Events - 2012

On June 15-18, 2012, the 14th International Scanning Probe Microscopy (ISPM) Meeting will be held in Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto. This is organized by Professor Zoya Leonenko, who is a Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) member at the University of Waterloo. Please visit ISPM 2012 website for more information.

On Thursday, November 29th 2012, Professor Giovanni Fanchini from the University of Western Ontario will deliver a lecture titled “How to make puzzles with graphene platelets: transparent and conducting graphene thin films and graphene-RNA nanocomposites”.

On Tuesday, November 6th, 2012, Professor Alireza Nojeh of the University of British Columbia will deliver a lecture titled Carbon Nanotubes, Photons and Electrons:`Still Full of Surprises After Two Decades of Research”.

This lecture is free and open to the public!

On Thursday October 25th, 2012, Dr. Martin Moskovits, Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will deliver a lecture titled “Putting Plasmons to Work: Electronic and Solar Conversion Opportunities”. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Dr. Martin Moskovits Distinguished Lecture Series Notice (PDF)

Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) are collaborating to jointly host a IQC-WIN Special Seminar which lie at the interface between nanotechnology and quantum computing.

On Wednesday, September 5th, 2012, Professor Zhenyu Zhang from University of Science and Technology of China, will deliver a lecture titled “Squeezing Electrons in Conventional Metal Films and Topological Insulator Heterostructures”.

Click on the poster to view in a PDF version.

On Friday, July 13th, 2012, Professor Arokia Nathan from Cambridge University, UK., will deliver a lecture entitled "Transparent Oxide Semiconductors: Will They Ever See the Light?". This lecture is free and open to the public!

On Friday, July 6th, 2012, Professor Mark Matsen will deliver a lecture entitled "Ultra-low Friction between Surfaces Coated with Polyelectrolyte Brushes". This lecture is free and open to the public!

Click to read Dr. Mark Matsen seminar notice in PDF

On Thursday, June 28th 2012, Professor T. Lazar Mathew will deliver a lecture titled “MEMS for Medical Applications – Current Scenario in India”. This lecture is free and open to the public!

On Tuesday, April 17th 2012, Professor Mark W. Matsen from the University of Reading, will deliver a lecture titled “Ultra-low friction between surfaces coated with polyelectrolyte brushes”. This lecture is free and open to the public!

See the Professor Mark W. Matsen seminar notice (PDF).

On Tuesday March 27th, Sir John Meurig Thomas, will deliver a special public lecture titled “The Genius of Michael Faraday” everyone is welcome to attend.

See the Sir John Meurig Thomas Distinguished Lecturer notice (PDF).

The fourth year design symposium for the Nanotechnology Engineering program is being held on Friday, March 23, 2012 in the Davis Centre at the University of Waterloo. Everyone is welcome to attend!

The symposium showcases the students’ design projects in the cutting edge field of nanotechnology. Presentations will include posters, live demonstrations of the projects and presentations from the students throughout the day. Visitors are welcome to meet with the students and see their project accomplishments and celebrate the near completion of their degree program.

On Thursday, February 2nd 2012, Professor Uttandaraman Sundararaj from the University of Calgary, will deliver a lecture titled “Electrically Conductive Polymer-Metal Nanowire Nanocomposites for Electromagnetic Shielding Applications”. This lecture is free and open to the public!

See the Prof. Uttandaraman Sundararaj seminar notice (PDF).