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Research Calendar of Events
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Dec. 18-22, 2004
Advanced Workshop on “Frontiers in Electronics” (WOFE)
The aim of this workshop is to bring together leading scientists and engineers who work at the frontiers of electronic devices and circuits, yet emerging from traditionally separated fields with different professional backgrounds. The conference chair is Michael Shur, the Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts Professor of Solid State Electronics at Rensselaer. It will be held at the Wyndham Aruba Beach Resort.
For more information, go to http://nina.ecse.rpi.edu/shur/wofe2004/wofe-04.htm.
Dec. 9-11, 2004
International Workshop on Integrated Life-Cycle Management of Infrastructures
Rensselaer’s George List, professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering, will deliver the keynote address: "Life Cycle Perspectives on Highway Facility Use." The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, PRC.
For more information, see www.ce.ust.hk/ilcmi/.
Jan. 10-14, 2005
First International Conference on One-Dimensional Nanomaterials
Rensselaer’s Gwo-Ching Wang, professor and chair of the physics department, will deliver an invited talk. Held at the Center for Condensed Matter Sciences in National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
For more information, go to http://ms.ntu-ccms.ntu.edu.tw/icon/call/.
Feb. 17-21, 2005
2005 AAAS Annual Meeting: “The Nexus: Where Science Meets Society”
Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson, who also is president of AAAS, will deliver the President’s Address on Feb. 17. Meeting discussions are expected to include science policy matters such as the U.S. Congress's view of science and technology ranging from the vanishing safety net for food security to research without consent. Proposed session tracks also will cover an array of other issues, including environmental questions of particular relevance to the Chesapeake Bay region, reproduction and regeneration science from aging and stem-cell research, tissue engineering, and more.
For more information, go to www.aaas.org/meetings/Annual_Meeting/
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