Thursday, September 25th Program

Thursday September 25, 2014
University of Miami Student Activities Center – Third Floor
9:00 AM 10:00 AM
10:00 AM10:15 AM
10:15 AM10:45 AM
Continental Breakfast and Coffee
OPENING REMARKS (Ballroom Hallway)
Richard J. Cote, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Pathology
University of Miami
SPEAKER (Ballroom West)
M. Brian Blake, PhD
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Dean of the Graduate School
University of Miami
10:45 AM11:00AM
First
Session
Coffee Break (Ballroom Hallway)
Materials and Devices I
Session chair: Sung Jin Kim, Ph.D.
(Ballroom West)
11:00-11:30
INVITED SPEAKER
NEMS based Heart on a Chip
Ashutosh Agarwal, PhD
University of Miami
11:30-11:45
MD-O1:
Nanomechanical Characterization of 3D Printed
Alginate Hydrogels
Jason Bice
University of Florida
11:00 AM12:30 PM
11:45-12:00
MD-O2: Tip-Based Nanoreactor for Studying
Force Accelerated Surface Reactions
Xu Han
University of Miami
12:00-12:15
MD-O3: Dynamic nanotoxicity evaluation of a
single cell using MEMS device
Pratikkumar Shah
Florida International University
12:15-12:30
MD-O4: Nanobarrier loaded contact lens for
cystinosis therapy
Kuan-Hui Hsu
University of Florida
12:30 PM1:30 PM
1:30 PM2:30 PM
SPEAKER (Ballroom East)
Eugene W. Anderson, PhD
Dean of School of Business Administration
Schien Family Professor of Marketing
University of Miami
Materials and Devices II
Session chair: Kristin Powell
(Ballroom East)
11:00-11:30
INVITED SPEAKER
Exploiting the Bio/Inorganic Interface to Control
the Catalytic Activity of Nanomaterials
Marc R. Knecht, PhD
University of Miami
11:30-11:45
MD-O5: Nanoparticle Formation for Use in UV
Blocking Contact Lenses
Samuel Gause
University of Florida
11:45-12:00
MD-O6: Preparation of Fe3O4@Ag nanoparticles
for magnetic separation and SERS application
Siqi Sun
University of South Florida
12:00-12:15
MD-O7: Palladium Nanoparticle-Decorated Cu2O
Nanocrystals: Enhanced Visible Light
Photocatalytic Hydrodehalogenation Activity
Elsayed M. Zahran
University of Miami
12:15-12:30
MD-O8: Facile and Efficient Surface
Functionalization of Hydrophobic Magnetic
Nanoparticles
Yuan Liu
University of Florida
Lunch Break and Vendor Fair (Ballroom hallway)
Poster Session A (Activities Room)
Second
Session
Health and Medicine
Session chair: Alicia
Fernandez-Fernandez, Ph.D.
(Ballroom West)
2:30-3:00
INVITED SPEAKER
The Importance of Dynamic
Cell Culture Systems for
Nanotechnology Investigations
Chelsey Simmons, PhD
University of Florida
3:00-3:15
HM-O1: HIV
neuropathogenesis modulated
by magnetic nanoparticle
delivery of Nef peptides across
the Blood-Brain-Barrier
Andrea Raymond, PhD
Florida International University
2:30 PM4:00 PM
3:15-3:30
HM-O2: Estrogen Receptor
Bound Polymer Micelles
Designed for Co-Delivery of
Paclitaxel and Synergistic BH3
Mimetic Hybrid Enhance
Therapeutic Efficacy in Breast
Cancer Therapy: a Proteomics
Guided Discovery of Nanotherapeutics
Juanjuan Yin
University of South Florida
3:30-3:45
HM-O3: Application of
Conjugated polymer MEHPPV/PCBM Nanoparticles in
PDT for cancer
Mona Doshi
University of Central Florida
Environmental Applications
Session chair: Joshua Cohn,
Ph.D.
