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Suggested Citation: "A Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Challenges in Characterizing Small Particles: Exploring Particles from the Nano- to Microscale: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13317.

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Workshop Agenda

CHALLENGES IN CHARACTERIZING SMALL PARTICLES:

Exploring Particles from the Nano- to Microscales

October 25-26, 2010
The Washington Plaza Hotel
10 Thomas Circle Northwest,
Washington, DC 20005-4106

DAY ONE, Monday, October 25, 2010

 

8:00 a.m. Breakfast
   
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introduction to Workshop
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, Doug Ray, and Levi Thompson

PLENARY SESSION—WHY DO SMALL PARTICLES MATTER TO ME?

Chair, Barbara Finlayson-Pitts

 

8:45 a.m. Steve Schwartz, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Understanding the influences of atmospheric aerosols on climate and climate change and representing them in models: A tall order
   
9:15 a.m. Morton Lippmann, New York University
Human health impacts of ambient air particles
   
9:45 a.m. Michael Hochella, Virginia Polytechnic and State University
New hidden Earth: The importance of putting natural, incidental, and manufactured nanoparticles in a global and historical context
   
10:15 a.m. Break
   
10:30 a.m. Gerry McDermott, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Visualizing the location of small particles in cells and quantifying their effects
   
11:00 a.m. Open discussion
Facilitator, Levi Thompson

CHALLENGES IN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS & IMAGING OF SMALL PARTICLES I
Chair, Doug Ray

 

11:45 a.m. Alla Zelenyuk, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Multidimensional characterization of individual aerosol particles
Suggested Citation: "A Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Challenges in Characterizing Small Particles: Exploring Particles from the Nano- to Microscale: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13317.
   
12:05 p.m. Ralph Nuzzo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Challenges and approaches to nanoscale materials characterization at atomic resolution
   
12: 25 p.m. Lunch

CHALLENGES IN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS & IMAGING OF SMALL PARTICLES II
Chair, Levi Thompson

 

1:25 p.m. Lee Silverman, DuPont Central Research
Particle characterization needs—a nanocomposite perspective
   
1:45 p.m. Jim Smith, National Center for Atmospheric Research and University of Eastern Finland
Recent progress in quantifying the chemical composition of atmospheric nanoparticles
   
2:05 p.m. Abhaya Datye, University of New Mexico
Particle design and synthesis for catalysts
   
2:25 p.m. Yi Qiao, 3M Corporate Research Process Laboratory
Nanoparticle size measurement with microfluidic channel and dielectrophoresis
   
2:45 p.m. Open discussion on Challenges in Chemical Analysis & Imaging of Small Particles
Facilitator, Doug Ray
   
3:30 p.m. Break

CHALLENGES IN CHEMICAL FORMATION, FATES, USES, AND IMPACTS OF SMALL PARTICLES
Chair, Barbara Finlayson-Pitts

 

3:45 p.m. James Litster, Purdue University
Design and manufacture of delivery forms for small particles
   
4:05 p.m. Pedro Alvarez, Rice University
Particles in the environment
   
4:25 p.m. Vicki Grassian, University of Iowa
From mineral dust to nanoparticles: Challenges in understanding surface chemistry, transformations and global impacts of small particles
   
4:45 p.m. Open Discussion on Challenges in Chemical Formation, Fates, Uses, and Impacts of Small Particles
Facilitator, Levi Thompson
   
5:30 p.m. Posters & Refreshments
   
7:00 p.m. Adjourn

DAY TWO, Tuesday, October 26, 2010

 

8:00 a.m. Breakfast
   
8:45 a.m. Welcome & Introduction to Workshop
Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, Doug Ray, and Levi Thompson
Suggested Citation: "A Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Challenges in Characterizing Small Particles: Exploring Particles from the Nano- to Microscale: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13317.

CHALLENGES IN MODELING AND SIMULATION OF SMALL PARTICLES
Chair, Levi Thompson

 

8:55 a.m. Angela Violi, University of Michigan
“Nanoparticle in the environment”: From molecular simulations to health effects
   
9:15 a.m. Douglas Tobias, University of California, Irvine
Atomistic and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of small particles in environmental and biological systems
   
9:35 a.m. Rhonda Stroud, Naval Research Laboratory
   
9:55 a.m. Open Discussion on Challenges in Modeling and Simulation of Small Particles
Facilitator, Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
   
10:25 a.m. Break
   
10:40 a.m. Wrap-up “Action” Panel
Facilitator, Doug Ray
   
 

Panelists will respond to the questions: What did you hear in the workshop? What do you think are some next steps?

Lee Silverman, DuPont Central Research

Richard Conroy, National Institutes of Health

Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of Florida

Michael Postek, National Institute of Standards and Technology

   
12:00 p.m. Adjourn
   
12:15 p.m. CSR Member Business Meeting
Suggested Citation: "A Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Challenges in Characterizing Small Particles: Exploring Particles from the Nano- to Microscale: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13317.

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