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"Science in Japan" Forum

-Nanoscale Science and Technology-

Sponsored by The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and
organized by its Washington Liaison Office
Cosponsored by National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation,
U.S. Department of Energy, and American Association for the Advancement of Science
at the Cosmos Club, Washington DC on June 14, 2002

 

 

Biographical Notes and Abstract 


9:00am-09:30am

Registration

9:30am-10:20am

Nanoscale Science and Technology in Japan With Special Reference of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Semiconductor Laser

Prof. Kenichi Iga, Executive Director, JSPS

Moderator: Prof.John Toll, President, Washington College

10:20am-10:30am

Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology in the USA

Dr. Michael P. Casassa, Program Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology

10:30am-11:20am

Quantum Dots and Their Impact on Optoelectronics

Prof. Yasuhiko Arakawa, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo

11:20am-12:10pm

Photonic Crystals: Novel Nano-structures for Light

Prof. Susumu Noda, Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University

12:10pm-1:30pm

Luncheon at Old and New-Dining Room, Cosmos Club

Moderator: Dr. Rajinder Khosla, Senior Engineering Advisor, National Science Foundation

1:30pm-2:20pm

Nanotechnology in a Colossal Particle Accelerator

Prof. Kaoru Yokoya, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

2:20pm-3:10pm

Formation of Compound Semiconductor Nanostructures and Their Application to Single Electron Devices

Prof. Takashi Fukui, Research Center for Integrated Quantum Electronics, Hokkaido University

3:10pm-3:50pm

Coffee break

Moderator: Dr. Richard Krause, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Health

3:50pm-4:40pm

  

Nano- and atom-photonics: Beyond the fundamental limit of light

Prof. Motoichi Ohtsu, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

4:40 pm-5:30 pm

 

DNA Nanotechnology

Prof. Tomoji Kawai, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University

6:00 pm-6:30 pm

Cocktail at Westin Fairfax Hotel

6:30 pm-9:00 pm

Dinner at Westin Fairfax Hotel


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