Seminars The seminars are an integral aspect of the IGERT training program. They provide students an opportunity to learn about contemporary research in nanotechnology that spans multi-disciplinary fields in natural sciences and engineering. Presenters are chosen from a broad background representing national universities as well as international laboratories. A majority of seminars are sponsored by the Center for Nanoscience and Technology and are also attended by students and faculty outside this specific IGERT program. The seminar program will also include several seminars in which UT professors briefly discuss their career path in academia as well as the latest research in their labs.         All seminars will be held in NST 1.104 at 12 noon unless otherwise indicated.         Fall 2007: Date Speaker Seminar Title Host Sept. 10 Dr. Paulo Ferreira, UT Austin "Seeing Small: Transmission Electron Microscopy Applied to Nanomaterials"           Fall 2007: Date Speaker Seminar Title Host October 10 Dr. G.P. Li, University of California - Irvine "LifeChips: Research and Development at UC Irvine" C. Ken Shih October 17 Dr. Chris Dames, University of California - Riverside "Thermal properties of nanostructures: thermoelectric applications" IGERT Trainees November 28 Dr. Jürgen P. Rabe, Humboldt University Berlin "A Workbench for Single Molecular Nanostructures" David Vanden Bout   Summer 2007: Date Speaker Seminar Title Host August 9 3:00PM Dr. Zhong Lin Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology "From Nanogenerators to Nano-Piezotronics"   Spring 2007: Date Speaker Seminar Title Host January 17 Dr. Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University "Reaction Chemistry Meets Lithography" Lynn Loo February 20 David Johnson, University of Oregon New Nanostructured Solids with Optimized Properties3:30 p.m. RLM 5.104 Li Shi February 28 Dr. Ananth Dodabalapur, UT Austin Organic thin film transistors: history and current developments IGERT Faculty Member