Conference: Bio-Inspired Design for Biological & Industrial Materials

Bio-Inspired Design for Biological & Industrial Materials

Latest Understanding for Commercial Applications

August 19-20, 1999 ~ Mark Hopkins-Intercontinental ~ San Francisco, CA USA

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Recent advances in "self-assembly" of materials make a wide range of bio-inspired materials commercially viable within the near future. This conference will focus on strategies for controlling materials synthesis at fundamental length scales with the precision of natural systems. The cross-fertilization of biology and materials science with these control processes furnishes a common language for the continued research and development of this technology and its useful potential in bio-medical, electronics, and adhesion applications.

The understanding and utilization of control principles that are found in nature can catapult accomplished technological advancement to new heights along with unprecedented commercial applications. In addition, the discovery of the materials and mechanisms that control the biological nanofabrication of these materials allow for new routes to the synthesis of high-performance composites needed for the technologies of tomorrow.

Program Features:

Biological principles create new scientific directions:

  • Effective template for the synthesis of ordered inorganic materials
  • Modeling of fibrous protein self-assembly and macromolecular assembly processes
  • Electrical properties of self-assembled molecular nanostructures

Bio-inspired materials leverage realized industrial applications:

  • Model materials as hybrid nanocomposites for commercial applications
  • Biomolecular and cellular materials and processes
  • Biomimetic ceramic and composite materials

Computational Modeling of Self-Assembling Systems


With the understanding of biomimetic systems increasing daily, you can't afford not to discover the promising implications for materials design and manufacturing processes. Reserve your place -- Register Today!

CONFERENCE AGENDA
Thursday, August 19, 1999

8:00   Registration, Coffee & Danish

9:00   Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
IIhan Aksay

BIOMIMETIC AND BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS SESSION

9:05   Biomolecular and Cellular Materials and Processes: Providing a Foundation for Biomimetics Science and Technology at Army Research Office
Robert J. Campbell

9:40   Biomimetic Ceramic and Composite Materials
Paul Calvert

10:15   Genetic Engineering of Enamel: Towards an Enamel Biomimetic *
Malcolm L. Snead

10:50   Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing

11:05   Bone as a Natural Hybrid Nanocomposite Material
David Porter

11:40   Computer-Based Design and Manufacturing of Biomimetic Materials
Duncan H. Whitney



12:15   Luncheon, Sponsored by The Knowledge Foundation

1:30   Bioengineering Materials at the Biological Scale
Steven L. Goodman

PROTEIN DIRECTED MATERIAL SYNTHESIS SESSION

2:05   Viral Protein Templates for Materials Synthesis
Trevor Douglas

2:35   Biomimetic Proteins for Functional Materials Assembly
Mehmet Sarikaya

3:10   Fibrous Proteins - Insights into Structure, Assembly and Biological Function
David L. Kaplan

3:45 Cocktail Reception/Cash Bar-Poster Viewing

5:00   Close of Conference Day One

Friday, August 20, 1999

8:30   Coffee & Danish/Poster Viewing

9:00   Chairperson's Remarks

NEW MATERIALS THROUGH SELF-ASSEMBLY SESSION

9:05   Patterning and Manipulation of Lipid Bilayers on Solid Supports
Steven G. Boxer

9:40   Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly of Nanocomposite Films and Powders
C.J. Brinker

10:15   Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing

10:30   The Design, Fabrication and Electronic Properties of Self-Assembled Molecular Nanostructures*
R. Reifenberger

11:05   From Monolayers to Crystals: Self-Assembly in Two and Three Dimensions
Atul N. Parikh

11:40   Processing of Nanostructured Organic/Inorganic Composites through Self-Assembly
Ilhan A. Aksay

12:15   The Nucleation and Crystallization of Hard Sphere Systems
Frank van Swol

12:50   Lunch on Your Own



CONTROL OF THE BIO-MATERIALS INTERFACE SESSION

2:05   Surface Engineering to Control the Interactions of Cells with Materials
Milan Mrksich

2:40   Rugged Supported Biomimetic Membranes
Anne Plant

3:15   Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing

3:30   Using Polyvalency to Tailor the Interface Between Synthetic Polymers and Biological Surfaces
Jeffrey D. Carbeck

4:05   Biomolecular Recognition and Control of Biological and Non-Biological Inorganic Materials from Sea Shells to Semiconductors
Angela M. Belcher

4:40   End of Conference

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

DERA Farnborough

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Molecular Geodesics, Incorporated

National Institute of Standards & Technology

Purdue University

Princeton University

Sandia National Laboratories

Stanford University

Temple University

Tufts University

University of Arizona

University of Chicago

University of Connecticut

University of New Mexico

University of Southern California

University of Texas at Austin

University of Washington

US Army Research Office

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Registration Information

 Registration fee includes lunch on the first day, reception, refreshments and all documentation made available to us by speakers. Commercial registration is US$1295. An academic rate of US$895 is extended to all participants registering as full time employees of government and universities. To recieve the academic/government rate you must not be affiliated with any private organizations either as consultants or owners or part owners of businesses. On-site registration is an additional $100.

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Venue:
Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental
Number One Nob Hill
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: (415) 392-3434
Fax: (415) 421-3302

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