(Senate Room)
2:30-3:00
INVITED SPEAKER
Toxic Exposure Induced DNA
Damage Assessment using
Disposable Analytical Kits
Chenzhong Li, PhD
Florida International University
3:00-3:15
EA-O1: Mechanisms of OilWater Emulsion Stabilization
by Carbon Black Nanoparticles
Kristin Conrad Powel
University of Florida
3:15-3:30
EA-O2: NanotechnologyEnabled Strategies for
Improving the Efficacy of Cu
Pesticides
Mikaeel Young
University of Central Florida
3:30-3:45
EA-O3: ZnO1-xSx Buffer Layer
for CIGS thin film solar cell
using ALD
Zhi Li
University of Florida
3:45-4:00
EA-O4: CO2 capture using
engineered biochar
Anne Elise Creamer
University of Florida
Materials and Devices
Session chair: Amy Scott, Ph.D.
(Ballroom East)
2:30-3:00
INVITED SPEAKER
Quantifying the Density of Surface
Ligands on Semiconductor
Quantum Dots using a
Combination of Photochemical and
Spectroscopic Tools
Hedi Mattoussi, PhD
Florida State University
3:00-3:15
MD-O9: Two-dimensional
Fermionic Hong-Ou-Mandel
Interference with massless Dirac
Fermions
Mahtab Khan
University of Central Florida
3:15-3:30
MD-O10: Zinc Oxide Coated
Carbon Nanotubes as Actuators
and Sensors
Andres Hajjar
University of Miami
3:30-3:45
MD-O11: Maskless Lithography
Patterning of Non-Flat and 3D
Structures for Use in Biomedical
Applications
Jay Sasserath, PhD
Intelligent Micro Patterning LLC
3:45-4:00
MD-O12: Nanomechanical
Analysis of an Ultralow Pressure
Triggered Photonic Crystal Shape
Memory Polymer
Yongliang Ni
University of Florida
3:45-4:00
HM-O4: A Chimeric Protein
Sensor for Bioluminescencebased Apoptosis Detection
Trajen Head
University of Miami
4:00 PM4:15 PM
Coffee Break (Ballroom Hallway)
Third
Session
4:15 PM5:45 PM
Health and Medicine
Session chair: Chenzhong Li, Ph.D.
(Ballroom West)
Materials and Devices
Session chair: Chelsey Simmons, Ph.D.
(Ballroom East)
4:15-4:45
INVITED SPEAKER
Bioactive Nano-scale Coatings for Islet
Transplantation
Cherie Stabler, PhD
University of Miami
4:45-5:00
HM-O5: Exchange-coupled FeO/Fe3O4
nanoparticles with tunable magnetic anisotropy for
advanced hyperthermia
Zohreh Nemati
University of South Florida
4:15-4:45
INVITED SPEAKER
Sensitive DNA Methylation Detection with In2O3
Nanoribbon Field Effect Transistor Biosensors
5:00-5:15
HM-O7: Chitosan-metal nanocomposites as a
potential prophylactic antimicrobial feed additive
for combating antimicrobial resistance
Parthiban Rajasekaran
University of Central Florida
5:00-5:15
MD-O14: Novel sensing platform for biological
applications
Hossein Shokri Kojori
University of Miami
5:15-5:30
HM-O8: Engineered Aequorin for the Detection of
Apoptosis
Megan Gillespie
University of Miami
5:30-5:45
HM-O9: Electrochemical Plasma Cortisol
detection of HIV Positive Patients
Ajeet Kaushik
Florida International University
Yan Song
University of Southern California
4:45-5:00
HM-O6: Micro and Nanoscale Devices for in Vivo
Coronary Artery Disease Detection, Prevention,
and Monitoring
Ryan Mortimer
University of Miami
5:15-5:30
MD-O15: Lateral flow immunostrip with personal
glucose meter for quantitative detection of nonglucose target
Xuena Zhu
Florida International University
5:30-5:45
MD-O16: High-Aspect-Ratio Carbon Nanofibrous
Microelectrode Array for In-Vitro Neural Signal
Detection
Sheng Po Fang
University of Florida
Dinner (Ballroom Center)
6:00 PM8:00PM
PRESENTATION
The Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Elaine Van der Put, PhD, MSPH
Chief Strategy Officer, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Chief of Strategic Operations, University of Miami CTSI
Sheela C. Dominguez, MBA, CRA
Director of Strategic Planning, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Director of Strategic Operations, University of Miami CTSI
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Democratization of Next-Generation Imaging, Diagnostics and Measurement Tools through
Computational Photonics
Aydogan Ozcan, PhD
Chancellor's Professor and HHMI Professor
Electrical Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles