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Munushian Seminar

Speaker: John Joannopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Talk Title: Nanotechnologies for Enhanced Survivability

Abstract: Although nanotechnology is a term that is bandied about, there is a unique aspect of it that goes beyond simply making things small. The intrinsic properties of matter become size-dependent below a critical length scale of about a hundred nanometers. This potentially enables opportunities for new materials and phenomena that do not occur in nature in bulk systems. Indeed, current advances in nanotechnology could provide revolutionary advances in toxic analyte sensing, protective lightweight materials, blast mitigation strategies, multispectral night vision and communications, drug and vaccine delivery, and endoscopic surgery. An overview with highlights of important and exciting recent accomplishments involving nanoparticles and nanostructured-fibers is presented.

Biography: Professor John D. Joannopoulos is the Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics at MIT. Heis the author or coauthor of over 550 refereed journal articles, two textbooks on Photonic Crystals, and 70 issued U.S. Patents. He is also co-founder of 4 startup companies:OmniGuide Inc., Luminus Devices, Inc., WiTricity Corporation, and Typhoon HIL, Inc.

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the World Technology Network, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1976-1980), a John S. Guggenheim Fellow (1981-1982), and has been on the Thompson ISI Most Highly Cited Researchers List since 2003. Professor Joannopoulos is the recipient of the MIT School of Science Graduate Teaching Award (1991), the William Buechner Teaching Prize of the Department of Physics(1996), and the David Adler Award of the American Physical Society (1997). He is a former Divisional Associate Editor of Physical Review Letters, and former Member of the Editorial Board of Reviews of Modern Physics. Currently he is Director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT.

Host: EE-Electrophysics

More Info: ee.usc.edu/news/munushian

Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Marilyn Poplawski

Event Link: ee.usc.edu/news/munushian