BTI Monday Morning SPECIAL Seminar:

The Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) enables fabrication projects in many interdisciplinary research areas to hundreds of users each year. Inspired by the work of several engineering faculty we recently proposed to NSF to promote breakthrough work in non-traditional fields, including nano-agriculture. In this talk we will introduce the vast capabilities and open user program that are available at CNF.

In addition, we will describe work by Cornell faculty members including Prof. Edwin Kan and Prof. Amit Lal, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Prof. David Erickson, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. These projects include research efforts in water sensing, CMOS chemical/biological sensors, genetic engineering, bio-synthetic interfaces, and wireless transmission, and smartphone diagnostic systems, as they apply to plant biology research. Some of these efforts have led to commercialization of products and the formation of startup companies.  It is our hope that these illustrations will seed further discussions and collaborations involving engineers and plant scientists. 

Snacks will be provided from 9:15 am.

These seminars are part of the BTI Monday Morning Seminar Series which occurs bi-weekly.

Visit the BTI website at http://bti.cornell.edu/events/monday-morning-seminar-september-28/