) | |
| 1:30 PM- Conference Ends. See you in November 2025! | |