Schedule of Events

Schedule of Events

Nanoday 2025 Schedule
(Reitz Union, Ground Floor)

9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome and Introductions (Chamber Room)
Prof. Jack Judy (Director of NIMET and IMG)
Prof. Jennifer Andrew (Associate Dean of Research, Herbet Wertheim College of Engineering)
9:15 – 9:30 am Distinguished Alumni Award:
Dr. David Martin (UF/IMG PhD 2007)
Broadcom
9:30 – 10:15 am Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Philip Feng
“Toward the Ultimate Nano-Optomechanical Resonant Pixels for Uncooled Infrared (IR) Sensing”
10:15 – 10:30 am Break
  Student Talks (Chamber Room)

10:30 – 10:45 am

Tongyao Wu
Microfabrication and Tunable On-Chip Lasers

10:45 – 11:00 am

Yuncong Liu
Silicon Carbide Optomechanical Resonators and Oscillators for Sensing Applications

11:00 – 11:15 am

Zachary Hargus
Characterization of n-Type Doping Efficiency in Si-Doped Al-Polar and N-Polar Epitaxially Grown AlN Films

11:15 – 11:30 am

William Bottorff
Synthesis of Resists for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) Using Highly Absorbing Transition Metal Complexes

11:30 – 11:45 am

Xiangcheng Kong
Unveiling the Central Role of Nanoparticles in Aquaculture Pond and Estuarine Systems

11:45 – 12:00 pm

Group Photo (Location TBA)

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch and Networking (Room G310 and Chamber Room)

1:00 – 2:30 pm

Poster Session (Room G315 and G320)

2:30 – 4:00 pm

Industry Panel (Chamber Room)

4:00 – 4:15 pm

Break

 

Student Talks (Chamber Room)

4:15 – 4:30 pm

Touraj Amrabadi
Functionalized MnO₂ Nanoparticles as ROS Scavengers for Targeting Oxidative Stress in Osteoarthritis

4:30 – 4:45 pm

Cabell Eades
Using α-Lipoic Acid to Synthesize Degradable Nanocarriers via PISA

4:45 – 5:00 pm

Clinton Smith
From Pathogen to Platform: Transforming C. neoformans from Invader to Deliverer for Neurological Diseases

5:00 – 5:15 pm

Maryam Imran
RNA Cluster Delivery Via Microgel-Chemokine Matrix Induces Anti-Glioma Immunity

5:15 – 5:30 pm

Awards and Closing Remarks (Chamber Room)


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