Thursday, August 15
Reception
Location: NanoScience Technology Center (Research Pavilion-Suite 400, 12424 Research Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32826)
Poster Session, Research Pavilion Lab Tours & Exhibits 5:00 PM-7:30PM
Dinner
(Invited guests) - 7.30 PM
Friday, August 16



Location: Harris Corporation HEC 101
Location ID: 116; 4328 Scorpius St., Orlando, FL 32816
Registration and continental breakfast (7.45AM - 8.25AM)
OPENING SESSION (8.30AM – 9.00AM)
8.30AM – 8.40AM: Welcoming remarks Liz Klonoff, UCF VP for Research, Dean of Graduate Studies
8.40AM- 8.50AM: NSTC Overview Lei Zhai Director, NSTC
8.50AM-9.00AM: Goal of NIA Jayan Thomas Symposium chair
9.00AM- 9.10AM: Technology transfer Svetlana Shtrom Director, Technology Commercialization
TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM
Session 1: Talks by invited speakers (9.00AM – 10.15AM)
9.00AM-9.20AM: Jeff Bullington, Garmor
“Industrial Commercialization of GrapheneOxide”
9.20AM-9.40AM: Georg von Freymann AG Optische Technologien und Photonik, Germany
9.20AM-9.40AM: Georg von Freymann AG Optische Technologien und Photonik, Germany
“3D µ-Printing: An Enabling Technology”
9.40AM-10.00AM: Jason Eichenholz, Co-founder and CTO, Luminar Technology
“Building the Vision for Autonomous Mobility”
10.00AM-10.20AM: Dr. Jose Nunez, Chief, Flight Technology Branch, Exploration Research and
Technology Programs Office, NASA KSC.
Dr. Nunez presentation:
•A three minute YouTube video – We are Going – Provides a quick top level overview of going to the Moon
•A three minute YouTube video – We are Going – Provides a quick top level overview of going to the Moon
•A 10 minute presentation – Artemis Program (NASA’s new Program on going to the Moon)
•A 10 minute presentation – KSC’s Research Organization, who we are and what we do
Photo session and coffee break (10.35AM-11.00AM)
Session 2: NSTC faculty technical talks-6 minutes each (11AM – 12.30PM)
1. Debashis Chanda - Turning One Atomic Layer Thick Material into a "Color" Night Vision Camera
2. Lei Zhai - Polymer Nanocomposites
3. Yajie Dong - Luminescent Nanomaterials and Devices
4. Swaminathan Rajaraman - Makerspace Micro/Nanofabrication Technologies for Biomedical and Agricultural Applications
5. Swadeshmukul Santra: ZinkicideTM nanotechnology for crop protection
6. Tania Roy -Electronic devices for artificial intelligence
7. Yang Yang - Advanced Manufacturing of Nanosctuctured Thin-Film Materials for Renewable Energy Devices
8. Arkadiy Lyakh - High Performance Quantum Cascade Lasers
9. Laurene –
10. Akihiro Kushima - In-situ transmission electron microscopy to probe electrochemical and mechanical properties of
2. Lei Zhai - Polymer Nanocomposites
3. Yajie Dong - Luminescent Nanomaterials and Devices
4. Swaminathan Rajaraman - Makerspace Micro/Nanofabrication Technologies for Biomedical and Agricultural Applications
5. Swadeshmukul Santra: ZinkicideTM nanotechnology for crop protection
6. Tania Roy -Electronic devices for artificial intelligence
7. Yang Yang - Advanced Manufacturing of Nanosctuctured Thin-Film Materials for Renewable Energy Devices
8. Arkadiy Lyakh - High Performance Quantum Cascade Lasers
9. Laurene –
10. Akihiro Kushima - In-situ transmission electron microscopy to probe electrochemical and mechanical properties of
materials at nano-scale
11. Jayan Thomas – Fibers and ribbons for wearable energy harvesting and storage devices
12. Nadine (J. Hickman) - Development of human body-on-a-chip system for efficient translational study and missions of
11. Jayan Thomas – Fibers and ribbons for wearable energy harvesting and storage devices
12. Nadine (J. Hickman) - Development of human body-on-a-chip system for efficient translational study and missions of
Hybrid System Laboratory
13. Jihua ‘Jan’ Gou - Science and Technology of Buckypapers and Their Composites
13. Jihua ‘Jan’ Gou - Science and Technology of Buckypapers and Their Composites
14. Masahiro Ishigami - "Advanced prototype and characterization of nanoelectronics devices"
LUNCH: 12.30PM- 1.30PM
Session 3: Short presentations from industrial affiliates - 8minutes each (1.30PM-3.00 PM)
1. Dr. Aina Olaleye - Ball Aerospace Sensor payload and Geiger-mode Lidar Camera technology
2. Dr. Debasish Banerjee - Toyota Corporation: Lexus Blue car – world’s first structural color based car
3. Dr. Gautam Parthasarathy - GE Global Research: GE K2SiF6:Mn4+(PFS/KSF) Phosphor: Market Leading Wide Color Gamut
Technology & Path Towards Enabling Next Generation Displays
4. Joe Sleppy – Capacitech Energy LLC:
5. Dr. Binh Duong – Urbix:Urbix: Advanced graphite refining technology
4. Joe Sleppy – Capacitech Energy LLC:
5. Dr. Binh Duong – Urbix:Urbix: Advanced graphite refining technology
6. Isaiah Oladeji – Sisom - Water based chemistry for the fabrication of energy harvesting and energy storage devices
7. Salvatore J. Monte- Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc: The Application of 1.5-Nanometer Heteroatom Titanates and Zirconates
8. Christopher Long- Hesperos: Human 0n a Chip systems for Drug Screening and Toxicity Evaluations
9. Alex Oliferenko- EigenChem Technologies Inc.:
10. Bert Gyselinckx – IMEC: imec and UCF: partners in research
11. John Callahan – BRIDG:
12. Bernd Liesenfeld - Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. : Business Evolution: story of a product commercialization
Coffee break (3.00PM-3.15PM)
Session 4: Breakout session/Panel discussion (3:00AM-4.00PM)
Lead – Lei Zhai
Symposium adjourns
Symposium adjourns