Professor Melik Demirel, Pearce Assistant Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, presented two talks. The first talk was at the Bio Sensors & Diagnostics session of NSTI Nanotech 2008 Boston meeting, on June 2, 2008. His talk is entitiled: “A SERS substrate for detection of E.Coli on Nanostructured Poly(p-xylylene).” To read more details are available at the NSTI website.

His second talk was at the Physics Department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, on June 3, 2008. His talk is entitled “Oblique Angle Polymerization of Nanofibers and Nanotemplates”. More information about the physics department website.