http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/ en-us Nucleus CMS v3.24 Copyright © 2006 The Pennsylvania State University Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/ http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/item/557 Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, delivered an invited lecture entitled "Sculptured-thin-film Plasmonic-Polaritonics" at MIEL 2008, the 26th International Conference on Microelectronics in Nis, Serbia.

The IEEE-sponsored event was held May 11 to 14. Dr. Lakhtakia's co-authors are Dr. John A. Polo, Jr. (Department of Physics, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania) and ESM graduate student Michael A. Motyka. Dr. Lakhtakia also co-chaired a plenary session. For more information on MIEL 28, please visit this website.

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The 10th School on Acousto-Optics and Applications has been organized by the Institute of Experimental Physics of the University of Gdańsk in cooperation with the Polish Acoustical Society and the Polish Academy of Sciences and focuses on all physical aspects of light and sound interaction. More information on this event is available at http://univ.gda.pl/~school/index.htm.

]]> Faculty and Staff News Mon, 5 May 2008 15:47:35 -0400 http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/item/554 Professor Emeritus. Engineering Science and Mechanics, Andrew Pytel is a recipient of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Fellow and will be honored at the 2008 ASEE Awards Banquet in Pittsburgh. The grade of Fellow is one of unusual professional distinction and is conferred on ASEE members with outstanding qualifications and experience. ESM congratulates Professor Emeritus, Andrew Pytel for this honor.
]]> Faculty and Staff News Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:56:29 -0400 http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/item/553 Prof. Melik Demirel has been appointed as Adjunct Professor of Surgery in the School of Medicne at the University of Pittsburgh. Prof. Demirel is currently collaborating with the faculty of McGowan Institute at the Medical School of University of Pittsburgh on polymeric nanomaterials. The McGowan Institute is the most ambitious regenerative program in the nation, coupling biology and engineering. To find out more, please click here.
]]> Faculty and Staff News Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:33:51 -0400 http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/item/552 Melik Demirel gave an invited talk entitled "Functional Polymeric Nanofibers and Nanotemplates" at the Akron University. Akron's Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering program is ranked as one of the best program in polymers in the United States.
]]> Faculty and Staff News Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:32:44 -0400 http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/item/551 Prof. Melik Demirel research proposal on "Nanostructured Raman Detection and Diagnosis of Respiratory Pathogens" has been selected as one of the 13th pilot projects for funding by The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). The CTSA Program is a NIH Roadmap Initiative with the goal of expediting the translation of basic research discoveries into tangible health benefits. For more information about the program, please visit their website.
]]> Faculty and Staff News Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:31:38 -0400 http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/item/550 Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor, delivered a seminar, entitled "Polarization engineering through nanoengineered morphology," at the School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 18, 2008.
]]> Faculty and Staff News Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:31:47 -0400 http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/item/549 Prof. Melik Demirel, Pearce Assistant Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, will give a talk at the Bio Sensors & Diagnostics session of NSTI Nanotech 2008 Boston meeting, June 1-5. His talk is entitiled: “A SERS substrate for detection of E.Coli on Nanostructured Poly(p-xylylene).” The new biosensor provides a significant advantage over traditional sensors for detection infectious agents. To read more details are available at the NSTI website.
]]> Faculty and Staff News Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:35:19 -0400 http://www.esm.psu.edu/news/item/548 Murat Cetinkaya, a doctoral student in Prof. Melik Demirel’s group, gave an invited talk at the Nanomaterials session of American Chemical Society New Orleans meeting on April 6-10.. His talk was entitled: “Crystalline phase transitions of nanostructured poly-(p-xylylene) films”. Mr. Cetinkaya has defended his PhD thesis recently and would start a postdoctoral research position in Europe this summer. More details are available at the ACS web site.


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