Annual/Termination Reports:

[08/25/2005] [10/31/2005]

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Participants

Alocilja, Evangelyn (alocilja@msu.edu);;
Bhattacharya, Mrinal (bhatt002@umn.edu);;
Branen, Alfred L (lbranen@uidaho.edu);;
Carraway, Elizabeth R (ecarraw@clemson.edu) ;;
Lu, Chang (changlu@purdue.edu);;
Panigrahi, Suranjan (s.panigrahi@ndsu.nodak.edu);;
Rickus, Jenna (rickus@purdue.edu) ;;
Schlautman, Mark (mschlau@clemson.edu);;
Scott, Norman R. (nrs5@cornell.edu) ;;
Tang, Lie (lietang@iastate.edu);;
Fan, Xudong (fanxud@missouri.edu);;
Yoon, Jeong-Yeol (jyyoon@email.arizona.edu);;

Members not able to attend:

• Baeumner, Antje J. (ajb23@cornell.edu)
  
• Irudayaraj, Joseph (josephi@purdue.edu)

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Administrative Advisors:

• Vincent Bralts (bralts@purdue.edu)
  
• Hongda Chen (hchen@csrees.usda.gov)

Brief Summary of Minutes

NCDC-201

Nanotechnology and Biosensors

Waterfront Centre, Room 3455 A/B

800 9th Street, SW

(Nearest Metro Station: LEnfant Plaza)

(for direction: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/about/directions.html)

December 15-16, 2004

Wednesday December 15th , 2004

8:00 - Meeting registration

8:20 - Welcome
Ralph Otto, Deputy Administrator, USDA-CSREES

8:35 - Welcome
Vince Bralts(AA) and Hongda Chen(USDA-CSREES)

8:50 - Introductions of Participants

9:00 - Description of the USDA Regional Research Activities and Process
Vince Bralts(AA) and Hongda Chen(USDA-CSREES)

9:30 - USDA Nanotechnology Program
Norm Scott and Hongda Chen

10:00 - Break

10:30 - DOE Nanotechnology Programs and National Laboratory Facilities
Altaf Carim, DOE

11:00 - NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) Program
Geoffrey Prentice, NSF

11:30 - DOD Nanotechnology Programs  Frontiers of Sensor Technologies
Jim Murda, DOD

12:00 - Lunch


1:30 - Structure and Project Organization

2:00 - State and Individual Project Reports

3:00 - Break

3:30 - State and Individual Project Reports

5:00 - Ajourn

7:00 - Dinner TBA


Thursday December 15th,2004

8:00 - Committee Meeting (Cont.)

9:00 - Discussion of possible NCDC-201 organization

10:00 - Break

10:15 - Selection of Officers

11: 00  Suggestions for next meeting

12:00 - Departure


Brainstorming Notes:

Our vision: To development applications of nanotechnology and biosensors for food and biological and systems. Interfacing of physical sciences and engineering into biological and environmental systems or applications. [link to CSREES strategic goals]

Scope: Sensors: based on nanoscale science and nanotechnology

Justification: [refer to the CSREES Strategic Goals]

Nano -

1. Food safety
2. biosecurity
3. environmental quality and monitoring
4. quality control of biosystems
5. animal health

On Committee Objectives -

1. Nurturing and mentoring jr. researchers
2. Deepening understanding of research of other members
3. Smart delivery of nanoparticles
4. Micro/nanofluidics
5. Nanomaterials
6. Self-assembly
7. Molecular electronics
8. Photonics
9. Targets
10. Soft-hard interface
11. Biomimetics
12. Nanobiosensors
13. Education and outreach
14. Computation and modeling in biological systems
15. Bring in community as a partner  Extension and Experimental Station
16. International collaboration

Committee Plan (Refer to NNI, PCAs)

1. *Fundamental nanoscale phenomena and processes (Lu*, Vangie, Jeremy, Fan, Irudayaraj)
2. *Nanomaterials (Milford*, Guna*, Jenna, Lu, Beth, Mrinal, Fan, Vangie)
3. *Nanoscale devices and systems (Fan, Surijan, Vangie*, Lu, Larry, Yoon, JM, Tang, Joseph, Beth, Jeremy)
4. Instrumentation research, metrology, and standards for nanotechnology
5. Nanomanufacturing
6. Expanding access to major research facilities and instrumentation acquisition
7. *Societal dimension  education and outreach, environmental, safety and health impacts, social economical issues (Jeremy, Surijan*, Larry, Yoon, Beth)

Agree on Multistate Project Objectives:

1. Fundamental nanoscale phenomena and processes
(Lu*, Vangie, Jeremy, Fan, Irudayaraj)

2. Nanomaterials
(Milford*, Guna*, Jenna, Lu, Beth, Mrinal, Fan, Vangie)

3. Nanoscale devices and systems
(Fan, Surijan, Vangie*, Lu, Larry, Yoon, JM, Tang, Joseph,
Beth, Jeremy)

4. Societal dimension  education and outreach, environmental, safety and health impacts, social economical issues
(Jeremy, Surijan*, Larry, Yoon, Beth)

*The writing committee will be led by Alfred Brandon and consist of those indicated above with an asterisk.

Officers for 2005
Alfred Brandon was elected the Chair of the Committee for 2005
Joseph Irudayaraj was elected the Secretary of the Committee for 2005

Accomplishments

<b>Statement of Issues and Justification:</b><br /> Nanotechnology holds great promise for many fields of agriculture and was the focus of a recent planning workshop at USDA (Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems, 2003). For the first time, the USDA-NRI is sponsoring a competition for funding research in this area. Numerous Agricultural and Biological Engineering Departments at Land Grant Universities have added expertise in the growing field of nanotechnology and biosensors, but most of us have not developed a critical mass of expertise on our campuses. This speaks to the potential for a NCT committee to bring together expertise and foster the interaction between multi-disciplinary scientists and our industrial clientele groups. Dr. Vince Bralts at Purdue and Dr. Ajit Srivastava at Michigan State are prepared to take the lead in working with faculty to prepare a formal proposal for consideration as a NC or NCR committee should the NCT be approved by the multi-state research committee. <p><br /> <b>Objectives</b><br><br /> 1. To meet to exchange information and coordinate activities related to nanotechnology and biosensors. <br />

Publications

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Impact Statements

1. <b>Expected Outcomes and Impacts:</b>
2. Coordination of research activities related to nanotechnology and biosensors.
3. Exchange ideas and/or scientific information/data.
4. Identification of key research and educational activities.

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Report Information

Participants

Larry Branen (lbranen@uidaho.edu); Vince Bralts (bralts@purdue.edu); Elizabeth Carraway (ecarraw@clemson.edu); Milford Hanna (mhanna1@unl.edu); Mrinal Bhattachary (bhatt002@umn.edu); Suranjan Panigrahi (s.panigrahi@ndsu.edu); Joseph Irudayaraj (josephi@purdue.edu); Hongda Chen (hchen@csrees.usda.edu); Antje Baeumner (ajb23@cornell.edu); Jeremy Tzeng (tzuenrt@clemson.edu); Chang Lu (changlu@purdue.edu); Zhong Yang Cheng (chengzy@engr.auburn.edu); Harvey Hoch (hch1@cornell.edu); Christine Smart (cds14@cornell.edu); Tanya Taylor (trt5@cornell.edu); peter Kofinas (kofinas@umd.edu); S. Gunasekaran (guna@wisc.edu); Jeohg-Yeol Yoon (jyyoon@email.arizona.edu); Jin-Woo Kim (jwkim@uark.edu); Vangie Alocilja (alocilja@msu.edu); Jenna Rickus (rickus@purdue.edu); David Cliffel (d.cliffel@vanderbilt.edu); Kane Jennings (kane.g.jennings@vanderbilt.edu); Margaret Frey (mnw24@cornell.edu); David Britt (dbritt@cc.usu.edu); Paul Takhistov (takhistov@aesop.rutgers.edu); Yong Joo (ylj2@cornell.edu)

Brief Summary of Minutes

Accomplishments

Groups were formed to discuss the details and identify writers for each goal. Group leaders presented their respective group tasks. Writers assigned will submit their write up by Nov 2nd.

Publications

Impact Statements

1. None - will have impacts when new project is approved.

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